expanding the concept of library
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How have libraries responded to the enormous change of the last 15 years? Join the confersation as Kathleen Johnson embarks on an exploration of this question, examing innovative and interesting ideas including the Library of Things, the Learning Commons, the evolving library role in learning, the socially networked library and more.TRANSCRIPT
Thank You
Thank You
A little bit about your presenter:
Kathleen JohnsonLibrarian at Seattle [email protected]
• BA: Ethnomusicology (University of Washington)
• 3 years in West Africa recording music and making documentary films
• Graduated from Library School in 1977 (Minor in Multimedia)
• First job: Director Kelso Public Library in SW Washington
Seattle Academy
- Laptop school since 1997
- School has an emphasis on the arts
- Culture of performance
- Moodle
Random dramatic facts
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Hubble WFC3/UVIS Image of the Pillar in Carina Nebula
Watch for Imax movie in March
Kathleen JohnsonSeattle Academy
Green Librarian
Expanding the Concept of Library
How Have Libraries Responded to the Change of the Last 15 Years
Every aspect of our work and environment is changing.
Librarians Standards Physical Space Our Materials / Services / Acquisitions Our Students How Libraries work together
Realms of Change
Huge Shifts in
◦ the nature of information
◦ the nature of learning
Check out my wiki: http://21stcenturylearning.wetpaint.com
A Story from the past…
NSFNet T-1 Backbone Map, 1988
The early days of the internet…
1990 Archie search engine 1991 WAIS and Gopher1992 Internet has 1 million hosts, ArpaNet is
discontinued
1993 Mosaic Web Browser, Lycos1994 Netscape Navigator, WebCrawler full text search
1995 . . .
Yahoo is founded in Santa Clara, CA
Mississippi ratifies 13th Amendment - last state to approve the abolition of slavery
Forrest Gump wins Best Picture
Oklahoma City Bombing
1995 . . .
OJ Simpson trial
Microsoft releases Windows 95
DVD media format is announced
eBay is founded
Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published
1995
Where were you?
Every aspect of our work has expanded.
Librarians Standards Physical Space Our Materials Our Students How Libraries work together
Realms of Change
Librarians
Excellence in Professional Development• Listservs• 23 Things – expanded capacity to learn
• Second Life events
Developed by Helen BlowersFor The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Open Source Model
Timeline: 9 weeks
Prizes
“This is a self-discovery program which encourages staff to take control of their own learning and to utilize their lifelong learning skills through exploration and PLAY.”
23
Th
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23 Things Continued
Matt Gullett, Emerging Technology Coordinator for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) manages the blog:
Learning 2.1: Explore ... Discover ... Play at: http://explorediscoverplay.blogspot.com/
The blog is up to Thing #70…
Standards
“Because Student Achievement IS the Bottom Line”
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) released Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
•Inquiry is a fundamental framework for learning•Learning has a social context
From To
Read Read, view, listen
Student Learner Successful Lifelong LearnersPersonal Learning
Information Literacy Multiple Literacies
Individual Group LearnerSuccessful Lifelong LearnersPersonal Learning
Skills Skills & Dispositions
Self-Assessment
Professional Development in Virtual Worlds
Second LifeSan Jose State University Library School
Has a space in Second Life for their library school with accommodations for distance learning students.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9zt3Sd7oc
Realms of Change andExpansion
LibrariansStandardsPhysical Spaces
“We are just beginning to
understand how important physical
space is to learning and how
radically different true learning-
centered campuses will look in the
future.”
A FREE online book located here:http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB7102.pdf
Chapter 30 Northwestern University’s InfoCommons
Old assumptions about space
1. Learning only happens in classrooms
2. Learning only happens at fixed times
3. Learning is an individual activity
4. A classroom has a “front”
5. What happens in a classroom everyday is the same
6. Learning demands privacy and removal of distractions
7. Flexibility can be enhanced by filling a room with as many chairs as will fit
8. Students will destroy comfy furniture
Information Commons
Refers to a physical space, usually in an academic library, where any and all can participate in the processes of information research, gathering and production.
• presentation practice space• Gaming / web-conference space• collaboration spaces• wireless internet access• quiet spaces • advanced computing stations • soundproof room for multi-media productions, • café • reconfigurable & comfortable furniture
Brown Library at Abilene Christian College
Group Workstations
More workstations with comfortable chairs
Learning Commons…expands on the Information Commons concept by bringing in other services and stakeholders into a shared space.
As this web page clip shows the W.E.B. duBois Learning Commons includes:
1. Academic Advising
2. Learning & Writing Support
3. Library Services
4. Technology Services
St. Davids, PA
The Virtual Learning Commons
Mi Young’s Spaces
Max Fliescher Film Festival
There are very sophisticated library spaces in Second Life…
Information / MaterialsInformation ecologies and formats are shifting…
TIRED WIRED
Text-based Multi-modal, new media
Analog Digital
No technology needed Technology needed
Immobile Mobile
Artifacts (books, magazines) Conversations – Web 2.0
Read-Only Web Read-Write Web
Our Journey Analog to Digital
http://shepardartstudio.com/contentdmV8.html
Liv
ing
Lib
rary
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0605/p01s02-wogn.html
Our biggest issue:There is tremendous fragmentation of information and the learning curve involved with the technology needed to mediate all this information.
We work hard to manage fragmentation:
•OCLC’s First Search•Portals•Directories such as the Internet Library•Pathfinders•Aggregators such as Serial Solutions
And most recently…. LibGuides by SpringShare
Librarians as Tour Guides through CyberSpaceCreating order out of chaos
Sharing
Guides for
1. Courses2. Departments3. Teachers
Every aspect of our work and is changing.
Librarians as Exemplars of Prof Dev. Library and Technology Standards Revolution in Physical Space design Transformation of our Materials &
Methods & Services Our Students
Realms of Change
Our Students
Our Students
Group activity: How have our students changed in the last 15 years…
Your Library…
Lib
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of
Th
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Every aspect of our work and is changing.
Librarians Standards Physical Space Our Materials Our Students How Libraries work together
Realms of Change
2008- 2009 ALA President Jim Rettig
“I believe that the biggest challenge that all libraries today face is getting people’s attention. We operate in a very competitive environment for what the 2005 OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources report calls “mindshare.” Think of all the stimuli that have sought your attention since you got out of bed this morning—radio, television, Web sites, Web pop-ups, telephone calls, text messages—to say nothing of face-to-face interactions with family, co-workers, friends, and others. Your library and mine are competing for the attention of people who are making choices where to put their attention in response to all of those competing stimuli.”
2008- 2009 ALA President Jim RettigSome of you may have heard me discuss the Library Ecosystem: the idea that all types of libraries are interrelated. For example, the closing of a school library in a community will have impact on the public library in that community, which now has to deal with overflow from the school; as well as the college library, which now has to teach remedial information literacy skills to incoming freshmen. In order not just to survive but to thrive in today’s economy, libraries of all types must come together and advocate with a unified voice.
Visit the new Coalition Building web resource!
"Web scale" discovery and delivery of library resources
“OCLC, has consistently investigated how people's relationships to information have evolved with the advent of the Web. Not surprisingly, the results have shown a preference for self-service on this global medium. “Most people, when asked to draw an association with libraries, still think mainly of "books" rather than electronic content and services that are increasingly available nor do they particularly equate libraries with the Web. A 2007 report found further that people did not perceive a role for libraries in the Web's newly "social" universe, where users promote themselves and share content within massive user communities. (Librarians largely agreed with that assessment.)”
Deliver library resources and services . . . at the point of need . . . in a manner
. . . that users want
. . . and understand.
--OCLC
Sound like a good goal?
Go forth and create…
Experiment
Play
Have fun!
THE END
Digital Wishhttp://www.digitalwish.com
A public charity on a mission to modernize schools.
Things I didn’t have time to cover:
•PLN = Personal Learning Networks•Libraries as a Conversation R.D. Lankes•Scan/Print on Demand (Espresso book stands)•Librarian-powered search engine in development•Taiga Forum Provocative Statements (06 & 09)