7 Arcs of Innovation in School Libraries

1. Kathleen Johnson Seattle Academy Green Librarian 7 Arcs of INNOVATION Dedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

2. Kathleen Johnson Seattle Academy Green Librarian 7 Arcs of INNOVATION Dedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

3. Ladies and Gentlemen Right about now You 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 Johnson Seattle Academy Green Librarian 7 Arcs of INNOVATION Dedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

9. Stephen Abrams http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/seflin2011

11. xkcd

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

13. Realms of Change Every aspect of our work and environment is changing. Librarians Standards Physical Space Our Materials / Services / Acquisitions Our Students How Libraries work together

14. Librarians

15. Literacy Our Foundation

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

17. Literacies GONE WILD

19. Is it no wonder… We look like this

20. Almost everyday… We…

21. Encounter the Unexpected…

22. Transitions Read Read, view, listen Student Learner Lifelong Learner Personal Learner

23. Transitions Info Lit Multiple Lits Individual Group Learning

24. Transitions Skills Skills & Dispositions Self- Assessment

25. Digital Ecosystems Email Social Networking Bookmarking Wikis Google everything Microcasting Webcasts Podcasts Web radio Vlogs eAdvocacy Chat Rooms Photo Blogs Listservs Forums Web Sites Viral this ‘n that Search Keywords Blog Aggregators Tagging File Sharing Collaborating Tagging

27. Best Book Evah!

30. - Clay Shirkey

33. Kathleen Johnson Seattle Academy Green Librarian 7 Arcs of INNOVATION Dedicated to Buffy Hamilton, tireless advocate for School Libraries

34. 7 Arcs of Innovation Spaces: Physical and Virtual LMS as a Learning Specialist (Zmuda & Harada) Transliteracy Embedded Librarian Professional Development on Steroids Lankes Worldview: Atlas of New Librarianship Personal 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.pdf Chapter 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 Hamilton http://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 and platforms.

50. The Art of Discovery …is evolving moocs & & Brands Social / Sharing Search

51. 4. The Embedded Librarian (and Library)

52. Examples of Embedding:

54. Exploring Mobile Opportunities For User Convenience

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

59. #DS106

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 Librarianship Companion Website/ Participatory Site http://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 Learning Environments hyperlinks

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

72. PLE What is it?

73. PLN = Personal Learning Network Online communities Personal 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. -danahboyd http://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. SHIFT Intelligence 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 Hamilton The UnQuiet Librarian

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

84. Design thinking... what is that? 1: Define the problem Immersion and the intense cross examination of the filters that have been employed in defining a problem. 2: Create and consider many options Even the most talented teams and businesses sometimes fall into the trap of solving a problem the same way every time. 3: Refine selected directions A 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 workspace A playground for project-based learning A place to hack secrets Library as portal to a journey: a path of discovery A place to “remember” where I have been Life = Learning = Library Remember the big picture: we are redesigning learning Libranasium (part gym, stage and library) with Libracoaches Learners crave a culture of contribution All furniture and walls flexible Place to take a heroic journey A user-driven space Full of yurts as private spaces Library as a community of conversations http://nextchapter.reimagine-ed.org/

86. More… With many flash carts to enable flash-mob collaboration With porch swings And kitchen islands Napping allowed (It’s brain-friendly”) Transformed into the place to be Info Exchange hub of learning with members (not users) Libraries as Fields of Dreams (a metaphor for the American dream) Pearls of Possibilities & Enchantment Play as an end product, not a way to work Roles and relationships are not static Attachment is the story of learning Yes, AND As a tinkerers studio Exercise your curiosity, be dangerous Relationships, relationships, relationships Safe place to fail

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

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

90. 3 years in West Africa recording music and making documentary films; created a national cultural archives for Burkina Faso

91. First job: Director, Kelso Public Library in SW Washington

92. Ran a desktop publishing business from 1985-95

93. Worked in several special corporate libraries in a high tech environment and in Competitive Intelligence (SCIP)

95. Bonus Content