Marigold Library System Keynote: Learning Everywhere

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Learning Everywhere: The Transformative Power of

Hyperlinked Libraries

Michael Stephens, PhD | Assistant ProfessorSan Jose State University SLIS

http://slisweb.sjsu.eduhttp://tametheweb.com

@mstephens7

Marigold Library SystemStrathmore, Alberta


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Libraries evolve.



Library technology evolves.


There is much greater opportunity to bring service to wherever potential users of library service happen to be.

Michael Buckland

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html


Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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The Hyperlinked Library


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Current Challenges


Public Perception

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Institutional Culture


Silos of knowledge?

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Embedded staff.


Archaic rules.

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Outdated Policies


“Everytime people really like something, we

get rid of it.”

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Current Opportunities


Transparency

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The Library is Transparent

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The Transparent Library has no secrets.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6429283.html


The Transparent Library focuses on user-driven policy not driving users away.

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6529403.html


Radical Trust

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As Much Chaos as We Can Stand

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Traditionalist Approval

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Negotiated Transaction

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As Much Chaos as We Can Stand

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Technology is just a Tool



Learning evolves.


Transformative learning “requires that new information be incorporated…into an already well developed…frame of reference, an active process involving thought, feelings, and disposition”

http://www.ecolas.eu/content/images/Mezirow%20Transformative%20Learning.pdf


Learning


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Formal

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Informalhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mclibdotnet/2876371210/

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Curiosity


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New ways...

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A New Generation of Learners


http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed


The world of work is increasingly collaborative, driving changes in the way student projects are structured.


People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.


Learning everywhere.

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/opinion/michael-stephens/learning-everywhere-office-hours/


What happens to learning when we move from the stable infrastructure of the twentieth century to the fluid infrastructure of the twenty-first century....?”


“...it is a platform to share and network imaginations.”

“The world is changing faster than ever and our skill sets have a shorter life.”

Thomas & Brown


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“Play is the basis for cultivating imagination and innovation.”

Thomas & Brown


Learning in person...

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..or virtually

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Connected Learning


The Hyperlinked Library gives users a way to learn & connect.


Shared Purpose

http://henryjenkins.org/2012/03/connected_learning_a_new_parad.html


Production Centeredhttp://henryjenkins.org/2012/03/connected_learning_a_new_parad.html

Openly Networked

http://henryjenkins.org/2012/03/connected_learning_a_new_parad.html


MOOC

Massive Open Online Course



Mobile Learning


The Hyperlinked Library offers collections & access anywhere.


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The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internetfor most people in the world in 2020.

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/The-Future-of-the-Internet-III.aspx


http://mashable.com/2012/10/12/cellphone-worldwide/


Unique collections

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HyperlocalLearning


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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 studio, described by a

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Geo-spatial Information Curation & Stewardship


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Embedded Local Experts?



Participatory Learning


Engages users to add to library services.


Offers the chance for users to plan with librarians.


Offers a mechanism for evaluation.


http://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/


Preserving a community’s digital heritage is the work of both libraries and museums, but involving the community in these efforts is imperative as we move forward.

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/opinion/michael-stephens/the-age-of-participation-office-hours/


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ContinuousConversation


Ask them.



Creativity-based Learning


The Hyperlinked Library creates.


Keep StoriesShare StoriesMake Stories

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2009/07/the-visitors.html


Make Stories

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2009/07/the-visitors.html


“...will help us better understand ourselves and one another, and connect our lives to the people and places that make up our community.”

http://www.smcl.org/content/“california-past”-digital-storytelling-project


http://libraryyou.escondido.org


http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/09/fountaindale-library-to-build-dream-space-for-digital-media-creation.html


http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/09/fountaindale-library-to-build-dream-space-for-digital-media-creation.html

6 sound recording studios

2 video recording studios

3 group collaboration rooms


Inspiring Creativity


Maker space?

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http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.org/about-us/services/fablab


“Public libraries have always been places where skilled information professionals assisted the general public with the eternal quest to understand the world”

http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/libraries-and-makerspaces-a-m.html


Three transformative characteristics:

People using digital desktop tools to create designs for new products and prototype them (“digital DIY”).

A cultural norm to share those designs and collaborate with others in online communities.

Use of common design file standards.

Anderson, Chris (2012-10-02). Makers: The New Industrial Revolution (p. 21). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.


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http://www.savvyhousekeeping.com/3d-printing/



CommunityCreativity

CollaborationCuriosity

Connectivity


Create.

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“Where imaginations play, learning happens...”


How do we start?


Digital Literacies


Being adaptable in a flat world, knowing how to “learn how to learn,” will be one of the most important assets any worker can have, because job churn will come faster, because innovation will happen faster.”

Thomas Friedman


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How we effectively move from one channel to the next, across platforms & media.


Books? Reading?

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Will we see more reading via PAGES or PIXELS?

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Digital Inclusion


Digital inclusion is the ability of individuals and groups to access and use information and communication technologies

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Self-Directed DigitalLearning


http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/

I’m comfortable learning about new technologies.

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54% / 33%

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Total N=320

Agree / Strongly Agree

I’m confident I can learn new technologies.

Total N=318

53% / 36%

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Agree / Strongly Agree


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PersonalLearning Networks

(PLN)


What are you doing?


What are you LEARNING?


The Hyperlinked Librarian builds a thriving, evolving PLN...sharing & participating.


This is continuous learning.


Then we teach everyone how to do it...

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...how do we make sense of our world?


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What should we do?


Willing to learn.


Willing to explore...


inside & outside our world.


Willing to listen to our users.


Willing to teach.


Willing to leave our physical walls.

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http://tametheweb.com/the-hyperlinked-library/



Going forward...

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The future?

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Communications technology continues to change and connectthe world.

This is desired and leveraged.



Mobile technology access will be ubiquitous. Our “world” travels with us. Libraries & librarians are present and available everywhere we go.


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The library is a community hub. Flexible, open and connected. Meeting place. Anything space.


Helping users create, curate and share their own digital content/creations/story is the norm.


The library uses the latest technology to make strong connections: between individuals, groups and the world. Knowledge flows. Planning is human-centered.



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Opportunities to learn spread from the central hub - to everywhere!



CommunityCreation

CollaborationCuriosity

Connectivity

Key Ideas:

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The Libraryencourages the Heart


Technology with Heart



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Great potential


The Hyperlinked Library uses technology to engage the heart, mind & spirit.


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Break down barriers.


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BeKind

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Value EVERYONE.


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Stories have power.


Be Human



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


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Learn always


Have Fun

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Know it’s okay to fail.


Invite them in.


Take risks


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Be creative


Bring your Heart with You

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



Focus on the heart.


Michael Stephens

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@mstephens7

slisweb.sjsu.edu | tametheweb.com

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