Resources and Links can be found here http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/the-role-of-libraries-in-a-transliterate-world-new-york-metropolitan-library-council/ Presented to the New York Metropolitan Library Council on November 15, 2010

1. The Role Of Libraries In A
Transliterate World
Metropolitan New York Library Council
Bobbi Newman
www.librarianbyday.net

2. …many Americans are in danger
of remaining or becoming second-
class citizens in the digital age,
whether because of low income,
language barriers, lack of access
to technology, limited skills and
training, community norms, or lack
of personal motivation.
–Knight Commission on the Information Needs of a Community in a
Democracy

3. It has become appallingly obvious
that our technology has exceeded
our humanity.
— Albert Einstein

4. 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

5. We are exposed to more
mediated messages in one day
than our great-grandparents were
exposed to in one year

6. It takes 5.15 minutes to hack your
six character all lower case
password
Increasing to eight characters and
including numbers and symbols
increases the time to 2.10
centuries

7. How do we cope?
information literacy
technology literacy
media literacy
digital literacy
social media literacy
literacy
computer literacy
news literacy
multimedia literacy
critical thinking
civil literacy
health literacy
environmental literacy

8. Transliteracy

9. the ability to read, write and
interact across a range of
platforms, tools and media from
signing and orality through
handwriting, print, TV, radio and
film, to digital social networks.

10. What?

11. A unifying approach to literacy

12. A convergence of literacies

13. … not just about computer–based
materials, but about all
communication types across time
and culture. It does not privilege one
above the other but treats all as of
equal value and moves between and
across them.
-Thomas et al.

14. Not about the tools

15. The Role of Libraries

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2950387738/
Transform

17. Empower

18. Comfort

19. Connect

20. Are you ready?

21. You do not really understand
something unless you can
explain it to your grandmother.
-Albert Einstein

22. Sometimes I forget that my
world is not the mainstream
(yet)
-Eric Nehrlich

23. Existing paradigms in technology
education must be shifted
towards a focus on critical
thinking and communication skills
and away from “gee-whiz” gaping
over new technology tools.
-Renee Hobbs

24. The 21st
Century is no place for
timid librarians

25. For resources and additional
information please visit
Libraries and Transliteracy
http://librariesandtransliteracy.info
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