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Networked School Community Invitation from Mal Lee

lorene — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:57:11 +0000

Dear Colleagues

Associate Professor Glenn Finger and I are currently working upon an ACER Press publication for release next year on what we have called Developing a Networked School Community – and Creating a Home-School Nexus.

Lyn Hay from CSU is writing the chapter on the Information Services and Management.

It is our contention that the networked school community will be the next phase in the on-going evolution of formal schooling.

Schooling has already moved in many situations from the traditional paper based form to the digital mode.

As the school walls come down and the networks open the way for schools to operate upon a much wider playing field so schooling will become ever more networked and collaborative.

It will in particular work far more collaboratively with the students’

homes and more consciously take advantage of their immense and growing digital capacity.

The reality is that the schools can, and are making the shift to the networked mode today.

Our desire with the book -

and the sixteen other contributors to its writing – is to explore the concept of the networked school community, the vision, its nature, the present situation globally, its resourcing, the rationale for moving to the networked mode and creating a home-school nexus, while at the same time providing practical advice on how school communities can make the shift.Conscious of the largely theoretical nature of the concept we intend using the tools of the networked world to test our thinking with the international community.

With this in mind we have opted to use the discussion facility of the Ning and created a site at

http://networkedschooling.ning.com

We would like to invite you and any of your friends, colleagues or indeed parent members of your parent community to contribute to the discussions on the concept and its introduction. As you’ll appreciate the potential implications for teacher librarians in schools operating within the networked mode are immense.

Kind regards

Mal Lee

School Library refurbishments

lorene — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:27:14 +0000

Following up on yesterday’s ASLA Tas meeting held at Hutchins Junior School – Stephens library. Kate Reid, teacher librarian, discussed her recent renovations to this library.

Here are the links referred to and other information of interest.

The work of Kevin Hennah was discussed and links to school libraries following his principles are referred to below:

Before and after shots from a library after a Kevin Hennah workshop:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgsclibrary/

A budget renovation following Kevin Hennah principles.

Shoestring makeovers

Shoestrings vs pursestrings

The book Rethink: inspiring school library spaces edited by Dr Susan La Marca, with a
special section by marketing and retail consultant, Kevin Hennah - which was circulated during the meeting, can be ordered using this form:

http://www.slav.schools.net.au/downloads/06publications/retkord.pdf

Kevin Hennah will be presenting 2 workshops in Hobart -July 7-8th : see website for details and registration forms:

www.kevinhennah.com.au

Lyndall Innes the Raeco specialist from Corporate Express was present to discuss library furniture and layout ideas. She may be contacted at:

lyndall.innes@ce.com.au

Did I miss anything?

Please contribute to this post.

Transforming School Libraries

lorene — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:19:06 +0000

This online professional learning event took place over the last 10 days. Over 200 delegates participated in a variety of presentations. I however am still far from completing the course. Being my first online event I found it difficult to assign the appropriate amount of time to participate, but as the presentations will be available for a few more weeks I will endeavour to read/listen to them all. I will miss out on the interaction between delegates that was available during the course. I willl attempt to summarize the best bits for you the reader.

School Library Tidbits

lorene — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:56:21 +0000

Following a request from the Libraries 2L conference to create a discussion list for non-teaching staff in Tasmanian School Libraries I have created that list.

We have over 80 members and there is now a constant stream of chatter about library matters ranging from “book covering materials” to “how to cope when the library software fails?”