Libraries can create conversations and connections through enchantment by cultivating participatory learning environments. When libraries become communally constructed sites that foster participation, students and teachers can contribute to meaningful discussions and relationships that support learning. By keeping barriers low and emphasizing the sharing of knowledge and creations, libraries can engage and empower their communities through enchantment.

1. libraries as communally constructed sites of participatory learning: creating conversations and connections through enchantmentbuffy j. hamilton || the unquiet librarianSIGMS Forum: A Dawning Era for School Librarians, ISTE 2011cc image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/yives/3392170068/sizes/z/in/faves-10557450@N04/

3. trustworthinessCC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk4u/3523009191/sizes/z/in/faves-10557450@N04/

4. likability CC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4164759025/sizes/l/

5. fantastic product or serviceCC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickgage/3282273765/in/faves-10557450@N04/

6. enchantmentCc image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/restlessglobetrotter/3325862580/sizes/l/in/faves-10557450@N04/

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8. enchantment: sustained, voluntary delight that is mutually beneficialCC image via http://goo.gl/JeEi2

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10. relationships are the cornerstone of libraries and participationCC image via http://goo.gl/3qSaE

11. “enchantment transforms situations and relationships.”Guy Kawasaki, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and ActionsCC image via http://goo.gl/V9vO6

12. library is the story of the human experienceCC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/beth19/4642532960/sizes/l/in/photostream/

13. libraries as communal experiences and “commonplace” texts constructed by participantsCC image via http://goo.gl/6M6GR

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15. students and teachers contribute to conversations for learning through libraries CC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/2980385784/sizes/l/in/faves-10557450@N04/Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813

16. cultivate a love of learning through enchantment

17. vanishing boundaries

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20. relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement

21. strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others

22. what is known by the most experienced ispassed along to novices

23. members believe that their contributions matter

24. members feel some degree of social connection with one another

25. participatory culture is a catalystCC image via http://goo.gl/QNX5P

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30. enchantment is the nectarCC image via http://www.flickr.com/photos/da100fotos/490875588/sizes/o/in/photostream/

31. embed

32. empower

33. engage

34. enchant

35. contact informationbuffy.hamilton@gmail.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com@buffyjhamilton

36. works citedKawasaki, Guy (2011). Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions (Kindle Locations 116-118). Portfolio. Kindle Edition.