Registration links for each session are available on the calendar. Requests for alternative scheduling of sessions should be sent to sharon@rilink.org.
Exploring Nature Science Education Resource offers elementary, middle, and high school level science resources including lesson plans, class activities, and research projects within the site’s 5,000 pages of illustrated life science, earth science, physical science, biology, anatomy, and ecology for K-12.
Tour this online resource and learn/share ideas about how it can be used to support the curriculum. Two sessions, one for elementary and one for middle/high school, will be offered.
*Non-member librarians and teachers are welcome to attend this session. Subscriptions for this online database are very affordable.
Proquest's CultureGrams has been a member benefit for many years. This database of cultural information includes
and so much more.
Take a tour of this resource available to students and teachers at school and from home. Learn what students and teachers may been missing!
*This session is designed for RILINK member librarians and teachers only.
Follett promotes Destiny Discover as the portal for students and teachers. Changes have been put in place during the past year to engage users.
Take this tour of Destiny Discover to learn more about the features that provide a much-improved interface for your patrons including
* Non-member school librarians who use Follett Destiny Discover are welcome to attend.
Destiny Discover is designed to make access to library resources, including eBooks, easier for both students and teachers. Features include
Learn about these resources, eBooks, and the eReader during this session.
* Non-member school librarians and teachers who use Follett Destiny Discover are welcome to attend.
Collections by Destiny® provides students and teachers a way to organize resources and collaborate with one another, their school, or their district. Resources such as web pages, documents, books, eBooks, videos, and images can be saved in Collections.
Learn the basics of building a collection and review the access to the thousands of public Collections available for reuse.
Non-member school librarians and teachers who use Follett Destiny Discover are welcome to attend.
Are you new to RILINK or just now ready to learn more about a LibGuides site for your library? See the basics of creating a site using the Springshare LibGuides CMS platform demonstrated and learn how easy it is to create content.
Ten Terrific Reasons to Use LibGuides to Deliver Research Resources and Instructional Materials provides a great overview of why this platform is a great choice for your website.
*This session is for RILINK member librarians only.
Would you like to know more about best practices for building better guides? Do you have questions related to the accessibility of your library website? Learn how these design choices
impact all users of your site.
*This session is for RILINK member librarians only who are currently using LibGuides on a regular basis.
RILINK recently added LibWizard as a member benefit. Librarians who currently have LibGuides accounts also have access to LibWizard. This tool includes
Take a tour of this suite of tools that can be seamlessly added to your LibGuides site or embedded in any platform you use.
*This session is for RILINK member librarians only.