Virtual Library Blueprint
Easy to Follow Web Design
Engaging
Not just text, but visuals!
Any text is student friendly
More than content
management, but tools,
visuals, applications
Functional
Organized to best
suit students
Password protected
information is organized
into one portal
Information searches,
not publisher searches
Links to stay within
the library website,
not to external sites
Multiple Uses
Information Gathering
Searches to find
items in the physical
library
Provide clear path
to the best
information to
avoid satisficing
for online sources
Addresses academic
dishonesty and
copyright with
student friendly
text and graphics
Online Learning
Communicate with others
in the virtual library
through Interactive web
2.0 technologies such as
blogs, wikis, social
bookmarking for
collaborative learning
Tools
Tools to help with
current assignments
to build and edit
student content
through web 2.0
such as bitstrips
Copyright friendly
pictures/music/videos
Creation/Maintenance
Collaboratively built
Customized through input
from collaboration with
Teachers, Staff, Students,
community, other TL’s in the board
Kept up to date through
collaboration with the
school community aligned
with learning goals
Accessible 24/7 365
On all devices that
have a web browser