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Serving component school districts of Orange & Ulster Counties, New York

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Library Services

About The School Library System

Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library System Goals:

• To support school libraries with their role in fostering student achievement.

• To promote reading and literacy in the region.

• To encourage the sharing of resources.

• To provide technical assistance and effective professional development for school library and teaching staff.

• To promote cooperation among all types of libraries across the State.

• To increase access to print and electronic information.

• To promote school libraries and their services to the community.

Click for Five Year Plan of Service and By-Laws

 

The School Library System promotes student achievement by providing the school library media centers of 91 public and 21 private schools in Orange and Ulster counties with:

• Professional development for library and teaching staff.

• Development and maintenance of an automated Union Catalog.

• Resource sharing among schools and other libraries through interlibrary loan via SEAL and OCLC.

• Building and sharing specialized collections through Cooperative Collection Development.

• Coordination of access to commercial online databases and those available at no cost through NOVEL.

• Dissemination of current information concerning libraries and literacy to schools.

• Access to an instructional Media Library.

• Events to promote literacy such as the Great New York ReadAloud and the Orange County Spelling Contest.

• Puppet collection and related books, professional materials, Accu-cut dies and portable machines for loan. Click on one of the following to view the PDF*

• Search and administration of available grants to fund school library projects.

 

 

Co-SERs:

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Media Library
o Website: http://webmax.ouboces.org
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Library Automation
o Horizon Online Training
o Horizon Web Reporter
o Horizon Web Reporter - Monroe Woodbury only:
http://209.222.32.12/HorizonWebReporter/asp/Main.aspx
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Professional Reference Library