Case Study: Sussex School District (Delaware)

Screenshot: Sussex School District (Delaware)

Since October 2, 2006 the Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown, Delaware has been using SchoolRooms™ as the first pilot of SchoolRooms™ in the state. The pilot is a project spearheaded by the Delaware Division of Libraries with support from the Governor's Task Force on School Libraries. Plans are to pilot SchoolRooms™ in one district and look at rolling out the product to other school and public libraries throughout the state over the next year.


>> About the Delaware Division of Libraries
The mission of the Delaware Division of Libraries is to provide leadership and support for the timely development of Delaware’s libraries, to ensure convenient access to, and encourage use of current information resources and reading material by all Delawareans. The members of the Delaware library community are unified in the values of service, access and excellence, and are committed to the vision of progressive libraries and the transformational impact they have on the people who use them. For more information about the Delaware Division of Libraries / State Library, please see http://state.lib.de.us/index.shtml.


>> Key Features

  • Full SchoolRooms™ Subscription
  • Federated Searching; integration of 15 electronic databases
  • Best of Web product
  • Integration of Unicorn Library Catalog
  • Plans to customize site with the integration of Delaware state standards content (DE History, Geography, etc.) using teams of teachers and librarians.

>> Visit the Site
http://delibraries.schoolrooms.net


Quote & Contact Information
"The strength of SchoolRooms™ is its organization of all types of information by school subject standards into a seamless interface. Recently Dr. Ross Todd of Rutgers University conducted a study of Delaware's school libraries and advised us to create a seamless information landscape. The SchoolRooms™ pilot is a perfect solution to this recommendation, creating an environment where students can apply what they learn about school library resources to their information seeking at home or in the public library." – Annie Norman, director and state librarian of Delaware Division of Libraries / State Library.

Annie Norman
Director and State Librarian
Delaware Division of Libraries / State Library