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Revisioning the Library: Links


​Step 1. Focus on Users


Mount Bethel Elementary Learning Commons: 
www.mtbetheles.com/learning-commons

Target schools: 
http://www.targetcommercialinteriors.com

Color Guide for Designers:
http://www.pinfographics.org/ig/a-color

Riverside School Library Remodel:
http://www.crestviewbulletin.com

Elementary School Library from "Make an Interesting School Library Design"
homedecorreport.com

Meet the Modern Learner (Infographic):
mrmck.wordpress.com

​infoVUE:
www.latcorp.com/infoVue.html

Triple Play Digital Signage:
www.tripleplay-services.com

Boston Public Library Redesign:
artery.wbur.org/2015/


University of Michigan's Digital signage:
www.itcs.umich.edu/digital

Step 3. Connect Users with Information


Weeding:
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Weeding Library Collections (via ALA):
www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets

Titlewise Analysis: 
www.titlewave.com

Pick Up Please:
www.pickupplease.org/donate-books

In Search of Free Books for Your Library:
www.readingrockets.org/article/

Dewey:

Darien Public Library’s System:  
www.darienlibrary.org/node/1706

ShelfLogic:
mcldaz.org/custom/shelflogic.aspx

Anythink Libraries:
www.anythinklibraries.org

My blog posts about Dewey: 
pamlibrarian.wordpress.com/

The Mighty Little Librarian's Ditching Dewey posts:
www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/?p=668

The Dewey Dilemma (Library Journal):
lj.libraryjournal.com/2010/05

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Dewey-Lite (Quebec School Librarians Network)
http://qslin.org/tag/dewey-lite/

Discussion Padlet: “Is there a small collection in your library you could pull out of Dewey?”
padlet.com/pharland1/revitalizeURlib


eBooks:

Open eBooks:
blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch
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Open Culture
www.openculture.com/

Gale Virtual Reference Library
www.cengage.com/search/showresults
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EBSCO ebook Collection
www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/

Overdrive
company.overdrive.com/education/

Sync Audiobooks
www.audiobooksync.com/

Wells, Casey, "Do Students Using Electronic Books Display Different Reading Comprehension and Motivation Levels Than Students Using Traditional Print Books?" (2012). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. Paper 623. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu

Step 6. Library Programs


Project Information Literacy

Effective School Library Programs 
from AASL

School Librarians Transform Learning

​School Libraries Work



Step 2. Mindset Shift


​Edutopia 21st Century Libraries: Learning Commons:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/

Library as Domestic Metaphor by Joyce Valenza:
http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch

MIT Media Lab:
https://www.media.mit.edu/

Step 4. Rethink Library Spaces


Green Mountain Union High School Learning Commons:
trsu.libguides.com/c.php

10 Port Charging Station by GearMo: 
www.amazon.com/GearMo

Middle School Library in the Netherlands:
http://michelevelthuizen.zenfolio.com
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20 Modalities of Learning:
magnificaths.org/

Transforming Space:  
go45.sd45.bc.ca/blogs/schoolblogs

Riverside Elementary School Learning Commons: www.crestviewbulletin.com/education

Create the Library of Your Dreams (via SLJ):  www.slj.com/2011/04/

Step 5: Innovation


Funding Sources:

NAIER: www.naeir.org/
Walmart Community Grants: foundation.walmart.com
Get Ed Funding: www.getedfunding.com
Edutopia’s Grant Resrouces: www.edutopia.org
GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/
3D Printer Grant: www.makerbot.com
Another 3D Printer Grant: www.stratasys.com
Library Specific Grants: www.scholastic.com

Makerspace Books:
Youth Makerspace Playbook:
makered.org/wp-content/

MakerED Resources:
www.makerspaces.com

Makerspace Showcase:
www.makerspaces.com/makerspaces/




Step 7. Integration


Using Evidence to Enhance Learning
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Level of Collaboration Rubric & Sample

​Let the Librarians Lead Initiative

empower librarians by providing support and resources on leadership

Collaboration Planning Document

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OER Commons
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Symbaloo:
Library Symbaloo:  http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/librarysymbaloo

Blendspace:
www.tes.com/lessons

AASL Best Websites for Teaching & Learning:
www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines
Watch for the 2016 list available June 27, 2016
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