The document presents a workshop on cultivating personal learning networks (PLNs) for librarians, highlighting traditional and contemporary tools for learning. It outlines the stages of PLN adoption, from immersion to finding balance, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diverse perspectives, and managing the overwhelming nature of information. The author encourages librarians to actively engage in their PLNs to enhance their professional growth and learning experiences.

1. grow your librarianship: cultivating the personal learning networkpresented by buffy hamilton || january 2010 || north star library consortium

2. apersonal learning network is a collection of resources to go to when you want to learn new ideas, strategies, and information

3. personal learning networks: traditional tools for learningf2f staff development workshopsgraduate school coursesbooksjournalslist servsface to face conferencesusually involves spending money on fees/purchases/tuition.

4. personal learning networks: contemporary toolspodcastsrss feedsrssfeed aggregators (iGoogle)twittersocial bookmarkingsocial networkswikis blogsflickrningvideo/web streamingfree

5. how has a pln helped me grow as a librarian?

6. anytime, anywhere learning

7. build and customize your network and content

8. gain multiple perspectives from many diverse voices

9. share and discover ideas while networking with others

10. stay on the cutting edge of future trends for today’s libraries

11. collective construction of knowledge

12. stages of pln adoptionstage 1 immersion:immerse yourself into networks. create any and all networks you can find where there are people and ideas to connect to. collaboration and connections take offcourtesy of jeffutecht

13. stages of pln adoptionstage 2 evaluation:evaluate your networks and start to focus in on which networks you really want to focus your time onyou begin feeling a sense of urgency and try to figure out a way to “know it all”courtesy of jeffutecht

14. stages of pln adoptionstage 3 “know it all”:find that you are spending many hours trying to learn everything you canrealize there is much you do not know and feel like you can’t disconnectthis usually comes with spending every waking minutes trying to be connected to the point that you give up sleep and contact with others around you to be connected to your networks of knowledgecourtesy of jeffutecht

15. stages of pln adoptionstage 4 perspective:start to put your life into perspective usually comes when you are forced to leave the network for awhile and spend time with family and friends who are not connectedcourtesy of jeffutecht

16. stages of pln adoptionstage 5 balance:try and find that balance between learning and livingunderstanding that you can not know it all, and begin to understand that you can rely on your network to learn and store knowledge for you a sense of calm begins as you understand that you can learn when you need to learn and you do not need to know it all right nowcourtesy of jeffutecht

17. plug into your pln with an information portal like iGoogle

18. feed your pln portal with rss and widgets/gadgets

19. grow and blossom through your pln

20. participatecc licensed flickr photo by domesticat: http://flickr.com/photos/domesticat/2538309841/

21. nurture creativity and playful learning experiencescc licensed photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/larimdame/3630728238/sizes/l/in/set-72157619795765502/

22. cultivate conversationscc licensed photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncripps/3156373103/sizes/o/

23. cc licensed photo by The Shifted Librarian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/3360687295/

24. works citedUtecht, Jeff. “Stages of PLN Adoption.” Weblog post. The Thinking Stick. 3 Apr. 2008. 13 Oct. 2008 <http://www.thethinkingstick.com/‌?p=652>.

25. presentation resourceshttp://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/plnhttp://delicious.com/theunquietlibrary/fight-the-filter

26. contact informationbuffy.hamilton@gmail.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com