The public library and the 21st century ‘People’s University’
Back in 1938 Alvin Johnson argued that we should: “develop the public library into a permanent centre of adult education, informally a people's university” . In the 21st century new winds of change are blowing through learning. Social economic and technology factors combine to create new challenges and opportunities. Public libraries have a huge opportunity to revitalise their long standing commitment to learning and reinvigorate themselves at the heart of the process. Access to Research, CORE and others initiatives now provide public libraries with free access to millions of journal articles. The question is how, in the 21st century, public libraries will galvanise these resources and develop communities of learners.
Re-awakening the 'Peoples University' - the learning agenda opportunity to reinvigorate public libraries. Community, informal (outside formal academic institutions) and online learning is a growing, disruptive opportunity. Learning happens best where there is a ‘community’ of support and good learning spaces. Public libraries have an opportunity to thrive if they develop the right capabilities to deliver a compelling learning offer. Presented at the CILIP "Re-imaging Learning" Executive Briefing on 13th November 2014
Presentation for Librarian/Archivists/Technology Conference held at the Academy in St. Charles on April 17, 2010 for the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.
Additional challenges added by the group (slide 5):
*Collaboration
*Communication
*Speed of Change
*Time
*Technology
*Misunderstood
*Money
*Skill Sets
*Obsolescence
II Konferencja Naukowa : Nauka o informacji (informacja naukowa) w okresie zmian, Warszawa, 15-16.04.2013 r. Instytut Informacji Naukowej i Studiów Bibliologicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
The 2nd Scientific Conference : Information Science in an Age of Change, April 15-16, 2013. Institute of Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw
This presentation was provided by Corilee Christou and David Rothman of LibraryEndowment.org during the NISO webinar, Finding the Funding, Part One, held on October 10, 2018.
Re-awakening the 'Peoples University' - the learning agenda opportunity to reinvigorate public libraries. Community, informal (outside formal academic institutions) and online learning is a growing, disruptive opportunity. Learning happens best where there is a ‘community’ of support and good learning spaces. Public libraries have an opportunity to thrive if they develop the right capabilities to deliver a compelling learning offer. Presented at the CILIP "Re-imaging Learning" Executive Briefing on 13th November 2014
Presentation for Librarian/Archivists/Technology Conference held at the Academy in St. Charles on April 17, 2010 for the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.
Additional challenges added by the group (slide 5):
*Collaboration
*Communication
*Speed of Change
*Time
*Technology
*Misunderstood
*Money
*Skill Sets
*Obsolescence
II Konferencja Naukowa : Nauka o informacji (informacja naukowa) w okresie zmian, Warszawa, 15-16.04.2013 r. Instytut Informacji Naukowej i Studiów Bibliologicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
The 2nd Scientific Conference : Information Science in an Age of Change, April 15-16, 2013. Institute of Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw
This presentation was provided by Corilee Christou and David Rothman of LibraryEndowment.org during the NISO webinar, Finding the Funding, Part One, held on October 10, 2018.
A detailed briefing on the current position of the library catalog and its prospects in the age of internet discovery and changing preferences for information seeking. Based on the speaker's extensive research and writings abou the catalog and metadata at Cornell University Library and for the Library of Congress. Prepared for the "New Age of Discovery" Institute sponsored by ASERL and hosted by Auburn University Libraries. Presented July 19, 2007. Includes speaker notes.
Why Library Super Powers will Save the World 09 04 14 PerryKaren Archer Perry
Why I think Librarian Super Powers will Save the World. Keynote for Association of Small and Rural Libraries (ARSL) conference in Tacoma, WA.
Trust, Knowledge, Technology and Place
Explores how library collections have been, are and will be built in the context of changing information-seeking behavior, changes in the nature of collections, the social web, and new enabling technology.
Upping engagement with digital resourcesLis Parcell
Slide deck used as the basis for a Jisc session at the East Anglian Learning Resources forum held at the ACER offices, St Ives on 4 March 2016. Participants discussed how their learners discover resources, the challenges they face in promoting digital resources and prioritised activities which they felt were most important and/or required further support.
Some additional information was provided on some lesser-known digital resources of possible interest to participants.
The slide deck is licensed CC BY-NC-ND except where shown on individual slides.
This is the presentation I gave for the ACRL webcast on 5/22. "Technology is enabling Higher Education to change more in the next ten years than it has in the past hundred. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are potentially one such technological innovation and have generated a lot of press in the past year. This live, interactive webcast will focus on the role of the librarian in these online courses. First, we will examine what librarians are currently doing to provide support for these institutional course offerings. Next, we will discuss possible future roles that librarians can play as MOOCs move from the margins to the mainstream."
Collections unbound: collection directions and the RLUK collective collectionlisld
A presentation given to RLUK Members' meeting at the University of Warwick.
The library identity has been closely bound with its collection. However this is changing as research and learning behaviours evolve in a network environment. There are three interesting trends. First, atttention is shifting from a library-centric view of a locally owned collection to a user-centred view of a facilitated collection in places where the library can add value. Second, there is growing emphasis on support for creation, for the process of research, as well as for the products, the article or book. And third, we are seeing a changing perspective on the historic core, the print book collection. Increasingly, this is being seen in collective ways as institutions manage down print, or think about its management in cooperative settings, or retire collections as space is reconfigured around research and learning experiences. This presentation also provides preliminary findings for the analysis being carried out by OCLC Research of the RLUK collective collection.
This presentation was provided by Apurva Ashok of the Rebus Community, during the first half of the NISO Two-Part Webinar "By Faculty and For Students: Supporting Open Educational Resources, Part One." The event was held on August 12, 2020.
A detailed briefing on the current position of the library catalog and its prospects in the age of internet discovery and changing preferences for information seeking. Based on the speaker's extensive research and writings abou the catalog and metadata at Cornell University Library and for the Library of Congress. Prepared for the "New Age of Discovery" Institute sponsored by ASERL and hosted by Auburn University Libraries. Presented July 19, 2007. Includes speaker notes.
Why Library Super Powers will Save the World 09 04 14 PerryKaren Archer Perry
Why I think Librarian Super Powers will Save the World. Keynote for Association of Small and Rural Libraries (ARSL) conference in Tacoma, WA.
Trust, Knowledge, Technology and Place
Explores how library collections have been, are and will be built in the context of changing information-seeking behavior, changes in the nature of collections, the social web, and new enabling technology.
Upping engagement with digital resourcesLis Parcell
Slide deck used as the basis for a Jisc session at the East Anglian Learning Resources forum held at the ACER offices, St Ives on 4 March 2016. Participants discussed how their learners discover resources, the challenges they face in promoting digital resources and prioritised activities which they felt were most important and/or required further support.
Some additional information was provided on some lesser-known digital resources of possible interest to participants.
The slide deck is licensed CC BY-NC-ND except where shown on individual slides.
This is the presentation I gave for the ACRL webcast on 5/22. "Technology is enabling Higher Education to change more in the next ten years than it has in the past hundred. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are potentially one such technological innovation and have generated a lot of press in the past year. This live, interactive webcast will focus on the role of the librarian in these online courses. First, we will examine what librarians are currently doing to provide support for these institutional course offerings. Next, we will discuss possible future roles that librarians can play as MOOCs move from the margins to the mainstream."
Collections unbound: collection directions and the RLUK collective collectionlisld
A presentation given to RLUK Members' meeting at the University of Warwick.
The library identity has been closely bound with its collection. However this is changing as research and learning behaviours evolve in a network environment. There are three interesting trends. First, atttention is shifting from a library-centric view of a locally owned collection to a user-centred view of a facilitated collection in places where the library can add value. Second, there is growing emphasis on support for creation, for the process of research, as well as for the products, the article or book. And third, we are seeing a changing perspective on the historic core, the print book collection. Increasingly, this is being seen in collective ways as institutions manage down print, or think about its management in cooperative settings, or retire collections as space is reconfigured around research and learning experiences. This presentation also provides preliminary findings for the analysis being carried out by OCLC Research of the RLUK collective collection.
This presentation was provided by Apurva Ashok of the Rebus Community, during the first half of the NISO Two-Part Webinar "By Faculty and For Students: Supporting Open Educational Resources, Part One." The event was held on August 12, 2020.
Libraries as Knowledge Infrastructure of the 21st century: the role of Librar...LIBER Europe
Libraries as Knowledge Infrastructure of the 21st century: the role of Libraries in the future of Research and Higher Education. A presentation by Dr. Paul Ayris (LIBER President) to the European Commission.
Importance of Human Resource Management in 21st Century12inch
Human beings are the most important resource of an organization. These are the people who plan all the activities and then they carry on all the activities. And managing human beings is the toughest duty of the manager as no two persons are alike. Every individual has separate values, aspirations, motivations, assumptions, goals, etc. Today we are discuses about Importance of human resource management in 21st century
What value do your products or services deliver? The ability
to understand and clearly articulate Value Propositions (VPs)
is important to libraries, publishers and intermediaries. Don’t
mistake VPs for some catchy strap line or slogan. Value is
not just about the monetary value either. Think instead of a
compelling answer to: “Why should I use your services or
buy your product?”. Using examples from his work with a
variety of organisations, Ken will show how you can create
meaningful VPs.
Challenges and opportunities for academic librarieslisld
Research and learning behaviors are changing in a network environment. What challenges do Academic libraries face? What opportunities do they have? A presentation given at a symposium on the future of academic libraries at the Open University.
This presentation was provided by Carl Grant of The University of Oklahoma Libraries during the NISO event, "The Library of the Future: Inside & Out", held on December 12, 2018.
Library futures: converging and diverging directions for public and academic ...lisld
The major influence on library futures is the changing character of their user communities. As patterns of research, learning and personal development change in a network environment so library services need to change. At the same time, libraries are focused on engaging with their communities more strongly - getting into their work and learning flows. This means that libraries are becoming more unlike each other, they are diverging as they meet the specific needs of their communities. Research libraries diverge from academic libraries, and each is different from urban public libraries, and so on.
At the same time, at a broader level libraries are experiencing similar pressures. The need to engage more strongly with their communities. The need to assess what they do. The need to configure space around experiences rather than around collections. Libraries are converging around some of these issues.
This presentation will consider the future of libraries from the point of view of convergence and divergence between types of libraries.
Public version of presentation proposing research project to look at libraries/ librarians ' role in relation to Open Educational Resources.
[this version edited to remove some context]
“I Can Do It All By Myself”: Exploring new roles for libraries and mediating ...Patrick "Tod" Colegrove
Co-presented June 23, 2012, with Bohyun Kim (Florida International University) and Jason Clark (Montana State University) at ALA Annual 2012. Primary upload at http://www.slideshare.net/bohyunkim/i-can-do-it-all-by-mysef-exploring-new-roles-for-libraries-and-mediating-technologies-in-addressing-the-diy-mindset-of-library-patrons
Abstract:
Users are increasingly self-reliant in their information seeking behavior. Where is the place for the personal interaction with librarians in this new paradigm? Join an active conversation to explore (a) What the DIY user behaviors are, (b) how libraries can respond to them in terms of new services, fiscal and personnel resources, and technologies, and (c) how to leverage technology to create online or face-to-face mediation opportunities that would be welcomed by users.
I CAN DO IT ALL BY MYSELF: : Exploring new roles for libraries and mediating ...Bohyun Kim
Presentation given at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. June 23, 2012.
Speaker: Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian, Florida International University
Speaker: Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State University Libraries
Speaker: Patrick T. Colegrove, Head, DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno
More program details: http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/m/node/806
Abid Hussain Library Officer Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad has highlighted the strategy to attract more users to library in order to stay there for long time. The article is worth reading for academia, faculty members and educationists in library and information sciences field.
Promoting Information Literacy in Digital EnvironmentKavita Rao
Dr.P.V.Konnur and K Kavita Rao
"Promoting Information literacy in the
Digital Library Environment: The Collaborative Role of the Library and
Information Science Professionals"
Paper presented at Seminar on Library
and Information Management in the Digital Era, Kanchi Krishna College of Arts &
Science, Kancheepuram, October 2009
Libraries are about enabling people in our communities to learn, unlearn, and relearn. This workshop has a focus on the library as a strategic learning institution that makes the community smarter. Learn more about 23 mobile things and how you can build your own mobile learning experience for staff and customers or members. Take part in a discussion about how we frame the library as an important way to make the community smarter, and find out more about current trends in learning that affect our libraries and the way we enact with people who want to learn.
Similar to The Public Library and the 21st centrury 'People's University' (20)
A focus on the themes especially relevant to libraries - Data; Curation, Ethics.Collections, Research Teaching and Learning/ Student Success & Student Wellbeing
Presented at Internet Librarian International on 15th October 2019
In 2017 the Economist magazine, in a much quoted article said, ‘the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. Smartphones and the internet have made data abundant, ubiquitous and far more valuable”. While data may be abundant, in the world of libraries, publishers and intermediaries it is typically siloed and the value and potential to improve services has barely begun to be realised. On their own, data from libraries, publishers or conventional intermediaries will not be enough to deliver the kinds of predictive analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions that emerging. Commercial companies and sector bodies like Jisc have begun to develop platforms that make use of data from a variety of sources. This will be an intensely competitive environment and it is not yet clear who the winners will be for, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the world economic
Ken spoke at the University College London (UCL) and Ciber research event ‘Digital textbooks: where are we?’ in May 2018. He outlined some of the drivers and themes that are influencing the future of e-textbooks and digital learning resources. He focused on the student as consumer, the user experience, digital platforms and the importance of data and analytics.
Ken Chad presented the keynote at the EDS (Ebsco Discovery Services) conference at Regents University, London in July 2016. He reviewed future trends for Google and enterprise search including factors such as voice (‘conversational’) search, the ‘ultimate assistant’, entities (‘things not strings’), visual search and the role of big data, context and intention. He then looked and some trends in library discovery services. There will continue to be a multiplicity of approaches open to users and Ken recommended that libraries do more to focus on the needs of users– the ‘jobs’ they were trying to do– in order to acquire and/or innovate new approaches to library discovery services.
Emerging technologies and the future of libraries (and library systems). Keyn...Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
Global technology trends and new directions in Higher Education will clearly affect the future of academic libraries and the nature of library technology. A common thread is the increasing focus on the user/consumer in an increasingly digital economy. For example a leading information technology research and advisory company, Gartner states ('Top 10 strategic predictions for 2015') that: "Renovating the customer experience is a digital priority." What should libraries and library tech companies do? Ken argues that the first step is looking again at user needs and suggests an innovative and practical methodology to help
Entrepreneurial library article_emerging_trends_conference_ken_chad_december2014Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
Writing in Library Journal in August 2010, Eric Hellman noted: “Libraries are so valuable that they attract voracious new competition with every technological advance.” The failure of libraries and library vendors to successfully create systems that meet the full range of legitimate user needs is a major concern. Ken Chad reviews the competitive and strategic imperatives that should lead libraries to a more user focussed approach. Fortunately there are some pragmatic and useful tools that libraries, working with vendors and/or developers, can use to help them develop or acquire better products services. Ken Chad briefly outlines the 'Jobs-To-Be-Done' (JTBD) method which is widely used in business and he has adapted for use in libraries
Are you a visionary ‘early adopter’ or a laggard in terms of ‘next generation’ Library Services Platforms? Ken is presenting at the 2014 UKSG conference on 14th and 15th April. There has been much interest and some hype about a new generation of ‘Library Services Platforms’ that are replacing library management systems (LMS) (or, in US parlance, ILS). Ken looks at library systems in terms of the technology adoption life cycle described and analysed by Geoffrey Moore in his book ‘Crossing the chasm’.
Research process and research data management. Many universities are looking at how they can better serve the needs of researchers. Ken Chad Consulting worked with the University of Westminster to look the needs and attitudes of researchers and admin staff in terms of research data management (RDM). The result led the University to look first at the whole lifecycle and workflows of research administration. This in turn led to the innovative, rapid development of a system to support researchers and admin staff. Presented by Suzanne Enright (University of Westminster) and Ken Chad at the annual UKSG conference in April 2014
What are ebooks for? As libraries struggle with issues around ebook platforms, digital rights management (DRM), business models, and ebook formats it is worth stepping back and revisiting the fundamental issue of what ebooks are for. Keynote Presentation at the “Ebooks 2014: Are we nearly there yet?” Conference. University of the West of England 7 April 2014 #ebooksuwe2014
In increasingly complex information landscapes, is it time to stop thinking in terms of the library management system (LMS) or integrated library system (ILS), or even a ‘library services platform’ – and instead start talking about an ‘ecosystem’.
Library infrastructure: value for money? Ken gave a short presentation at the Jisc Library System Programme Workshop on 15th July 2013. It looked at the value and business case for making changes to library technology infrastructure. The workshop was a chance for the projects that made up the programme to talk about the work they had done and the tools and resources they have created, and a chance for the community to discuss some of the issues and challenges that the sector currently faces. The workshop had three main strands that explored:
Collaborative Systems and Services;
Transforming workflows and practices
Tools and Techniques for Systems Change
Library systems are no longer ‘stand alone’. Global technology influences are driving the market more than ever. There is a risk that the solutions libraries provide remain detached from truly meeting the real needs of many users - staff , academics, researchers and students.
Instead of library systems.or even 'next generation' library services platforms we need to think in terms of the wider library technology ‘ecosystem’. That changes how make our decisions about the products we buy and the services libraries deliver
‘Trends in, and reflections on, library discovery services’. Ken was the keynote speaker at the JIBS event: ‘New dawn: the changing resource discovery landscape’ in February 2013.
The library & teaching & learning: reading list systems. Reading lists appear to be the new 'must have' for UK academic libraries and a raft of new systems has entered the market. Ken's presentation at a seminar at the University of Staffordshire in December 2012 looked at some of the underlying trends in Higher Education and the current reading list offerings
The application of strategy methodologies to libraries. What is strategy? It's not Mission or vision. The key elements. Also a brief discussion of business models
This presentation is based on work I have been doing with libraries and some businesses in the library & information sector.I look at framework to explore business models that I believe is helpful for all kinds of organizations and businesses
Time for strategy: Ken was the keynote speaker at the 2011 National Acquisitions Group (NAG) conference in Manchester on 7th September. Libraries in all sectors face the challenge of relentless, disruptive, technology-driven change and tough economic times. Libraries are under pressure and there is a risk that decisions are made without an appreciation of their strategic importance. This is a good time then to look at some approaches to strategy, differentiating it from ‘mission’ and looking at business models.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
RPMS TEMPLATE FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2023-2024 FOR TEACHER 1 TO TEACHER 3
The Public Library and the 21st centrury 'People's University'
1. The Public Library
& the
21st Century People’s
University
NAG Conference September 2014
Ken Chad
Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
www.kenchadconsulting.com
ken@kenchadconsulting.com
Tel: +44 (0)7788727845
Twitter @kenchad
kenchadconsulting
2. an opportunity to….
•Increase human flourishing
•Promote the public good
•Increase the relevance, value & impact of (esp.
public) libraries
•Keep (esp. public) libraries open
•Increase the esteem, value and pay of librarians
kenchadconsulting
4. changes to …….
ways of learning & technology
content
kenchadconsulting
5. “Universities represent declining value for
money to their students.
universities are clinging to a medieval concept of
education in an age of mass enrolment. In a recent
book, “Reinventing Higher Education”, Ben Wildavsky
and his colleagues at the Kauffman Foundation, which
focuses on entrepreneurship, add that there has
been a failure to innovate.”
[Higher education] Not what it used to be. American universities represent declining value for
money to their students. Economist 1st Dec 2012 http://
www.economist.com/news/united-states/21567373-american-universities-represent-declining-value-money-their-kenchadconsulting
6. In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken
Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools
to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids' natural
talents can flourish.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution?language=en
kenchadconsulting
7. Education paradigms are shifting to include online
learning, hybrid learning, and collaborative
models. Budget cuts have forced institutions to re-evaluate
their education strategies …..
The NMC Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Edition
http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-horizon-report-2014-higher-education-edition
kenchadconsulting
8. Both formal and informal learning experiences are becoming
increasingly important as college graduates continue to face a highly
competitive workforce.
Informal learning --learning that is self-directed and aligns with the
student’s own personal learning goals.
Online or other modern environments are trying to leverage both
formal and informal learning experiences …allowing for more open-ended,
unstructured time where they are encouraged to experiment, play, and explore
topics based on their own motivations. This type of learning will become
increasingly important in learning environments of all kinds.
kenchadconsulting
9. Massively open online courses are proliferating. MOOCs have captured
the imagination of senior administrators and trustees like few other educational
innovations have....As the ideas evolve, MOOCs are increasingly seen as a very
intriguing alternative to credit-based instruction. The prospect of a single course
achieving enrollments in the tens of thousands is bringing serious
conversations ....
kenchadconsulting
11. ‘where is the library? .... Encouragingly, some libraries are part
of the core teams being formed on campus which are planning
and executing on MOOCs — these partnerships are vital,
especially if MOOCs are seen as important to the campus. To
be blunt, if it’s politically important, libraries need to
be there.’
MOOCs and Libraries: Introduction. by Merrilee. Hangingtogether.org [OCLC Research blog].
9th April 2013. http://hangingtogether.org/?p=2666
kenchadconsulting
12. Open is a key trend in future education and
publication, specifically in terms of open content,
open educational resources, massively open
online courses, and open access.
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13. “To get the most out of the
benefits that technology
can bring to education, the
entire publishing system
needs to be replaced by
organisations able to
provide high-quality
educational material free
for all to access.
The thinking behind
making academic texts
available online, otherwise
known as Open Access, is
crucial to the entire
philosophy of learning”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10924788/The-revolution-in-online-learning.
html
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14. CORE (COnnecting REpositories) aims to facilitate free access to
scholarly publications distributed across many systems. As of
today, CORE gives you access to millions of scholarly articles
aggregated from many Open Access repositories.
http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/search
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search
engines especially for academic open access web
resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld
University Library.
http://www.base-search.net/about/en/
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16. so given all this….is it
time to reinvent the
‘People’s University?’
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17. over 70 years ago (1938)
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Alvin Saunders Johnson. The public library -- a people's university. Studies in the social
significance of adult education in the United States. American Association for adult
education, 1938. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3389062;view=1up;seq=1
18. 1938… but sounds
familiar...?
“In the long period of depression the libraries have suffered
more severely from reduced appropriations than any other
public service. Book purchases have been held to a
distressing and, in many instances, a disastrous minimum.
Employees have been dismissed and the salaries of other
employees have been mercilessly cut. Some branches
have been closed down and other branches that should be
open continuously have been closed”
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19. 1938….still true...?
“The Public Library in a Democracy
No library has come anywhere near developing
the possibilities within its easy reach. No library,
indeed, has even worked out a clear program.
Most librarians exhibit decided reluctance to
throw themselves wholeheartedly into the adult
educational movement.”
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20. 1938….still true...?
“the increasing need of supplementing by adult
educational opportunities the technical training of the
youth. The swift changes in the techniques of
industry are constantly rendering old skills obsolete
and demanding new skills.
..... For this type of practical adult education
no institution is so favorably placed as the
public library”
.
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21. “The public library has built up its scheme of behavior in
relation to a public which, unlike the school population,
refuses to submit to compulsion. Adult education can deal
only with volunteers.”
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still true...?
22. what do we have in place
already?
Public libraries represent around 4,000 learning spaces open
to all
Public libraries have collections of print material to help
learning (some, as we have seen from the Manchester presentation yesterday,
are truly impressive collections)
Public libraries can provide free access (and no subscription
or tech’ infrastructure costs) to huge amounts of electronic
academic learning resources (predominantly millions of
journal articles)
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23. so what might we do? ...
“A People's University
develop the public library into a permanent center
of adult education, informally, a people's
university”.
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24. towards a solution (in
1938) ...
“If the libraries are to play their proper part in adult education,
they will probably have to get out books of their
own, prepared for their own needs. Readable books,
and also sound ones. Small and inexpensive books, so that
when a forum is organized with four hundred members, it will
not be necessary to try to enlighten them through access to
just four copies of the best book and a miscellaneous quantity
of books "just as good," or not so good.”
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25. like this…….(in 2013)
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/uniofnottsmoocs/2013/11/30/get-ahead-read-the-free-books-on-sustainability/
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26. “As matters stand today there are many obstacles, none of
them, I believe, insuperable, to the occupation by the library
of its rightful place as leader in the movement for adult
education.
The first of these obstacles is the rather touching
modesty of the librarians themselves”
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some challenges (in
1938) ...
27. “Under present conditions, however, few libraries are so well
equipped for the work as they should be. Collections are
inadequate, and there is a shortage of trained personnel. The
knowledge that such service is available is by no means so
widely diffused in the community as it should be, and one
often suspects that library boards are not always aware of the
value of the service they officially sponsor.
These are weaknesses that will no doubt be
repaired in the library of the future....................”
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some challenges (in
1938) ...
28. some challenges (in
1938) ...
Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the development of the library as a real adult
educational institution is the inadequacy of personnel.
By and large, men and women require the stimulus of group activity
if they are to enter seriously upon educational activity . They can not be
dragooned into education, but they can be led. This function of leadership needs
to be undertaken by the public library, as the one permanent organ of adult
education in most communities.
This means that members of the library staff must be active in
organizing groups within the library premises, in so far as these will
accommodate such activity, and outside the library in so far as this
is practicable. The staff will need to enlist in the common cause whatever
volunteer leadership there may be in the community—and usually there is much
more potential leadership than one supposes.
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29. “….to do a real adult educational job the library would need
not only a larger personnel, but a personnel much better
paid, in order that those now in the profession may be
stimulated to more eager activity, and in order that more of
the promising material of the generation may be drawn into
the profession.”
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some challenges (in
1938) ...
30. so can we do it in the 21st
Century?
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can we…..?
31. more at this CILIP event in
November 2014
http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/events/re-imagining-learning-new-opportunity-libraries