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Ulster BOCES School Library System: Services

Supporting our local school libraries.

Services

Automation CoSer

As part of the Automation CoSer, your district receives on-site, phone and e-mail support from the Ulster BOCES Ed Tech Department and the SLS Coordinator.  In addition, the SLS Coordinator will provide on-site training for new users. User Group Meetings are held to support library staff.

Current participants for Follett Destiny:

Highland Central School District

Kingston City School District

Onteora Central School District

Rondout Valley School District

Saugerties Central School District

Wallkill School District 

Database CoSer

Steps for Database Orders:

1. *** VERY IMPORTANT*** Start to think about what you want for the next school year by October/November. If you think you want to add a new database, you should let your principal, library coordinator, or whomever handles this for you in your district know so you have a chance of adding this. Your district decides the next year’s budget very early.

2. The School Library System will send out a listing of what your district ordered the previous year to your IAC representative with a “cc” to your business official. This is done in February. A copy will also be sent to you to look over. 

3. Your IAC rep. or business official should consult with you so you can decide what you would like to keep, drop or add.

4. The form will be signed by your IAC rep. and your business official and returned to our office.

5. In March please follow up with your business office or IAC rep. to make sure the form was returned to the School Library System.

6. In July, the SLS will order requested and approved databases for the up-coming school year.

Media CoSer

Educational Media CoSer 501.000

*New* for 2025-26 School Year - The Educational Media base service includes access to Learn360, Classroom Video On Demand, and SWANK.

Learn360 – Over 130,000 teacher and student resources available in multiple formats including videos, video clips, images, articles, activities, worksheets, interactives and more. Accessible on any internet-enabled device.

Classroom Video on Demand - Created for secondary schools, this fully responsive and mobile-friendly curriculum-focused video subscription provides unlimited access to thousands of videos for ALL departments.

Swank - Swank Motion Pictures’ film streaming platform, Swank K-12 Streaming, offers exclusive access to the largest single library of feature films, documentaries and foreign films available to K-12 schools for instructional support. Featuring over 40,000 movies, Swank’s cloud-hosted streaming platform eliminates common obstacles – such as the lack of DVD players, blocked personal streaming sites and DVD library maintenance. Plus, teachers can easily assign films to students outside the classroom through any Learning Management System.

Participating districts include: Ellenville, Highland, Kingston, New Paltz, Onteora, Rondout Valley, Saugerties and Wallkill.

Discovery Education Streaming (formerly called United Streaming) – This is an add-on to the Media CoSer base.

Participating Buildings:

Ellenville (all buildings)

New Paltz Duzine Elementary School

Onteora Jr/Sr High School

Rondout Valley Central School District (all buildings)

Saugerties Central School District (elementary buildings)