NOVEL Invitational Grants


Approved through October 31, 2004

with Abstracts, Category and Project Director Information

Category abbreviations: TE = Technology Training for NOVEL | TPR = Technology Training/PR for NOVEL

Albany-Schenectady-Schoharie-Saratoga BOCES SLS

TE

04-1037

NOVEL Goes to School will use retired library media specialists to train teachers, librarians and administrators in the use of NOVEL databases and integrate them into the classroom environment. A technology trainer will also train library media specialists in the use of their NOVEL databases administrative accounts. This is a cooperative grant with three SLS systems: Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES SLS, Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES SLS and Washington-Saratoga BOCES SLS.

Linda Fox (518) 464-5104

$24,000.00

Brooklyn Public Library

TPR

04-1013

NOVEL Database Training, Outreach and Publicity Program will train the entire library staff at BPL, provide training for the public, and provide marketing to inform the public of training opportunities and availability of databases. The project will also create an online tutorial for use by staff and the public for additional training and support.

Anthony Loum (718) 230-2173

$35,000.00

Broome-Tioga BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1011

Teaching with NOVEL provides hands-on NOVEL training to classroom teachers. This program will expose teachers to the wealth of tools that comprise the NOVEL suite of information resources.

Gail Barraco (607) 763-3602

$6,000.00

Capital District Library Council

TPR

04-1021

NOVEL Training To Go will provide a minimum of 40 NOVEL training sessions and 20 NOVEL community presentations. Target audiences will include library staff, faculty and students, parents and the general public. A variety of training methods will be implemented, including a train-the-trainer component. This is a cooperative grant with Mohawk Valley PLS, Southern Adirondack PLS and Upper Hudson PLS.

Christine Walker (518) 438-2500

$80,000.00

Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES SLS

TE

04-1040

NOVEL Training Presentations increases the number of librarians and teachers with expert knowledge of NOVEL databases and provides updated information for those with previous training. Hands-on training will be employed by EBSCO and Gale trainers.Diane Crater (716) 376-8206

$6,000.00

Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1044

Promoting NOVEL Databases Integration with the School Curriculum expands on current NOVEL training to include administrators, teachers and parents as well as the general public. Participants will receive hands-on training and will emphasize the fact that NOVEL databases are available at no cost to all New Yorkers.

Ann Voorhees (315) 253-0361

$6,000.00

Central New York Library Resources Council

TPR

04-1005

Bringing NOVEL to Central New York introduces NOVEL through exhibits at business, education, health and other trade shows in Central New York. NOVEL training programs will also be provided for aides to state legislators, federal and local government officials, as well as clinical staff at hospitals within the CLRC region.

Nancy Howe (315) 446-5446

$25,000.00

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System

TPR

04-1026

NOVEL Training offers decentralized training at the two co-central libraries and in member libraries to reach a wide range of users in the library system. Library staff will be trained to provide users with hands-on demonstrations of NOVEL databases.

Anne D. Plyler (716) 484-7135 x 258

$15,000.00

Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System

TPR

04-1057

The NOVEL Edge: Databases @ Your Public Library NOVEL training related to business research, homework help and health topics research for member library directors and staff. Web page tutorials on using NOVEL will also be available and promoted through TV/radio ads, promotional giveaways and open houses at the 30 member libraries.

Elizabeth Brooks (518) 563-5190 x 35

$15,000.00

Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1025

A NOVEL-ized Approach to Research allows school library staff to become expert turnkey trainers. The turnkey training will allow all teachers to receive information and tools that will encourage the use of NOVEL databases. In addition, a CD promoting NOVEL will be created for students, parents and teachers.

Jennifer Henry (518) 561-0100

$6,000.00

Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1027

Research It the NOVEL Way extends database training to administrators, business people, parents and the general public, as well as librarians and teachers. Trainers will travel throughout the BOCES area to provide on-site training to as many people as possible. In order to further publicize the NOVEL databases, the project will create brochures describing the databases, providing logins and passwords.

Patricia L. Schmidt (607) 335-1371

$6,000.00

Dutchess BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1043

Access NOVEL: Free Online Educational Resources provides on-site training for Dutchess County Schools with zero and low NOVEL usage statistics. This project seeks to increase teacher and library staff awareness of and ability to search the NOVEL databases.

Rebecca Gerald (845) 486-4840 x 3061

$6,000.00

Eastern Suffolk BOCES SLS

TE

04-1029

Training Where It Counts - In the District provides NOVEL database training in the local school districts to meet the needs of those librarians who have difficulty getting release time, as well as classroom teachers. The project will also provide training for Parent Teacher Associations and students.

Dr. Janet L. Barr (631) 286-0891

$6,000.00

Erie 1 BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1018

"NOVEL-izing" School Library System allows teachers to receive training workshops at their own schools. A retired library media specialist will provide training that focuses on integrating NOVEL databases into the school curriculum. In addition, NOVEL cue cards will be created and posted at each library workstation. These cards will be a visual reminder to students as they start research projects.

Carol Tauriello (716) 821-7070

$6,000.00

Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1035

NACC - "The Next Generation" provides in-depth, subject-specific training on the NOVEL databases. The training will be extended to teachers in all subject areas, library media specialists and other school staff. Local subject specialists will provide the training, thus enhancing the workshop participants' experiences. This is a collaborative project with Buffalo City SLS.

Susan M. Bartle (716) 672-4371 x 2022

$16,000.00

Finger Lakes Library System

TPR

04-1017

The Trainers Toolbox provides NOVEL trainers with the equipment needed for adequate presentation and training in NOVEL databases to the staff of member libraries. The member library's staff trainer will train other staff and patrons using the "Trainers Toolbox" which will be both a demonstration and a hands-on experience.

Rex Helwig (607) 273-4074 x 40

$15,000.00

Four County Library System

TPR

04-1052

NOVEL Training and Promotional Initiative provides NOVEL and other electronic resources training for library staff of the system and member libraries. The staff will then train a broad range of audiences in their communities, including students, faculty, business people, news media and the general public. A traveling classroom and a newly created Trainer's Support Group will facilitate the training sessions.

Steve Bachman (607) 723-8236 x 343

$14,995.00

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1004

A NOVEL Approach to Research provides in-depth training in NOVEL databases by EBSCO and Gale trainers for school library staff as well as teachers. Teachers will use NOVEL resources in lessons with students. A brochure detailing the NOVEL databases and how to access them will be created for students and their parents.

Donna Hanus (518) 483-1697

$6,000.00

Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1033

NAK: NOVEL Access and Knowledge provides hands-on training from an EBSCO representative to school media specialists and teachers. The training will go beyond the awareness level to demonstrate how the NOVEL databases can be integrated into the curriculum and utilized as resources in lessons for students.

Ann Willkens Leach (585) 344-7902

$6,000.00

Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1022

NOVEL Resources Training Initiative provides in-depth training by NOVEL database vendors to school library media specialists and Model Schools curriculum committee members. The project will also reach out to people who are new to the teaching profession.

Angus Saunders (315) 377-7350

$6,000.00

Long Island Library Resources Council

TPR

04-1003

Electronic Resources: Guidance and Training provides NOVEL training sessions to a variety of audiences, including library staff, students, faculty, the business community, legislative aides, healthcare professionals and the public. The LILRC web site will also be enhanced to provide a more prominent presence for the NOVEL databases.

Herbert Biblo (631) 632-6650

$25,000.00

Madison-Oneida BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1001

NOVEL Resources provides in-depth NOVEL database training to school library staff members, Model School curriculum committee members and new teachers. Some training will be available through distance learning technologies in order to make it accessible to people at remote locations. The project will also provide students with remote passwords to allow them to access NOVEL at home.

Beatrice Angus (315) 361-5661

$6,000.00

Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)

TPR

04-1020

METRO NOVEL Training and Promotion provides 15 NOVEL training programs for legislative employees, staff of non-profit organizations, academic and special librarians and archivists of the METRO region. The web site, METROweb, will be upgraded to include information about NOVEL.

Robert Schmidt (212) 228-2320 x 14

$35,000.00

Mid-Hudson Library System

TPR

04-1010

NOVEL Database Training provides frequent and consistent database promotion and exhibition throughout the region to educators, the business community, local officials, journalists and the general public. A template presentation will be developed to sustain promotion after the grant period ends.

Merribeth Advocate (845) 471-6060 x 54

$25,000.00

Mid-York Library System

TPR

04-1002

NOVEL in the Community provides formal awareness and training in the use of the NOVEL databases for key community and government groups in the member libraries' respective communities.

Beverly Choltco-Devlin (315) 735-8328

$15,000.00

Nassau BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1038

NOVEL at Your School provides NOVEL training to professional developers from Nassau BOCES Model School program and other districts as well as school librarians. This train-the-trainer approach is expected to increase knowledge of available NOVEL resources for teachers, students, librarians and the professional developers as well as increase NOVEL usage for curriculum projects.

eva efron (516) 608-6630

$6,000.00

Nassau Library System

TPR

04-1047

NOVEL Invitational Grant provides training to the staff of member libraries in using NOVEL and regional databases, as well as training in Dreamweaver MX and Publisher 2003 to improve web publishing and databases marketing materials. The project will also include online database training for the general public.

Robyn Klose (516) 292-8920 x 282

$35,000.00

New York City School Library System

TE

04-1007

NOVEL Technology Training provides beginner and advanced training in NOVEL databases for school librarians. The trainings will focus on integrating the usage of NOVEL databases and information literacy in New York City School Libraries.

Melissa Jacobs (212) 374-0213

$15,000.00

New York Public Library

TPR

04-1058

NYPL Electronic Resources Training provides 34 public training sessions and 14 staff training workshops, highlighting the NOVEL databases, as well as other electronic resources. Promotional materials such as English and Spanish language postcards/print materials and free giveaways will feature the NYPL web site, where NOVEL and other electronic resources can be accessed.

Jane Fisher (212) 340-0911

$35,000.00

Nioga Library System

TPR

04-1028

NOVEL Training provides NOVEL databases training for professional, para-professional and non-professional staff in the system's member libraries.

Marie Bindeman (716) 434-6167 x 31

$15,000.00

North Country Library System

TPR

04-1041

NOVEL Invitational Grant/Promoting NOVEL Databases provides funds to allow NCLS information technology staff to provide targeted small group training sessions in numerous locations throughout the system service area. Training will be accomplished through demonstration and exploration of the various NOVEL databases as well as hands-on exercises.

Amy Degnan (315) 782-5540

$15,000.00

Northern New York Library Network

TPR

04-1016

NOVEL/Electronic Services Training provides training sessions to member library staff, regional hospital staff and archivists on how to use NOVEL and other electronic resources. Radio and television commercials will be broadcast to promote NOVEL and training DVD's and tutorials including NOVEL will be distributed to 300 libraries in the region.

Bridget Doyle (315) 265-1119

$25,000.00

Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES SLS

TE

04-1009

NOVEL Curriculum Training moves beyond the train-the-trainer model to empower users directly and encourage collaborative projects between library media specialists and classroom subject-specific teachers. Database vendors will provide these audiences with in-depth training on using NOVEL with curriculum based instruction.

Karin Kell Deyo (315) 793-8505

$6,000.00

Onondaga County Public Library

TPR

04-1030

NOVEL: Your Library That's Always Open brings to each participating library formalized, high quality training that is capable of being tailored on-site to meet the specific needs of each library, its trustees and its patrons. These groups will receive training in the value, scope, content and use of OCPL's online resources, including NOVEL databases.

Peg Elliott (315) 435-1900

$25,000.00

Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1036

Exploring a NOVEL Idea will, for the first time, provide on-site in-depth training to school library media specialists in OCM BOCES. The focus will be on schools that have not used NOVEL in the past. Training will also be offered to teachers to expand the use of these resources beyond the library media center. Additional training will also be offered to two local legislators to educate them about NOVEL.

Judith Dzikowski (315) 433-2665

$6,000.00

Orange-Ulster BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1051

Promoting NOVEL to Schools provides NOVEL training by EBSCO and Gale trainers to teacher/library media specialist teams from Orange-Ulster and Rockland BOCES. Training sessions will consist of a quick overview of the content and search strategies, followed by a concentration on integrating NOVEL databases into the curriculum. This is a collaborative grant with Rockland BOCES SLS.

Maxine Kamin (845) 781-4360

$12,000.00

Orleans-Niagara BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1032

Curriculum Correlation Tactics Two recruits a trainer to spend a day at each school. The trainer will offer one-on-one training as well as small group workshops to teachers and librarians. The workshops will focus on writing simple lesson plans that align with the New York State Standards and incorporate the NOVEL databases.

Molly Thomson (716) 731-4176 x 3750

$6,000.00

Oswego BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1055

A NOVEL Link to Learning provides NOVEL training to approximately 100 teachers and librarians in the Oswego BOCES SLS. The library system will hire a part-time NOVEL trainer to provide awareness of NOVEL databases as well as demonstrate ideas for integrating NOVEL databases into the curriculum.

Christine Ranieri (315) 963-4363

$6,000.00

Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1039

Introducing NOVEL will reach beyond current library users to inform and train administrators, teachers, parents, and community members who may be unaware that these resources may be accessed from home. Project activities will be regional, systematic and focused on constituents who are unaware of the NOVEL program.

JoAnn M. Rockefeller (607) 652-1251

$6,000.00

Pioneer Library System

TPR

04-1059

Novel Approaches to NOVEL incorporates MARC records for journals available through NOVEL into the library system's online catalog, provides NOVEL training for member library staff and the general public in collaboration with the Rochester Regional Library Council, and conducts a patron authentication feasibility study.

Betsy Morris (585) 394-8260

$15,000.00

Putnam-Westchester BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1056

NOVEL Invitational Training -- North designs a training program that will further familiarize library media specialists and their classroom teacher colleagues with the resources available in the NOVEL databases. This training program will feature a dual dimension as the process will include both a training and an enhanced promotional concept that will target teachers, administrators and parents in each school district.

John Monahan (914) 248-2392

$6,000.00

Queens Borough Public Library

TPR

04-1054

Virtual Help: A NOVEL Idea creates a series of streaming video tutorials providing instruction on using the NOVEL databases. The tutorials will be accessible via QBPL's web site. Person-to-person training promoting the new tutorials will be provided to more than 300 individuals.

Phillip Darsan (718) 990-8516

$35,000.00

Ramapo Catskill Library System

TPR

04-1014

NOVEL: Gateway to Information increases awareness and skills in using electronic resources made available through NOVEL. Participants will develop a basic understanding of how to access NOVEL databases and will have an opportunity to discover NOVEL as a useful personal information resource.

Robert Hubsher (845) 343-1131 x 142

$25,000.00

Rochester City School Library System

TPR

04-1062

NOVEL -- the Curriculum Connection provides NOVEL training to 30-60 teachers and librarians, explaining the use of NOVEL as an educational tool. These teachers and librarians will then form NOVEL teams and present the use of NOVEL in curriculum development to a potential 1500 teachers and administrators.

Linda L. Cruttenden (585) 262-8733

$10,000.00

Rochester Regional Library Council

TPR

04-1031

Making the Connection creates focus groups of library staff and teachers and an ongoing committee to discuss and promote library learning through the use of the NOVEL databases. The project will also provide workshops for library staff and teachers to incorporate NOVEL into the curriculum. Train-the-trainer workshops will highlight the NOVEL databases by subject for both the library staff and teachers as well as the general public. Online tutorials about NOVEL will be created. This is a collaborative project with the Monroe County Library System, Monroe #1 BOCES SLS and Monroe #2-Orleans BOCES SLS.

Deborah Emerson (585) 223-7570

$62,000.00

Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1012

NOVEL Collaboration: Teaching to the Standards Using NOVEL focuses on training librarians and classroom teachers to integrate NOVEL with the New York State Learning Standards. An instructor from Gale will lead 2 workshops. During the workshops, teachers and librarians will collaborate to create lesson plans. After the training, participants will serve as informal trainers in their schools.

Kathleen Wheeler (607) 739-3581 x 2703

$6,000.00

South Central Regional Library Council

TPR

04-1015

Enhanced Access to NOVEL and Other Electronic Resources provides a train-the-trainer workshop for regional library staff on effective instructional techniques for teaching library users about NOVEL and other electronic resources. The program will also include training sessions for the staff of member libraries and systems, as well as training sessions for clinical and administrative staff at the 23 regional hospitals.

Jean Currie (607) 273-9106

$25,000.00

Southeastern New York Library Resources Council

TPR

04-1060

Search for NOVEL Resources provides webinars on NOVEL as well as on-site demonstrations for hospital staff of the region. Tutorials on using the NOVEL databases and other electronic resources will be created for the SENYLRC web site and handed out in CD-ROM format.

Tessa Killian (845) 691-2734

$25,000.00

Southern Tier Library System

TPR

04-1045

NOVEL Online Databases: Teaching to User Needs provides NOVEL training to librarians, library trustees, library users, members of the community and elected officials. This training will provide course outlines, practice questions, and one-on-one training for patrons.

Ristiina Wigg (607) 962-3141

$15,000.00

St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1024

A Novel Approach to Research provides school librarians with in-depth database training from EBSCO and Gale trainers. Using a PowerPoint presentation that includes curriculum specific templates, the librarians will train teachers in their schools so that the teachers will use NOVEL resources in lessons with their students. A brochure detailing the NOVEL databases and how to access them will be created for students and their parents.

Allison Wheeler (315) 353-6684

$6,000.00

Steuben-Allegany BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1034

Linking Learning and Literacy: A NOVEL Approach offers a wide audience training on the NOVEL databases. Trainers will offer hands-on and demonstration workshops to school librarians, teachers, teacher aides an assistants, administrators, board members, parents, people in the business community and the general public.

Stephanie Wilson (607) 281-3199

$6,000.00

Suffolk Cooperative Library System

TPR

04-1053

Training Librarians to Market Electronic Databases provides training on marketing and teaching database use for 240 reference librarians from the member libraries. The librarians will then return to their communities to train additional library staff and the general public.

Diane Eidelman (631) 286-1600 x 1304

$35,000.00

Suffolk Western BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1042

NOVEL Professional Development Training provides more in-depth training to a larger and broader cross-section of teachers and librarians. This NOVEL training will emphasize how to incorporate databases with existing curriculum and assessment programs.

Paula Klingelhoeffer (631) 242-1128 x 229

$6,000.00

Sullivan BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1046

NOVEL Database Promotional Program expands the awareness of and creates interest in the NOVEL databases by providing hands-on, interactive training to all middle and high school students and their teachers in the member libraries of the school library system.

Lynn Denman (845) 292-0246

$6,000.00

Syracuse City School Library System

TPR

04-1061

NOVEL Way to Improve Access to Information will train all of the 33 Syracuse City School District library media specialists to be turnkey trainers. They will provide training on the NOVEL databases for the staff and students in their schools. The school library media Specialists will work with the teachers to create lesson plans integrating NOVEL and post them to the SCSD Library Links web site.

Patricia C. Vilello (315) 435-4216

$10,000.00

Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1006

Gale NOVEL Training fosters librarian-teacher collaboration by providing NOVEL training to both groups collaboratively. A trainer from Gale will offer three workshops that cover English, Social Studies, Science and Health, Business and Current Events.

Patricia Neal (607) 257-1551 x 306

$6,000.00

Ulster BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1050

Training and Promoting NOVEL Databases provides hands-on training to a target audience of librarians and teachers in Ulster County who currently have a low or zero usage on the NOVEL databases. Sessions will focus on the promotion of and training for the databases that are appropriate for the individual school or group.

Daniele Boyea (845) 855-1402 x 1230

$6,000.00

Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1019

Creating Collaborative Lesson Plans Using NOVEL Databases provides workshops for teachers and librarians. The workshops will be tailored to grades K-5 and grades 6-12 and will be provided by Gale and EBSCO. They will focus on integrating NOVEL into the curriculum. NOVEL brochures will be created and distributed to all teachers in the school library system.

Judy Marsh (315) 332-2100

$6,000.00

Westchester BOCES SLS

TPR

04-1048

NOVEL Invitational Training -- South provides training to Library Media Specialists, administrators and faculty in the Westchester 2 BOCES SLS. This training program will feature a dual dimension to include an enhanced promotional concept to reach a wider audience of potential NOVEL users.

Francine Costello (914) 345-8500 x 123

$6,000.00

Westchester Library System

TPR

04-1049

NOVEL Databases Training and Promotion provides ten training sessions on the effective use of the NOVEL databases. Target audiences will include WLS staff, member library staff, career counselors, job seekers, people from the business community, educators, legislators and the general public. The introductory training will take the form of a kickoff event to announce the NOVEL program and demonstrate the NOVEL databases.

Elaine Sozzi (914) 674-3612

$25,000.00

Western New York Library Resources Council

TPR

04-1023

WNYinfo:Accessing NOVEL and Regional Resources From a One-Stop Shop Information Gateway creates an online information gateway integrating both NOVEL and regional resources into one seamless entry point. Library staff will be trained on using the gateway and the NOVEL databases.

Sheryl Knab (716) 633-0705 x 121

$25,000.00

Yonkers City School Library System

TE

04-1008

Bringing NOVEL into the Classroom uses teams of expert library media specialists to train teachers in the use of NOVEL databases. The library media specialists will attend refresher courses provided by the database vendors and then lead workshops for teachers. This project will present opportunities for teacher-librarian collaboration.

Nancy Keating (914) 376-8181

$10,000.00

62 Projects Total

$1,001,995

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