Kathleen Johnson presented on innovations in school librarianship at the WLMA Librarians conference. She discussed 7 areas of innovation: physical and virtual library spaces, the librarian's role as a learning specialist, transliteracy skills, embedded librarianship models, expanded professional development opportunities, personal learning environments centered on students, and redesigning library spaces through design thinking. The presentation was dedicated to advocating for school libraries.

1. Kathleen JohnsonSeattle AcademyGreen Librarian7Arcs of INNOVATIONDedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

2. Kathleen JohnsonSeattle AcademyGreen Librarian7Arcs of INNOVATIONDedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

3. Ladies and GentlemenRight about nowYou are rockin’ with the best of ‘em all

4. You are now rockin’ with the best

5. WLMA Librarians !Get ready to rumble!

6. Kathleen JohnsonSeattle AcademyGreen Librarian7Arcs of INNOVATIONDedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

9. Stephen Abramshttp://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/seflin2011

11. xkcd

12. Our Journey Analog to Digitalhttp://shepardartstudio.com/contentdmV8.html

13. Realms of ChangeEvery aspect of our work and environment is changing.LibrariansStandardsPhysical SpaceOur Materials / Services / AcquisitionsOur StudentsHow Libraries work together

14. Librarians

15. LiteracyOur Foundation

16. Then we had three revolutions:Internet and Broadband Wireless ConnectivitySocial Networking

17. Literacies GONE WILD

19. Is it no wonder…We look like this

20. Almost everyday…We…

21. Encounter the Unexpected…

22. TransitionsReadRead, view, listenStudent LearnerLifelong LearnerPersonal Learner

23. TransitionsInfo LitMultiple LitsIndividualGroup Learning

24. TransitionsSkillsSkills & DispositionsSelf-Assessment

25. Digital EcosystemsEmailSocial Networking BookmarkingWikisGoogle everythingMicrocastingWebcasts PodcastsWeb radioVlogseAdvocacyChat RoomsPhoto BlogsListservsForumsWeb SitesViral this ‘n thatSearchKeywordsBlog AggregatorsTaggingFile SharingCollaboratingTagging

27. Best Book Evah!

30. - Clay Shirkey

33. Kathleen JohnsonSeattle AcademyGreen Librarian7Arcs of INNOVATIONDedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

34. 7 Arcs of InnovationSpaces: Physical and Virtual LMS as a Learning Specialist (Zmuda & Harada)Transliteracy Embedded LibrarianProfessional Development on SteroidsLankes Worldview: Atlas of New LibrarianshipPersonal Learning Environments: Become Learner-centered, not library-centered

35. 1.Spaces:Physical & Virtual

36. Reposition the library as the primary informal learning space on campus

37. “We are just beginning to understand how important physical space is to learning and how radically different true learning-centered campuses will look in the future.”A FREE online book located here:http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB7102.pdfChapter 30 Northwestern University’s InfoCommons

38. Old assumptions about space Learning only happens in classrooms Learning only happens at fixed times Learning is an individual activity A classroom has a “front” What happens in a classroom everyday is the same Learning demands privacy and removal of distractions Flexibility can be enhanced by filling a room with as many chairs as will fit Students will destroy comfy furniture

39. 2.LMS:As Learning Specialist

40. http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Zmuda&Harada2008v24nn8p42.html

42. p. 40 – Librarians as Learning Specialists. Allison Zmuda, Violet H. Harada

44. 3.Transliteracy

45. Working Definition: Transliteracy is 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.

47. - Stephen Abrams

48. Buffy Hamiltonhttp://www.slideshare.net/buffyjhamilton/transforming-information-literacy-for-todays-students-libraries-as-sponsors-of-transliteracy

49. In the end, its advantageous to promote skills of access, production and interaction across a variety of formats, devices andplatforms.

50. The Art of Discovery …is evolvingmoocs&&BrandsSocial / SharingSearch

51. 4.The EmbeddedLibrarian (and Library)

52. Examples of Embedding:

54. ExploringMobileOpportunitiesFor UserConvenience

56. Deliver library resources and services at the point of need in a manner that users want and understand. - Excerpt from OCLC Vision

57. 5.Professional Development on Steroids

58. Anytime AnywhereTIP: Check out opportunities beyond the library communitySearch Twitter for:#Change11

59. #DS106

60. “mooc” (massive online open courses)6.The Atlas of NEWLibrarianship(David Lankes)“… a new librarianship based not on books and artifacts but on knowledge and learning…”

64. Knowledge is created through conversations.Knowledge can only be resident in humans.

65. People who participate in conversations reach agreements.Agreements form the basis of what we know.

66. Agreements can be encoded into artifacts but artifacts do not contain the agreements (or the knowledge).

67. Memory function: Librarians preserve artifacts to enhance conversations by providing the memory of past agreements.

68. Therefore if…The mission of Librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities…AND knowledge is created through conversation, THEN we are in the conversation business.

69. Atlas of New LibrarianshipCompanion Website/ Participatory Sitehttp://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/p. xii: “This book is all about conversations. The Atlas is my contribution to that conversation and it is really an invitation for you to join in.” - R. David Lankes

70. 7.Personal LearningEnvironmentshyperlinks

71. BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOALAs School Librarians we need to place each student at the center of their own information universe!

72. PLEWhat is it?

73. PLN =PersonalLearningNetworkOnline communitiesPersonal cognition Distributed cognition+

74. As we continue to move from a broadcast model of information to a networked one, we will continue to see a reworking of the information landscape. -danahboydhttp://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/StreamsofContentLimitedAttenti/213923

75. “This world of learning will be customized, connected, amplified, authentic, relevant, and resilient and it is beginning to unfold now.”

76. Why PLEs?“…real-world problems are now too complex to be solved by a single person. The knowledge and expertise needed to solve them is increasingly distributed across networks.”- Paavola & Hakkarainen, 2005; Nardi, et al, 2000)

77. “Distributed intelligence means that resources that shape and enable activity are distributed … across people, environments, and situations.” - Henry Jenkins, 2007 http://www.projectnml.org/files/working/NMLWhitePaper.pdf

79. The emergence of new internet environments in the last decade now require that students master the ability to ...capture “flows” of real-time information as they stream through RSS (really simple syndication) technologies and micro-blogs.

80. SHIFTIntelligence is an attribute of individuals (as in possessed by) Intelligence is accomplished not possessed

81. Learn how to conceptualize and use your subject guides as more than a static web page -- we'll explore how subject guides can anchor partnerships for learning, introduce social scholarship, and model processes and skills for networked learners who are creating personal learning environments.Buffy HamiltonThe UnQuiet Librarian

82. 8.Event: Next Chapter http://nextchapter.reimagine-ed.org/

84. Design thinking... what is that?1: Define the problemImmersion and the intense cross examination of the filters that have been employed in defining a problem. 2: Create and consider many optionsEven the most talented teams and businesses sometimes fall into the trap of solving a problem the same way every time. 3: Refine selected directionsA handful of promising results need to be embrace and nurtured. 3.5 Repeat (optional)Design thinking may require looping steps 2 and 3 until the right answers surface.4: Pick the winner, execute “Fail early, fail often (‘til you get it right)” - Stanford D-School

85. Using design thinking 4 brave cohorts tinkered with the future of school libraries.Here are some of the ideas they came up with. Every surface a workspaceA playground for project-based learningA place to hack secrets Library as portal to a journey: a path of discoveryA place to “remember” where I have beenLife = Learning = LibraryRemember the big picture: we are redesigning learningLibranasium (part gym, stage and library) with LibracoachesLearners crave a culture of contributionAll furniture and walls flexiblePlace to take a heroic journeyA user-driven spaceFull of yurts as private spacesLibrary as a community of conversationshttp://nextchapter.reimagine-ed.org/

86. More…With many flash carts to enable flash-mob collaborationWith porch swingsAnd kitchen islandsNapping allowed (It’s brain-friendly”)Transformed into the place to beInfo Exchange hub of learning with members (not users)Libraries as Fields of Dreams (a metaphor for the American dream)Pearls of Possibilities & EnchantmentPlay as an end product, not a way to workRoles and relationships are not staticAttachment is the story of learningYes, ANDAs a tinkerers studioExercise your curiosity, be dangerousRelationships, relationships, relationshipsSafe place to fail

87. Catch my presentation November 2, 2011 at 5pm Pacific Timehttp://www.library20.com/page/2011-conference

88. A little bit about your presenter:Kathleen JohnsonLibrarian at Seattle Academykjohnson@seattleacademy.orgTwitter : @simkathy BA: Ethnomusicology (University of Washington)

89. MLS: University of Washington,1977 (Minor in Multimedia)