Technological+Access

__**Technological Access**__ All of the PreK-12 library media centers presently offer: • automated library catalogs • internet access In 2009-10, the funding for the district’s libraries was cut substantially. Due to the budget cuts the district’s libraries no longer offer online databases such as CULTUREGRAMS, NOVELIST, GROLIER, and WORLD BOOK. In 2005-06 the district’s libraries moved from the distributed system of Athena to a fully centralized, web-based union catalog called Accent. The union catalog then changed to Destiny in 2008 (?). It was originally hoped that these changes would encourage greater resource sharing and usage of the system and that it would enable the card catalog to be accessible in every classroom and at home. These system changes were successful and did stand to promote literacy in a variety of ways, including classroom access although home access to the card catalog did not occur. Type in the content of your page here.