driving change, creating experience & moving forward - u game u learn 2010

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Driving Change,Creating Experience &

Moving ForwardU Game U Learn 2010

Michael Stephens. PhD | Assistant ProfessorDominican University GSLIS

www.tametheweb.comwww.dom.edu/gslis


The Library is unlimited and cyclicalJorge Luis Borges

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dg_pics/3031181785


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciro/288022773

Librarians - make people feel welcome - and personalize their service.

Samuel Green

Personal Relations between Librarians and Readers, American Library


1876


Core Values Evolve


Stewardship


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaeater/197563926


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/


Service


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/1425079226/


Access


http://www.flickr.com/photos/guybrariang/2381377612/


Intellectual Freedom


http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian_b/44227093


Literacy & Learning


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanghaidaddy/3443631316/


Let our core values guide everything we do.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2381791019

Reflective practice


http://www.flickr.com/photos/fornal/363700193/


Encouraging or Discouraging?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894


http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntie/104031952/


Perform aKindness Audit.


What gets in our way?

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Institutional Culture

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Embedded staff.

Michael Casey | Michael Stephens | The Transparent Library | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Silos of knowledge

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Outdated Methods

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Organizational structure


Barriers & Rules


Mindset


Technology


Technolust?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/510980765/

Technostress


http://www.flickr.com/photos/margaretv/2766359549

Techno-divorce


http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/107267802

Technoshame


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/

Technophobia


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/

Fear?


A focus for the future....


PRESENCE


The Teenagers Experience


http://www.flickr.com/photos/fasanfoto/2960655723/


Teens write... a lot.

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Writing_Report_FINAL3.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niznoz/59876372/

85% of teens ages 12-17 engage at least occasionally in some form of electronic personal communication


http://www.flickr.com/photos/librariesrock/3591455210/


The Creators Experience


Lets give our users tools to help build our collections & services...


...then step out of the way and see what happens.


Guides, not gatekeepers.


Hyperlocal

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6668445.html


N 41 53.658 W 087 47.97616T E 433669 N 4638349

Quick Description: Designed for the projecting pier

(s) alongside the entrance to the Frank Lloyd Wright

studio this sculpture depicts a figure of a crouching

man emerging out of a boulder

"The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1889/1898) served as Wright's private residence and workplace from 1889 to 1909 - the first 20 years of his career. Wright used his home as an architectural laboratory, experimenting with design concepts that contain the seeds of his architectural philosophy. Here he raised six children with his first wife, Catherine Tobin. In 1898, Wright added a

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7N4A_The_Boulder_Oak_Park_IL


Geo-enriching online information.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6668445.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fahdad/1939397872/


Local Creators


Local Collections


Local Experts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sreejithk2000/2385193167/


The Tribal Experience

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Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness.

Peter Block


Human beings cant help it: we need to belong.

SethGodinTribes: We Need You to Lead Us


A shared interest & a way to communicate.

Godin, p. 2http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoxlou/368053190


http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrosis/66642106/

When the technology falls away...


The Learners Experience


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/


New Digital Literacies


PLAY


Play the capacity to experiment with ones surroundings as a form

of problem-solving.

Jenkins

Jenkins: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: http://www.projectnml.org/node/540


http://www.flickr.com/photos/alefbetac/874362753/

http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2009/12/50_ways_to_fost_1.shtml#

If you're not having fun something is off.

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http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2009/12/50_ways_to_fost_1.shtml#

Make new mistakes.


How will you reward failure and recovery?

http://www.i2i-align.com/2009/12/a-culture-of-failure.html


http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/


Created at wordle.com

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Self-directed Work

Self-directed Exploration


http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/

These characteristics are key to create an effective 21st Century library & learning experience:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/broterham/37039048

Curiosity

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Exploration


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdumlao98/237755557/

Transparency & Openness

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Innovative Thinking


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/

Connected Collaboration


Flexibilty


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

Play =Learning


What are you doing?


What are you LEARNING?


The Non-UsersExperience

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Ask them what they want.


Find them.Talk to them.GO to them.

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What small changes could we make?


What BIG changes could we make?



A vision of the future?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/535440373/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/169916936/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwatson/4148536/


Information spaces and collaborative hubs with spokes that stretch out across communities.


...in physical space & virtually...


Discovery & learning will play out along these spokes - at home, at cafes, in the park, at school, community centers and at libraries.


The Library is unlimited and cyclicalJorge Luis Borges

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dg_pics/3031181785


http://www.flickr.com/photos/iblee/2627365040

What can we do?



How can we go forward?


Never too late.http://www.flickr.com/photos/7185311@N03/1084349065/


Map your Strategy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/1721982928


Plan to plan.http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848

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Promote core values.


Watch the horizon.http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruggg6/99414638


http://www.flickr.com/photos/smb_flickr/2319127301/

Break down barriers.


Trust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murdocke/4179429347


Be Transparent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93896575@N00/698692268


Have Fun

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danorbit/1814156778


Know its okay to fail.


Look for Connections

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Develop your Personal Learning Network


Involve your users every step of the way.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpc009/3327905619/

Be nimble. Be quick


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tookie/183503927/

Be creative


Be Human

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81787495@N00/59415205/

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Be Kind


Evaluate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregpc/2958014333


Balance is key.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superfantastic/50088733

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Bring your Heart with You

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/26/meme-passion-quilt-or-what-i-want-for-new-librarians/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/470473931/

Let the heart drive change.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nattu/3343229485

Keep going....


Thanks!

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