21 st Century Library Learning Ruth Hall OSLA President OTF Library Camp Toronto, Aug 5 - 7, 2009

The Future is Now: Virtual spaces Virtual communication Real-time & remote communications Real-time & remote collaboration Expanded communities Print & Digital Resources Choice Personalization Meaning making

Education 21st century disconnect “ …students feel when they come into school they have to power down to fit into an environment that offers fewer options for learning than are available in the life they live outside of the school” “What if: Technology in the 21 st Century Classroom” Ontario Public School Board Association.

Challenges Relevance Engagement Graduation rates Standardized test scores Shrinking populations Shrinking economy

Mobile Technology Anywhere, anytime learning 21st century social intereactions Personalized learning “Children under 12 now make up one of the fastest growing segments of mobile technology users in the U.S.” Carly Shuler (2009). Pockets of Potential.

Web 2.0 Technology Social networking (IM, texting, Facebook, wikis, blogs, outube, flikr) Portable computing (wireless, handheld) Virtual connections (place, resources, reality) Open sharing (Creative Commons, open source) Cloud computing (Google Docs, Diig, Delicious)

21st Century Libraries

Digital Content When is a book not a book? E-Readers E-books Audiobooks Graphic Novels What is text????

KNOWLEDGE ONTRIO Paid database content Equity Simultaneous access Internet delivery system E-resources Training needs

Where Are People Searching? Top 20 Educational and Reference Websites S hare of traffic in the category that week (March 2007) 1. Wikipedia24.33% 2. Yahoo! Answers4.23% 3. Dictionary.com3.79% 4. Answers.com3.53% 5. SparkNotes1.62% 6. Google Scholar1.31% 7. Google Book Search1.09% 8. Find Articles.99% 9. U.S. National Library of Medicine.99% 10. Merriam-Webster Online.85% Source: Hitwise, U.S. Internet Visits ( market share) for week

Read/Write Web Shift Library learning commons

Sense Making ‘When students are asked what Internet-related subjects they would like to learn about in school, the top choice for 68 per cent is “How to tell if information you find on the Net is true or not.”‘

Focusing your practice Letting go Connecting outside of the library’s physical space Relationship building Inviting “outside expertise in” Leadership roles

A Thousand Words The value of pictures 7 Ways to think outside the box Liz Wilkinson, University of Auckland, GB&v=pMvAfVV41tQ

Libraries & YouTube What 2 minute lesson would you film?

Seeing the Big Picture “The changes in education over the years keep the library the best place to be in the school to reach every learner.” Pat Elliott