Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World

Bobbi L. Newman http://librarianbyday.net [email_address] http://www.flickr.com/photos/xctmx/500076762/ Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World

Why are we here? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzi/230188091/in/faves-librarianbyday//

Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fijneman/2971210465/

Technology http://www.flickr.com/photos/baldheretic/2675744701/

Dancing about architecture http://www.flickr.com/photos/fic82/2299904685/

Information is as vital to the healthy functioning of communities as clean air, safe streets, good schools, and public health. – The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy http://www.flickr.com/photos/98469445@N00/327471676/

Life http://www.flickr.com/photos/chickenlump/2038512161/

… for adults 50 to 64 years old, the use of social networking sites have jumped by 88 percent in the past year, the study found. For those 65 and older, it's doubled. - Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.flickr.com/photos/rattodisabina/2460905893/

Access http://www.flickr.com/photos/margolove/896307285//

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It is no longer enough simply to read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn how to spot a stereotype, isolate a social cliché, and distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter, and important news from coverage. - Ernest, Boyer

Transliteracy is not a destination

The future is here it is just not evenly distributed, – William Gibson

… broadband Internet service in the U.S. is not just slower and more expensive than it is in tech-savvy nations such as South Korea and Japan; the U.S. has fallen behind infrastructure-challenged countries such as Portugal and Italy as well. – Scientific American

Not every member must contribute, but all must believe they are free to contribute and that what they contribute will be appropriately valued. -Henry Jenkins http://www.flickr.com/photos/zombizi_rip/1781535606/

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler http://www.flickr.com/photos/meredithharris/2129929046/

If not libraries, then who? http://www.flickr.com/photos/digidragon/3046266667/

We are failing our patrons http://www.flickr.com/photos/levoodoo/3735045243/

What can we do? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/3205277810/

Stop fighting amongst ourselves http://www.flickr.com/photos/balladist/2843633256/

I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
- Douglas Adams

Sometimes I forget that my world is not the mainstream (yet) - Eric Nehrlich http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/2051756510_c0138daf6e.jpg

Experiment

It’s as easy as …. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicafm/81060339/

No excuses

Commit to it http://www.flickr.com/photos/japokskee/4391428993/

Libraries and Transliteracy http://librariesandtransliteracy.info Tom Ipri Brian Hulsey Anthony Molaro Bobbi Newman Gretchen Caserotti

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Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World

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