LM_NET: Library Media Networking
Dear Mary,
Your post about a database of reference information from the internet for
use in the library or classroom has been discussed in a class I am
attending - Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum at the
University of Washington. A couple of ideas came out of our discussion
which I will share below. I think this is a very worthwhile project;
however, one of the difficulties is the internet and its constantly
changing addresses, gophers, databases and information centers.
First, I would recommend a book called Using the World Wide Web by Bill
Eager, $27.99. I found the book at Waldenbooks. This is the yellow pages
to the World Wide Web. The Web cites are grouped according to subjects.
Second, our instructor saves his favorite bookmarks on disks which he
kindly copied onto disks and gave to us.
Third, in the past while I surfed the net, I printed out projects and
reference addresses and put them into paper folders and filed according to
subject for teachers when they are ready to use the internet. I am
now trying to collect bookmarks which point to reference materials in my
email folders (thanks to my instructor's advice). In the past, I saved
messages with addresses into my email folders.
In class, we discussed the idea of an educational database created on the
internet for reference materials. If we were able to get every LM_NET
member to place just one reference onto the database, we would have -
what is our membership now? 3,500 entries. Now that would be a valuable
resource and wouldn't require a great deal of time and energy from each
individual member. Cooperative efforts with large numbers can produce
enormous results! And isn't this the kind of activity all you wonderful
librarians are noted for? This would provide information not only for
librarians but teachers and students and all our patrons out there in
cyberspace!
Louise Edwards
Elementary Librarian
Mount Vernon, WA
ledwards@eagle.esd189.wednet.edu
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