21st Century Library Vision of the Future Project Kathy Chmelyk

School Library 2.0 is about creating a participatory, social, user-centered environment rich with technology that is focused on interactivity and collaboration. This transformation must be based on one primary goal - student success.

SLJ Library Leadership Summit, 2006

Library Image Technology

Collaboration

KEY ELEMENTS

Vision StatementVision Statement

The vision of the FLESS School The vision of the FLESS School Library is to be a place rich in Library is to be a place rich in resources, expertise and resources, expertise and possibilities, where students are free possibilities, where students are free to discover, ponder, and question.to discover, ponder, and question.

Key Element #1:

Collaboration

According to Mary J. Johnson, “The According to Mary J. Johnson, “The most effective collaborative most effective collaborative relationships honor the library media relationships honor the library media specialist as a technologist, specialist as a technologist, information intermediary, and information intermediary, and instructional leader, and the teacher instructional leader, and the teacher as a content and classroom as a content and classroom management expert.” management expert.”

My role as the Teacher-Librarian will My role as the Teacher-Librarian will be an effective one in which I be an effective one in which I work “closely with individual work “closely with individual teachers in the critical areas of teachers in the critical areas of designing authentic learning tasks designing authentic learning tasks and assessments and integrating and assessments and integrating the information and the information and communication abilities required communication abilities required to meet subject matters to meet subject matters standards.” standards.”

Information Power: Building Partnerships for Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning American Library Association 2009 Learning American Library Association 2009

What can I do for you?

provide equal access to information •teach how to find and analyze information from many sources •train students to use library computers •act as a link to other libraries •assists in the research process •prepare students to be lifelong learners •locate current research information •support the curriculum with additional resources •promote reading •collaborate with teachers to plan, teach, and evaluate instruction

Collaboration ideas

Team teach lessons with teacher.Help with lesson planning.Teach lessons while teachers observe

and learn techniques.Show teachers how to integrate Web 2.0

into classroom activities.

New Collaboration Tools

GoogleDocsFlikrVoicethreadAnimoto

Key Element #2Technology

Librarians are also bloggers, IT professionals, database managers, technology mavens; 100 Awesome UTube Videos for Librarians

21st Century Librarian

Web 2.0 in the Library

Market books using Library Thing Create a Library Blog Create a book club wiki Start a Digital Library using sites such as Google

Books, International Children’s Digital Library Consider purchasing ebook readers such as Sony

Reader and Kindle Create digital booktalks or book trailers Screen savers promote great reads

Key Element #3 Library Image

The library is not just a place to get stuff, it is also a place to get and share stuff. Valenza

In order to stake its claim as the “Intel Inside” of the school, the digitally re-shifted library must keep moving into new curriculum areas, as we have done or at the very least forge new ground in math and science, all while continuing to support our traditional programs. Christopher Harris

Rethinking the Collection

Audio books

E books

Playaways

Open Source

Access from multiple locations

Lending

Flash drives

Microphones

Flip cameras

E book readers

I Pods/MP3 players

Laptops

Hosting Telecommunication Events

Podcasting

Video Production

Storytelling- producing and presenting

Copyright/Information Ethics

Creative commons licensing

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

ResourcesAASL. (2009). Standards for the 21st century learner.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards.cfm

Asselin, M, and R Doiron. "Towards a Transformative Pedagogy for School Libraries." School Libraries Worldwide. 14.2. 9 Apr 2010 <http://asselindoiron.pbwiki.com/SLW14%3A2+AsselinDoiron>.

Besser, Howard. “ The Shape of the 21Century Library”. March 18 http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/howard/Papers/peters.html

Harris, C. “School Library 2.0: Say good-bye to your mother’s school library.” 17 March 2010 http://www.schoollibraryournal.com/article/CA6330755.html

Johonson, J. Mary Library Media Connection, v27 n4 p26, 28-30 Jan-Feb 2009

Valenza, Joyce Kasman. “Manifesto for 21st Century Teacher Librarians.” Informationfluency. 17Mar 2010. Web. 10 Apr 2010. <http://informationfluency.wikispaces.com/You+know+you're+a+21st+century+librarian+if+.+.+.

Valenza, Joyce Kasman, . “12 ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media." School Library Journal (2009): n. pag. Web. 10 Apr 9 2010. <http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6699357.html>.