transliteracies: libraries as the critical classroom
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Slides from my talk with Brian Hulsey at Computers in Libraries (DC) 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Transliteracies: Libraries as
the Critical “Classroom”
Gretchen Caserotti Head of Children and Teen Services
Darien Library
@gcaserotti
Computers in Libraries, 2011
My public library is all about stories
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Disney has been doing it for years
Multi-media storytelling
Content vs. Container
A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it.
--Marshall McLuhan
Interactive Fiction
Stories are changing.
Kids are learning leaders
Flexibility is the key
Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media.
Digital Literacy Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Print Literacy
Visual Literacy
Transliteracy is an Umbrella
Scientific Literacy
Digital Literacy
Cultural LiteracySpacial Literacy
Transliteracy is *Across* not *All*
Reach out to *all* Library Staff
What can we do?
Reach out to your community
Libraries need to step up our game
Tech Bites (Darien Library)
Tech Munchies (Skokie Public
Library)
Staff led technology
training in an informal
environment.
Biographies Mysteries Romance Science Fiction000–999
African AmericanReference
004–006Computers
030Encyclopedias
133Occult
133Supernatural
133.5Astrology
150Psychology
230–289Christianity
294.3Buddhism
296Judaism
297Islam
306.7Sexuality
306.8Relationships
332Investments
340Law
355Military
364Crime
370
Education &Scholarship
385–388Transportation
391Costume
394Holidays
398Folklore
423Dictionaries
400–499Languages
500–599Sciences
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507Science Projects
510–519Mathematics
520Astronomy
530Physics
540Chemistry
551
Volcanoes &Earthquakes
560Fossils & Dinosaurs
570Biology & Evolution
580sBotany
590Animals
608–609Inventions
610–619Health & Medicine
629.2Auto Repair
635Gardening
636Pets
641Cooking/Cookbooks Beauty
646–650
658Management
690Home Repair
700–709Art History
700–710Art
720sArchitecture
737Coins
737–746Collectibles
741
Drawing &Cartooning
741.5Comics
745Crafts
747Interior Decoration
749Furniture
759Artist Biographies
760sStamps
770Photography
780Music Scores
780sMusic Biography: Music
780–782 791–792
Entertainers’Biographies
791.43Movies
791.45Television
792Dance
792Theater Magic Tricks
793 793–795Gambling
793–795Games
810sLiterature, American
820–829English Literature
830–899
Literature,Other Countries
910sGeography
910sTravel
929Genealogy
930–999History
973–979
United StatesHistory
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California History979.4
738Ceramics
738.1Ceramics
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Rethink Access to our Collections
Rethink Access to our Collections
Picture Books
Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box
vs.
print eBook
Summer Reading Strategies
Be technology leaders
Helping patrons one interaction at a time
Be a place to create
not just about information
But also about access
Make your library a
place that
•encourages
conversations
•invites participation
•provides creative
outlets
•embraces
alternative learning
styles
•tells stories
Think about what you can do in your library setting
“The concept of transliteracy calls
for a change of perspective away from the battles over print versus
digital, and a move instead
towards a unifying ecology not just of media,
but of all literacies relevant
to reading, writing,
interaction and culture, both past
and present. --Sue Thomas
Images are Creative Commons
licensed by Flickr Users:
• dcJohn (classroom)
• sandyraidy (storyteller)
• MorBCN (container)
• insidethemagic (Disney Store)
• Wayan Vota (toddler with iPad)
• BrittneyBush (yoga)
• notashamed (pen & paper)
• Loca Luna (umbrella)
• HarlanH (crosswalk)
• Flickr User ~diP (Hand)
• flickrfanmk2007 (basketball game)
• Jeffrey Beall (brown bag)
• Gretchichi (KidLitReOrg)
• ACPL (ereader fair)
• Nicola Corboy (shaking hands sculpture)
• Lin Pernille Photography (old books)
• The Unquiet Library (mobile phone)
• maciejgruszecki.com (2 way sign)
• Sidereal (The Thinker)
• orb9220 (eReader in the stacks)
Thank you
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