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SchoolRooms:
A Smart State-wide Solution
for Savvy Searching
Amanda Stone
South Carolina State Library
October 2008
What is SchoolRooms?
 A new K-12 online multimedia discovery place
for South Carolina students, teachers,
librarians and parents!
 A new kind of learning environment that brings
together the best content from all sources into a
single portal that's aimed at meeting the real
needs of real students (parents and educators,
too!) in real schools.
 SirsiDynix product ~2 years old
Why we chose SchoolRooms
 Content selected by 200+ teachers and
librarians.
 71 subject areas with content aligned to
national/SC curriculum standards.
 Search 3 million educator-selected pages 
giving users Best of the Web.
 Federated searching of state-wide
databases, county library catalog, & vetted
web content
Timeline
 Summer 2007
Contract with SirsiDynix is signed
 Fall/Winter 2007
Customized SchoolRooms page for 10
pilot sites.
Content Advisory Board formed to
verify content, recommend additional
resources and content
Added Library Favorites to search
 Winter/Spring 2008
Customized SchoolRooms page for
2nd wave of county library systems
Intern #1 from USC created online
video tutorials for students, parents,
librarians, and educators
Started integrating Knowitall.org
content into subject-specific Rooms
 Summer/Fall 2008
Customized SchoolRooms page for last
wave of county library systems
Working on last library catalogs to be
integrated
Intern #2 from USC created Early
Education Room
Also added Summer Reading Room
and Health & Safety Room
Show & Share(Front Page)
Show & Share Time (Access)
Show & Share Time (Searching)
Results
Show & Share(Front Page)
Show & Share Time (Rooms)
Show & Share Time (Rooms)
Show & Share Time (Result)
Show & Share Time (Guides)
 SchoolRooms was created in Ohio on
national standards
 We aim to make it locally relevant + even
better!
 Early Education Room
 Summer Reading Room
 Health & Safety Room
 South Carolina Room
 Knowitall.org Resources
 South Carolina Book Award Nominees
Show & Share Time (Customization)
Show & Share Time (Custom Room)
Rocky Road isnt just an ice cream flavor
 Kudos: Customization, quality of web
resources & organization, ease of use
for users
 Unresolved issues: Difficulties in
customization for state-wide
implementation, federated search
issues, clunky builder
The Future (job security)
 Additional partners
 More content! Adding SC related
content into Rooms
 K-2 interface
 Lesson plans & marketing tools
 2.3 version (content creation at a local
level)
Questions? Feedback?
http://scsl.schoolrooms.net
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/schoolrooms
Contact us @ scrooms@statelibrary.sc.gov

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  • 1. SchoolRooms: A Smart State-wide Solution for Savvy Searching Amanda Stone South Carolina State Library October 2008
  • 2. What is SchoolRooms? A new K-12 online multimedia discovery place for South Carolina students, teachers, librarians and parents! A new kind of learning environment that brings together the best content from all sources into a single portal that's aimed at meeting the real needs of real students (parents and educators, too!) in real schools. SirsiDynix product ~2 years old
  • 3. Why we chose SchoolRooms Content selected by 200+ teachers and librarians. 71 subject areas with content aligned to national/SC curriculum standards. Search 3 million educator-selected pages giving users Best of the Web. Federated searching of state-wide databases, county library catalog, & vetted web content
  • 4. Timeline Summer 2007 Contract with SirsiDynix is signed Fall/Winter 2007 Customized SchoolRooms page for 10 pilot sites. Content Advisory Board formed to verify content, recommend additional resources and content Added Library Favorites to search Winter/Spring 2008 Customized SchoolRooms page for 2nd wave of county library systems Intern #1 from USC created online video tutorials for students, parents, librarians, and educators Started integrating Knowitall.org content into subject-specific Rooms Summer/Fall 2008 Customized SchoolRooms page for last wave of county library systems Working on last library catalogs to be integrated Intern #2 from USC created Early Education Room Also added Summer Reading Room and Health & Safety Room
  • 6. Show & Share Time (Access)
  • 7. Show & Share Time (Searching)
  • 10. Show & Share Time (Rooms)
  • 11. Show & Share Time (Rooms)
  • 12. Show & Share Time (Result)
  • 13. Show & Share Time (Guides)
  • 14. SchoolRooms was created in Ohio on national standards We aim to make it locally relevant + even better! Early Education Room Summer Reading Room Health & Safety Room South Carolina Room Knowitall.org Resources South Carolina Book Award Nominees Show & Share Time (Customization)
  • 15. Show & Share Time (Custom Room)
  • 16. Rocky Road isnt just an ice cream flavor Kudos: Customization, quality of web resources & organization, ease of use for users Unresolved issues: Difficulties in customization for state-wide implementation, federated search issues, clunky builder
  • 17. The Future (job security) Additional partners More content! Adding SC related content into Rooms K-2 interface Lesson plans & marketing tools 2.3 version (content creation at a local level)