Revisioning the Library: Links
Step 1. Focus on UsersMount 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 InformationWeeding:
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 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 Open Culture www.openculture.com/ Gale Virtual Reference Library www.cengage.com/search/showresults 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 |
Step 2. Mindset ShiftEdutopia 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 SpacesGreen 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 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: InnovationFunding 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. IntegrationUsing Evidence to Enhance Learning
Level of Collaboration Rubric & Sample Let the Librarians Lead Initiative empower librarians by providing support and resources on leadership Collaboration Planning Document OER Commons 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 |