Tinton Falls School District Library Media Centers 2.0

Daniel Alston - Media Specialist/Teacher Librarian

Empowering Students as 21st Century Digital Learners

Vision“Information R/evolution”Are You Prepared?

Digital Ethnography (October 12th 2007)Created by Michael Wesch

Phase I: LMC 1.0Foundations of Our “Hubs”

Creating a Welcome Work Environment

Getting Organized and Managing Time: master schedules & collection management

Communication with stakeholders about library media center use: circulation, research, instruction, distance learning, learning commons, book fairs

Establishing Mission and Goals

The Basics

MissionThe mission of the Tinton Falls School District Library Media Centers is to ensure that students and staff are lifelong learners who can access, evaluate, and use information in both print and non-print forms as well as engage in reading for discovery and personal enjoyment. Further, the program strives to serves as a literary, multimedia, and technological learning commons for students, staff, and community of the Tinton Falls School District.

Goals/ObjectivesEncourage students to increase their enjoyment and abilities in reading, listening, and viewing.

Increase students’ information literacy by teaching students to search, locate, select, evaluate, create, and present information.

Prepare students to become independent, confident, and lifelong learners.

Prepare students to become ethical users and creators of information in all its forms.

Excellence is our standard as defined by the American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

Phase II:Library AdministrationUnderstanding Best Practices

21st Century LMS Essential Components: Digital Library, Info. Coach, Tech. Consultant, and Reading Guru.

Working on Our Budget

Circulation of Books and Other Materials

Inventory (LMC and Classrooms)

Weeding

Local Site Visits

Phase III: Instructional Specialist Student-Centered Learning Community

Integrating District Level Curriculum with Library

Collaborating with Teachers

Providing Research Instruction and Integrating N.J.C.C.C.S. and Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

Offering Special Programming: Award-Winning Distance Learning Programs - N.A.S.A., Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Institute of Music, National Baseball Hall of Fame, and more!

Project Based Learning MOSAIC Magazine

Connections:“Did You Know? 4.0”

Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. September 2009.

Phase IV: ConnectingTFSD Virtual Library Media Centers Toolkit

Collection Management:OPen-source Automated Library System (OPALS)

Wikis: Springfield Township High School Virtual Library, PA (Pathfinders)

Blogs:Murray Hill Middle School, Laurel, MD

Google:Google Apps

Surveys/Polls:Survey Monkey - ’10 WSHS Media Center Student Survey

Phase V: Virtual Library Implementation 2010-2011

Virtual Library Planning & Drafting: Summer 2010

Launch: Winter 2010-11

Challenges:Communication/Support, Network Response/Failure, Staff Training & Learning

Surveys/Evaluation:Online, Students & Staff, Posting of Results

Phase VI: Implementation Years 2011-2013

Online Lessons:Springfield Township High School Virtual Library, PA

Instructional Videos and Podcasts: Springfield Township High School Virtual Library, PA

Games:School Library of Genesee Valley BOCES, NY

Web 2.0 Tools:Shayne Russell Slideshow - NJASL Fall 2009

Reflections

School libraries as a “place” will continue to be important, but library staff will expand programs beyond the library walls and create virtual libraries capable of reaching and serving students wherever they are, both at and away from school. - Rolf Erikson

Let’s collaborate for the benefit of our students!

Additional Resources

California Dept. of Ed. - School Library Resources

Great Libraries of Learning - Queensland, Australia

School Libraries 2.0 - IASL 2009 Conference