Looking at the future of school libraries - what will they look like, what will the role of teacher librarians be, how will this fit with the learning models in schools?

1. 21st Century libraries, the imperative

4. THE RISE OF E-READING
21% of American adults read an
e-book in the last year
68% read a print book
11% listened to an audiobook
Overall, just 19% of adults say
they read NO books in the past
year, in any format
Libraries 2020: Pew Research Center

5. WHICH IS BETTER – PRINT OR E-BOOK?
Asked of those16+ who have read both e-books and print books in last 12 months
Libraries 2020: Pew Research Center

6. FREE E-BOOKS
http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks

7. MORE FREE E-BOOKS
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

8. TAKEAWAYS FOR LIBRARIANS
• The
gadget
doesn’t
make
the
reader,
but
it
may
change
the
reader
• 41%
of
tablet
owners
and
35%
of
e-­‐
reader
owners
said
they
are
reading
more
since
the
advent
of
e-­‐content
• A
majority
of
print
readers
(54%)
and
e-­‐book
readers
(61%)
prefer
to
purchase
their
own
copies
of
books
• Most
audiobook
listeners
(61%)
prefer
to
borrow
their
audiobooks
Libraries 2020: Pew Research Center

9. INFORMATION IS CHANGING
Information Information
was… is…
Scarce All around us
Expensive Cheap or free
Shaped and controlled Shaped and controlled by
by elites consumers and networks
Designed for one-way, Designed for sharing,
mass consumption participation and feedback
Slow moving Immediate
External to our worlds Embedded in our worlds
Libraries 2020: Pew Research Center

10. WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITY OCCURS?
Write an Research on
essay the web
Skype an
Video conf. ‘expert’
Collaborative
wiki writing Silent reading Assessment Watching a
interview video
Group Maintain a
Maintain a discussion
blog portfolio
Feedback on
Writing a play Paint a picture
Listening to blog
the teacher
Perform a
Make a chart
play Make a movie
Make a
speech Gather data

11. WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITY OCCURS?
Write an Research on
essay the web
Skype an
Video conf. ‘expert’
Collaborative
wiki writing Silent reading Assessment Watching a
interview video
Group Maintain a
Maintain a discussion
blog portfolio
Feedback on
Writing a play Paint a picture
Listening to blog
the teacher
Perform a
Make a chart
play Make a movie
Make a
speech Gather data

12. WHAT LEARNING ACTIVITY OCCURS?
Skype an Write an Make a Maintain a
‘expert’ essay speech portfolio
Collaborative Maintain a Assessment
Silent reading wiki writing blog interview
Research on Group Video conf. Feedback on
LEARN discussion SHARE ASSESS
the web CREATE blog
Engaging with Celebrating and Understanding
Creating new Perform a
existing a
Watching Writing a play sharing ideas “how am I
knowledge play
video
knowledge and knowledge doing?”
Listening to Make a chart
the teacher
Paint a picture
Gather data
Make a movie

13. What makes this different in
the third millennium?

14. In the future our learning will be even more
digital, more mobile, and more multimedia
than it is now.
It frequently will be more informal and
definitely will be more self-directed,
individualized, and personalized.
It will be more open and more accessible
and may occur in simulation or video game-
like environments.
It will be more networked and more
interconnected and often will occur online.

15. In the future our learning will be even more
digital, more mobile, and more multimedia
than it is now.
It frequently will be more informal and
definitely will be more self-directed,
individualized, and personalized.
It will be more open and more accessible
and may occur in simulation or video game-
like environments.
It will be more networked and more
interconnected and often will occur online.

16. In the future our learning will be even more
digital, more mobile, and more multimedia
than it is now.

18. • Picture here of iphone dispenser at the airport

19. THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!

20. THEY’RE AFFORDABLE!

21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
annotation_id=annotation_153827&feature=iv&src_vid=8NK295ldF_g&v=Hl7pE_p41D4

22. Principle #1
= Ubiquity
• In the knowledge economy everything is
mobile
• Ubiquity in terms of
• Physical space
• Technology
• Conceptual space
• Social space
• Dispersed over time
• Any place, any pace, any time, any device…

23. It frequently will be more informal and
definitely will be more self-directed,
individualized, and personalized.

25. LIBRARIES AND LEARNING
http://www.scoop.it/t/libraries-and-learning

26. Principle #2
= Agency
• “The power to act”
• “Sense of ownership”
• “Executing and controlling one’s own
actions”
• “Self-efficacy”
• “Personalisation”

27. It will be more open and more accessible
and may occur in simulation or video game-
like environments.
It will be more networked and more
interconnected and often will occur online.

28. FUTURE OF THE BOOK?
The “idea” of this book was
to explore “the idea of a
book.”
Pt 1: Approaches to the
digital present
Pt 2: The outlook: What is
next for the book?
Pt 3: Things we can do with
books: Projects from the
bleeding edge
http://book.pressbooks.com/

29. A SCHOOL’S NETWORK FOR LEARNING
Internet
School A
School
KAREN
School A
School
Aggregation University
Point
Services
Public Library
School A
School

30. NATIONAL NETWORK FOR LEARNING (NFL)

32. WIKI EDUCATOR

33. CREATIVE COMMONS

35. Principle #3:
Connectedness
• Knowledge, and its application, not raw materials,
is key to the 21st century economy
• Knowledge is dynamic and generative – it exists in
the ‘spaces between’ us
• Creating, processing, storing, transmitting and
applying knowledge creates economic vitality
• Each of us is a ‘node’ on the network of learning

36. WHAT MIGHT LIBRARIES LOOK LIKE?

44. ROLE OF THE LIBRARIAN…
Sentries Evaluators Filters Certifiers
Identifying and locating the highest quality information

45. ROLE OF THE LIBRARIAN…
Aggregator/ Organizer Network Node Facilitator
Synthesizer
Helping others put information in action.

46. BIG QUESTIONS
• What is driving the decision making around ICTs and
libraries in your context?
• Is it grounded in a shared view of 21st century
pedagogy?
• Is it transparent to all stakeholders?
• Is it used as a reference for all decision making?

47. Derek Wenmoth
Email: derek@core-ed.org
Blog: http://blog.core-ed.org/derek
Skype: <dwenmoth>