What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?
Narrowing the question …
Differentiate school library types
Differentiate school library services
Teaching Resources
Reading
Differentiate reading devices
Differentiate types of reading
HorizontalVertical Interactive
Kind of School Library
Kind of Service
Kind of Reading
Kind of Reading Device
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in K-12 School Libraries?
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries?
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries
to Support Vertical Reading?
Technological advances in service to "vertical reading" have not ended with bound paper
Functionality / Features Paper E-Ink LCD
Ease on eyes during extended reading
Consistency in font readability and copy quality
Quick access to word definitions
Fewer distractions
Ability to write in the margins (borrowed copy)
Ability to format page for personal reading preferences
Portability: read on beach, under tree, in bed
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries
to Support Vertical Reading?
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries
to Support Vertical Reading?
What Kinds of Books Do We Need in High School Libraries
to Support Vertical Reading and Enable
Transformational Change
Transformational Change DefinitionA shift in the business culture of an organization resulting from a change in the underlying strategy and processes that the organization has used in the past.
Are we considering the transformational potential of digital text in support of vertical reading?Functionality Paper Digital
Simultaneous use
Remote access
Greater choice
Rapid delivery
Storage efficiencies
Opportunity Cost
DefinitionA benefit, profit, or value of something that must be given up to acquire or achieve something else.
The costs associated with maintaining a print collection in a blended environment
Space considerations
Resources committed to inventory control and physical processing
Theft and loss recovery
Duplication of content
Are the “opportunity costs” even greater?
Music: Vinyl Tape CD Digital*
Video: VHS DVD Digital
Text: Paper Paper Digital
* Referring to the digitization of content allowing it to be separated from a specific physical container – typically transmittable through broadband over the Internet.
The Times They Are A Changing
1450 2011
129 million books
First printed book
Primary organizational methodology:•Publishers (books, magazines, news)•Bookstores•Libraries
1991
15 billion web pages
• Search Engines
The Times They Are A Changing
The book publishing industry is preparing for major change brought about by the rapid adoption of digitized text for vertical reading.
The Times They Are A Changing
The Times They Are A Changing
Are we making transformational choices?
• Changing the library’s focus away from local collections and toward the much larger information space that exists beyond our walls?
• Freeing-up staff time and floor space to pursue new 21st century library roles and meet new standards?
Do the benefits of maintaining -especially prioritizing - a print collection outweigh the costs?
Can we successfully take on new roles and adopt new skills without eliminating other duties?
Are the choices you are making moving your library quickly enough into the 21st century?
Is your physical library space conducive to information sharing, group collaboration and teaching?
Do you give as much, if not more, attention to your library’s web space as you do your library’s physical space?
Are you integrating library resources into classroom portal pages?
Is your library in a good position to integrate its resources into the digital textbook environment?
Do you provide your students with immediate access to more than 300,000 books?
Is the content of your nonfiction books fully indexed and included as part of your students’ initial library searches?
Are you and your staff as familiar with the databases you provide access to as you are the physical books on your shelf?
Has your library become a campus leader on finding ways to identify, organize, and share quality web content?