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Shake well before use:Library collections for
connected learningWorkshop
P r u M i t c h e l l
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Key question
In connected learning environments what priority should be given to balanced,
professionally selected and managed collections?
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Connected learning
digital connectedness
school connectedness
parent-school connectedness
global connectedness
T2 skylight, CC-by
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Blended learning baristas
WINWINI
What I Need,
When I Need It
WWW
Whenever,
Wherever,
Whatever
Ray, M 2012 Of leadership and blended learning baristas, SLJ Summit
‘Break’ Photo by M Jongen, CC-by
What is emergent about our school’s learning environment?
What I am proud of about our school’s collecti on...
What are our collecti on prioriti es, issues and questi ons -looking ahead 2 and 5 years?
Light bulb RichardScott33
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Discussion
What is a collection?
1. selected
2. organised
3. searchable
4. maintained
5. marketed
Learning for the future, 2001
Curated
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e-books e-resources
“the future use of e-books”
“e-books: we are currently looking at purchasing some and it's getting started that's the issue...”
“IT infrastructure to support e-resources”
“introduction of e-resources”
“how to deal with eBooks and apps”
Selection issues
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cataloguing access
“library staff with no library training or understanding of the need for accurate and consistent catalogue records”
“undertaking to catalogue all classroom resources”
“adding and accessing digital content via school network or school catalogue ”
“keeping the catalogue relevant and up to date”
“maximising student access”
Organisational issues
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library system OPAC use
“very archaic library system”
“our system is less than perfect”
“updating the catalogue to make it more usable”
“a new library system”
“getting staff and students to use school OPAC”
“OPAC - getting users on board”
Search issues
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collection weeding
“age of resources““ tired, old”
“size: whether to weed or not to weed”
“weed some resources to keep our collection relevant and up to date”
Maintenance issues
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collection use promotion
“fiction almost untouched”
“NF not utilised extensively”
“kids not reading”
“educating staff and students as to what resources are available in both book and digital formats”“interaction with whole staff accessing our resources”
Evaluation and marketing
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curating integration
gathering information in pathfinder
diversity and "pulling it all together" to be more cohesive and easily accessible
having a virtual library presence through web OPAC
developing a useful 'My Resource Centre' Moodle page
All pretty good here. :)
Pulling it all together
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Key question
Is a collection of resources fundamental to the school library's role?
Selecting from abundance
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500: one-terabyte hard drives required to download every Creative Commons-licensed photo on Flickr.
40: years to watch all 4 million CC-licensed videos on YouTube.
715: new, CC BY-SA-licensed articles contributed to Wikipedia in English every day.
59,000: articles published by Public Library of Science under the CC Attribution license.
The future of Creative Commons 2013
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Professional description
Social metadata
Content –based info retrieval
Philip Hider 2012
Information resource description: creating and managing metadata
Facet Publishing, London.
Cover image. Used by permission of Facet.Available inbooks.com.au
Future of metadata
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Future of collecting
Professionals
Community
Algorithms
Analytics
All of the above Question over
collection 2010, Pru CC-by
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Many shades of curation
Perspective
Diversity
Balance
Relevance
Storytelling
LearningClown barf! 2Fifikins, CC-by
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Is linking thinking?
Roy, Michael 2013, Is linking thinking? Addressing and Assessing Scholarship in a Digital Era
, Educause
IdeasLab
ideaslab.edu.au
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Blended collections
Local physical
Local digital
Consortia
Open access
Patron-driven acquisition
Blended catalogues Dempsey 2006http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/dempsey
Questions and keeping in touch
SCIS updates
scis.edublogs.org
@schoolscatinfo
facebook.com/schoolscatinfo
pru.mitchell@esa.edu.au
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