| K-12 Virtual Libraries
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 IASL
School Library Web Page Award Winners
The International Association of School Librarianship has an award of excellence for virtual library sites for K-12 school libraries worlwide. Some of the award winners that have been recognized by IASL are included here.
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| University Virtual Libraries
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NovaNet
Novanet is a consortium of academic libraries in Nova Scotia who cooperate to provide access to information and knowledge for the benefit of their user communities. |
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E-Libraries
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Halifax
Library E-Branch
The Halifax public library maintains an e-branch, a virtual library where people can search the library catalog, ask reference questions, or search for articles from the electronic databases for which the library has purchased licences. There are different levels of services for people with library cards and people without. |
| Subject- Specific Virtual Libraries (Mixture of formats)
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The
WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs
Some virtual libraries concentrate on only one subject. This virtual library, devoted to science fairs, is an example of a specialized virtual library. The virtual library is a collection of Web links, and specializes in just-for-me learning for people with an interest in this topic.
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| State Virtual Libraries
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Kentucky
Virtual Library
Many of the American states maintain a virtual library for the citizens of their state. These virtual libraries contain a myriad of digital sources, and often this information is customized for specific users: the adult education community, state university faculty, and K-12 students in various categories. The main interface provides access to digital collections relevant to the state, automated library catalogs available in the state, periodical databases for which the state has purchased licenses, and a virtual reference desk that includes e-mail reference service. The customized organization that is used at this site enables just-for-me learning for several groups of learners and just-in-time learning for others. It supports both formal and informal learning. |
| Virtual Libraries for Professional Learning
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Ask
ERIC
Ask ERIC is an example of a virtual library devoted to professional learning for educators. It supports professional learning as well as formal and informal learning. |
| Virtual Libraries-- General Interest
(Collections of Web Sites)
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Awesome
Library
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 18,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top five percent in the field of education.
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| Virtual Libraries --Reference
(Collections of Web Sites) |
Research
It
This list of reference sites makes a good reference center for just-in-time learning. |
| Virtual Library
(Sackville High School)
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The
Virtual School Library (Sackville High School)
This virtual library was originally developed as an example of a virtual library useful for high school students for a course that I was teaching. I have adapted it for use by the students of this 10-12 high school. It features sites that are useful for the formal curriculum of the school. There is a virtual reference desk, which contains links to resources that are used frequently by high school students. A popular part of this reference site is How to write citations . Another popular area of this virtual library is How to write resumes. This virtual library has been tailored to meet the learning needs of a specific community of learners. Grade ten students receive an orientation to this site, as well as other instructional parts of the school's Web site, when they begin their school career at this school. This virtual library has a lot of visitors and is always open. |