Libraries

=Below are some fantastic elementary library websites. These are great examples of what can be done with a library website. Feel free to click on the link and explore the possibilities.=

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The above link belongs to Underwood Elementary in Lee's Summit, MO. I wanted to explore this library page because I live in Lee's Summit and I knew that I could call this librarian and she would have great ideas and resources to share. There are several things that I liked about this website. The first thing was that it is organized well and easy to navigate. I love the idea of doing a Birthday Book Club. My children's private school does this and it is successful and a great way to add to a collection. Also there is a link to an, "All Together Now," reading book list that is provided on a wiki. It is a collaborate effort of librarians and offers a multitude of book lists.

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Lewis and Clark Elementary in Liberty Missouri has an outstanding website. If I could imitate a website this would be the one. The librarian utilized Glogster to tell about her summer reading program and to show visiting authors. She also used Animoto to create a library tour and used it to present Mark Twain Nominees. I loved it! The website was very easy to navigate and it had so much information on it including bios of the librarian and her staff. She also does a Milk and Cookies reward for Caldecott readers! How fun!! She really made her website interactive and fun! I will definately be looking at her site for ideas on how to make my library website. She also had Blogs and Wikis that the children participate in and she had guidlines of use. Fabulous!

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This library site had some interesting features. There was a survey embeded so that students could vote for example, for their favorite mystery series, then they can view results. I thought this was a great feature! I also liked that they do something called Library in a Box where they collect books for disaster relief. The librarian made an animoto presentation for this. This librarian also had a Live Eagle Cam.