Beyond Balance: Participatory Librarianship for Creating, Connecting, Conversing, and Contributing

beyond balance: participatory librarianship for creating, connecting, conversing, and contributing
buffy j. hamilton, ed.s.october 1, 2010
minnesota educational media organization
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balance?
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what will bring balance to the profession?

advocacy
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achievement, standards, and school libraries
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tablets and slates
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ereaders and ebooks
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money and funding

social media
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time
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professional standards and roles

professional manifestos

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balance is a
matter
of
perspective
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balance is tenuous, temporary, and illusory
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a desire for balance makes us tentative and hesitant because we fear falling down
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“No risk, no art. No art, no
reward.”
Seth Godin
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Seth Godin, September 2010 http://bit.ly/9Vkh1K

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look at balance from a different perspective as a process, not a goal
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balance is a continuum, not an end result
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embrace the
wobbles
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“The fun
is in the ups and downs.”Diane Cordell
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the elephant in the room to unpack is not balance
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how do we facilitate participation in our community and how do we become more engaged participants in our profession and practice?
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“I highly recommend needing ideasmore than things.”
Heather McCormack
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focus on a bigger visionfor your library, your patrons, yourself and
engaging participation to make the vision a reality

“No amount of ... promotion is going to make you relevant. Your vision for how the library can contribute...makes you relevant.”~Paul Gandel~
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we need theory and frameworks to give us lenses to help us see the possibilities and context for a shared vision of our library

wheredoes
the library
live?

what
are the
points of
transformation?

what do we mean by library?
what are the
possibilities for what “library” and “librarianship” can mean?

participatory librarianship and participatory learning
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“Participatory librarians approach their work as facilitators of conversation. Be it in practice, policies, programs and/or tools, participatory librarians seek to enrich, capture, store and disseminate the conversations of their communities.”
Dr. David Lankes
Source: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=93

shared ownership of learning and conversations for learning
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sparking and igniting
conversations
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knowledge construction and creation
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inquiry and learning centered

“It’s all about learning…
how is this going to fundamentally enrich a conversation?
There isn’t a part of the library that isn’t about learning. Learning is a collaborative conversation.”
Dr. David Lankes
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Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813

“conversation and learning are about change; therefore, libraries are in the change business”
Dr. David Lankes

knowledge as change and understanding=
innovation
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“innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat” william pollard
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participation for learning and program building
participation for transparency and advocacy
participation for professional growth

build participation through instructional leadership
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create conversations about multiple ways of reading and writing today’s world

“we have to make sure schools and libraries invite critical and active uses of media that strengthen our democratic potential.” Deborah Brandt

knight foundation recommendation 6: integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements for education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials

create conversations about closing the participation gap and equitable access to information

create conversations by rethinking and asking what “collection” means
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ebooks and mobile readers

mobile computing for learning

gaming
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digital equipment
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student participation in collection development

information evaluation and social scholarship via research pathfinders

student participation in the creation and evaluation of research pathfinders

1.2.5 Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success.
1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.
conversations via active reflection and metacognition

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence face to face

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence via virtual mediums

digital citizenship and ethical use of information

multigenre elements

research and learning portfolios

personal learning environments and learning artifacts

cloud computing: google docs

social bookmarking

social bookmarking and notetaking

creating conversations for assessment

http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/the_ubiquitous_librarian/2010/09/applied-diplomacy-an-assessment-attempt-to-discover-what-people-know-dont-know-and-want-to-know.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheUbiquitousLibrarian+(The+Ubiquitous+Librarian)&utm_content=Google+Reader

create physical and virtual spaces for conversations about reading

incorporate student spaces into conversations for learning in the library

create conversations by sharing ownership and privileging student voices, expertise, and opinions

create conversations for the unorthodox and student passions

create conversations about passions
Source: http://web.me.com/amylking/Geek/Kid_Geek.html

facilitating conversations with physical space

make our practice
transparent
to
the
world

web-based mindmap

flickr

youtube

facebook

transparency and data

energize your mind and spirit by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network
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“Once you start doing, things become a lot more real. You make mistakes. You learn. You practice. Once you start doing, you can interact with others who have done. You suddenly join a fraternity of those who’ve done something similar. Once you start doing, you can measure your own abilities, and you can try to improve against yourself (not necessarily against others).”
Chris Brogan
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youtube

slideshare rss

delicious rss

citation 2.0 rss

face to face
conferences

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each path is unique and
non-linear
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willingness to grow and
evolve
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curious and
inquisitive
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a sense of play
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take risks
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learn from failure and be resilient
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source of disruption
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embrace muddiness
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connected to ideas, colleagues, ideas, and skills

team player and collaborator
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lifelong learner
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build on passions
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dare to be
different
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bold and fearless leadership

inquiry begins with ourselves: why am I doing this?

instead of “how do I find balance?”…
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ask “how do I invite and engage participation?”
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the strength and relevance of your library is in the community you and your patrons build
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participation and shared ownership will create a library that is THE participatory network in your learning community
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If you build it [your library], they might come. If your community builds the library, people will most definitely come.
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Brogan, Chris. “Doing Is More Fun Than Planning.” Chris Brogan. N.p., 25 Sept. 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
<http://bit.ly/‌bI1ot8 >.
Cordell, Diane. Videoconference interview. 19 Sept. 2010.
The Information Institute of Syracuse and ALA OITP. “Introduction.” The Participatory Librarianship Starter
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Lankes, R. David. “Extended Biography.” Virtual Dave. N.p., 11 Jan. 2006. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.
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