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There is always Google...

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Teddy Bear tells Rabbit about databases - S.mp4

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A short film in which the Librarian explains databases to a student of Bradford College. Made using Xtranormal State software and Camtasia.

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School Library Media Specialist's Perception of Practice and Importance of Roles described in Information Power
http://bit.ly/XKz5f7

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Dennis Reid has an amazing plant and book-filled home! It's all pretty dreamy. A nice cup of tea, a good book and the company of plants...

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from http://tigerstolilies.blogspot.com/2010/11/jungle-reading-room.html

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-Multimediation: Use the right tool for the right job

-Learning communities should be created

-Grant intellectual freedom

-Provide equitable access to information

-Help students and teachers alike create their own intellectual property

-Display, promote, and celebrate said intellectual property

-Reinforce projects and use of Global Interconnectivity

-Create lifelong learners by highlighting lifelong learners

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Access to information is directly related to the power one has over one’s own knowledge.

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Access to information is directly related to the power one has over one’s own knowledge.

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"The importance of an effective right to freedom of information, both in itself and to democracy and respect for other human rights, is beyond question and has a solid basis in international and comparative human rights law." https://www.article19.org/data/files/pdfs/publications/foi-as-an-international-right.pdf

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"Learning & Teaching is a collaborative affair between teachers, LMS and students."

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"Learning & Teaching is a collaborative affair between teachers, LMS and students."

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The traditional LMS is a collaborator. So too is the neo-LMS, but that level of collaboration extends across disciplines and media outlets. It's arguable that the LMS plays all the roles in the school, and thinks about the intermediation of information.

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If you want to read an article to find out how self-serving and annoying librarians can be, you could do worse than this paean to noisy libraries. Someone complained about the noise level in her library, which based on the comments seems to be a frequent complaint. Then she gathered dozens of comments from other librarians about such complaints. The results are sometimes nauseating.

He can't just put on headphones?

Really? That's your response? Why should the onus be put on the patron? Are libraries there for reading at all anymore?

Libraries have evolved. These days they're culture and community centers where people can gather, enjoy programs and get information. Patrons who expect absolute quiet need to adjust.

Apparently they're not there for reading anymore. They're "culture and community centers." People who want quiet to read or study should just "adjust." That's fine except for the people who want libraries, because they're out of luck. Where should those people go?

We gave up the quiet rule in 1996 and never looked back. We love our busy, crowded library.

Who's "we"? Probably the librarians. Is the library there for the librarians or for the patrons?

Today's libraries are living, breathing, thriving organisms used by real people.

This is probably the most nonsensical, condescending comment in the entire article. Libraries obviously aren't organisms, but the worst is the implication that people who want quiet in the library to study or read aren't "real people." That's like the idiotic "real Americans" line that stupid politicians use.

We think it's great that a lot of kids come here to just hang out. When I receive noise complaints, I explain that libraries are for using. Embrace your loud library!

Oh, I see, you explain that libraries are for using, just not for using if you want to read or study. I hope anyone who gets that hostile response from a librarian yells back, "I DON'T WANT TO EMBRACE YOUR LOUD LIBRARY. I WANT TO TO STFU!!" The librarian should be completely please by such a reply.

We recently had a patron suggest that we close all the crying babies up in a room. Hello? Libraries don't have to be silent. Fight that antiquated crap with all your energy!

To want some quiet for reading in a library is now "antiquated crap." If there's no room for reading, you know what else is antiquated crap? Librarians as anything other than babysitters and social workers. Enjoy your devolving professionalism. Nobody needs professional librarians to run a community center.

We're a branch library in a busy neighborhood. You should hear us during a packed Family Story time or on Harry Potter night. I love the hum of a happy library.

The librarian loves the hum of a "happy" library, because the librarian is there to work, not read. Is it about the librarian or the patrons?

I visited another branch yesterday and it was silent as the grave. Kinda creeped me out. I definitely prefer a library with some chatter.

It must be about the librarian, because what the librarian prefers is what really matters. To every reader his book, as long as the reader doesn't mind shouting patrons.

A silent library is unwelcoming.

To whom? Clearly not to all the many people who complain about noisy libraries.

I was thrilled yesterday when a patron who'd been complaining about volume brought in noise-cancelling headphones.

You were thrilled that someone solved a problem grudgingly because you wouldn't solve it. Sure, we're all thrilled when patrons just go away instead of bothering us with their pesky complaints. All it takes is ignoring their concerns for library patrons to leave us alone eventually. Great job! You're truly a credit to this service profession.

When an older patron complains about noise, we explain that libraries have changed, then find them a seat away from the fray.

We explain that libraries don't really care about readers anymore. We're all about the "community," as long as that community isn't interested in reading, because screw them.

My branch recently got a noise complaint via Twitter about the staff talking too loud... welcome to the modern world!

I'm betting that Twitter complaint wasn't from an "older patron." Yes, welcome to the modern world where the librarians couldn't care less about patron concerns. They're only interested in themselves.

Fortunately not all librarians are so condescending towards their patrons. Several of the comments suggested that the librarians wanted silent rooms, or were planning to build one, or something along those lines. Comments by librarians that understood that part of the mission of the library is to provide reading material and reading space, and that if they can't do that they're failing.

All of the other librarians can't be forgiven, though. The "modern world" is noisy. People who come to the library for the one purpose that it's always served don't want to try to read amidst chaos. But who cares about them. They don't provide a happy hum to keep the librarians from getting bored, and that's what it's all about these days for some librarians.

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If you want to read an article to find out how self-serving and annoying librarians can be, you could do worse than this paean to noisy libraries. Someone complained about the noise level in her library, which based on the comments seems to be a frequent complaint.

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"Traditional school libraries are seen as quiet places full of printed books, people reading and librarians ‘shushing’. A Learning Commons takes school libraries into the 21st century. Yes, we still have printed text, and there are still people reading, and there is still a librarian, however the Learning Commons has so much more! There is a hum of activity with students talking, learning, searching for information on a variety of devices, focusing on content creation and synthesizing of information. The Learning Commons becomes the hub and the heart of the school; a place for teachers and teacher-librarians to collaborate to build inquiry learning and critical thinking skills in students; a place for technology integration and experimentation; a place that is ‘owned’ by students and staff alike." -http://aslc.ca/blog/what-is-a-learning-commons-anyway

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Want to encourage literacy? Create access to books...

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Want to encourage literacy? Create access to books...

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Stephen Krashen

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Marshall McLuhan - The World is a Global Village (CBC TV)

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The presence of the school library can balance and mitigate the problems literacy in poverty-ridden areas. -Stephen Krashen

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The presence of the school library can balance and mitigate the problems literacy in poverty-ridden areas. -Stephen Krashen

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Who does the LMS need to be?
What does the 'new library' look like?
Where is the place for the LMS in the school?
Why does the role of the LMS evolve with media?
When does the LMS work with others in the building to increase intertextuality and multimodal literacy?
How does the LMS develop a vision for school wide literacy?

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Program Administration

-Implementation of school mission

-Interdepartmental communications

-Management of learning space

-Literacy standards consultant

-Promotion of library

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Instructional Partner

Collaborative Leader

-Tasks in classroom/library

-Student and instructor needs analysis

-Literary skills

-Current research on literacy and access

-Assessment tools and techniques

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Instructional Consultant

Assistant to teachers

-Assessment

-Skills for accessing information

-Modifying lessons

-Unit objectives: defining

-Curriculum development

-Individuation

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Goals...

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http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2014/09/25/stewards-and-gatekeepers/
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2016/08/08/libraries-for-librarians-not-readers/