Participatory Librarianship: Creating Possibilities Through Transliteracy, Learning, and Linchpins

participatory librarianship: creating possibilities through transliteracy, learning, and linchpins
presented by buffy hamilton, ed.s.the unquiet librariandecember 3, 2010
new jersey association of school librarians
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balance?
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http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2010/11/school_districts_in_area_turni.html

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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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it’s past time to turn the page on stereotypes and misperceptions
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“We stop doing what is making us afraid. Then the fear goes away. The linchpin feels the fear, acknowledges it, then proceeds.” seth godin
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“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. An artist is an individual who creates art. The more people you change, the more you change them, the more effective your art is.”
seth godin

change agents
information sherpas
learning architects
learning concierge
innovators
artists
teachers
inspiration agents
collaborators
ambassadors of information fluency
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disrupt traditional notions of librarianship and open worlds of learning
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“…we need artists. Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.”
seth godin

library programs that put the focus on learning are creating students who are artists and linchpins
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libraries connect
people and
ideas
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lenses of participatory librarianship and participatory learning
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“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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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?

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conversations as context
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“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

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

“…the ones you freed to be artists, will rise to a level you can’t even imagine”
seth godin

libraries as sites of participatory culture

relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement

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

what is known by the most experienced ispassed along to novices

members believe that their contributions matter

members feel some degree of social connection with one another (at the least they care what other people think about what they have created)

a participatory climate is conducive to a library program acting as a powerful and positive sponsor of transliteracy by creating conversations for learning via multiple mediums

create conversations about multiple ways of reading and writing today’s world

transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks
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transliteracy is the umbrella for how people are using multiple literacies--traditional (text, art, music) and emerging (digital, new media, privacy, financial)--to access and share information as well as create new meaning
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transliteracy provides us a way of theorizing how these literacies transact with each other for meaning making
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transliteracy is the conceptualization of how we use these literacies than the tools or containers although certainly the ways we access information, share, and create it have taken on new forms
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“embrace the potentials and challenges of this [participatory] emerging culture not as a replacement for existing print practices but as an expansion of them” ~henry jenkins~

as sponsors of transliteracy, libraries can close the participation gap

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

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

how can libraries invite participate and facilitate transliterate conversations for learning?

mobile computing for learning

gaming
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digital equipment
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information evaluation and social scholarship via 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

incorporate student spaces into conversations for learning in the library

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence via wikis

digital footprints
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digital citizenship and ethical use of information

multigenre elements

network and attention literacy

cloud computing

cloud computing for collaborative learning

play literacy
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“playis the onlyway
thehighest intelligence of humankind can unfold.”
Joseph Chilton Pearce
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create conversations by sharing ownership and privileging patron voices, expertise, and opinions

facilitating conversations with physical space

creating conversations for assessment

create conversations for instructional leadership

create conversations for collaboration

creating conversations for advocacy about teaching and learning with students through social media and transparency

web-based mindmap

flickr

youtube

facebook

transparency and data

create conversations for your own professional growth and skills as a learning specialist by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network—model the participation and learning you want to see
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inquiry begins with ourselves: why am I doing this?

free webinars

virtual conferences and webinars

youtube

slideshare rss

delicious rss

diigo rss

citation 2.0 rss

face to face informal gatherings

face to face
conferences

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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

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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“It’s time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map” seth godin

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Works Cited
Godin, Seth. “The Problem with Putting It All on the Line.” Seth Godin’s Blog. N.p., 26 Sept. 2009. Web. 14
Oct. 2010. <http://sethgodin.typepad.com/‌seths_blog/‌2010/‌09/‌the-problem-with-putting-it-all-on- the-line.html>.
---Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? New York: Portfolio, 2010. Print.
The Information Institute of Syracuse and ALA OITP. “Introduction.” The Participatory Librarianship Starter
Kit. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://ptbed.org/‌intro.php>.
Jenkins, Henry. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21 st
Century. Chicago: MacArthur Foundation, 2006. Digital Media and Learning: MacArthur Foundation.
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