participatory librarianship:

transliterate conversations for creating,

contributing, collaborating, and
connecting

presented by buffy hamilton, ed.s.

creekview high school/the unquiet library
november 2010, casl

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“No amount of ... promotion is going to make
you relevant. Your vision for how the library
can contribute...makes you relevant.” ~Paul
Gandel~

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 Instructional
Partner

Program
Teacher Administra
tor

Information
Leader
Specialist
balance?

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where does
the library
live?
what
are the
points of

transformation?
what do we mean by library?

what are the

possibilities for what “library” and
“librarianship” can mean?
conversations as context

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“It’s all about learning…
how is this going to fundamentally enrich
a conversation?

There isn’t a part of the library that isn’t

about learning. Learning is a collaborative
conversation.”

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Dr. David Lankes
Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813
sparking and igniting

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shared
ownership of
learning and
conversations
for learning

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knowledge construction and creation

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inquiry and
learning
centered
 libraries as sites of
participatory culture
relatively low barriers to artistic
expression and civic engagement
strong support for creating and sharing one’s
creations with others
what is known by the most experienced is
passed along to novices
members believe that their contributions
matter
members feel some degree of social connection with one
another (at the least they care what other people think
about what they have created)
 a participatory climate is conducive to a library program
acting as a powerful and positive sponsor of transliteracy by
creating conversations for learning via multiple mediums
 transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of
platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through
handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks

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 transliteracy is the umbrella for how people are using multiple
literacies--traditional (text, art, music) and emerging (digital, new
media, privacy, financial)--to access and share information as well as
create new meaning

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 transliteracy provides us a way of theorizing how
these literacies transact with each other for meaning
making

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transliteracy is the conceptualization of how we use these literacies
than the tools or containers although certainly the ways we access
information, share, and create it have taken on new forms

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 “embrace the potentials and challenges of this [participatory]
emerging culture not as a replacement for existing print practices but
as an expansion of them” ~henry jenkins~
as sponsors of transliteracy, libraries can close the
participation gap
knight foundation recommendation 6: integrate digital and media
literacy as critical elements for education at all levels through
collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials
 “we have to make sure schools and libraries invite
critical and active uses of media that strengthen our
democratic potential.”
Deborah Brandt
how can libraries invite participate and
facilitate transliterate conversations for
learning?
mobile computing for learning
 gaming

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 digital equipment

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information evaluation and social scholarship via
research pathfinders
1.2.5 Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or
1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and
strategies when necessary to achieve success.
deepen understanding.

conversations via active reflection and

metacognition
inquiry, engagement, and collective
intelligence face to face
inquiry, engagement, and collective
intelligence via wikis
digital footprints
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digital citizenship and ethical use of
information
multigenre elements
network and attention literacy
cloud computing
tablets and slates

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ereaders and ebooks

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play literacy

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 create conversations by sharing ownership and
privileging patron voices, expertise, and opinions
facilitating conversations with physical
space
creating conversations for assessment
create conversations for instructional
leadership
create conversations for collaboration
 creating
conversations
for advocacy
with social
media and
transparency
web-based mindmap
flickr
youtube
facebook
blog
transparency and data
transparency and data
transparency and data
transparency and data
create conversations for your own professional
growth plugging into the wisdom of the crowd
and growing your personal learning network

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youtube
slideshare rss
delicious rss
skype
face to face
conferences
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 “No risk, no art. No art, no
reward.”

Seth Godin
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Seth Godin, September 2010 http://bit.ly/9Vkh1K
 ask “how do I invite and engage
participation?”
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the strength and relevance of your library
is in the community you and your patrons
build

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 participation and shared ownership will create a
library that is THE participatory network in your
learning community

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 http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com
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