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Redesigning Thinking in Libraries with Hamish Curry (with images, tweets) · c... - 1 views

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    Storify "Redesigning Thinking in Libraries with Hamish Curry At this workshop hosted by School Library Assoc of Victoria, Hamish Curry of NoTosh guided library staff through a design thinking approach to exploring the future possibilities for their individual school libraries."
Rhondda Powling

The Hunt Library Story (updated) - YouTube - 0 views

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    The Hunt Library has many interesting features and it poses much food for thought, not only for the direction of libraries in the future, but on how our current libraries might be re-thought to be more appealing/useful to our users.
Rhondda Powling

Transforming the Library Profession | American Libraries Magazine - 0 views

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    "Today our experienced professionals and new library workers must find their passion around people to build an educated and involved citizenry and ensure digital and economic opportunity for all. Library professionals are the essential element of strong schools, colleges, universities, and public communities."
Rhondda Powling

eSchool News What's the future for libraries? | eSchool News - 0 views

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    ""There are no answers given in this article but questions are posed and ideas are discussed. No-one knows what the future holds for librarieas but many library staff memebrs are listening to what people need and will adapt.
Rhondda Powling

Where Reference Fits in the Modern Library - 1 views

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    "The library today is still a trusted institution, but the public is coming to us with different expectations. Clinging to an outdated reference mission has left many libraries struggling to meet these new expectations."
Rhondda Powling

The Future of Libraries | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 0 views

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    "Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project, runs through the seven questions libraries need to address as they consider future services and their role for their patrons and communities. He describes how project research about the changing role of technology in people's lives affects the kinds of issues librarians need to address as they experience the disruptions of technology change.
Rhondda Powling

Transforming the library into a learning commons | Wallaceburg Courier Press - 0 views

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    "Often called the 'library of the future' in learning and educational circles, Wallaceburg's A.A. Wright public school has transformed their library space into a learning commons."
Rhondda Powling

Technology hasn't killed public libraries - it's inspired them to transform and stay re... - 0 views

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    "Critically, libraries are evaluated based on traditional metrics, such as loan and membership numbers, capturing only a fraction of the full value they contribute to our individual and collective life. Failure to recognise this by governments and policymakers puts at risk the diverse and nuanced ways libraries might shape Australia's future."
Rhondda Powling

Is This The School Library Of The Future? | Co.Exist | ideas + impact - 0 views

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    "The school library has changed the main focus from providing books providing a place for students to practice skills like creative thinking and collaboration."
Cheryl Taylor

School libraries shelve tradition to create new learning spaces | Teacher Network | The... - 2 views

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    From the Guardian: Schools of the future series. Technology just have to mean the end of school libraries.
Camilla Elliott

Do People Need Libraries in the Digital Age? - Speakeasy - WSJ - 0 views

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    A public library perspective but an interesting discussion on libraries generally which should be heeded by all in the industry
Rhondda Powling

LIS future employment prospects are positive - new ALIA report on LIS education, skills... - 0 views

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    "The Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) said there is a positive outlook on employment prospects for library and information professionals over the next five years, but the job market will remain tight. This is one of the conclusions in a new report ALIA LIS Education and Employment Trend Report 2014 today (18 Sept 2014) launched in Melbourne by ALIA President Damian Lodge at the Association's National Conference."
Rhondda Powling

TEDxRainier - Chrystie Hill - Libraries Present and Future - YouTube - 0 views

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    Uploaded on 28 Dec 2011 Chrystie Hill works with libraries around the world and shares her knowledge to help make libraries great places.
Rhondda Powling

Fact or fiction? Libraries can thrive in the Digital Age - 1 views

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    "Today's school library uses an increasing number of digital resources to supplement a print collection that is moving more toward fiction and literary non-fiction. Supplemental resources, including streaming video, online resources, subscription databases, audiobooks, e-books, and even games, round out the new collections. Despite the best efforts of even the hardest-working librarians in the best-funded libraries, there are many challenges to going digital." Links to free, full text and PDF versions
Rhondda Powling

What to expect from libraries in the 21st century: Pam Sandlian Smith at TEDxMileHigh -... - 0 views

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    "Published on 16 Dec 2013 Why do we still need libraries in the age of digital, real-time information? In this emotional talk, Pam Sandlian Smith shows how she works to use the library as a hub for community-based knowledge creation and discourse"
Rhondda Powling

If learners live online, teachers and textbooks must follow them - 0 views

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    "The web is increasingly one of the places in which we live and work and in the future it will be where many aspects of life will converge. People are likely to become more resident over time and to conduct more of their lives in the online environment - the web can empower the individual with a voice, with potential benefits and risks that entails. So it's better that we begin to understand in detail now those motivations to engage, act and interact online that will grow in the future."
Rhondda Powling

Future Ready Librarians - Future Ready Schools - 0 views

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    "As schools seek to become Future Ready, it is necessary to identify and cultivate leadership beyond district and building leaders. School librarians lead, teach and support the Future Ready goals of their school and district in a variety of ways through their professional practice, programs and spaces. If properly prepared and supported, school librarians are well-positioned to be at the leading edge of the digital transformation of learning."
Rhondda Powling

On the Horizon for K12 (and for libraries!) - @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch - 0 views

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    "The trends identified in the 2014 Horizon Report should inform K12 library practice and the ways in which we partner with classroom teachers.  In many cases we will already recognize them as part of our current practice."
Rhondda Powling

'The most loudest library ever': Booklover goes the way of shushing staff as community ... - 0 views

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    Article that discusses how libraries continue to change from the traditional stereotype
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