The Changing Library Atmosphere

Susan Penny, Strake Jesuit College Prep, HoustonDiane Spear, Greenhill School, Addison

Shonda L. Brisco, Arlington ISD

Ebooks, Podcasting and Web Presence:

Trends for the School Libraryin the 21st Century

The Program Objectives

• To familiarize librarians with programs that successfully utilize new technologies

• To examine whether some new technologies are more user-friendly to implement than others

• To evaluate whether new technologies lead to greater learning

• Introduction- Trends and Ideas• Instruction/Information-

– what we do to teach our students the new online tools- • SMARTBOARDS- class presentations• NetSchool Tutor software- Monitoring software• Library web pages • Turnitin, Questia and other online resources• Moodle- student online courseware• Bookmark Managers Presenter- Susan Penny

• Ebooks Presenter-Diane Spear

• Changing libraries and changing formats. Presenter- Shonda Brisco

Outline of Program

"How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century".

By Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe.

"In this media-drenched era of blogs and podcasts, google searches and

instant messages, young people need to acquire a new set of

literacy skills that allows them to locate information, sort through it

quickly and, most important, determine which sources are

reliable and which ones aren't.“

Wallis, Claudia and Sonja Steptoe. "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the20th Century". Time Magazine, December 18, 2006. p. 51-56

Changing or Shifting Trends

• Time shifting: People want everything (including information) at their convenience.

• Space shifting: People like their information in different formats.

• Information shifting: People expect information to come to them.

The Future of LibrariesBeginning the Great

Transformation

by Thomas Fry

“We have transitioned from a time where information was scarce and precious to today where information is vast and readily available, and in many cases, free.”

• Trend #1 - Communication systems are continually changing the way people access information.

• Trend #2 - All technology ends.   All technologies commonly used today will be replaced by something new.

• Trend #4 - Search Technology will become increasingly more complicated.

• Trend #7 - The demand for global information is growing exponentially.

• Trend #10 - Libraries will transition from a center of information to a center of culture.

Thomas Fry, Executive Director, The DaVinci Institute

Technology and Teachingfrom Alan November

This abbreviated list of HOPES presented on Alan November’s web blog.

• Student motivation. Increased work ethic. Feedback from peers. Initiative to better myself.  

• Lifelong learning • Access to endless resources • Authentic experiences • More self-directed learning • Higher intrinsic motivation • Higher level thinking and problem-solving • Provide information that we would not have had access to

before.• Enhance collaboration and communication between our

Professional Learning Community. • Encourage critical thinking. • Connect our students to the world outside of the classroom

walls and allow our students to experience things that the majority of them would not have had the chance to experience otherwise.

• Prepare students for the next levels of learning• Provide learning (experiences) not available in a book • Technology will increase student curiosity and the interest will

be contagious • Use technology to stir interest of students to seek new

information• Increased communication. Increased motivation-students will

help motivate each other. Increased test scores.

Fears of TechnologyAlan November

This abbreviated list of FEARS is presented on Alan November’s web blog.

• Lose personal connection to students, lack of skill results in loss of time, lack of direction, increased frustration due to state standards and time.

• Afraid of coming out of our comfort zones - might be made to look incompetent in front of students, peers, or community

• Lack of control over what is being learned • Less reliance on basic skills due to calculators, spell check, etc. • Lack of teacher education to support the advance in technology• Losing one-on-one interaction between teachers and students • We may lose some verbal skills: ie face-to-face conversation skills. • We may lose time. Figuring out the technology ourselves takes time before

we can teach it to our students. • Our table is concerned about losing interpersonal communication skills. (ie.

facial expressions, tone, etc.) Parental involvement may decrease due to the parents' fear of technology. 

• Misinformation-being able to evaluate the validity of internet information.• Loss of control by granting our students the freedom to search and formulate

opinions outside our parameters of control, we may be unleashing a monster we may never be able to bring back under control.

• Technological problems that we probably can't understand or fix, thereby causing a loss of instructional time and possibly loss of employment as schools are wont not to tolerate teachers who heave equipment out windows.

• Students can write anything they want anonymously. xanga.com is a good example of this kind of site where students go wild.

Strake Jesuit LibraryTechnologies

• SmartBoards or LCD projection systems are used in classrooms and library.

• Monitoring Software- Net Support School Pro is used in all our computer labs as well as the library.

• Automated Circ/Cat system is used to check out all items including cameras, computers, document projectors, etc.

• We have the cameras, document projectors, computers to editing software for student productions that start with a photo and can create a film.

Monitoring Software

• Allows you to observe all computer workstations from one location. Can use the capture screen.

• Interaction with students is available from messages to logging them out.• The tutor feature allows students to be guided through various lessons

using files, weblinks and videoclips.

Library Web Pages

• How is the library web page linked to the main school web page?

• I prefer the simple straight line item list for my resources. Similar to college library web pages in Houston.

• Passwords and IP authentication for students.

• Don’t bury content - no more than one or two clicks away to content.

• Intuitive links - easy student recognition.

• Examples of school library best practices: http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evallib.html

• An interactive library composed of copyrighted and public domain full-text works.

• Web based source that can be used 24 X 7 for research.

• Low cost for Strake Jesuit because of local Education Center- $6 per student.

• I only purchase logins for Juniors and Seniors to meet their skill levels for advanced research.

• Allows students to separate projects, bookmark, highlight, quote/cite works properly, add notes and create bibliographies.

• Teachers can view student’s works with administrator password.

Online Resources-Questia

United Streaming

• Unitedstreaming is a digital video-on-demand service brought to you by Discovery Education.

• The largest and most current K-12 digital video/video clip library available today.

• The only standards-based video-on-demand application shown to increase student achievement .

Turnitin

• Plagiarism Prevention- Recognized worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention. Turnitin helps educators and students take full advantage of the internet's educational potential.

• Turnitin is completely web-based. Compatibility

between different computers and operating systems is never a problem.

• Any matches uncovered between submitted papers and source material are detailed in an intuitive and unambiguous format. This allows educators to spend time addressing plagiarism's causes rather than searching for it.

Moodle

• Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses.

• Moodle itself is free: http://moodle.org/

• Moodle offers teachers/students the ability to post/read assignments, take and grade tests, chat room for assignments, create a calendar, and web links for coursework.

Bookmark Managers

• Online resources providing one place to store your bookmarks in folders and using tags.

• Access can be public, where staff/faculty/students can use your gathered information resources.

• Private access means you have a login/password and only you have rights to change the bookmarks.

• Many of the resources will run checks to see if the web page is still current. If not, you can easily delete the dated resource.

Bookmark Manager Resources

• www.IKeepBookmarks.com• Furl.net• Del.icio.us• www.blinklist.com• my IKeepBookmarks

Account-http://ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=5015&t=2%2F16%2F2006+1%3A14%3A21+PM

Where to look for current technology

ideas.• www.cnn.com/tech• local news stations- a Houston link:

http://www.khou.com/ptech and another is http://www.click2houston.com/technology/index.html

• Netconnect, supplement to Library Journal.

• Your suggestions of favorite publications.

E-book

- an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be

read by using a personal computer or by using an e-book reader

Advantages

• 24/7 access• Simultaneous use• Search features• Built in citation tools• No back-orders• No damage or loss• No re-shelving• Space-saving

Disadvantages

• Cost (unless using free resources)

• Technology challenges• DRM (Digital Rights

Management)

• Multiple passwords• Organization issues

Single Title – Purchase to Own

• Thompson Gale• Greenwood Press• Follett (Titlewave)• Baker & Taylor

NetLibrary

Subscription Services

• Ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

• Children’s elibrary (www.childrenselibrary.com)

• EBSCO Book Collection: Non-Fiction (www.epnet.com)

• Questia (www.questia.com)

Free Ebook Downloads

•Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org)

•Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/)

•Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org)

•University of Virginia Library (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu)

Bibliography

Web resources:Cavanaugh, Terence W. and Cathy. “Drscavanaugh Educational Technology: eBooks in Education” 27 Feb 2007. 05 April 2007 http://drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/

Davinici Institute. http://www.davinciinstitute.com

Harris, Christopher. Infomancy : http://www.schoolof.info/infomancy/

King, David, Acting IT Director, Kansas City Public Library. http://daweed.blogspot.com/

Levine, Jenny. The Shifted Librarian: http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com

November, Alan. Web Blog: http://nlcommunities.com/communities/alannovember/default.aspx

Valenza, Joyce Kasman. Springfield Township HS, http://www.joycevalenza.edublogs.org

Valenza, Joyce. The NeverEnding Search: http://joycevalenza.com/

Printed Resources:Cavanaugh, Terence W. The Digital Reader: Using E-books in K-12 Education. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2006.

Wallis, Claudia and Sonja Steptoe. "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century". Time Magazine, December 18, 2006. p. 51-56

Where to Begin?• Re-think what school libraries can do

– Step beyond time and space– Be available 24/7– Be accessible online (email, Instant

Messaging– IM)– Plan for integrated systems that promote use

of all resources (federated searching across platforms)

– Utilize Open Source software to provide for sharing and collaboration efforts

Where to Begin?

• Teach others about NEW technology applications and their use in education– Social Networking sites provide opportunities

for collaboration between young adults, teachers, and librarians (My Space)

– iPods and MP3 players provide for audio / video access to library information, educational podcasts, and instruction

Where to Begin?• Allow students and teachers to become active

participants in the library program through blogs, wikis, and podcasts:

– Building their own book lists through the online catalog, accessing accounts, requesting materials

– Responding to and creating library blogs– Creating and working with wikis that relate to specific

activities– Allow online activities to become interactive with

responses from students, teachers, parents, other stakeholders through RSS feeds that alert to new information

Web 2.0 Technologies

• Provide users with opportunity to access resources “beyond the library walls”

• Allows users to actively participate rather than passively listen / watch

• Prepares students for the “real-life environments” that they face in higher education and in the work force

• Requires teachers, librarians, and other leaders to think “outside the box”

What Should Librarians Do?

• Learn, embrace, and become the experts of 2.0 technology—don’t allow others to take these information sources from the hands of experts (that would be…US!)

• Teach others how to utilize 2.0 technology by showcasing the Library’s use of it!

Trends for a 2.0 Library

• Social bookmarking and tagging • Wikis• Blogs and RSS aggregators• Web education• YouTube• Instant Messaging• MySpace• Text messaging

2.0 Technologies To Grab NOW

• Library Thing – allows “anyone” to catalog their book collections and share / locate similar materials without a librarian!!

• Flickr – to share book reviews and book covers that are linked to the library’s website!

• RockYou – allows photos to be used for an online slide show to attach to a wiki

• YouTube – provides instant access to educational videos, as well as the “unique” (Drill Cart Teams are even there!)

Librarians can add book covers to Flickrand link from the library’s website

Blogging

What’s your purpose?

The LibrarY or the LibrarIAN Blog?

LibrarY or LibrarIAN Blogs

• LibrarY blogs (with Y)– provide students, teachers, and parents with

daily information, assignments, research, etc.

• Provide information about– the library program and activities– upcoming events

• School Libraries with blogs

LibrarY or LibrarIAN Blogs

• LibrarIAN (with IAN) are used to:– Provide information about the library

profession to new librarians– Provide resources for other librarians– Provide insights into the profession for others

who might be interested• Professional insights• Personal insights

What are the pitfalls for a school librarian writing a blog?

• Many school librarians can’t even access (much less read) blogs at work, because anything with the word “blog” has been blocked by their district’s filters, so writing a school-based blog may require dealing with all kinds of technological hassles. 

• School bloggers need to understand that community members may be reading their blog, and thus be circumspect about what they post.

-Alice Yucht, Alice in InfoLand

Joyce Valenza’s Blog

Tagged forsearching

RSS Feed

Doug Johnson’s “Blue Skunk”Blog

Vicki Krebsbach’sBlog “MuchoBig”--San Antonio, TX

Which Blog To Use?

• Blogspot

• Xanga

• Edublog

• Blogger

• WordPress

• LiveJournal

• Moveable Type

Provides a great way to locate specific blogs onspecific topics

Podcasts

• Provide students with the opportunity to showcase their talents in everything from writing and speaking to digital storytelling.

• Motivates students to be creative and utilize technology in new ways.

• Provides immediate feedback of the work, and allows others to see “inside the classroom” for a brief moment.

Podcasts provide studentswith the opportunity to share

their insights to literature.

Wikis

• Wiki - wiki (in Hawaiian) means “rapidly” or really fast.

• Provide a collaborative environment to exchange ideas, information, and resources between individuals regardless of distance or time.

• Provide users to correct content or add content for more meaning.

Our Favorite Wiki

A new approach toWikipedia?

A Study Skills Wiki

• Freshman Study skills project that required students to create a wiki that details information about our school's library. – approximately 70 pages were created – 93 students worked on the project together – students have been working on it throughout the day and

evening hours (as noted by the wiki's date and time stamps) – most students answered questions correctly by

investigating the library program– some students are overachievers....check out this page

from a student who wanted to "sell the database"...(his words) http://moncrieflibrary.pbwiki.com/EBSCO's%20MasterFILE%20Premier

Vicki Krebsbach, LibrarianWilderness Oak Elementary School

San Antonio, TX

Joyce Valenza’sWiki that provides

librarians the opportunity to share

insights and information.

District Librarians share their resources.

What Wiki To Use?

• Wikis to consider using:– PB Wiki– Wikispaces

• Wiki Matrix allows you to select the wiki that will meet your needs

RSS Feeds

• Allows any new information published to a website to be collected and sent to you.

• The RSS feed will only alert you if there is new information– this helps you avoid overload.

• RSS feeds can be accessed through an RSS reader--which means you only have to go to a single site for all of your updates!

Which RSS Feed Reader?• Performing a search for "RSS Feed Readers" in Google or

Yahoo! will produce a slew of software options — many of which are free or at little cost.

• Subscribing to an RSS feed is as simple as looking for the appropriate XML code. Most websites that publish an RSS feed will display a tiny orange box or button labeled "RSS" or "XML."

• Click the button and your web browser typically goes to a page of cryptic code. Just copy the Web "address" or URL of that page and plug it into your feed reader. The software will then automatically retrieve and display that site's latest information.

Our Mission in a 2.0 Library

• To prepare our students to become Information Literate

• To prepare students for higher education, the work force, but most importantly, life

• To make the library an integrated part of the curriculum, the classroom and the community

• To remain effective and relevant within the world of information

Librarians With Blogs• Alice Yucht: Alice in Infoland http://www.aliceinfo.org/blog/ • Rob Darrow: California Dreamin' http://robdarrow.wordpress.com/ • Diane Chen: Deep Thinking http://deepthinking.blogsome.com/ • Sara Kelly Johns (AASL president-elect) From the Inside Out

http://fromtheinsideout.squarespace.com/blog/ • Frances Harris Gargoyles Loose in the Library http://

www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/blog/index.html • Chris Harris Infomancy http://schoolof.info/infomancy/ • Mary J Johnson The Primary Source Librarian http://

maryjjohnson.com/primarysourcelibrarian/ • Joyce Valenza's TheNeverendingSearch http://

joycevalenza.edublogs.org/ • Jacquie Henry's Wanderings

http://nlcommunities.com/communities/wanderings/default.aspx

Trends to Read About

• The Spring 2007 issue of Texas Library Journal--- “Top Texas Technology Trends for Libraries” by Richard Wayne, p.22.

Resources to Review

• “Online Powered School Libraries: Web 2.0 Technologies are Transforming School Libraries,” by Will Richardson. District Administration, January 2007.

• School Library Journal Summit held in Chicago, November 2006. Available online through PB Wiki.

• The Digitally Reshifted School Library by Michael Stevens. ALA TechSource, Feb. 6, 2006.

• “Positive Uses for Social Networking” compiled by YALSA. American Library Association, 2007.

• Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom. Classroom Podcasting by Wesley A. Fryer.

• Podcasting Success: A Best Practices Wiki.

Beginner’s Guide to 2.0

• Infomancy Christopher Harris’s blog, where the school library professional discusses technology issues as they relate to libraries and more.schoolof.info/infomancy 

• Library 2.0 A collection of related Web links.ma.gnolia.com/groups/library2

• Library 2.0 and “Library 2.0” A balanced look at Library 2.0 from Walt Crawford, Senior Analyst for Research Libraries Group, Inc.cites.boisestate.edu/civ6i2.pdf

• Library 2.0/Web 2.0 A wealth of 2.0 blog entries by Michael Stevens, former special projects librarian at the St. Joseph County (IN) Public Library.tametheweb.com/library_20web_20/ 

• School Library Blogs Also by Chris Harris, an aggregated page of top school library blogs.libraryblogs.suprglu.com

• Tags/library20 Library 2.0 in pictures.www.flickr.com/photos/tags/library20/ 

• TechCrunch A blog that reviews emerging Web 2.0 tools.techcrunch.com

• What Is Web 2.0 The article that started it all, by Tim O’Reilly, the publisher and Internet guru who coined the term.www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Link to the Resources

• All resources and links in this portion of the presentation (including the PowerPoint) can be downloaded from:

• http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com