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 * |||| ENCY BRITANNICA |||| WORLDBOOK |||| Totals ||  |||| OCLC ||   || Books borrowed from Professional Library ||
 * SCHOOL || Search || Hits || Search || Hits || Searches || Hits ||  || Borrowed || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Loaned ||   ||^   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">CASLS ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">16 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">800 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">16 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">800 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">15 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Alleg-Lime MH ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">280 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">280 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Alleg/Lime Elem ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Andover ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">11 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Belfast ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13440 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13440 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">33 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Bol-Richburg MH || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">380 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9253 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">86 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3300 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">466 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">12553 ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Bol-Richburg Elem || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">93 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">93 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Catt- LV MH || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">29 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">811 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">81 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3440 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">110 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4251 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">26 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Catt-LV - Catt Elem || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">232 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">232 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">17 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Cuba-Rush MH ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">10 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">580 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">10 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">580 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Cuba-Rush Elem ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ellicotville || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">63 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1250 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">940 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">69 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2190 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Fillmore || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">114 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">19 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6120 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">19 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6234 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Franklinville High ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">20 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">20 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Franklinville Elem ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Friendship ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">160 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9000 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">160 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9000 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">80 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Genesee Valley ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">24 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1080 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">24 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1080 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Hinsdale ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">380 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">380 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Olean High || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">52 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1520 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1572 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Olean Middle || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2573 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">22 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1000 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">57 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3573 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">14 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Olean East View ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">60 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">60 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Olean Wash West ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">120 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">120 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pioneer High || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">648 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">60 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">37 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">708 ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pioneer Middle || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">37 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">886 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">69220 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">886 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">69257 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pioneer Arcade ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">70 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4820 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">70 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4820 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pioneer Delevan ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Portville ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Randolph High || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">226 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">340 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">21 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">566 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Randolph Elem ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">14 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">640 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">14 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">640 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">43 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Randolph Academy ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Salamanca High ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">80 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">80 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Salamanca Middle ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">11 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Salamanca Prospect || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">230 ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">5 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">230 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Salamanca Seneca || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">7467 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">129624 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">720 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">66740 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8187 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">196364 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Scio || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">22 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">414 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">14 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">800 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">36 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1214 ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">53 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wellsville High || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">35 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">597 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">849 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">40060 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">884 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">40657 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wellsville Middle ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">16 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wellsville Elementary || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">27 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">427 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">60 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">28 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">487 ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">West Valley ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">86 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Whitesville ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Archbishop Walsh ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Southern Tier Cath. ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">0 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">TOTALS || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">8116 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">146581 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3058 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">224900 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">11174 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">371481 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">16 || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">33 ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">471 ||
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 * <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS **

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Teaching Kids to be their own Internet filter
 * <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Neil Gaiman on why we need Libraries **


 * <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Crash Course in Copyright from the University of Texas Libraries **

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">ANNOUNCING...WebCHECK: The Web Site Evaluation Instrument <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University is pleased to launch WebCHECK: The Website Evaluation Instrument (aka WebCHECK), funded by an Institute for Museum & Library Services SPARKS! Ignition Grant. Questions or comments? Contact Dr. Ruth Small, Project Director at drruth@syr.edu<mailto:drruth@syr.edu> <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What is WebCHECK? <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK is a series of instruments that were designed for educators, Web designers, professional development instructors, and students. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* It can be used by general and special educators, librarians, and administrators to assess Web sites for teaching and learning and by individuals or groups of students to learn the importance of evaluating Internet resources and to assess Web sites they use for assignments and projects.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What WebCHECK instruments make up the series? <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK Professional, designed for educators and Web designers to use for (1) assessing the quality of Web sites used for assignments and learning activities and (2) determining how to improve the quality of locally-designed personal, classroom, library and/or school Websites. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK Senior, designed for high school students (grades 9-12) <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK Middle, designed for middle school students (grade 5-8) <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK Junior, designed for elementary school students (grades 2-4) <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* WebCHECK for Facilitors, designed for K-12 educators, administrators and higher education faculty to use when assigning a single Web site to be evaluated by groups or classes of students or by educators in an in-service or professional development workshop.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What makes WebCHECK unique: <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* based on a foundation of instructional design and motivation theory. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* available online, fully automated, and free. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* both fun and easy-to-use. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* a powerful instructional and learning tool. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* generates a full evaluation report to share results with teachers, administrators, students, parents, etc. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* uses graphs for visual representation of scores and text for details and interpretations. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* On the WebCHECK Web site, you will find all of the instruments, as well as more than 30 lesson plans, designed by school librarians nationwide, that incorporate WebCHECK at various levels and subject areas.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">How do I use WebCHECK? <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. Go to the site at [|www.mywebcheck.net] <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. If you are using WebCHECK with students, thoroughly read the Notes to Educators as it contains essential information for using these instruments with your students. For example there are vocabulary words and skills (e.g., graphing) that should be taught or reviewed before using WebCHECK with students. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3. Decide if you will use WebCHECK with individuals or with a group or class. If a group of class, choose WebCHECK for Facilitators and follow the directions for group/class use. <span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. Design and implement a lesson or use/adapt one of the lesson plans on the site.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ruth V. Small, Ph.D.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Director, Center for Digital Literacy

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Co-Editor, School Library Research

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">105 Hinds Hall

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Syracuse, New York 13244-4100

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">drruth@syr.edu<mailto:drruth@syr.edu>; 315/443-6144

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<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Since the publication last fall of my Media Center column "Data Gathering—Why You Need the Numbers ... And What You Can Do with Them," I have received many questions from readers asking for more information about how to set up a spreadsheet for gathering data that depicts media program activity. As described in the September/October 2004 issue of MultiMedia & Internet@Schools (the article is available online at http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=9324), the spreadsheet we've used for years has both qualitative and quantitative data, including:

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Number of daily classes using the media center/labs

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -List or description of class activities that week

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Total weekly students in classes (number of classes times average class size)

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* --Total weekly students (numbers in classes plus a factor for average daily drop-in)

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Media specialist instructional activities

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Weekly totals

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Daily averages

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* --Special events (book fair, staff development, meetings, etc.)

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">This past spring, some of our data was very publicly shared by administrators speaking at school board meetings and in letters to the editor of the local newspapers, including one by a school board member. This showed very clearly that people do pay attention to data and that data does have an impact. In this case, the data was used to argue for improved media center facilities and resources at another school in our district.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Getting Started

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">So how do you begin? You will need a spreadsheet program such as Excel and knowledge of a few basic spreadsheet operations:

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Creating and saving a new spreadsheet (Excel calls them workbooks)

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Naming the sheet tabs at the bottom of the page

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* --Entering text and numbers in columns and rows

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Adjusting the height and width of columns and rows

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Using Excel toolbars (drawing, standard, formatting, formula) and the formatting palette

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Formatting text and numbers

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Performing two basic calculations—sum and average

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -The Auto Fill command to repeat formulas and enter numbers in a series

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">* -Printing the portion of your spreadsheet you wish to share as hard copy and as PDF if you choose to put it on your Web site.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The 24-step getting-started directions included with this article (see Figure 1) assume a basic working knowledge of Excel. I've included what to put in each of the column headers, a few tech tips, and a comment. You can add additional columns as needed. For example, one additional column might be used to highlight media center management tasks.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">When it's time to share your spreadsheet, take the time to dress it up. Refer to Figure 2 for tips about enhancing your spreadsheet and printing. To take a look at an example of a spreadsheet with data entered for 2 weeks, see Figure 3.

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Get in the habit now of keeping your data current by making daily notes of what you do. Have fun!

<span style="color: #ff4a00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Mary Alice Anderson is a frequent contributor to professional journals and is available as a conference and workshop presenter. In addition to working for Winona Area Public Schools in Minnesota, she is an online adjunct instructor with the Online Professional Development for Educators Program in the School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Stout [@http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/issues/]. Her personal Web site can be found at@http://www.homepage.mac.com/Maryalicea/Sites/Anderson/Anderson.html. Communications to the author may be sent to maryalicea@mac.com.