1. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
University of Rhode Island USA
Twitter: @reneehobbs
Access Slides: bit.ly/zadar2018
Film and Media Education
in School, Public and
Academic Libraries
#LIDA2018
Libraries in a Digital Age
Zadar, Croatia
June 14, 2018

2. Access resources here: bit.ly/zadar2018

3. The Uses of
AUDIOVISUAL
MEDIA in a
Digital Age

4. • Film education: the work of educators who explore film as an art, a
business, and as part of society and culture
• Media education: the formal academic study of media industries,
aesthetics and representation
• Visual literacy: a multidisciplinary term used by educators and
artists with interests in photography, images and graphic design
• Media literacy: the practice of critically analyzing mass media and
creating media messages in a wide variety of forms
• Digital literacy: the many competencies needed for active
participation in the use of the Internet and social media

5. METHODS OF INQUIRY
• Developed film programs for public libraries
• Developed and implemented professional development
programs for librarians
• IMLS Grant: Media Smart Libraries
• Conducted interviews with school, public and academic
librarians from across the United States
• Made observations of film and media education programs in
school, public and academic libraries

6. Forthcoming from Renee Hobbs, Liz Deslauriers and Pam Steager
(2019, Oxford University Press)

7. 178 examples from
public, school & academic libraries

8. View
Collect

9. View
Create
Learn
Connect
Collect

10. Most public libraries spend at least 12 %
of their budgets on DVDs and moving
image media in streaming formats
Today, one-third of total library
circulation consists of audiovisual
materials.
COLLECT

11. Today, one-third of total library circulation
consists of audiovisual materials
COLLECT

12. “JUST HIT PLAY & WALK AWAY”
VIEW

13. Library Film Screening Programs
Princeton Public Library Environmental Film Festival
VIEW

14. Media Production Programs in Libraries
CREATE

15. LEARN
Media Literacy Programs in Libraries

16. Using Media to Reach
Potential Library Users
CONNECT

18. ACTIVITY #1
VIEW & DISCUSS
The Library by Jason LaMotte
(2015)
AS YOU WATCH THIS FILM, CONSIDER:
• SETTING: the location and specific places depicted
• CHARACTER: the people you see
• SOUND/MUSIC: what we hear

20. ACTIVITY #2
LEARNING BY CREATING
Book Hook: I Survived 911
Created by children participating in the
Narragansett Elementary School Library Program
• What steps did these children take to create this
video?
• What did they learn from the experience?

22. ACTIVITY #3
WHAT’S THE MOTIVE?
Staxpeditions
Created by Colleen Theisen,
special collections librarian, University of Iowa
• Why did the librarian create this video?

25. Themes in
Library Film Programming
Harness the Emotional Power of
Moving Image Media
Make Connections between
Books, Movies & Media
Use Media to Activate Intellectual
Curiosity

26. LIBRARIANS ADVANCE
AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
IN A DIGITAL AGE
 Sensitive to the constructed nature of
audiovisual works
 Attentive to the relationship between
message content and form
 Value the personal and social dimensions of
meaning-making and interpretation
 Aware of the dialectic between media use,
analysis and creative production
 Aware of the economic, political and
cultural context in which audiovisual media
circulate

27. CONTACT INFORMATION:
Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
LEARN MORE
Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com