This document discusses digital experiences for children in public and school libraries, including eBooks, digital programming, and content creation. It provides statistics on eBook usage and lists digital collections available. It also profiles librarians who are tech leaders and use apps to support digital storytimes, book groups, and science programs. School librarians discuss embracing digital content and using technology to remain accessible. The document concludes that digital books will become more device-neutral over web-based and librarians' social media skills will help promote library services.

1. Digital Experiences: Reading,
Access, Creation and Fun!
Created by Paige Bentley-Flannery
Community Librarian
Deschutes Public Library
@chapterpaigeone

3. Children in Public and School Libraries: eBooks,
Digital Programming and more...

4. Reading eBooks
• eBook statistics-From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers--and beyond -
Pew Research Center March 2014
• Digital collections- state and public
• Publishers vs Self-publishers: BiblioBoard connecting self publishers with
library patrons/customers www.biblioboard.com
• Problems accessing eBooks-Adobe, email account, password
• Quantity-five fourth graders wanting to borrow 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
• How to.. Parent / Teacher Resources
• Access

5. Part of the "bundle". Dinosaurs, art, graphic
novels, poetry, picture books...

7. Virtual Children's
book tours
• Lisa Von Drasek- Curator,
Children's Literature Research
Collection at the University of
Minnesota
• "...our ability to see
everything."

10. Tech Savvy Librarians
• Cen Campbell-Mover and
Shaker 2014 -Tech Leaders,
@LittleeLit
• Tech Leaders-past three years
• Digital content in job
descriptions
• Knowledgeable of technology and able to
help maintain and manage iPad programs.
• Electronic Content Librarian

12. Digital Programming
• Apps for content creation
• Digital story time-apps in story
time-children's library
programs for education,
entertainment, and involving
parents in the learning process
• Book Apps: non-fiction and
fiction apps for book groups
and book related programs.
• Science Apps- science spot
hands-on and take home
experiments.

14. Darien Public Library
T/E/A: Technology, Engineering and
the Arts is open for free,
exploration, creation, and discover
App Art: explore art using iPad art
apps
Early Literacy iPad Kits.

16. School Librarians
and Libraries
• "Love Love the digital world! I
think ease, convenient,
lightweight and never ending."
Mary Grant, Media Manager
• "Access seems to be one of
the biggest roadblocks to
libraries fully embracing digital
content." Travis Jonker

17. • Cathy Knutson, Oak Hills Elementary School, Lakeville, MN
• Technology on the Loose http://ohekidstech.blogspot.com

19. Creation
• "Digital books and educational
apps will become more device
neutral. (More web based and less
app based as schools need to
move to BYOD (Bring Your Own
Device) models for budgetary
reasons."
• "I think publishers will continue to
make more and more mainstream
books available in eBook format
with pricing/availability moderating
for multiple users.
• "As librarians become more savvy
users of social media, their ability
to promote library services will
increase visibility! YIPPEEE!!!"

23. Resources

24. ALSC Digital Media Resources