The document discusses the State Library of Victoria and its role in providing access to information resources for Victorians. It outlines the library's facilities and services, including exhibition spaces, programs and events, online resources, and learning services. It also discusses the library's goals of connecting communities to information and positioning Melbourne as a creative center, while fostering collaboration and developing staff skills.

1. State Library of Victoria “… a great emporium of learning…”

2. Classroom analogy… What kind of student would ‘Kangan-Batman TAFE libraries’ be? Who else is in the classroom?

3. Victorians will have ready access to a comprehensive collection of Victorian documentary material and to worldwide information resources to enrich their cultural, educational, social and economic lives . State Library of Victoria

4. State Library of Victoria

5. La Trobe Reading Room

6. Redmond Barry Reading Room

7. Cowen Gallery

8. Chess Room

9. Experimedia

10. Genealogy Centre Newspaper Reading Room Heritage Collections Reading Room Arts Reading Room Australian Manuscripts Journals & Magazines Pictures Maps, Rare Books, & Children’s Literature Rooms for everyone!

11. Changing Face of Victoria Exhibition spaces

12. Mirror of the World Exhibition spaces

13. Programs & Events Library workshops Talks & forums Tours Film screenings Family activities Regional programs State Library of Victoria

14. Online Resources Catalogues – federated search Databases, eJournals, & Newspapers Audio tours, podcasts, interactives Educational resources State Library of Victoria

15. The Library Insider Mon – Thurs (10am-9pm) Fri – Sun (10am-6pm) Mr Tulk’s Café Spring/Summer program State Library of Victoria

16. 10 years ago… No Dome galleries No SLV web presence No Experimedia No wireless internet No Learning services State Library of Victoria

17. slv21 To place the Library at the hub of an integrated knowledge network reaching into the Victorian community and connecting to the world at large, positioning Melbourne as a major creative centre. • To open the way for commercial partnerships, based on the technology foundations laid down through this initiative, which will generate sustainable revenue streams for the Library into the future.

18. • To build a legacy for future generations of Victorians by strengthening the state’s unique collection of social and historical documentary material about Victoria. • To ensure the long-term viability of the Library’s heritage site, as a destination for library users and cultural tourists. slv21

19. The Library will serve its users as and when they seek information. The Library will provide access to digital information resources. The Library will foster collaboration with other organizations. The Library will develop the skills of its staff. slv21

20. Better expect the worst…. Only a few will need the library. Google serves digital library users. Libraries are museums for information handling in the industrial age. Librarians will be just custodians.

21. “ The learning landscape (and thus information literacy focus) of the academic institution has tended to be represented in terms such as: accredited, age-specific, authoritative, reputable, scholarly and structured…[whereas the] literacy and learning landscape of many students’ personal information experience could be described as creative, diverse, fast, global, immediate, informal, innovative, media-rich and motivating.” Pru Mitchell, Information Literacy Experts or Expats?

22. “ The library profession still, despite the manifest and increasing need for its services and values, has a marketing deficit. Librarians have a teaching role to perform, a role that focuses on information and the skills needed to access and use it…” Dr Alan Bundy, Information Literacy: The Key Competency for the 21st Century

23. Innovation Collaboration Engagement Excellence Respect State Library of Victoria

24. Libraries globally Diversity Agility Adaptability Dynamism Optimism

25. “… students are a lot like tea-bags, you don’t know how good they are until they’re in hot water.”

26. “… dealing with the visible problem rather than the underlying one.”

28. “… being a partner of choice for the implementation of learning, literacy, skill development and social inclusion.” “… reducing educational inequality, promoting wellbeing and strengthening communities.” “ ...technology is shaping learning and literacy…with new forms of expertise and collaboration.” State Library of Victoria

29. Knowledge era Communication Collaboration Trust Empowerment Creativity Innovation Critical thinking Problem-solving

30. “… 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

31. Learning Services information literacy engagement with books and writing cultural and historical context learning for the future

32. Learning Services Programs aligned with VELS/VCE Schools eNewsletter Professional learning programs Networks and partnerships

33. Learning Programs Collection Reflection Outside-In Cinema Press Play Hoddle Waddle Kelly Quest

34. Learning approach Engage with technology Create opportunities Go to where you audience is Use your environment Explore partnerships

35. “ To succeed, we need to understand what constitutes a positive learning experience, particularly in the digital information environment, and build the resources we offer around that knowledge.” Library & Archives Canada – Directions for Change (2006)

36. “ When people in motion meet a library in motion, everything is possible.” Director Stockholm Public Library, Rethinking Library Spaces, 2008

37. SLV Home page http:// www.slv.vic.gov.au/index.html SLV Treasures http:// www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/index.html Slv21 initiative http://www.slv21.com/ Ergo http:// www.slv.vic.gov.au /ergo/ Mirror of the World exhibition http:// www.mirroroftheworld.com.au/index.php Inside a Dog (youth literature) http:// www.insideadog.com.au / Stephen Heppell podcast http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/events/2008/leading_21st_century_learning.html The Big Issues http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/infonet/org.cgi?detail =1&id=75 ‘ We Think’ [Charles Leadbeater] video http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =qiP79vYsfbo Learning to Change – Changing to Learn video http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = tahTKdEUAPk Resources