Saturday
Mar012008
Join us Tuesday
Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 10:15AM This Tuesday, March 4th, at 8PM CST, the Women of the Web2.0 program on EdTalk will be about school library media programs.
Famous person, Joyce Valenza, and I will be guests on the program. (Cathy Nelson has a great description of what's happening and how to get involved here so I don't think I need to repeat all of it here. Thanks, Cathy!)
So, Blue Skunk Readers, what should be the main topics of conversation on this program about the future of school library media programs? Issues? Problems? Ideas? Let me know and I'll work them into the show.
Oh, as I understand it, men who are confident about their masculinity are welcome to participate as well.
Reader Comments (6)
I will probably not be able to attend the program - but assume the conversation will be available to read afterwards.
Three ideas that are concerns of mine:
#1 - How do librarans convince the guardians of the networks to allow at least some access to blogs and wikis and other web 2.0 apps?
#2 - What are vendors doing to create Web 2.0 OPACS? Surely they can harness the power of tagging, and social recommendations similar to what Amazon et. al. use (people who liked this, also enjoyed this..) while still maintaining patron privacy.
#3 - I would like information on the librarian's role with tech in his/her school, in contrast to technical personnel - coordinators, technicians, computer monitors etc. Our district is considering hiring computer monitors or perhaps certified technical personnel to manage the computer labs & other computer functions in 2 of our schools. Neither school has a certified librarian. I fear that will give the district even more reason to delay hiring librarians. I would like to have a clear understanding of the various types of tech positions in schools and how they contrast and compliment - but not replace certified librarians. Many of the "powers that be" still equate libraries with books only, and do not realize that information literacy goes beyond the ability to locate and read books.
Great ideas, Jacquie. I'll pass them along to Joyce too.
Doug
I too hope that this'll be available for later viewing/reading, as I'll be at our Battle of the Books competition with our 8th grade! I guess one main thing I'd like to see discussed is tips on effectively moving toward a Virtual Lirary as well as a physical one, such as Joyce's at STHS, which (physical library) I was lucky enough to visit last spring. So wil you create a podcast or videocast for later viewing?? Thanks.
Oh, it's in the EVENING! Cool. I can skip folkdancing.
Alas, I won't be able to participate live--it's the night of the caucuses in Texas!
Hope the show goes well--it should be a great one!
Hi Jane,
Great topic I want to hear more about as well from Joyce. Thanks for the suggestion.
Doug
Hi Carolyn,
Talk about misplaced priorities!
Would have been nice to have had you there. Choose wisely on Tuesday!
Doug