What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?

Narrowing the question …

Differentiate school library types

Differentiate school library services

Teaching Resources

Reading

Differentiate reading devices

Differentiate types of reading

HorizontalVertical Interactive

Kind of School Library

Kind of Service

Kind of Reading

Kind of Reading Device

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries?

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries

to Support Vertical Reading?

Technological advances in service to "vertical reading" have not ended with bound paper

Functionality / Features Paper E-Ink LCD

Ease on eyes during extended reading

Consistency in font readability and copy quality

Quick access to word definitions

Fewer distractions

Ability to write in the margins (borrowed copy)

Ability to format page for personal reading preferences

Portability: read on beach, under tree, in bed

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries

to Support Vertical Reading?

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries

to Support Vertical Reading?

What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries

to Support Vertical Reading and Enable

Transformational Change

Transformational Change DefinitionA shift in the business culture of an organization resulting from a change in the underlying strategy and processes that the organization has used in the past.

Are we considering the transformational potential of digital text in support of vertical reading?Functionality Paper Digital

Simultaneous use

Remote access

Greater choice

Rapid delivery

Storage efficiencies

Opportunity Cost

DefinitionA benefit, profit, or value of something that must be given up to acquire or achieve something else.

The costs associated with maintaining a print collection in a blended environment

Space considerations

Resources committed to inventory control and physical processing

Theft and loss recovery

Duplication of content

Are the “opportunity costs” even greater?

Music: Vinyl Tape CD Digital*

Video: VHS DVD Digital

Text: Paper Paper Digital

* Referring to the digitization of content allowing it to be separated from a specific physical container – typically transmittable through broadband over the Internet.

The Times They Are A Changing

1450 2011

129 million books

First printed book

Primary organizational methodology:•Publishers (books, magazines, news)•Bookstores•Libraries

1991

15 billion web pages

• Search Engines

The Times They Are A Changing

The book publishing industry is preparing for major change brought about by the rapid adoption of digitized text for vertical reading.

The Times They Are A Changing

The Times They Are A Changing

Are we making transformational choices?

• Changing the library’s focus away from local collections and toward the much larger information space that exists beyond our walls?

• Freeing-up staff time and floor space to pursue new 21st century library roles and meet new standards?

Do the benefits of maintaining -especially prioritizing - a print collection outweigh the costs?

Can we successfully take on new roles and adopt new skills without eliminating other duties?

Are the choices you are making moving your library quickly enough into the 21st century?

Is your physical library space conducive to information sharing, group collaboration and teaching?

Do you give as much, if not more, attention to your library’s web space as you do your library’s physical space?

Are you integrating library resources into classroom portal pages?

Is your library in a good position to integrate its resources into the digital textbook environment?

Do you provide your students with immediate access to more than 300,000 books?

Is the content of your nonfiction books fully indexed and included as part of your students’ initial library searches?

Are you and your staff as familiar with the databases you provide access to as you are the physical books on your shelf?

Has your library become a campus leader on finding ways to identify, organize, and share quality web content?