December 2005 — Web/Net

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School Libraries Go Interactive

by Chris Balsano

Forms will never replace face-to-face communication among librarians, teachers, and students, but they do provide a productive method for making contact when time or access is limited, as it often is. Forms are yet another advance in the way educators and students communicate to the benefit of both, and we at the DGN library are delighted to participate.

Links to Forms on the Downers Grove North Library Web Site

To borrow a book from another library:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/books/loan.htm

To find out what students are interested in reading:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/read/readinterest.htm

To create an online book review:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/books/form.htm

To help students develop research skills:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/Research/topicform.htm

To have students evaluate their Web sources:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/Research/evaluate.htm

To have students reflect on the research process once a project is done:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/Research/reflection.htm

Teacher assignment forms that are tied to specific Web sites:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/links2004/socstud/merilos2.htm

To schedule library classroom time or AV equipment use:
www.csd99.k12.il.us/north/library/calendar/_private/Folder/index.htm

Chris Balsano is the retired department chair of the Downers Grove North High School Library.

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Chris Balsano, "School Libraries Go Interactive," T.H.E. Journal, 12/1/2005, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17615

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