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Well, I’ll try this again and see if it fits in the post . . . if not, I’ll try to figure it out later. The first time, I used Jing and embedded the code into my post, but it doesn’t fit.

This time I created a Wordle of ART: Evaluating Research Project Assignments and saved it from Jing to my documents (instead of using the embed code).  Now I’m going to upload it as an image and see how it works…ah, it worked!  and if you click on the image you can see it larger.

Michael Stephens (http://www.tametheweb.com/) presented at the MN Library 2.0Summit hosted by the Health Science Libraries of Minnesota and the Minnesota Chapter of SLA.  Here is a bibliography similar to the one he gave us; I’ve asked for an electronic version of the longer one and will post it if possible. Here are some of my notes:

• The heart of Library 2.0 is user-centered change.  L.2.0 uses some social tools, has open & transparent conversations, involves the users in service & planning, recognizes & responds to trends, has presence with users online, learns & innovates, adopts a 2.0 philosophy, and creates a culture of trust.

• Library rules can be as simple as  “Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect the Space”

• DON’T BAN THE TECHNOLOGY, BAN THE BEHAVIOR.

• Send lap-top librarians out to the cafeteria (or wherever users are at)

• With so many trends, here is how you recognize a “good trend” — solves a known problem, users are asking for it, others know how to use it, it looks like fun.  Don’t die or not move forward because of “risk aversion.”  Libraries need to throw out the “culture of perfect” or “culture of deferral” and just try it.  Like gamers, we need to try it, make a mistake, learn from it, and go back to do it again. 

• Trends driving the global economy: “wisdom of crowds”, unlimited video, personalization, being “green”, instant buying, all-access economy. Promote these ideas in your library.

Blogs: talk about what is new, programs and materials, new resources, conference reports. Blogs are a way to easily deliver content to users, promote e-journal access and resources, and create conversations.

Podcasting: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.garageband.com/podcast. Great example of use at http://www.kankakee.lib.il.us/.

RSS: Really Simple Syndication, aggregators.  Google Reader, Net Vibes, Bloglines, Blogbridge

Wikis: PBWiki offers a “Presenter Pack” with T-shirts and gold memberships for free!

IM: http://wwwl.meebo.com/ lets you access IM anywhere for free.

Flickr: Capture events, buildings, speakers, etc.  Make the library “human.”  Create a useful profile page for your library. Tell stories.  Show new books with a note tag linked to the catalog. Show the “Day in the Life” of a book.

Social Networking: When/if you use it: meet the mission and convey the mission.

Second Life:  Teen Second Life featured in School Library Journal “Meet the New You”

The precursors of collaboration are cooperation and coordination.

Cooperation = Teacher and Media Specialist working independently.

Coordination = Teacher and Media Specialist working together toward a common goal.  They meet to discuss goals but not to share responsibility.

 Collaboration = Teacher and Media Specialist have an expanded planning connection.  They share goals and have carefully defined roles.

Loertscher’s Taxonomy of School Library Media Programs

1 thru 4 = Cooperation, 5 thru 7 = Coordination, 8 thru 11 = Collaboration

To Collaborate

• attend departmental or grade level meetings
• keep record of units taught in the past
• take advantage of teachable moments
• become involved in developing local standards
• be aware of state standards

To Promote Collaboration

• connect with early adopters
• offer suggestions for upcoming units
• talk up successes through newsletters, bulletin boards, displays, & meetings

Administrators can . . .

• ensure teachers have planning time
• use subs to free up classroom teachers
• adequately staff the media center so that M.S. has time to collaborate with teachers
• encourage training of student interns
• promote a climate of collaboration

Questions for collaboration

• Why are we doing this?
• What are the transferrable concepts we want students to develop?
• How will the students extract and gather information?
• How will the students process and organize the information?
• How will students produce their findings?
• How will students, teacher, and media specialist be evaluated?

Collaborative Unit Templates

http://www.indianalearns.org/downloads/Page33Planning.pdf

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/collaboration_template.pdf

http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/images/media/Collaborative%20Program%20Planning.pdf

“The illiterate of the 21st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

                                                                                                          — Barbara Thierl

“Prepare to learn how to learn.”

“Life-long learning means we need to continually reinvent ourselves.”

“How can we advocate education as ‘national defense’?”

                                                                                                         — Bill George

C = D x V x F > R

Change = Discontent x Vision x First steps > Resistance                  

                                                                                                        – Doug Johnson

“Be an effective change agent.  No one jumps a 20-foot chasm in two 10-foot jumps.”

                                                                                                         — Scott McLeod