Comments on: Effective school library websites: about the study http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vasantha Raju http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2517 Vasantha Raju Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:30:16 +0000 http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2517 Dear sir, My heartful congratulations to you. I have been working in the same area that is "analysing library web content". I found your study very interesting and could help me to carry my research. Can you give some instruction how you have designed your methodology. I am designing a coding sheet to analyse the content - design and content features. I request you to share your thoughts in this regard. Dear sir,

My heartful congratulations to you.
I have been working in the same area that is “analysing library web content”. I found your study very interesting and could help me to carry my research.
Can you give some instruction how you have designed your methodology. I am designing a coding sheet to analyse the content - design and content features. I request you to share your thoughts in this regard.

]]> By: John P. Brock http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2361 John P. Brock Fri, 25 May 2007 16:58:14 +0000 http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2361 Congratulations! Is it soon to be Dr. Valenza then? We are so honored and pround that you will be able to visit with us in Norwich, New York, next June. Thanks. Congratulations!
Is it soon to be Dr. Valenza then?

We are so honored and pround that you will be able to visit with us in Norwich, New York, next June.

Thanks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2357 Anonymous Mon, 21 May 2007 17:37:57 +0000 http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2357 Congrats on submission! As we roll out the beta of our new web portal software, I can't wait to see how we stack up against your conclusions. Congrats on submission! As we roll out the beta of our new web portal software, I can’t wait to see how we stack up against your conclusions.

]]> By: cybrarian http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2356 cybrarian Sun, 20 May 2007 07:00:24 +0000 http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2356 Wonderful to see some feed back about your study. I'm looking forward to further posts. I do think the comments about the program administrator role are well taken both form the point of view that many of us see our work primarily directed at the students and teachers and the lack of time or expertise to set up some of the tools you mention. I, for one, would love to have more immediate feed back on what kids get out of the lessons/projects/my teaching, etc. The challenge is finding relatively easy ways to set up such surveys. I do think the results of the study, if widely disseminated, may help to set some standards for school library web pages. I believe we are all trying to do much the same kind of things. We have specific talents which we use and areas where we need help. Collaboration, not only with those at our sites but also with other practitioners, would certainly help to make the job easier and more effective. Wonderful to see some feed back about your study. I’m looking forward to further posts. I do think the comments about the program administrator role are well taken both form the point of view that many of us see our work primarily directed at the students and teachers and the lack of time or expertise to set up some of the tools you mention. I, for one, would love to have more immediate feed back on what kids get out of the lessons/projects/my teaching, etc. The challenge is finding relatively easy ways to set up such surveys. I do think the results of the study, if widely disseminated, may help to set some standards for school library web pages. I believe we are all trying to do much the same kind of things. We have specific talents which we use and areas where we need help. Collaboration, not only with those at our sites but also with other practitioners, would certainly help to make the job easier and more effective.

]]> By: technotuesday http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2355 technotuesday Sat, 19 May 2007 21:45:09 +0000 http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/2007/05/19/effective-school-library-websites-about-the-study/#comment-2355 Will you provide links to the sites (at least the ones deemed exemplary) from your study?? Maybe you can do a pictorial movie (Photostory3) of "what not to do"... (of course getting permission to use those pix might not be permitted when some find out why their picture is being used...maybe there could be a way to photoshop the pix to protect identities?? I'd find it interesting anyway. Some years back I taught a group of LMS's about media web page design. We used your webquest about media center pages to brainstorm designs, and to gain an opportunity to really critique pages. I want to say at the time of that webquest, these pages were deemed as "best practice." I have to admit though that often there was group consensus that some of the pages were not necessarily that great. (Of course I pointedly reminded them that some of our own pages were not nearly best practice--at least those that existed at all.) It was an interesting night of analyzing and critiquing other's work, and it really gave my group a good place to start in planning their sites. I have a link to the class material, as well as their l created pages, but I'd rather provide that link offline in a private email maybe, for privacy purposes, if you'd like to see. Will you provide links to the sites (at least the ones deemed exemplary) from your study??

Maybe you can do a pictorial movie (Photostory3) of “what not to do”… (of course getting permission to use those pix might not be permitted when some find out why their picture is being used…maybe there could be a way to photoshop the pix to protect identities??

I’d find it interesting anyway. Some years back I taught a group of LMS’s about media web page design. We used your webquest about media center pages to brainstorm designs, and to gain an opportunity to really critique pages. I want to say at the time of that webquest, these pages were deemed as “best practice.” I have to admit though that often there was group consensus that some of the pages were not necessarily that great. (Of course I pointedly reminded them that some of our own pages were not nearly best practice–at least those that existed at all.) It was an interesting night of analyzing and critiquing other’s work, and it really gave my group a good place to start in planning their sites. I have a link to the class material, as well as their l created pages, but I’d rather provide that link offline in a private email maybe, for privacy purposes, if you’d like to see.

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