Valerie Hill presented on navigating the flood of information in participatory digital culture. She discussed how Web 2.0 allowed all users to participate by generating and sharing content, creating challenges around authenticity, authority and privacy. She advocated for building a personal learning network and embedding information literacy instruction across digital tools to help people responsibly navigate this environment. The future will depend on users and information professionals working together to thoughtfully develop Web 3.0 with a focus on digital citizenship.

1. Valerie Hill, PhD
TWU School of Library and Information
Studies
LISD School Librarian
@valibrarian ALISE 2014
vhilledu@gmail.com

2. We all now live in global participatory digital culture.

3. Web. 2.0 allowed us all to participate.
Will Web 3.0 help us navigate the flood?

4. Participatory culture contributes to
the flood of information online. We
are both consumers and producers
(prosumers).
Alvin Toffler coined term in 1980.

5. Throw (or grab) a digital
life-preserver ring.
Build a PLN & teach IL in
digital culture.

6. Were
gatekeepers
so bad?
Opening the gates presented obstacles
because the lovely garden is now filled
with weeds, pests, and litter.

7. Blurred Content
(mashed up & remixed)
What was the original color? Where did it come from?
User-generated content requires personal responsibility.

8. Blurred Life
(personal & professional)
Who am I sharing with? Friends or family or colleagues?
Social media content requires personal responsibility.

9. Connections get confusing!
Digital culture requires personal responsibility and trust.

10. People merge with metadata.
Behind the keyboard is a person.
Information professionals still serve people- in new ways.

11. Tools for Participatory Digital Culture
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Blogs
Wikis
Curation tools
Audiovisual tools
Augmented reality
Social networks & PLNs
MOOCs & courses
Virtual worlds
Gamification tools
ePortfolios
Great educators embed
Information Literacy in every
tool.

12. QR Codes are “old school” now?
Oh well, at least they are fast.

13. Balancing Tradition & Innovation
Being both follower and leader...both holding on to core values
of the profession and letting go of “how things have always
been done”… That’s the challenge.

14. Web 3.0 & the Rise of a Networked
Generation
We all live in virtual worlds, whether or not we have avatars.

15. MOOCs & Minecraft
A virtual circulation desk built by
my 5th grade students. The
library is a virtual “makerspace”.

16. Is individual privacy a relic?
Can we embed #infolit online? Can we assure
trust, authenticity, and authority?

17. My colleagues
• Joyce Valenza – LibGuides
We can serve as navigators (no longer gatekeepers).
• Danilo M. Baylen- Wikis
We can model best collaboration practices.
• Sung Un Kim- Edmodo
We can utilize social networking for education and
information literacy.
• Judi Moreillon and Ruth Nicole Hall- All the social
media tools
We can mentor through connectivity in digital
participatory culture.
I’m @valibrarian and I try to choose my connections wisely!

18. The future depends on it.
Won’t everyone contribute to Web 3.0?
The “Internet of Things” is created by us.
Digital Citizens
Understand
Digital Footprints
@valibrarian is certified.

19. The library and the librarian
are not synonymous.
Take a risk and go where no
librarian has gone before!
“It may be that the great age of libraries is waning, but I am
here to tell you that the great age of librarians is just
beginning. It’s up to you to decide if you want to be a part of
it.”
~T. Scott Plutchak

20. Bibliography
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Carr, N. (2010). The shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Common Sense Media. (2013) www.commonsensemedia.org
Davidson, Cathy N. (2011). Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention
Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. New York: Viking.
Gleick, J. (2011). The information: A history, a theory, a flood. Pantheon.
Keen, Andrew. (2012). Digital Vertigo. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Lanier, J. (2011). You are not a gadget. New York: Random House.
Rainie, Lee and Barry Wellman. (2012). Networked: The New Social Operating
System. Cambridge, MASS: MIT Press.
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Solomon, Laura. (2011). Doing Social Media So It matters: A Librarian's Guide.
Chicago: American Library Association.
Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and
less from each other. New York: Basic Books.
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