Educational Resources & Services
Highfield Services
Educational Resources & Services Group provides:
- Equity of access to quality learning resources and information technologies in support of life-long learning
- Leadership and support to resource based learning and teaching in schools
- Support in the areas of school library organization and management, collection development and weeding, cataloguing and classification, library products and video licenses
- Video Loan Pool
Manager of ERS
Joan Wilkinson
403.294.8537
The unit is divided into four areas: Video Loan Pool, Evaluation and Selection, Cataloguing and Processing.
Video Loan Pool
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/resources/videoloanpool.asp
Agnes Kancsal, Marg Archer, Michelle Graham
403.294.8728
- Reservation and circulation of DVDs/videos which support the Alberta Curriculum
- Authorized duplication of DVDs identified as the "best of the best" by school boards in Alberta available for purchase by CBE schools
- Support for Medianet Online Reservation System
Evaluation and Selection
Jackie Maydanski, Lucie Ketchum, Elaine Stuart, and Susan K. Anderson
403.294.8588
Specialist, Research & Learning Commons/Evaluation & Selection
Erin Hansen
403.777.7240 ext. 2601
- "Recommended Resources" for school libraries in English, French and Spanish on the Integrated Media System
- Core collections for new school libraries
- Support and in-service for school library staff on collection development and weeding
Cataloguing
Vivian Smith, Stanley McBain, Deirdre O'Flaherty, René Martin, Margaret Smale, Pam Won, Paige Cooper
403.294.8543
- Cataloguing of English, French, Spanish and German resources for all CBE school libraries, the Professional Learning Centre, Chinook Learning Services, the Video Loan Pool and specialized collections
- Implementation and training for the Integrated Media System
- Systems support for the Integrated Media System
Processing
Todd Paquette, Lee-Ann Rundell, Christine Olar
403.294.8574
- Products for CBE schools (spine labels, barcodes, etc.)
- Receiving, processing and shipping of all ordered resources from the "Recommended Resources" listings and for new school libraries
Websites and Publications
Recommended Resources (staff only - log in required)
Educational Resources and Services Contact Information (.pdf)
Symphony Manuals
