Delivered to the Alabama Library Association YASRT/CSLD Preconference, April 13, 2010

1. librarians and libraries as sponsors of literacy buffy j. hamiltonalabama library association preconference april 2010 Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsmall/3299315590/sizes/o/

2. sponsors of literacy transliteracy participatory librarianship

3. let’s think about literacy for a moment via two text polls Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/_lovenothing/3772984885/sizes/l/

4. how do you define literacy? Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

5. how did you acquire literacy? Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

6. “literacy is the energy supply of the information age.” deborah brandt

7. a sponsor of literacy includes any agent who enables, supports, teaches, and models, as well as recruits, regulates, suppresses, or withholds literacy—and gains advantage by it in some way

8. sponsors of literacy are delivery systems for the economies of literacy

9. Brandt views literacy as a “valuable—and volatile property” that can potentially help individuals gain “…power or pleasure, [accrue] information, civil rights, education, spirituality, status, [and] money.”

10. an examination of a person’s literacy sponsors, “… exposes the deeply textured history that lies within the literacy practices of institutions and within any individuals’ literacy experiences. Accumulated layers of sponsoring influences---in families, workplaces, schools, memory----carry forms of literacy that have been shaped out of ideological and economic struggles of the past.” deborah brandt Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/2720772989/sizes/l/

11. all literacy sponsors, past, present, and future, shape a person’s literacy learning, literacy development, and literacy opportunities

12. churches

13. schools

14. celebrity Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/58062836/sizes/l/

15. retailers

16. book clubs Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatland/1274881000/sizes/l/

17. family Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3605504536/sizes/o/

18. peers

19. work

20. technology

21. reading incentive programs/software

22. testing and assessment

23. libraries

24. “the more that the school organizes literacy teaching and learning to serve the needs of the economic system, the more it betrays its democratic possibilities” deborah brandt

25. “this means that our democratic institutions (schools and libraries particularly) have to work hard and thoughtfully to mitigatethese forces.” Deborah Brandt

26. knight foundation recommendation 6: integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements for education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials

27. knight foundation recommendation 7: fund and support public libraries and other community institutions as centers of digital and media training, especially for adults

28. “we have to make sure schools and libraries invite critical and active uses of media that strengthen our democratic potential.” Deborah Brandt

29. “as new and powerful forms of literacy emerge, they diminish the reach and possibilities of receding ones”deborah brandt

30. the idea that literacy is only about print materials is slowly disappearing

31. helping patrons and stakeholders understand the expanding definition of literacy is a muddy but playful endeavor cc licensed flickr photo by harold.lloyd (won't somebody think of the bokeh?): http://flickr.com/photos/safetylast/4068790874/

32. we're on the cusp of profound changes in what counts as a “text” and literacy

33. transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/somegeekintn/3368983089/sizes/l/

34. as sponsors of transliteracy, libraries can close the participation gap

35. how can libraries function as sponsors of transliteracy? Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/2536358399/sizes/l/

36. how do we disrupt limited perceptions of literacy and open up conversations about the possibilities of transliteracy? Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4034124468/sizes/l/

37. how do we position literacy as a means for equity and democracy rather than a commodity shaped by extrinsic motivation?

38. how do we invite and facilitate conversations about transliteracy with our patrons?

39. a participatory climate is conducive to a library program acting as a powerful and positive sponsor of transliteracy

40. participatory librarianship is about inviting and creating spaces for … cc licensed flickr photo by Suttonhoo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/2512983749/

41. inviting and engaging participation cc licensed flickr photo by domesticat: http://flickr.com/photos/domesticat/2538309841/

42. sparking conversations cc licensed flickr photo by Laenulfean: http://flickr.com/photos/laenulfean/2913482048/

43. knowledge construction and creation cc licensed flickr photo by Ian Muttoo: http://flickr.com/photos/imuttoo/2631466945/

44. libraries are in the change business

45. what does transliteracy look like in a library?

46. privilege and support multiple containers and pathways to information Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumbler/331346446/sizes/l/

47. ebooks and mobile readers

48. mobile computing

49. ereaders Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdewey/3374674246/sizes/l/

50. research pathfinders that reflect the changing nature of social scholarship with tools such as rss, social networks, videos, mashups, and other information feeds

51. teach students multiple and dynamic ways of connecting with real world experts to help answer their questions

52. skype

53. blogging

54. teach students collaborative tools for creating and sharing knowledge

55. wikis

56. web authoring skills

57. Teach students social bookmarking tools for tagging and organizing favorite web resources as well as a research tool in one’s personal learning network Image Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dav/104349246/sizes/l/

58. diigo

59. diigo

60. evernote

61. scaffold alternate ways of representing learning and knowledge

62. glogster

63. scanning, posting, and licensing artwork

64. multigenre elements

65. presentation zen and digital citizenship

66. teach students how to harness the power of cloud computing and social media tools to create personal learning environments and information dashboards

67. student created netvibes portal http://www.netvibes.com/samonte94#General

68. student created netvibes portal http://www.netvibes.com/alex7586#Home

69. student created netvibes portal

70. student created netvibes portal http://www.netvibes.com/euralayus#Home_Page

71. help support patrons’ real world “right here, right now” needs

72. darien library 21 things for the 21st century parent

73. charlotte mecklenburg library - job help center at main library

74. rethinking what “collection” means Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/hams-caserotti/3432780140/

75. gaming Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/3663348736/sizes/l/

76. manga and anime

77. graphic novels

78. virtual reference

79. digital equipment Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/skokiepl/3521970447/sizes/l/

80. our information portals and digital information streams

81. the possibilities are challenging but exciting Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/huangjiahui/3127634297/sizes/l/

82. re-envision literacy from alternate and multiple perspectives cc licensed photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/laprimadonna/3559930813/sizes/m//

83. libraries’ efforts as sponsors of transliteracy can create ripple effects in the lives of our patrons

86. Knight Foundation Recommendation 7

87. My E-Interview with Dr. Deborah Brandt

88. Students Discuss Their Netivbes Learning Portals (features student video interviews on YouTube)

89. A Student Discusses Interacting with an Expert on His Blog (features student video interview on YouTube)

90. The Unquiet Librarian Blog

91. Libraries and Transliteracy Blog

92. The Unquiet Library's Research Pathfinders at LibGuides

93. The Media 21 Project (please see this resource page 1 as well as resource page 2 )

94. Supporting Transliteracy with Evernote: Evernote for Every Literacy