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CREATING A

21st CENTURY LIBRARY

Caitlin Classen and Martine Larocque Gulick

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dYNAMIC LANDSCAPES

MAY 2015

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Albert D. Lawton Intermediate

  • Grades 6-8
  • 342 students
  • ~500 active patrons
  • In May, average of 60 items checked out per day

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www.ccsuvt.org/adl

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EHS/CTE Library

  • We are two schools - Essex High School and Center for Technology Essex
  • Students come from several sending schools
  • We serve over 2,000 patrons
  • 1544 visits per day/267,055 per year

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What is a 21st Century Library?

student-

centered

collaborative

creative

innovative

Needs to be vibrant and vital.

Assess the needs of the modern learner and make changes accordingly.

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  • Physical Space

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  • Policy & Procedure

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  • Leadership & Advocacy

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Create & articulate VISION

Data drives change

Use connections & collaborate

Free money!

AKA writing grants

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Physical

Space

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I am deliberate

and afraid of nothing.

~ Audre Lorde

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The Art of Asking*

Small changes, BIG impact

* Palmer, Amanda. "The Art of Asking." TED. Feb. 2013. Web. 20 May 2015.

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Policy

& �Procedure

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circulation

  • leNding Policy

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  • Food for FiNes

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  • Lost books

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  • SUMMeR checkout

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patrons

  • Ownership

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  • Relationships

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  • Needs

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  • Give & Take

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usage

  • Venue

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  • scheduling

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  • Resource center: Physical space is a resource

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You’ve changed your space & your policies.

Get ready for things to become…

  • Louder
  • Messier
  • Busier

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This will happen when you make a space that can be used for all types of learning, creating, and collaborating.

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The only constant is change.

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Leadership

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Advocacy

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If you want things to change, you must be willing to TAKE THE LEAD.

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Nothing will work unless you do.

-Maya Angelou

  • Put yourself out there!
    • Get on committees
    • Join leadership teams
    • Community-wide projects

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  • Everyone should know about the library
    • Social media
    • Newsletters
    • Posters
    • PRESENCE

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Don’t wait for an invitation!

Embed yourself & your library into the culture of the school.

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389 people

20 locations

8 towns

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May 15, 2015

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Things to remember:

  • VisioN
  • Data
  • boldNess

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Thank you!

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Our Contact Info

Caitlin Classen: cclassen@ccsuvt.org

ccsuvt.org/adl/library

adllibrary.weebly.com

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Martine Larocque Gulick: mgulick@ccsuvt.org

@EHSCTElibrarian

facebook.com/ehsctelibrary

www.ccsuvt.org/ehs/library/

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Sources

All photos taken by Martine or Caitlin unless otherwise noted on the bottom of the picture.

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Slide 9: The phrase “The Art of Asking” was borrowed from Amanda Palmer’s TED talk and book of the same title. Watch the talk here. Palmer, Amanda. "The Art of Asking." TED. Feb. 2013. Web. 20 May 2015.

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Slides 10 & 11: Library maps made using Google Draw.

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Slide 30: Walking icon by a.l.e from openclipart.org