FLIP YOUR COLLECTION

YALSA Midwinter Institute 2010

Wendy StephensBuckhorn High SchoolNew Market, Ala.wstephens@madison.k12.al.us@wsstephens

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“An affluent 5-year-old has about the same vocabulary as an adult living in poverty.”

School culture

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Weeding triageFirst: Books that use outdated & offensive language

Second: Stripped paperbacks

Old college textbooks

Third: Book club editions of ’50s and ‘60s fiction – most had NEVER circulated

Dated books (Guinness, almanacs, etc.) frombefore the 21st century

2003: Fiction 15.5% of 8.3K copies, average age 1970

2003: Collection Age 1970

  2010: Fiction purchased prior to 2003 has an average age of 1981  2010: Fiction 25.4% of 13K copies, average age 1999  2010: Fiction purchased in 2003 and after has an average age of 2002   2010: Collection Age 1991

The Collection: 2003 versus 2010

Student Circulation, 2003 to date

Teens Served, 2003 to 2009

Fiction versus nonfiction circulation, 2008-09

fictionnonfiction

How to get at usage in addition to circulation

My key to professional intellectual freedom

graphic formatother formats

The effect of graphic novels in the collection

graphic checkoutsall other student checkouts

The effect of graphic novels in the collection

Graphic readers

All other readers

graphic materials checkout

checkouts to graphic readers

checkouts to other stu-dents

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Internet = scary!

But cell phones = safe?

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Using their phones to talk about books

Part of your collection?

Part of your collection?

Using social media to extend student experience

11/23/2009

What do we do with teen’s work?

Is including it in the collection “the next big thing?”

The lines between student work and student life are blurring

Sharing coursework via social networks

When teens plan programming

What can we do with teen content?

Student authorship

Student authorship

Our first virtual author visit

Our last virtual author visit

Forms of fanfiction

Expanding your “collection” through fanfic

Writing fan fiction

Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

Students building the collection

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When books aren’t the scariest things in the library…

Scenario: 17-year-old boy leaves his cell phone in the library. The screensaver is a nude picture of his

girlfriend. 

Scenario: Teen is using another kid's computer login to download illegal videos.

Scenario: After your photoshop workshop, teen uses scanner and software to alter her report card.

Scenario: You discover an online version of a "slam book," with some very ugly comments from teens you

know & like.

Scenario: A teen shows you how to get around the proxy server.

Scenario: A teen uses library hardware to author and print a doctor's excuse, inadvertently leaving behind a copy at

the printer.

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