why transliteracy

Why Transliteracy?

Gretchen Caserotti, Darien Library - @gcaserotti

ALA2011, 6/25/11flickr user Law H8r

SPublic Libraries - Stories

flickr user Christchurch City Libraries

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perraultflickr user sandyraidy

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

1959 Disney

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

1959 Disney

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

1959 Disney

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

1959 Disney

Sleeping Beauty

1696 Charles Perrault

1812 Grimm Brothers

1890 Tchaikovsky

1959 Disney

Multi-Media Storytelling

(Disney’s been doing it for YEARS!)

flickr user insidethemagic

flickr user echoroo

“A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it.” -Marshall McLuhan

Content vs. Container

flickr user MorBCN

Stories are Changing

Stories are Changing

Stories are Changing

TransmediaInteractive Fiction

flickr user theqspeaks

Where does the library fit in?

flickr user Christchurch City Libraries

StoriesWhere does the library fit in?

flickr user Christchurch City Libraries

Stories

Literacy+

Where does the library fit in?

flickr user Christchurch City Libraries

Transliteracy

flickr user theunquietlibrary

Digital Literacy

Visual Literacy

Spatial Literacy

Print Literacy

Information Literacy Cultural Literacy

Transliteracy

Media Literacy

flickr user lakewentworth

Across - Not ALL

flickr user Mathieu Struck

Get in the game!

flickr user woodleywonderworks

Reach Out

flickr user Jose Tellez

Tech Bites

informal tech training lunches for all staff

flickr user Jeffrey Beall

Educate/Support Community

Improve access to our collections

Picture Books

Infuse into your programs & services

Infuse into your programs & services

https://sites.google.com/site/littleclickers/

Little Clickers - collaborative computer class

Be a place to create

Be a place to create

your library can do

Think about what

flickr user sidereal

“The concept of transliteracy calls for a change of perspective away from the battles over print versus digital, and a move instead towards a unifying ecology not just of media, but of all literacies relevant to reading, writing, interaction and culture, both past and present. --Sue Thomas

flickr user theunquietlibrary

flickr user Cuba Gallery

Looking ahead

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Thanks for listening!

Gretchen Caserotti

gcaserotti@darienlibrary.org@gcaserotti