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description
from library
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learning commons
Valerie Diggs
Chelmsford High SchoolChelmsford Massachusetts
questions and challenges for today
defining the future of school librariesin the times of:
educational changetechnological change
funding reductions
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In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the
learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists. - Eric Hoffer
why learning
commons and not library?
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learning commons as defined by
program
facility
school community
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a learning commons…
is a place of teaching and learning
group workcollaboration
professional developmentcreativitychangeinquiry
communicationcommunity
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and is not… a place designed primarily for
finding informationa place where students only come to
use the copy machinea place where the “librarian” is in chargea place where students are greeted with
rules as they enter a place where bookshelves with outdated
material fill open space
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build your program
first
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teaching and learning
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events
Listening Lunches
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Poetry
Slam
Java Room
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Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement. The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking.
Jenkins, Henry. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. 2006.
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facility design
driven by program
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biblioTECH Consulting
library renovation committee
in-house expertise
plan …. plan …. plan
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books everywhere
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putting it back together
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from the old to the new
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from “keep-out”
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to welcome…
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our programs continue
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Common Grounds Café
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ListeningLunches
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inauguration january 2009
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poetry slam
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wellness fair
professional development
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the learning commons
beyondspace
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with Senator Fargo
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Library Legislation Day at the State House in Boston
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changes in technology Before After
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and in communication
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learning commonsand
community
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faculty and student buy-in
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letting go . . .
and, most importantly, have fun
encourage student contributions
partner with teachers and administrators
create a true learning environment
build community
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from library to learning commons
vision
voice
plantake risks
build
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Tomorrow’s library will not be literally a library without
walls and, for the foreseeable future, it will certainly not be
a library without books.
—John RayoaValerie Diggs 04/07/2023