It seems to be that from the posts made on the discussion board, the online databases are an underused resource. Perhaps this is because they are relatively new? Teresa indicated that she contacted a dozen teachers from her school to get the password for her school's online resources and none were able to produce this for her. I know my own kids have not been given the passwords from their own school district. I have recently helped my own kids use the online resources from the public library.
Our school district pays for our online resources and I asked our TL if her budget has been reduced because of this and she said that it hasn't. So that is a bonus! We just need to get more people using these fantastic resources!
Yes, indeed, it is matter of marketing and with fewer "information professionals" in schools, there is not enough exposure to the possibilities and/or resources. Diane GS has been working for a decade in AB is raise the exposure and use rate of the ORC and it has not been easy despite giving away e-readers for joining the ORC Wiki and other novel approaches.
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