tallahassee.com has a short article on what looks like a neat new site, the Florida Electronic Library. It cost the state $750,000 to expand the resources to the schools, said Mark Flynn, director of the Florida Electronic Library.
“It’s wonderful for Leon County because we can expand the online offerings we already enjoy,” Superintendent Bill Montford said. “Where we duplicate efforts, we can save money.”
Although students will be able to log on to the library at school, anyone with a library card can access at home, work or a library.
“Kids will walk out the (school) door at three and go to the public library to do homework and will have access to the same resources,” Flynn said.
Update: 08/06 21:44 EST by B:As Michael points out, the site isn’t new, it’s just been expanded.
Not new
…Just less well known than it should be. Here is an old announcement that I put up a long time ago.
Fantastic
Most states have something like this for their library patrons. Florida has long had this and they have added content frequently. (Sometimes Gale added content to an existing subscription for less that it would cost to add the specific db individually.)
What is amazing is that all students would not have access to this because they do not have public library cards. It concerns me that some school districts may not have signed up. We as Florida taxpayers pay for this through the State Library, that the public schools (which of course we pay for as well) would not leverage this to the students advantage disappoints me. At least I’m not a school library media specialist it would probably disappoint me more.