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Libraries are ChangingKeeping Up, Being Successful
Woodland Hills School District
2.13.09
Libraries are Changing
1. Significant Library Shifts
2. Maximize Student Learning
Libraries are Changing
• Technology and Change is Constant– The “Pace of Change” is accelerating.
Book Helpdesk - videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pyjRj3UMRM
Libraries are Changing
• Technology and Change is Constant– The “Pace of Change” is accelerating.
Shift Happens – videoYouTube – ShiftHappens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnWKg9B2-8
http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
Libraries are Changing
• Gradual Shift in Format From Print to Digital
• Time – The World is 24/7
• Digital Natives - Our Kids are Changing Too
• Achievement and Engagement Matters
Formats Shift: Print to Digital
Audio Cassette to CD/DVD
Online Content
Online = Sharing
Downloadable Content
Card Catalogs
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
Time Crunch – The World is 24/7
Communicate – Anytime
Time Crunch
Communicate – Anywhere
Time Crunch
Working with Teachers/Students:• Written and phone communication• Replaced by email and voice mail
• Paper based learning records• Being replaced by online systems
Time Crunch
• The world operates 24/7, anytime, anywhere
• Libraries have been slow to adopt
Digital Natives
• A New Generation of Students– Short attention span– Multitasking with limited focusing ability– Require highly visual content
Video - Digital Natives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
A Vision of K-12 Students Today
Web As Platform
• Social Networking– Links people to people and people to libraries
• New Online Based Software and Tools– Free, easy to use, always updated software– Word processing, spreadsheets, calendars…
• Shift to Open Courseware– Textbooks linked to online content– Free teacher vetted courses and content
Social Networking
• Social Networking Websites:– Personally authored and interlinked websites
• Myspace, Friendster, LinkdIn, Youtube
• Blogs – personal interactive journals– Teachers, librarians and students
• Wikis – online collaborative websites– Teachers, librarians and students
Achievement + Engagement Matters
• We are a highly competitive culture
• Standardized test scores are here to stay– Test scores create competition between and
act as a scorecard for schools and districts – Know the results of state standardized tests
and the AYP (Adequate Yearly Performance) results
Achievement + Engagement Matters
• For School Libraries:– Positively influencing achievement is critical– Documenting the Library’s impact on the student
achievement is essential – Evidence Based Practice
Achievement + Engagement Matters
• School Libraries Work! – Scientific Research– 16 States – School Libraries Improve Achievement– PA: Lance, Curry research results: A “strong” school
library program improves the PSSA Reading test score by between 10 – 15 points.
Engagement Matters
• For Public Libraries:– Customer satisfaction and customer service levels
are beginning to be measured and compared– Library’s role as “community center” returns– Library supports: family and early literacy, student
learning, adult lifelong learning, ESL and “Boomers”– Getting customers emotionally “engaged” in their
experience with the library is critical
Engagement Matters
• For Public Libraries:– A struggling economy threatens library funding– A struggling economy increases library usage– Community members will be looking for:
new jobs, better jobs, health/medical information,
borrowing books and materials vs. buying/renting,
family friendly entertainment and learning,
Keeping Libraries Relevant
• Full Page Text is Dead• Kids Still Want to Read Books• Achievement and Learning Matter• Collaboration: Support Improved Relationships• New Library “Intelligence” Gathering• Other Ideas
Maximize Learning
• Full page, black/white text is “dead”
Maximize Learning
• Kids still want to read books– 75% of kids age 5-17 agree with the statement, “No matter
what I can do online, I’ll always want to read books printed on paper,”
http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/readingreport.htm
Maximize Learning
• Kids still want to read books– Kids want to read exciting, visually engaging books
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter
• Research and learning projects still require authoritative + compelling “content” = books.– Highlight: terrific visual style, Further Reading,
Websites, Other Sources, etc…– This “extra value” content is their starting point– Integrate the use of the great content materials
into the new learning tools that kids want to use: blogs, wikis, etc…
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter– Know the State Standards: PA Dept of Ed website
or Librarians Toolkit website– Link books and online resources to the curriculum
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter– Digital Native Students Need 21st Century
Information Literacy Skills– Not Information Gathering – Teach Information
Relevance and Critical Thinking Skills – Use Student Learning Tools: blogs, wikis, video…
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter– Student Learning Tools: blogs, wikis, video…– Students must have open access to these tools
http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ http://nightwiesel.blogspot.com/
Maximize Learning
• Achievement and Learning Matter– Student Learning Tools: blogs, wikis, video…
http://education.animoto.com/
Maximize Learning
• Collaboration: Means Improved Relationships– Become embedded in curriculum process
• New curriculum development• One on one with teachers and lesson planning
– Be a part of the Learning Improvement process: new Reading Programs, textbooks, scheduling…
– Entire district Library staff – work together– Integrate library services into “special” areas:
learning support, reading intervention, etc…– Cultivate community learning partnerships
Maximize Learning
• Library “Intelligence” Gathering– Attend conferences, professional development seminars,
local learning situations – Check other school and public library websites – Library and librarian blogs hold key program information
and new ideas. – Participate in online learning programs like:
Maximize Learning
http://freerangelibrarian.com/
Maximize Learning
• Summary
– Students, Information and the World is Changing
– The Learning Process must Adapt to Reflect
Individual Students Learning Needs
– The Library Must Become Embedded Into All
Aspects of the Learning Process
New Paradigm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65735987@N00/114899622/
Inquiry Based Learning
Video - School 2.0 Creating The Schools We Need
IgnitePhilly -- Five Minutes To Communicate - Practical Theory http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1042-IgnitePhilly-Five-Minutes-To-Communicate.html
Chris Lehmann: Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA
The Library Challenge
• Group Discussion:
– What is “your” Next Step?