School Library Mash Up

The School Library is a Mash Up Beta

Sharon Doyle & Lilian Trousdell


Shifting Library Spaces: Tools, Time, and Trust
• Anytime, Anywhere
• Web 2.0 is Library 2.0
• Collaboration

The School Library exemplifies Fluency in Technology.
• Problem- Solving
• Model Change
• Independent Learning
• Evaluate

Text + Images + Sound = Fused Literacy
• Learning the basics and beyond
• Adapt
• Explore

Every Book its Reader*. Every Web 2.0 Tool its User.
• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts...
• Which one is for you?
• Are they relevant to learning?

The School Library is Continually Upgrading. Please be part of this inconvenience.
• Experiment

The School Library is a Creative Commons.
• The roots of organic knowledge
• Sharing and creating knowledge

The School Library is a Place of Universal Access.
• A place for all

The School Library is a Voice for Equity.
• Being created by users for users
• Students, teachers, parents, administrators, staff

Beyond Books

The School Library is a Mash Up Beta.


*Ranganathan’s Five Rules of Library Science (1931)
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader his or her book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. The library is a growing organism.

Mash Up

The School Library IS a Mash Up!