Renee Hobbss addresses library trustees in Connecticut about bringing digital literacy to public libraries.

1. Digital Literacy
& Libraries:
What’s Coming Next
Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island
Association of Connecticut Library Boards
October 25, 2013

3. ROGER HOBBS
Author of Ghostman
New York Times
Bestselling Author
RACHEL HOBBS
Grassroots Campaigns Fundraiser

4. Book and Website Launch, August 2013
www.mediaeducationlab.com

5. www.mediaeducationlab.com

7. http://mediaeducationlab.com

8. Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island

14. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
Librarians’ attitudes about media, technology and popular
culture shape their work with the community

15. Protection

16. Empowerment

17. Digital Literacy Embraces
Protection & Empowerment

18. Expanding the Concept of Text

19. Stakeholders in Digital Literacy
TECHBUSINESSACTIVIST
GOVERNMENTLIBRARY
EDUCATIONCREATIVE

20. Rhetoric
Visual Literacy
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Computer Literacy
Critical Literacy
News Literacy
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy in Historical Context

21. A Lifelong Process

22. A Lifelong Process

23. A Lifelong Process

24. Digital Literacy & Libraries:
Designing What’s Coming Next
Digital literacy is the ability to use information and
communication technologies to find, evaluate,
create, and communicate information requiring
both cognitive and technical skills.
-ALA Digital Literacy Task Force

25. ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy

26. Digital Literacy Competencies
Access, Use and Share
 Keyboard and mouse skills
 Be familiar with hardware, storage and file
management practices
 Understand hyperlinking & digital space
 Gain competence with software applications
 Use social media, mobile, peripheral & cloud
computing tools
 Identify information needs
 Use effective search and find strategies
 Troubleshoot and problem-solve
 Learn how to learn
 Listening skills
 Reading comprehension

27. Very young children explore an expanded
conceptualization of authorship
in relation to print, visual, sound and digital media
LINK
LINK

28. Digital & Media Literacy Competencies
Analyze & Evaluate
 Understand how symbols work: the
concept of representation
 Identify the author, genre, purpose and
point of view of a message
 Compare and contrast sources
 Evaluate credibility and quality
 Understand one’s own biases
and world view
 Recognize power relationships that shape
how information and ideas circulate in
culture
 Understand the economic context of
information and entertainment production
 Examine the political and social
ramifications of inequalities in information
flows

29. Analyze Primary Source Materials
LINK

30. Digital Literacy Competencies
Create & Collaborate
 Recognize the need for communication and
self-expression
 Identify your own purpose, target
audience, medium & genre
 Brainstorm and generate ideas
 Compose creatively
 Play and interact
 Edit and revise
 Use appropriate distribution, promotion &
marketing channels
 Receive audience feedback
 Work collaboratively
 Comment, curate and remix

31. Digital Library Lab in Maine

32. Digital Literacy Competencies
Reflect
 Understand how differences in values and
life experience shape people’s media use
and message interpretation
 Appreciate risks and potential harms of
digital media
 Apply ethical judgment and
social responsibility to
communication situations
 Understand how concepts of ‘private’ and
‘public’ are reshaped by digital media
 Appreciate and respect legal rights and
responsibilities (copyright, intellectual
freedom, etc)

33. Compose a
Video Book Review
LINK

34. Digital Literacy Competencies
Take Action
 Acknowledge the power of
communication to maintain the status
quo or change the world
 Participate in communities of shared
interest to advance an issue
 Be a change agent in the family &
workplace
 Participate in democratic self-
governance
 Speak up when you
encounter injustice
 Respect the law and work to change
unjust laws
 Use the power of communication and
information to make a difference in the
world

35. LINK

36. ACCESS
ANALYZEE
CREATE ACT
REFLECT
ACCESS
expanding the concept of literacy

37. What strategies help public libraries advance
digital literacy?

38. #1
Manage the Momentum

39. #2
Identify Community Needs

40. #3
Find Good Partners

41. #4
Decide What Matters

42. #5
Measure Impact

43. #6
Tell Your Story

44. #7
Give it Time to Grow

46. Preparing Outward-Facing
Information & Library Professionals
Foundations: Graduates will understand the changing nature of knowledge and will
know how to research, organize, and apply a broad range of interdisciplinary resources
to meet the information needs of diverse users.
Lifelong Learning: Graduates will understand how to assess and meet the needs of
users and develop community partnerships in order to empower lifelong learners.
Digital Media: Graduates will understand how changing media and technologies
reshape information and society, applying digital competencies and critical thinking
skills in order to contribute to innovation.
Leadership and Ethics: Graduates will understand ethical principles of global citizenship
and will demonstrate leadership skills towards creating equitable access to and use of
information.

47. New Core Courses
• Document, Assess & Evaluate
• Search & Inquiry: Users and Their Needs
• Lead, Connect & Manage
• Organize, Retrieve & Access
• Apply and Reflect

48. New Tracks
Library
Leadership
Digital
Media
Lifelong
Learning

49. Media Smart Libraries
Children’s Librarians & Children’s Media Professionals

53. Renee Hobbs
Professor and Founding Director
Harrington School of Communication and Media
Interim Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information
Studies
University of Rhode Island
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: reneehobbs
Web: http://mediaeducationlab.com