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Curriculum Connections:The School Library in Full Flight
Karen BonannoImmediate past CEO, Australian School Library AssociationManaging Director, Eduwebinar Pty Ltd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
The Great Library of Alexandria
A major centre of scholarship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
The Great Library of Alexandria
Tales of destructionPolitical stoushFireCollection development challengesFactional fightingBudget cuts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
The Great Library of Alexandria
Defining characteristicsCollectionOrganisationMaintenancePatron Group
“.. a collection of information selected for use of, and made useable for, a particular community.”Heather Phillips, The Great Library of Alexandria? unllib.unl.edu/LPP/phillips.htm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidstanleytravel/8577091763/
The New Library of Alexandria
Dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and
scholarship
Collection – Selection of information
Hybrid
Digital
Curated
Online
Organisation – Organisation of information
MetadataLibrary Management
SystemsResource accessibilityUseable resourcesResource sharingCloud computing
Organisation – Importance of personnel
Principals know: school librarians are the heart of the school https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihGT7LoBP0
Maintenance – Place & space for information & learning
Designed for Learning: School Librarieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nKzEYPKG1U
http://www.newcityschool.org/academics/the-mi-library
Hudson High School for Library Snapshot Dayhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiolibssnapshotday/11074358043/
Patron group – community & services
Information overload
https://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/
The on-going explosion of choice of digital content and information increases the importance of information literacy skills as essential tools for distinguishing authoritative information from content that is influenced by various social, political, commercial and sometimes extremist agendas.
Insights from the IFLA Trend Report http://trends.ifla.org/insights-document
How will we know if the information is produced by a human or a robot?
“Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.”National Forum on Information Literacy
http://infolit.org/about-the-nfil/what-is-the-nfil/
“Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information, an ability that requires both cognitive and technical skills”ALA Office for Information Technology Policy Digital Literacy Task Force, January 2013http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_OITP_digilitreport_1_22_13.pdf
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanitiesandsocialsciences
/history/content-structure
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/
information-and-communication-technology-
capability/introduction/introduction
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities
/critical-and-creative-thinking/introduction/introduction
Identify the Australian Curriculum Inquiry Skills across all Learning Areas
Map to a pedagogical framework
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Curriculum/Overview
Mapping the Australian Curriculum for inquiry skills
http://inquirylearningblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/inquiry-skills-across-the-australian-curriculum/
Dr Mandy Lupton
Work in progress – Karen Bonanno,F-10 Skills Scope & Sequence of the Australian Curriculum and general capabilities
Pedagogical framework steps / stagese.g.ISP,Guided Inquiry Design,Big 6,Information Skills Process
Opportunity
Capitalise on …
“Digital literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find,
understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information, an ability that requires both
cognitive and technical skills”
ALA Office for Information Technology Policy Digital Literacy Task Force, January 2013
http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012_OITP_digilitreport_1_22_13.pdf
Challenge
Rewild the school library
“ crucially, rewilding involves the reintroduction of species into particular
areas, species that were once native to that environment but over the course of time
and human intervention
have ceased to exist there”Macmillan Dictionary: BuzzWord
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/rewilding.html
Curriculum Connections:The School Library in Full Flight