Presentation for #slanza2015 with @helenstower1 The iCentre concept is to reimagine and move the traditional role of the school library as a provider of information and literature to an iCentre which connects learners with the skills, tools and information necessary for work and success in the 21st century. Our journey from library to iCentre does not involve a brand new building, it involves transformed culture, services and spaces. This is very much a story of trial and error and we don’t claim that we have found a model that will work for every school and every library - what we do hope is that we can share ideas and something we have done or experienced will help you on your journey. The story of our journey from a traditional library to an iCentre is not complete. In fact, we hope it never will be, as the essence of our journey centres around continuous transformation.

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Moving from a traditional library to a contemporary
iCentre
@icentremta
@katschrav
@helenstower1
@margd1

2. What is an iCentre?

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Watch at https://youtu.be/vc7mZtws_TI
See what our users have
to say about the
@icentremta

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Who are we?
-Teacher-Librarians
-Cybrarian
-Library Assistants
Helen
@helenstower1
Kathryn
@katschrav
Ann
@annrapisarda
-Program Leader
(iCentre)
-Specialist Teacher
(Staff & Students)
-Informa on Specialist
-Research & Resource
Assistance
-Literature Promo on
-Social Media
-Specialist Teacher
(Staff & Students)
-Informa on Specialist
-Research & Resource
Assistance
-Literature Promo on
-Social Media
Samara
Melissah
@melislester
Anne e
@alangusch
-Daily Management
-Cataloguing
-Resource Acquisi on
-Bookhire
-Customer Service
-Booking Assistance
-Circula on
-Customer Service
-Clickview & TV4
Educa on
-Booking Assistance
-Circula on
-Customer Service
-Physical & Digital
Displays
-Bookhire
-Customer Service
-ID Cards & Badges
Marg
@margd1
-Cybrarian
-Cura on
-Website
-Social Media

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
From PC Age to Mobile Age

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Situated LOCATION Mobile
At school From anywhere

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Rebranding
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Tim
Klapdor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/timklapdor/10987048513/

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Static ENVIRONMENT Dynamic

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
SLOW SPEED OF CHANGE FAST
Relied on many:
Purchase to shelf (days/weeks)
= bookseller – finance office
– cataloguing - covering
Self managed: purchase to shelf = 1hr
Then invoicing, cataloguing etc.

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Separated TECHNOLOGY Embedded
Bibliography Guides: books & tutorials
Referencing Tool: Easybib

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Formal STRUCTURE Organic

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Low LEVEL OF CONVENIENCE High
Only during school day Anytime

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Abstracted AUTHENTICITY Situated
Research: book based Project based learning

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Rebranding: Library to iCentre
Centralised RESOURCES Distributed
Books loaned from library – limited
Eg. Book trollies
eBooks read from OPAC
unlimited users

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Facebook

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Twitter

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Pinterest

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Instagram

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Modeling =
Essential

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Networking

24. + Retech = Research + Technology
Jason Elsom [@JasonElsom]. (2013, September 16) What do you want kids to do with technology?:
pic.twitter.com/U3K9r7OLQB [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/JasonElsom/status/379702777536331776

25. Digital Citizenship:
More than Cybersafety

26. + Evolution of Retech

27. + Research and Technology

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Progressing
 be prepared for a constant process of transformation
 technology and learning will continue to evolve
 change with users to suit needs of users

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To Be Continued..
“[don’t suffer from] a mentality of
perfect products, rather than the high-
tech mindset of make it, launch it, fix
it” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Melanie Muir