A way of knowing

“Learning” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6257184215/ A Way of KnowingThe Power of Storytelling as a Connector in Libraries Diane M. Cordell

"Stories are a way of knowing.[The] process ofselecting constitutive details of experience,reﬂecting on them,giving them order,and thereby making sense of them...makes telling storiesa meaning-making experience." -I.E. Seidman (Interviewing as Qualitative Research) “Gray Day, Red Yarn” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4304372680/

SELECTING

“The Lyric Ballad” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3336581900/

“The Future is Now” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4735227875/

“Photo archives, The Free Library of Philadelphia” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4319907649/

“Computer: Aerial Dead Reckoning” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5349715756/

“Learning” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4538691046/

REFLECTING

“Information puzzle” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6257900211/

“Veteran’s Day Tribute” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4104990874/

“Conversation” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5868802891/

GIVING THEM ORDER

“They warned me!” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3341506111/

“Shelving” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3291934742/

“The Gallery” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3288888215/

“Some Flickr options” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5283671735/

MAKING SENSE OF THEM

“Learning” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4618997470/

“Almost home” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4027424190/

“Trail map” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5375586917/

IN THE LIBRARY...

Connect “Family party” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4584229253/#/

Create “Wayside School Yearbook” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4813448752/

Display “Fresh Art” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5871288708/“Display case” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/5786548110/

Archive “Honey” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4812844507/

Locate and Retrieve “Hidden Meanings” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4964219378/

THREE STORIES...

Story 1: The Civil War Letters“Author Nancy Wilson autographs ‘Shouts & Whispers’” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6122042810/

Story 2: The Balthazard Family“The Balthazard Family c. 1900” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/4596049467/

Story 3: What the Waiter Remembered “Our server at Canoe” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6180321390/

"Storytelling is among the oldest formsof communication.Storytelling is the commonalityof all human beings, in all places, in all times." -Rives Collins

Create...Curate... Celebrate “The Journey Through the School of Awesomeness” by dmcordell http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dmcordell/6265958737/

Diane CordellWhat Im Thinking: http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/What Im Tweeting: http://twitter.com/dmcordellMy Photos: http://www.ﬂickr.com/dmcordell/http://www.ﬂickr.com/dmcordell/My Slidedecks http://www.slideshare.net/diane/presentations

A way of knowing

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