The Role of Libraries in a Transliterate World

The Role Of Libraries In A Transliterate World Metropolitan New York Library Council Bobbi Newman www.librarianbyday.net

… many Americans are in danger of remaining or becoming second-class citizens in the digital age, whether because of low income, language barriers, lack of access to technology, limited skills and training, community norms, or lack of personal motivation. –Knight Commission on the Information Needs of a Community in a Democracy

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. — Albert Einstein

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

We are exposed to more mediated messages in one day than our great-grandparents were exposed to in one year

It takes 5.15 minutes to hack your six character all lower case password Increasing to eight characters and including numbers and symbols increases the time to 2.10 centuries

How do we cope? information literacy technology literacy media literacy digital literacy social media literacy literacy computer literacy news literacy multimedia literacy critical thinking civil literacy health literacy environmental literacy

Transliteracy

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.

A unifying approach to literacy

A convergence of literacies

… not just about computer–based materials, but about all communication types across time and culture. It does not privilege one above the other but treats all as of equal value and moves between and across them. -Thomas et al.

Not about the tools

The Role of Libraries

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Empower

Comfort

Connect

Are you ready?

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. -Albert Einstein

Sometimes I forget that my world is not the mainstream (yet) - Eric Nehrlich

Existing paradigms in technology education must be shifted towards a focus on critical thinking and communication skills and away from “gee-whiz” gaping over new technology tools. -Renee Hobbs

The 21 st Century is no place for timid librarians

For resources and additional information please visit Libraries and Transliteracy http://librariesandtransliteracy.info Tom Ipri Brian Hulsey Anthony Molaro Bobbi Newman Gretchen Caserotti

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