Etalking Libraries

Pru Mitchell

eT@lking

Learning @ your library

Introductions

theother66, traditional library CC-by-nc-sa

Tell us about your library

Where are you?

Who are you?

The big questions

1. What’s the role of the library in learning?

2. How well are libraries delivering?

Library core values

1. Promotion of the free flow of information and ideas through open access to recorded knowledge, information, and creative works

2. Connection of people to ideas

3. Commitment to literacy, information literacy and learning

alia.org.au/policies/core.values.html

Australian Library and Information Association 2002

4. Respect for the diversity and individuality of all people.

5. Preservation of the human record.

6. Excellence in professional service to our communities.

7. Partnerships to advance these values.

School library inquiry

Chapter 3

Research proving link between school librarians and scholastic achievement

Literacy research

Literacy

Australians 15 - 74 years assessed as having the skills needed to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work. • 54% prose literacy skills • 53% document literacy • 47% numeracy

Australian Bureau of Statistics, media release, Australia’s literacy and life skills, 28 November 2007.

Poll: How do you take your recreational reading?

A. E-book

B. Newspaper/magazine

C. P-book

D. Social media

Mrs Mac’s library : BookWeek 2011

General capabilities

POLL: What is the most important literacy for all Australians?

A. Critical and creative thinking

B. Digital literacy

C. Information literacy

D. Information and communication technology (ICT) literacy

Multiliteracies

ALIA Statement on information literacy for all Australians

New collections

New curriculum

www.scootle.edu.au/ec/curriculum?learningarea=%22English

Library as place, as network

Cheryl Hoskin 2011 Barr Smith Library

• standards • sharing • service

Trove @National Library

trove.nla.gov.au/people

LibraryThing authors

www.librarything.com/about_authors.php

www.library20.com/page/2011-conference

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