Transforming for the 21st Century by Mary Woodard

The school library in the 21st century is changing

MISD librarians want to make a difference

We are working with students whose needs have changed

We want to transform our library programs to meet these changing

needs

We need to create a new vision for MISD library programs

Our world has changed

Anyone can be a published author

Anyone can create a blog and publish his ideas

Anyone can create a wiki to gather and share information

Anyone can create a video or podcast and share it with the world

People have access to more information than ever before

Google processes about 1 billion searches a day

The web held 5 exabytes of information in 2002

There are more than 2,000,000 articles in Wikipedia in English

Communication is easier than ever before

Hispanics and young adults lead the way with handheld devices

Image citation: day 61, http://www.flickr.com/photos/raymundopelayo/2303928644/, uploaded on March 1, 2008 by Raymond Brown

Apple has sold over 140 million iPods

Image citation: Waiting, with tunes, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tereneta/2309669928/, uploaded on March 3, 2008 by ereneta.

Voice over IP allows free calls over the Internet

Image citation: Skype family, http://www.flickr.com/photos/goforchris/2551841142/, uploaded on June 4, 2008 by goforchris

The way young people think and learn has changed.

Kids’ brains are physically different

Brains organize based on input received

Experiences lead to different brain structures

Repeated experiences cause parts of the brain to be larger and more

developed

Kids pay attention only when something is relevant to them

Kids’ attention span is short – for old ways of learning

Image citation: Bored…, http://www.flickr.com/photos/foreversouls/5778963/, uploaded March 2, 2005 by foreversouls

Kids crave interactivity

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Kids can multi-task

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Kids view information as a raw material

Young people are producers of information

Kids believe the value of content is in what you can do with it

Kids love to mix and remix content to make something new

The information landscape has changed

The information landscape is now a network

Answers don’t always come from experts

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Friends and colleagues are always available

Image citation: Texting http://www.flickr.com/photos/amulligan/266153928/ uploaded on October 10, 2006 by Adam Mulligan

We have different networks for different needs

The information landscape is now digital

Digital information comes in many formats

The notion of what a book is, is shifting

Image citation: Amazon Kindle http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblyberg/2073131769/in/set-72157603330853723 uploaded on November 29,2007 by jblyberg

Alternative licensing allows for creativity

The information landscape is now participatory and collaborative

Content is created by the community

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Students can create for authentic audiences

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Students can add to the information available

We are working with 21st century students who have changing needs

We want to transform our library programs to meet these changing

needs

We need to create a new vision for MISD library programs