SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES	

TOGETHER
RETHINKING LEARNING
Amy Koester, Youth & Family Programming Coordinator	

Vanessa Rosenbaum, Graphic Designer	

Skokie Public Library
GOALS FORTODAY
• Rethink collaborative practices	

• Share tools for better and more 

productive collaboration
AMY KOESTER

Skokie Public LibraryYouth & Family
Program Coordinator	

The Show Me Librarian

showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/	

Storytime Underground

storytimeunderground.org/	

Little eLit

littleelit.com	

akoester@skokielibrary.info
VANESSA ROSENBAUM

Skokie Public Library 

Graphic Designer	

vrosenbaum@skokielibrary.info
COLLABORATION
Hey. Hi. How are ya? Hey, you
know, we have this really great
Storytime program that we
can bring to your school. It’d
be great for your kids.
Hey. Hi. How are ya? Hey, you
know, we have this really great
Storytime program that we
can bring to your school. It’d
be great for your kids.
Oh yeah.That sounds interesting.We
have a little bit of time onTuesdays.
Maybe we should set up a meeting…
DESIGNTHINKING
RE: COLLABORATION
I think we might have
some things in common,
and we might be able to
collaborate.
Oh great. I’ll round up a bunch 

of stakeholders and set up a
meeting.
I think we might have
some things in common,
and we might be able to
collaborate.
FINDTHE RIGHT
PEOPLE
BE OPEN
START WITH
QUESTIONS
SHAREYOUR
PLAN (STAN)
HOW MIGHT WE
_________?
HOW MIGHT WE
_________?
APPROACHABLE	

UNDERSTANDABLE	

ACTIONABLE	

notTOO BIG orTOO SMALL	

notTOOVAGUE orTOO SIMPLE
RECAP
RECAP
• FINDTHE RIGHT PEOPLE	

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• BE OPEN	

• START WITH QUESTIONS	

• SHAREYOUR PLAN (STAN)	

• HOW MIGHT WE
RECAP
• FINDTHE RIGHT PEOPLE	

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• BE OPEN	

• START WITH QUESTIONS	

• SHAREYOUR PLAN (STAN)	

• HOW MIGHT WE
RESOURCES
designthinkingforeducators.com/toolkit	

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designthinkingforlibraries.com	

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theharwoodinstitute.org/harwoodhalfhour	

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http://ow.ly/K16jZ
RESOURCES
• DESIGNTHINKING FOR

EDUCATORS (IDEO)

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• DESIGNTHINKING FOR 

LIBRARIES (IDEO)

• HARWOOD IN A 

HALF HOUR (HARWOOD)

• SKOKIE PUBLIC LIBRARY

TEACHERSTOOLKIT
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES	

TOGETHER
RETHINKING LEARNING
Amy Koester, Youth & Family Programming Coordinator	

Vanessa Rosenbaum, Graphic Designer	

Skokie Public Library
THANKYOU!

Schools and Libraries Together: Rethinking Learning SXSWedu 2015