listening, learning, leading: rewriting the story of library through participatory librarianship

listening, learning, leading: rewriting the story of library through participatory librarianship

buffy j. hamilton || april 2011

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challenge: pulling and weaving together the many threads of librarianship

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“It’s all about learning…how is this going to fundamentally enrich a conversation?

There isn’t a part of the library that isn’t about learning. Learning is a collaborative conversation.”

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Participatory Librarianship and Change Agents: http://blip.tv/file/1566813

participatory librarianship is a lens to help us see the possibilities and context for a shared vision of our library

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sparking and igniting

conversations

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shared ownership of learning and conversations for learning

knowledge construction and creation

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what mediums and strategies cultivate conversations for learning in libraries and give participants a voice?

mobile computing for learning

information evaluation and social scholarship via research pathfinders

network and attention literacy

cloud computing

collaborative learning and knowledge building

portfolios

formative and summative assessments

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digital identity and citizenship

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence face to face

collection

spaces for honoring patron voices, expertise, and opinions

partnerships for learning

physical space

play

shared story of “library”

ask “how do I invite and engage participation?”

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participation and shared ownership will create a library that is THE participatory network in your

learning community

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Q&A

contact information

buffy.hamilton@gmail.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.comhttp://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com