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Program hours available every

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Spanish-speaking service

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A resource for early college

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Live Homework Help: Live Homework Help: What Is It?What Is It?

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Helping Helping students?students?Live Live Homework Homework Help Help is the is the perfect perfect program program for your for your library!library!

At A Glance: At A Glance: Facts & FiguresFacts & Figures

Alabama, Kansas, & AlaskaAlabama, Kansas, & AlaskaStates with Live Homework Help

statewide programs.Projects pending in other states.

94%94%of respondents say they are glad their library offers it, and would

recommend the service to friends.

3,000,000+3,000,000+Live Homework Help sessions. 1,000,000 projected for the 2008

school year!

More than 1600More than 1600public libraries across the U.S. and

Canada offer Live Homework Help.

53%53%Of Live Homework Help users

take our exit survey.

100,000100,000Average number of students served by Live Homework

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All tutors complete a thorough application, screening, and

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How It Works: How It Works: Getting StartedGetting Started

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Sharing Sharing WebpagesWebpagesEither party can type a URL to open a page within the session.

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How It Works: How It Works: Document Document SharingSharing

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Results: Results: Making A DifferenceMaking A Difference53% of 53% of

users users

complete complete

the exit the exit

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Results are Results are

added to added to

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Students Students Report Report ImprovementImprovementIn grades, confidence and completing work.

Satisfied Satisfied StudentsStudents93% recommend the service to friends!

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Your Customers: Your Customers: What They’re SayingWhat They’re Saying

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Thank goodness for this site. I’m the mom and I

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I like how they don’t giveyou the answer until you

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I entered the service to see

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Teacher

I have gone from D’s in math to A’s. Thanks for all

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Its better than a real classroom cause you are

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10th Grader

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Detailed Detailed

monthly monthly

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e-mailed e-mailed

to you to you

each each

month.month.

Results: Results: Reporting on Students ServedReporting on Students ServedSession Session InformationInformationOverall number and session length.Grade and Grade and SubjectSubjectBreakdown of usage.Review Review SatisfactionSatisfactionPost-session survey results and student comments.Branch Branch BreakdownBreakdownAll of the data abovelisted by branch.

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Live Homework Help Live Homework Help atat

PawtucketPawtucket Public Public LibraryLibrary

Presented by Robin LensingTeen Librarian

December 13, 2007

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At A Glance: At A Glance: Today’s SessionToday’s Session

Background Demographics Live Online Homework Help Challenges Funding Promoting LHH Benefits

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : BackgroundBackground

Population 72,000 City size approximately 9 square miles According to the 2000 US Census

Bureau, 13.9% of Pawtucket’s total population is Latino or Mexican

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : DemographicsDemographics

Population = 72,000

Library Cardholders = 28,073

Teen Library Card Holders (2007) = 4,492

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : Homework HelpHomework Help

Great Demand for Homework Assistance Parents and students Limited tutoring outside of school No affordable tutoring service in

the community

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : Homework Homework HelpHelp

From Our Surveys Students Say…

88.54% Were glad we offer the service 87.48% Would recommend this service to a friend

Live Homework Help has served 3,398 this year alone! 27% of sessions served were students in 7th, 8th and 9th grade.

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : Homework HelpHomework Help

Tutor.com’s Live Homework Help provides Trained tutors Greater range of hours Anonymity Remote access with library card

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : ChallengesChallenges

Challenge: Funding Challenge: Spreading the word

Keeping staff informed Training Providing resources

Promoting service in schools

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : Promoting LHHPromoting LHH Staff Involvement

Outreach Schools After-school programs Book Mobile

MySpace http://www.myspace.com/pawtucketlibrary

In-library Posters Bookmarks Presentations

http://web.provlib.org/pawlib/

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library : : Benefits of LHHBenefits of LHH

Drives traffic to library website and online programs Raises library’s profile in the community Provides opportunities for school partnerships Increases awareness of other library programming Levels playing field for kids with access to tutors, regardless of geography/class.

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PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Library :: In Their WordsIn Their Words

“it was so great my tutor was so nice i want to come in this all the time and tell all of my friends about this website!!!!!!!!!! this was the best tutor i have

ever got” – 4th Grader

“sometimes i feel like i can never figure out a problem on my homework which brings down my confidence. this helps me allot!” - 6th Grader

“It was fun and i now have more confidence to talk about the subject that we are studying in class.” – 9th Grader

“I love how the tutors treat us!! its like they care about if we get help or not!! there so nice and caring!! I love this site NEVER GET RID OF IT!!! :) and

tell Susan f she is a awesome tutor!!!” – 10th Grader

“This was my first time using this service I really appreciated it. It has helped me and I will be using the service more often!” – 12th Grader

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If you have questions that you would like to ask offline, you

can contact me at:

Robin LensingTeen Librarian

PawtucketPawtucket Public LibraryPublic Libraryrlensing@pawtucketlibrary.org

Any Questions?Any Questions?

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