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OREGON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CHILDREN'S SERVICES DIVISION FALL WORKSHOP OCTOBER 27, 2012 Digital Age Libraries and Youth: Learning Labs, Literacy Leaders, Radical Resources

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Digital Age Libraries and Youth: Learning Labs, Literacy Leaders, Radical Resources. Oregon Library Association Children's Services Division Fall WORKSHOP October 27, 2012. Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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O R E G O N L I B R A RY A S S O C I AT I O N C H I L D R E N ' S S E R V I C E S D I V I S I O N

FA L L W O R K S H O PO C T O B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 2

Digital Age Libraries and Youth: Learning Labs, Literacy Leaders,

Radical Resources

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Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services

J. Elizabeth Mills, MLIS Candidate and Cleary Graduate Assistant

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Introduction

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Young Readers’ Library & Reading Habits

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Young Readers’ Library & Reading Habits

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Digital Age Assumptions about Youth

Youth are capable and seeking connections.

The digital environment nurtures youth’s capabilities.

Handheld books offer digital-age connections.

Adults and youth are partners in the digital world.

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21st Century Change #1: Libraries as Labs for Learning

• Labs for Learning • Labs for Learning about

Learning

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Digital teens

• Past: good was good

• Now: Libraries as partners and laboratories for research

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Hanging out, messing around, geeking out (Ito 2010)

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YouMedia: First MacArthurIMLS library learning lab

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21st century libraries as learning labs

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Most important finding of first year of You Media

• Importance of library staff

• Youth as teachers and staff as partners

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Other library as learning lab projects

YA Spaces (Bernier)

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Other library as learning lab projects

Independent versus group information seeking (Meyers 2011)

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Other library as learning lab projects

Scratch in Libraries

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21st Century Change #2:Libraries Are Literacy Leaders

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21st Century Change #2:Libraries Are Literacy Leaders

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Libraries as literacy promoters

Changing role of librarian

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Libraries & achievement

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ECRR & ECRR2

• Outcomes and impact

• ELSA• VIEWS2• Schools & Early

Literacy

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• OUTCOMES & IMPACT:

• ELSA (Early Literacy Skills Assessment)

• VIEWS2 (valuable Initiatives in early literacy that work successfully)

• Schools & Early Literacy (State Literacy Council)

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21st Century Change #3:Radicalizing Resources

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21st Century Change #3:Radicalizing Resources

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Do libraries need books?

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How ‘radical’ are handheld books?

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What is a book?

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A digital library for the world’s children

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What is a book?

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New frontiers to defend access for youth

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Conclusion