School Libraries And The Future

Preparing yourself and your library for the future Anne Robinson Learning Resources and Information Services Manager Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College

Aims of the Workshop
To examine the key challenges
To look at new technologies in the context of school libraries
To discuss practical ways to ensure developing technologies enhance our role
To devise convincing arguments for SLT
Top tips to develop a clear view of where and how you want to move forward in the next few years

1.0 Future challenges
Increasing use of ICT
Googleitis
“ Death of the book”
Libraries being marginalised
Everyone is an expert
Information Literacy – what is that?
“ Library” in the palm of the hand

Today’s student has never known schools without the internet

1.1 Where have we come from? DVDs, Podcasts, MP3s, Mobile phones, texting Laptops, iPods, Wifi, Whiteboards ??????? 2000s Books etc plus audiocassettes, CDs, Video BBC Model Bs, Prestel, Teletext Acorns, RMs, Macs, PCs, The Web, Email… 1980s-1990s Books, magazines, newspapers, packs Letters and telephone Card catalogues and Browne Issue 1982

Joyce Valenza

1.2 Where are we going?
Activity 1
2015 - a library odyssey
What do you think the school library of the future will look like?

1.3 My view
Beyond the walls/classroom/school
The message not the medium
Linking information and people
Creativity and fun
Wider collaboration
Librarians’ skills

2.0 New technologies
Web 2.0  Library 2.0  School Library 2.0
What do these mean?

2.1 What is Web 2.0?
The Web as a Platform/Operating System
Harnessing Collective Intelligence: mobs replace a single expert
Data is the Next Intel Inside: metadata more important than data
End of the Software Release Cycle: perpetual beta is good
Lightweight Programming Models: flexibility and speed make things better
Software Above the Level of a Single Device: convergence is the key.
Rich User Experiences: make it better and they will use it
http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/Web%202%20and%20School%20Library%202

Tagging RSS YouTube Podcasting VLEs Social Book marking Social networks Blogs Wikis Next Big Thing ? Web 2.0

2.2 Definitions of Web 2.0
All definitions taken from:
Webopedia Computer Dictionary at:
http://www.webopedia.com/World_Wide_Web/Web_2_0/

2.3 Blog
n.) Short for Web log , a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
(v.) To author a Web log.
Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs).

2.4 RSS
RSS is the acronym used to describe the standard for the syndication of Web content . RSS most widespread usage is in distributing news headlines on the Web. A Web site that wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user that can read RSS-distributed content can use the content on a different site. Content can include data such as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information.

2.5 Social networking
Abbreviated as SNS a s ocial n etworking s ite is the phrase used to describe any Web site that enables users to create public profiles within that Web site and form relationships with other users of the same Web site who access their profile. Social networking sites can be used to describe community-based Web sites, online discussions forums, chatrooms and other social spaces online.

2.6 Tagging
Commonly used in blogs, site authors attach keyword descriptions (called tags) to identify images or text within their site as a categories or topic. Web pages and blogs with identical tags can then be linked together allowing users to search for similar or related content. If the tags are made public, online pages that act as a Web-based bookmark service are able to index them. tags can be created using words, acronyms or numbers. Tags are also called tagging, blog tagging, folksonomies (short for folks and taxonomy), or social bookmarking .

2.7 VLEs and Learning Platforms
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci866691,00.html
A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a set of teaching and learning tools designed to enhance a student's learning experience by including computers and the Internet in the learning process. Principal components include curriculum mapping, assessment, student tracking, online support, electronic communication, and Internet links to outside curriculum resources.

2.8 Wiki
A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog, typically authored by an individual, does not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content. The term wiki refers to either the Web site or the software used to create the site.

http://sljsummit.pbwiki.com/School%20Library%202point0

3.0 Enhancing our role
Some of the things that we could do:
Get a Gmail account and Google docs and aps
Use RSS to keep up-to-date
Create a wiki
Investigate YouTube
Create an avatar in Second Life and do something with it
Podcast using Audacity
Use alternatives to Internet Explorer

Some more things that we could do:
Create our own Library Blog
Social bookmarking using del.icio.us, Rollyo or Furl
Use social networks like Facebook, MySpace or TeacherLibrarianNing
Make our own Homepage with iGoogle
Make our own search portal with Swicki
Bring it all together with Suprglu

3.2 Issues with using new technologies
We are too busy to play
We don’t understand how we can use new technologies in our jobs now
We would rather just read about them
We just want to be told which ones are relevant and just learn about those ones.

3.3 So why should we learn?
Core business - linking information and people.
Productivity - many of our tasks can made easier using emerging technologies.
Understanding all formats - we may be asked about these information sources.
Trend watching - keep up with new ideas.
Our skills are useful - tagging, metadata, data-mining, indexing - new technologies need our skills.
Experimenting gains skills .

3.4 So why should we learn?
Dealing with vendors – WebOPAC functions, what can we get for free?
Being prepared. What a few early adopters are using now, others will use in 18 months.
Core concerns being redefined e.g. copyright, plagiarism.
Manage our staff.
Fun and creative .
Better service.
So we can tell the IT dept what we want!

Our users are required to keep up.
International perspective.
Finding out what other libraries are doing.
Standards are different.
Can’t predict the future, so need to experiment.
Crowds are fickle.
Better collaboration.
3.5 So why should we learn? Greenhill, Kathryn, 2007. 20 reasons why learning emerging technologies is part of every librarian’s job. Librarians Matter Blog Archive 06/07/2007.

Help! How do I start?

3.6 23 Things - distilled
Introduction
Blogging
Photos and images
RSS and newsreaders
Play week
Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
Wikis
Online Applications & Tools
Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
From: http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/#23

What are other School Librarians doing?

School Library Websites Old technology?

Learning Platforms and VLEs

Activity 2:
Discuss ways in which you might use these technologies

4.0 Persuading your SLT
Shifted thinking:
School Librarian as an agent of change in changing times
School Library as an “information place”
School Library as a hub, above the level of a single classroom
Harnessing collective student and staff intelligence
School Library is the next Intel Inside – marketing
End of the School Library materials cycle: no more overdues!
Flexible use of the School Library
Inclusion – School Libraries here for everyone
The expertise is already here
School Librarians collaborating, learning, changing

Activity 3:
Share one way that you could persuade your SLT
4.1 Persuading your SLT

5.0 Top tips
Take time to dream
Where are you now and where do you want to be?
Just do it
Train yourself
30 minutes
Don’t do the dusting
Get outside the library
Ask students for help
Stop Watering the Rocks – work with the living
Reflect
Share your vision

Thank you! Anne Robinson MA, MCLIP URL: http://www.strongest-links.org.uk Email: [email_address]

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