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sitedocs/oslis - pilot project: secondary schools 19 Feb 1999 For updates to the site, see also: Elementary project (April 2000), 2002-2003 site refresh, and Citation Maker documentation. The Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS) is a pilot project of 18 secondary schools which are evaluating online reference materials. The OSLIS Web site includes tutorials on information literacy and research skills, library links for students, and resource links for media specialists. OSLIS is a partnership of OPEN Clearinghouse, OETC, OEMA, the Oregon State Library, and Western Oregon University. Documentation Report Site-Maintenance Issues Flow Charts of OSLIS Database Applications: Research Request Form OSLIS Administration OSLIS IP Administration Site-Design Documentation Documentation Report on OSLIS Web Site. Downloadable versions: oslisdesign.doc (MS Word 97 - 75 KB) oslisdesign.rtf (Rich Text Format - 75 KB) Top of page Site-Maintenance Issues IP Changes. Access to SearchBank is based on the IP addresses of school-library computers. When these change, OPEN must be informed so that the OSLIS database can be updated. Otherwise, access to SearchBank will not work from the OSLIS Web site. Tech coordinators and library media specialists at OSLIS schools need to work together on these issues, and must be sure to inform OPEN of any changes. Dennis Schultz at OPEN is currently handling these changes: 1) updating the database, and 2) informing IACNet of the changes. 19 February 1999. E-Mail Addresses. Students can submit requests for research help to the library media specialist/OSLIS contact at their OSLIS school by using the online Research Request Form (/oslis/help/rrform.html). Notice of such requests is sent to the media specialists/OSLIS contacts at the e-mail addresses in the OSLIS database. Media specialists/OSLIS contacts are responsible for maintaining their own e-mail addresses and can do so through the administrative interface (http://beta.open.k12.or.us/oslis/admin/). The Research Request Form and how to maintain e-mail addresses are further documented in the LMS Desk section of the OSLIS site. Tutorials and Other Content. Tutorial lessons (/oslis/tutorials/) were developed by the library media specialists at OSLIS pilot schools. The OSLIS Curriculum Committee plans to add other content in the future. All content should be reviewed and updated on a more-or-less regular basis. This shall be the responsibility of OSLIS rather than OPEN. Top of page Flow Charts of OSLIS Database Applications The OSLIS database contains information on OSLIS schools, student research requests, and responses to research requests. The database is written in Postgres. Noose is used to create the Web interfaces, currently (30 June 1998) the Research Request Form, an administrative interface, and an IP administrative interface. Research Request Form Students can submit research requests to OSLIS contacts via the online Research Request Form. Each request is assigned an ID number and is e-mailed to the OSLIS contact at a student's school. The contact posts a response on the OSLIS Web site (see OSLIS Administration, below). The student can view the response by going to the Web site and selecting Check Back on the Research Request Form page. On the Check Back page, the student enters the request ID to view the response. This process was specifically designed to work without collecting or storing student names or e-mail addresses. rrform.html Student chooses to submit a research request or check back for a response to a request already submitted. requestform.tpl Student fills in this form to submit a request. Required fields are shown with an asterisk (*). checkform.tpl Redisplays the form with student's information filled in. Student verifies it and then submits the form. missing.tpl If required information is missing, redisplays the form so student can enter required information. thanks.tpl Confirms the student's request; assigns and displays a request ID number. email.mtpl E-mails the student's request to the OSLIS contact at the school selected on requestform.tpl. check.html Displayed when a student selects Check Back on rrform.html. The student enters a request ID number to view the response for a request. view.tpl Displays the response for a valid request ID number that was entered on check.html. tryagain.tpl Displayed if the student entered an invalid request ID number on check.html. Top of page OSLIS Administration OSLIS members add, modify, or respond to student research requests and keep their e-mail addresses current through the administrative interface. browse.tpl View list of research requests. Shows whether or not they've been responded to. modify.tpl Delete, modify, or respond to a selected request. recdel.tpl Record-deleted confirmation. /help/request.ncgi Submit a new request. respond.tpl Respond to the selected request. address.tpl Modify contact's e-mail address. thanks.tpl Address-modification confirmation. Top of page OSLIS IP Administration The OSLIS database administrator adds new OSLIS schools to the database and maintains the list of IP ranges for all OSLIS schools through the IP administrative interface. browse.tpl View list of OSLIS schools, their URLs and IP ranges. modify.tpl Modify or delete a school listing. recdel.tpl Record-deleted confirmation. add.tpl Add an OSLIS school, its URL and IP ranges. thanks.tpl New-school confirmation. 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