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From Library to Learning
Commons
Over the summer [2014?] Del Valle
High School underwent a major
renovation to transform its library
into a Learning Commons, an
innovative concept which is
becoming popular in schools and
universities to refer to a welcoming
multi-use student-centered space
providing access to 21st century
technology and resources.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/schoollibrarymonth-150403092600-conversion-gate01/85/School-Library-Month-14-320.jpg)
![What Does an Effective Frontline
Advocate for School Libraries Do?
• Frontline advocacy is all about informing and persuading. It’s about partnering with your school
librarian and administrators to place your school library media center in the spotlight at every
opportunity. It’s about saying and doing the little things on a daily basis that give others positive
feelings and an appreciation of your school’s library, and doing the big things when times are
hard. Don’t wait for a crisis to advocate for your library. Practice it every day, and, when there is a
special issue or concern, you’ll be very good at it.
• Once you try it, you will realize that advocating for your library is actually pretty easy. Click for
Ten Action Steps for Frontline School Library Advocacy. [3.3.a]
• Resist the urge to say, “Yeah, but…”
• Instead, check out Six Good Excuses That Won’t Work [3.3.b]
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3.3 Who Me?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/schoollibrarymonth-150403092600-conversion-gate01/85/School-Library-Month-22-320.jpg)
School Library Month
- 1. LIB 640 21st Century Skills and Services
- 2. Rain: • A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. Frederick The Great • You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud. Denzel Washington • Into each life some rain must fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Some people walk in the rain, others get wet. Roger Miller
- 3. : • The sun has come out... and the air is vivid with spring light. • Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.
- 8. 8 School Librarian’s Workshop, formerly a print publication, became a digital only publication with the August/ September 2011 issue. It continues to be a bi- monthly newsletter serving K-12 school librarians and the varied and changing needs they face.
- 9. Spokesperson for SLM 9 Watch and share Julianne's PSA for school libraries.
- 10. What’s it all for? • Advocacy: Promotion: Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing – Public relations involves building relationships with the learning community inside and outside the school. Advertising makes people aware of your program's goals, while a marketing plan focuses on convincing these people to take action. Finally, promotion involves a ongoing commitment to the advancement of ideas and programs. 10
- 11. What’s that got to do with 21st Century Skills & Services? 11 During 2011, Colorado schools began implementing the newly revised Colorado Academic Standards, which incorporate workforce readiness and 21st century skills. On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing these taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. https://sites.google.com/site/caslsurvive/
- 12. What are 21st Century Services? 12 https://21stcenturyschoollibraries.wikispaces.c
- 13. What is a Learning Commons? • What in the world is a Learning Commons? – “A Learning Commons is a flexible and responsive approach to helping schools focus on learning collaboratively. It expands the learning experience, taking students and educators into virtual spaces beyond the walls of a school.” 13
- 14. 14 From Library to Learning Commons Over the summer [2014?] Del Valle High School underwent a major renovation to transform its library into a Learning Commons, an innovative concept which is becoming popular in schools and universities to refer to a welcoming multi-use student-centered space providing access to 21st century technology and resources.
- 16. An advocacy piece from SLM 2014 16 Flipping the Switch: Everyday Advocacy for Your School Library Program from AASL on Vimeo.PowerPoint Handout
- 18. Kentucky’s 18
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- 21. 21 http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/ files/content/ola/2008lah.pdf
- 22. What Does an Effective Frontline Advocate for School Libraries Do? • Frontline advocacy is all about informing and persuading. It’s about partnering with your school librarian and administrators to place your school library media center in the spotlight at every opportunity. It’s about saying and doing the little things on a daily basis that give others positive feelings and an appreciation of your school’s library, and doing the big things when times are hard. Don’t wait for a crisis to advocate for your library. Practice it every day, and, when there is a special issue or concern, you’ll be very good at it. • Once you try it, you will realize that advocating for your library is actually pretty easy. Click for Ten Action Steps for Frontline School Library Advocacy. [3.3.a] • Resist the urge to say, “Yeah, but…” • Instead, check out Six Good Excuses That Won’t Work [3.3.b] 22 3.3 Who Me?
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