Websites and Phone Numbers

ALA: www.ala.org Go to AASL, Our Association, Divisions.  Click on AASL, American Association of School Librarians, and YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association, for lists of selected books and AV

Amazon: www.amazon.com

Beacon Learning: www.beaconlc.org Benchmarks and some lessons you can use under Language Arts

Bid Lists: http://intranet.ocps.net/procurement/bidiralpha.htm

Big6: www.big6.com 6-step research process. 

Britannica: http://school.eb.com This is the online encyclopedia for all schools in OCPS.  Home access requires a username and password.  Home access user name is ocps and the password is orange.

CAAP Comprehensive Academic Achievement Plan: http://www.ocps.net/cs/services/Curriculum/reading/Pages/CAAP.aspx This is the plan that guides instruction in OCPS.

Cable Problems:  Contact Bill Brannon at brannow@ocps.net or call him at 407-317-3200 
            Ext. 2240.

Certification Test Information: http://cefe.usf.edu Information and registration for subject
tests.  

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: http://wwwcarolhurst.com/index.html Children’s literature resources of all kinds.

Computer questions and repairs:  Ask your tech person for help.  If you are directed to request help from the district, you need to submit a Heat ticket. http://intranet.ocps.net/helpdesk/DesktopSupport/ You can also call Desktop Support 407-317-3375 option 3

Copyright Information:  http://intranet.ocps.net/tvprod/copyright.htm  This OCPS site has
            information concerning copyright issues.

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature: http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html Individual’s web site with many links to award winning books, etc.

Destiny: http://fsc.follet.com Follett Software website for Destiny management system

FAME: www.floridamedia.org FMQ, journal of Florida Association of Educational Media usually has some book reviews.

FINDS: http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/mediaspecialists Scroll and click on FINDS for forms, links and graphics for Florida’s 5-step research process.

Florida Department of Education: www.fldoe.org Information about certification, FCAT scores, etc.

Florida Dept. of Education Library Media Information Literacy Curriculum Connections:
            www.fldoe.org/bii/Library_Media/ilflmcc.asp  Information literacy skills correlated to Florida
            benchmarks.

Florida Electronic Library:   http://www.flelibrary.org  This a gateway to select Internet resources.                                To access at home, a public library card number is required.

Florida Reading Association:   http://www.flreads.org Go here for FRA Children’s Book Award lists, registration and information

Florida's Library/Media Curriculum Connection: www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/home0015.htm

First Search:  http://firstsearch.oclc.org   Authorization: 100-138-816    Password: mat.steed. Online databases that can be searched free through our membership in CFLC.

Follett Software:  http://www.fsc.follett.com/  Download upgrades, sign up for newsletters, discover new products,  prices, etc.

Follett Titlewise:  http://www.titlewave.com    Free service will analyze your collection

IIM – Independent Investigation Method:  http://www.iimresearch.com   7-step research method

International Reading Association:  http://www.reading.org/index.html 
Go to Choices Booklists for Children’s Choices, Young Adult Choices, Teachers’ Choices

K-12 Literature: Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities:
http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/Literature.html  Alphabetical list of recommended titles by Lin and Don Donn, certified teachers.  Go to the home page for more information about them and more lesson plans.

L_M NET:   http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/  A fantastic school library resource you can subscribe and join discussions or just view their archives. This has a wealth of helpful information.

Library Material:  http://dms.myflorida.com/business_operations/state_purchasing/vendor_information/state_contracts_agreements_and_price_lists/state_term_contracts/library_materials
            List of library vendors and their web sites; state contract number 715-001-01-1

Library Supplies: 
Demco http://www.demco.com/     Ask about discounts for OCPS and use discount code C3S012
Highsmith  www.highsmith.com   Ask about discounts for OCPS
Brodart  http://www.shopbrodart.com/  Ask about discounts for OCPS

Library Video:  www.libraryvideo.com   Video streaming clips from videos/DVDs and many are
 reviewed.

Movie Licensing:    http://www.movlic.com/  1-877-321-1300   License that gives permission to show
videos from many major studios.  OCPS Extended Day programs have this license.  Schools may join, also.

NetTrekker:  www.nettrekker.com    Previewed websites organized by elementary and secondary
levels and subjects, benchmarks and lessons. Use ocps1 for user name and password.  You may also create your own name and password and save and share your searches.  When you create your own logon from a non-school computer, use OCPS as the name of your school. The website has plenty of Help information.

OCAEM website:  http://www.ocaem.org  Information about OCAEM, Friends – vendors who support
 us, book reviews by media specialists, calendar of author birthdays

OCPS Library/Media Handbook:  http://teachers.ocps.net/mediacenter/handbook/    

Overhead Cleaning:  Frank Jacobs   Frank’s AV Repair  407-275-1852 PO Box 536762  Orlando, FL 32853   

Peggy Sharp Book Suggestions:  http://www.peggysharp.com/ Suggestions for purchase from a woman who gives workshops for Designs for Learning

Sign Me Up:  http://signmeup.ocps.net  website used to sign up for OCPS staff development         workshops

Statement for Requisition when ordering Videos: "With the purchase of the video tapes on this purchase order, the vendor agrees that the purchasing institution can display said videos in both face-to-face instruction as well as via the in-school closed circuit distribution system."

Storyline http://www.storylineonline.net  Online storytelling for elementary students.  Celebrities read entire picture books.

SUNLINK:  www.sunlink.ucf.edu Search for information in catalogs of media centers all over Florida.  Search for titles by AR, Reading Counts and Lexile numbers.  Information for media specialists, teachers, principals, students and parents.  Forms, links and graphics for FINDS, the Florida 5-step research process.

Sunshine State Young Readers' Award:  http://www.fldoe.org/bii/Library_Media/ssyrap.asp or
Go to FAME website, www.floridamedia.org,  and click on Sunshine State Young Readers’ Award   for lists information and activity packets.    

Teaching Books http://www.teachingbooks.net  Online author programs resource.  OCPS has a       district license to this online resource.  Teachers must register using their OCPS email address.   Student access from home is http://www.teachingbooks.net/student/ and requires the password orange. 

Tech Repair:  OCPS repair of TV’s, video cameras and the like. Submit a service request which is called a heat ticket.   http://intranet.ocps.net/techrepair/

Thomson Gale resources http://mediacenter.ocps.net  This is an online periodical source free to all OCPS schools.  There are three buttons on this home page; one for elementary sources, one for middle school sources and one for high school sources.Scharen Johnston - Technical Support Analyst-Gale|Cengage Learning-27500 Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48331 (o)248.699.4253 Option 4 | (e) gale.technicalsupport@cengage.com | www.gale.cengage.com

Video Services:  e- mail Donna Ritchie or call her at  407-317-3200 x4102 for information about district videos/DVDs, whether videos/DVDs can still be used, video repair, and the like.

Warehouse:  http://warehouse.ocps.net/ OCPS warehouse is the first place you are supposed to check when buying supplies. 
           
West Palm Beach http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/multimedia/guidelines.htm Library skill guidelines from West Palm Beach County.

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