- Opening the Book: Matchmaking Nonfiction Books
and Educational Technology
in the Digital Age
Where do printed books fit into the digital world and the
library of the future? Are they outdated? Are they part of a
larger media world? How would that function. A publisher and two
authors discuss the marriage (or divorce) of print and other
media.
- Digital Books for Children: Blessing, Bane, or
Both?
The internet is changing how young children are introduced to
reading. By 2025, will the Internet Cafe have replaced the
public library in most communities? Will school library media
centers no longer need book shelves? Will technology be used to
expand library collections or dramatically change the children's
book publishing world as it exists today? Join the conversation
as representatives from a number of digital library sites
discuss how technology may (or may not) change the world of
books and libraries for children.
- Can You Hear Me Now?
The spoken word is experiencing a renaissance thanks to the ease
of delivery and storage. The various ways audio is being
incorporated into education and the school library collection
will be the focus of this session.
- Print Books 2.0
The attraction of 2.0 type changes in print books is often
overlooked in conversations about dynamic media for digital
youth. Over the past decade print books have changed radically.
It takes only a glance at the 2008 Caldecott Award given to the
illustrator of a 544 picture book to verify this! Quite possibly
these changes in print books have been influenced by the digital
environment. Graphic novels, paper sculpture, words merging with
pictures and pictures becoming words, wild and wonderful
designs, multiple voices and perspectives--all have great
potential for enhancing the interactive, social nature of
reading. Should these books be considered part of a collection
of dynamic media for youth? How can they be evaluated and used?
How important are they in the 2.0 world? Join the conversation.
- Reference in the Digital Age
Is there such a service as reference in the digital age? Does
the library still need to provide a print reference collection?
As budgets are cut and users have more access to the Internet,
has the reference collection become a thing of the past? Where
is our reference collection located and is it accessible? Who
becomes the gatekeeper to quality reference information when
everyone has access to "the answer" outside the library walls?
How do we determine our reference priorities when funding is low
and it's not often clear what reference priorities our users
have? Join us as we discuss how students use reference
collections in the digital age and the library's responsibility
in not only providing quality resources on a variety of topics
but also how we can provide them with these references at the
point of need and beyond the library walls.
- Just for Me, Just in Time....not Just in Case
The notion of collection is morphing. Our just-in-case
traditional collections may not meet the needs of learners now
used to just-in-time, just-for-me, 24/7 service and stuff. How
can we use 2.0 tools to improve our delivery of content to
learners and teachers? What are the new elements of collection?
Does collection now include student work, digital cameras,
flashsticks, wikibooks, blogs, shared media? How are databases
evolving to meet users' needs for immediate, cross-vendor
access? What role do RSS, widgets/gadgets play? What is the role
of the virtual library and librarian? What should the K12
collection of the future look like and how can we prepare for it
now?
- Creating and Managing Digital Visual Content
Remember when you needed a DVD and a player to view video
materials? YouTube, video subscription services, video streaming
sites, virtual worlds, and thousands of websites, including
wikis and blogs, supply a wealth of video content for
consumption. Now that students and teachers are also prolific
producers of a variety of digital visual products and are
creating and publishing in continuously changing formats and
contexts, how can we manage some of this content? What are some
of the copyright issues related to the creation and distribution
of this content? How could libraries be supporting the creating,
accessing, storing and delivering of digital visual content to
our students and staff? How can video be distributed in a
virtual environment? These questions and others will be explored
and discussed.
