My role is about to change. After 17 years of being a librarian with a physical library, our library is undergoing a major renovation and we’ll be closing in about two weeks. At that point, we’ll be rooming in with our ninth grade library, and have to navigate a construction zone to work with the [...]
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Learning with experts
November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Book recommendations, libraries, Web 2.0
Today the library held our first “virtual” author visit via Skype. One of our sophomore English classes, accompanied by teacher Kristy Robins, interviewed children’s and ya author Cynthia Leitich Smith (author of Tantalize and Rain is Not My Indian Name), by means of the text-based chat feature of Skype. The engagement level of the students really illustrated the power of bringing an expert [...]
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The library is everywhere
November 8th, 2007 · 5 Comments · libraries, Play
Recently, David Warlick had been exploring metaphors for the library, and has posited that librarians are like viruses, “infecting their schools with the desire to evolve.” While I think that is an interesting metaphor, I’m not sure I want to be a virus I had been thinking that the library is like a heart, permeating [...]
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The impact of libraries
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · libraries
A team from my campus just returned from visiting two respected Illinois schools, New Trier, and Adlai Stevenson. One comment I’ve heard from those attending the site visit is how large the library staffs were at both campuses(one campus had 8 librarians and at least 4 assistants, and one had 6 librarians) ; in fact, one [...]
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Collaborative research–Rethinking the model
August 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Collaboration, Future students, Learning, libraries, Research
As I have been doing some reading all summer, my whole notion of research is shifting somewhat. Maybe it is reflecting the shift that many of our students are living, as well. I’m coming to realize more and more that although in schools we treat research as a somewhat solitary activity, in its true form, [...]
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The “new” librarians
August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment · libraries
Interesting article in the new issue of T.H.E. Journal about the “new” librarians–it features several Texas librarians as well as a great segment about Joyce Valenza’s “virtual” library. The article gives some good examples of the changing roles of librarians and libraries in the school setting. But my favorite part was Joyce’s description of her job –”I [...]
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Defining your miracle
July 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Change, libraries, Web 2.0
To get somewhere, you have to be able to imagine where you are going. On her blog, Information wants to be Free, Meredith Farkas suggests: “Maybe it would make sense to be asking the miracle question in our libraries. If a miracle occured(sic) one night and all of the problems with your library were gone (or we [...]
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“Exuberant discovery”
July 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · libraries, Web 2.0
A few days ago, I wrote asking for others to join in brainstorming how we can bring web 2.0 learning into our libraries. In his post, “Are Your Ideas Sticky?”, Doug Johnson reminds me that one key part of this is (and maybe the first step) is getting our message across, by keeping it simple and upfront. [...]
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Joining the network
July 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · libraries, Web 2.0
Next week is Global Library 2.0 Week. Libraries often operate in isolation, particularly school libraries. How can we learn ourselves through the power of networking, as well as help our staff and students connect to learning networks? During the week, consider connecting with another librarian. Join the Global Librarian group, the TeacherLibrarian group, or the Librarian 2.0 group on the [...]
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The hip new librarians ;)
July 9th, 2007 · No Comments · libraries
If I was Doug Johnson, I’d have a more clever comment on this, but here from the NyTimes, is the new hip librarian. Thanks to Andrew Russo for the link!
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