21st Century LibraryVision of the FutureAnita Grannary

Vision for Port Guichon’s Library

After much consideration, research and reflection, I have narrowed down my vision for my school elementary library into three categories:

Technological Development

Library FunctionLibrarian Role

ReasoningTechnological development: At

present there are no functioning computers accessible to the students in the library

Library Function: Room for improvement in “opening up” the library and increasing its accesibility

Librarian Role: Opportunity to advocate for the library, ensuring its continued growth and relevance

Technological Development

“From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able”

(Wesch 2009)

How do we guide students from the past emphasis on memory and knowledge

building to the present skill of knowledge location and analysis?

Techno Savvy: What Our Students Need to Know

According to Micheal Wesch, the 21st century learner must have the ability to, “find, sort, analyse, share, discuss,

critique, and create information.”There is a definite movement away

from building students’ memory skills, to a focus on building skills to enable

students to use and manipulate information to create and

demonstrate their knowledge.

The Techno Path for Port GuichonBetter access to computers Use of web 2.0 tools to highlight

library programDebut of a Library Club to help

coordinate on-line book talks, blog entries and web page additions

Lessons which integrate the use of technology ie; voicethread, animoto, podcasts

Library Function

“From Place to Function”

(Bailin, Grafstein, Baruch College, CUNY)

How do we re-create or re-invent the library to transform it from being a “room” to a “diversified

learning environment”?

The Purpose of the 21st Century LibraryBailin and Grafstein’s vision of the

future library is focuses rather on its function as opposed to its locale. The library is considered more of an all access service than a location.

“We will then not have to worry about students going to “the library”—the library will be everywhere they need it to be.”

Re-defining Port Guichon Library

A concerted effort to make the library as accessible as possible to all its users,

students, staff, parents and community.Advocacy for the library through PAC

meetings, newsletters, special events Increased Visual representation of Library in

school, bulletin boards, school web page, blogLibrary web page featuring: helpful links forStaff: resources, videos, books, curriculum links,

smartboard lessons Students: Research skills, book talks, poetry, Parents: community libraries, classroom blogs, homework

help

Librarian’s Role

“A Librarian in the House?”

(Beth Posner, City University of New York Graduate Center)

How do we move away from the traditional image of the Librarian as the bureaucratic, authority figure to

the future role as the hands on facilitator of learning for all?

Vision of the 21st Century Librarian “Focus on increasing the quality and

quantity of interactions between academic librarians and their community is a positive way to approach the future of academic librarianship.”

Beth Posner’s statement is like an awakening of what the future holds for librarians. We are no longer the “Keeper of Books” but a guide to those in need of navigating their way on the path to technological know how.

My Role as Port Guichon’s LibrarianPro-active, seek to make the library a vital

and inspirational tool of the schoolSeek opportunities to engage with the

learning of the students, through team teaching and peer collaboration

Assume a more active role in professional development, seek to provide informational sessions to staff, students, parents and peers, through a variety of means ie, Youtube videos, podcast How-to’s, and presentations highlighting use of web 2.0 tools in the library

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

SummationBased on the AASL standards it is

evident that I as a TL need to address students abilities in the use, manipulation and creation of information. Knowledge is everywhere for these students, they need to learn where it is, how to use it and how to share their discoveries.

ReferencesBeth Posner, "Is there a Librarian in the

House?“ Available: <http://alpha.fdu.edu/~marcum/posner.doc>.

Alan Bailin and Ann Grafstein, "From Place to Function: Academic Libraries in 2012." Available: <http://alpha.fdu.edu/~marcum/bailin_grafstein.doc>.

James W Markum, Visions: The Academic Library in 2012

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may03/marcum/05marcum.html