transformational strategies for school librariansbuffy j. hamilton | carol kearney leadership retreat, ithaca, ny | august 2011

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challenges that threaten to detour our mission

shifting roles

in the educational landscape

money and funding

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social media

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demands on time

a climate that values standardized test scores over inquiry

filtering fears are debilitating to our growth

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believing books are our brand and will determine our future

pulling and weaving together the many threads of librarianship

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we can decide which approach we will take to these challenges

we can choose to accept the lemons we’ve been handed

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or we can make lemonade

“innovation is the ability to see change as an

opportunity - not a threat” william pollard

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how do we

transformourselves and

libraries?

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create enchantment and engagement in our communities

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trustworthiness

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likability

fantastic product or service

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enchantment: sustained, voluntary delight that is mutually beneficial

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“enchantment transforms situations and relationships.”

Guy Kawasaki,

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

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library is the story

of the humanexperience

libraries as communal experiences and “commonplace” texts constructed by participants

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libraries as sites of the experience of self-excavation and discovery through learning

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vanishing boundaries

create and nurture a participatory culture that invites conversations for1

learning, multiple forms of literacy, and

multiple modes of learning

make our practice transparent to the world

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embed yourself in the instructional design process

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4 leave your silos

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energize and expand your mind and spirit by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network

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embrace your role as a fearless advocate for intellectual freedom and equitable access to all forms of information

help our students learn multiple ways of reading and writing today’s world by acting as sponsors of transliteracy

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be willing to go out on the limb

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9 engage in actionand reflection

to grow and

evolve

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embrace a sense of play 10

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“learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.”

william pollard

inquiry begins with ourselves: why am I doing this?

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transforming our practice will

transform our profession and lives of

those we serve

embed

empower

engage

enchant

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contact information

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@buffyjhamilton