Marion County
Videostreaming Used in School Media Center
Video streaming is one way to see what's happening in our school and in the Media Center. Our SPTV News crew produces a 7-minute news show by gathering nd editing school news and video and recognizing student achievements. The show is distributed within the school each day. Using their technical skills students now capture, export, final edit, compress and upload the broadcast to our website as video streaming. Parents, community members, former students & others can now watch our daily SPTV News by going to the school website, clicking IMC, selecting SPTV News and clicking on the link "Watch Now". Video streaming is another great way to share information and showcase student information and technology skills.
Barbara, Academic/educator
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Information Access 24/7
Our Media Center has designed a student friendly website that helps them access the IMC 24/7. Students can check availability of materials in our library and go beyond our media walls, too. Connecting to INSPIRE and several authoritative Marion County Databases through our website is a key research strategy for students day or night. A great deal of valuable information can be gathered about reading, research projects and media projects. Our Media computers are set to come up the the IMC webpage, an invaluable tool for all!
Barbara, Academic/educator
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Celebrating Special Events through Libraries
Special weeks lend themselves to reading, writing and contest opportunities. During Teen Read Week, Veterans Day Week, and National Library Week, for example, our Media Center has contests created by our own Media Credit students. Through database research our Media Credit news students select famous quotes from literature or patriotic quotes in the case of Veterans Week. These are broadcast over our school news program. Winners earn five or six prizes, including a book. The process is fun, celebrates special events, and also meets some of those Indiana standards!
Barbara, Academic/educator
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School Libraries Hone Skills
Library Media Credit is a great way to involve students in school. They have an opportunity to help other students, while honing their own skills in research, information finding, database expertise, media projects, television production, distance learning, reading, and creativity. It's another way to get connected and learn leadership skills.
Barbara, Academic/educator
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Get Excited About Reading
We love "The Movie, The Book", which is one of the ways we get excited about reading at our school. "The Movie, The Book" involves a free movie and refreshments + the gift of the book on which the movie is based. After reading the book we write and talk about the two different media and make comparisons. It's fun and motivating.
Barbara, Academic/educator
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Libraries, Keep Up the Excellent Work!
We have recently moved from rural North Carolina to Indianapolis. I am amazed by both the contents and size of your libraries here. The way you have intergrated technology by renewal/holds online and several electronic book and general information sites is fantastic. Marion county libraries are fun, well rounded and easy to use. Please keep up the excellent work!
Angelique, Academic/educator
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Home Improvements and INSPIRE Help
My wife brought home an article she'd found on INSPIRE about painting rooms in your house. It had great basic information and gave us both some new ideas to improve our home. Thanks!
Paul, Professional
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Internet Access Helps Indiana
I think one of the greatest stories about libraries is how they've helped Indiana, along with schools and community organizations, to train and educate the population on the Internet and its use. Starting in 1994-95 they worked to bring Internet access to Indiana and especially to rural areas. Libraries in Indiana have helped the citizenry, the businesses, and the lifestyle of the state.
Michael, Executive/managerial
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INSPIRE and Reading
My middle school students get more interested in reading when they know something about the author. They use the Biography Resource Center database on INSPIRE to find information about their favorite authors, or to discover new authors. Using INSPIRE enhances students' appreciation of reading and the written word. Students would not have access to this wealth of information without the INSPIRE databases and the support of the libraries.
Tom, Academic/educator
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Help in the Bear Market
I have been using the library and my home computer a lot lately for articles about guidance on my mutual funds. In this bear market, we need all the information we can find. I have checked out several good books at the public library, and the "Business Source Premier" on INSPIRE provides articles on economics, finance, and accounting. A big thanks to librarians and INSPIRE!
Steve, Retired
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