Post on 17-May-2015
It’s Not Your Mother’s Library!
Kate MacMillan
Michelle Holguin
“….it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
closing libraries & cutting staff
in a revolution of information retrieval
how to provide innovative solutionsto free range learners?
time to transform
digital citizenshipcultural literacy
global knowledge
the future requires
• letting go of stereotypes and misconceptions
• commitment to change
• vision of the library as relevant
• participatory librarianship
library of the future
• collaborative
• continually changing
• conduit for innovation, creativity &
knowledge
interact, create & communicate
relationships are the cornerstone of libraries and participation
now is the timemodel transliteracy to encourage digital fluency
explosion of information & gradual disintegration of traditional publishing
provide content in various formats
• eBooks• digital textbooks
• audio• visual• print
no shelf required
free range learners are device agnostic
smartphones, iPads, tablets, notebooks, Kindles, eReaders, iPods, computers and print
connect, communicate, collaborate & construct
provide content through partnerships
Napa County Library Collaboration
SNAP eCardsSNAP Databases
TumbleBooksBookFlix
Homework HelpStudy Center
Homework Hold FormsVisual Catalog for Kids & Adults
NCOE Curriculum LibraryEd1StopTrueFlixFollett Shelf
American Canyon High School• Follett Shelf• AXIS 360• One Search• Kindles • ECHO • Digital Resources
NVUSD Digital Blueprint
High Schools, Middle Schools = BYOD• Digital Textbooks
• Increase eBook collections 25%• audio
• Device Agnostic /Platform Specific
I believe the best days of librarianship are ahead of us….” (Lankes)
Thanks to Bobbi Newman & Buffy Hamilton