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school libraries what s now what s next what comes after edited by kristin fontichiaro and buffy hamilton foreword by r david lankes photographs by diane cordell smashwords edition published by kristin fontichiaro and buffy hamilton on smashwords each essay and photograph appears thanks to a creative commons attribution-no derivatives license granted to the editors by each author this license allows each essay for redistribution commercial and non-commercial as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole with credit to the essay s author smashwords edition license notes

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thank you for downloading this free ebook although this is a free book we hope you will encourage your friends to download their own copy at smashwords.com where they can also discover other works thank you for your support

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dedication for all who contributed to this book and to aurora welcome to the world k.f to joy moore hardy mary ann fitzgerald and david lankes the three most influential librarians of my life b.h.

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table of contents overtures foreword r david lankes hanging in the balance editors introduction kristin fontichiaro and buffy hamilton the future of school librarians fight flight or flourish chapter 1 learners jennifer stanbro learning that lasts tricia kuon the jetsons have arrived 21st-century learners are connected kathleen mcbroom common core standards for 21st-century learners all of em shannon hyman you had me at hello walter mckenzie the 21st-century schoolhouse sara kelley-mudie we are all 21st-century learners mega subramaniam the 21st-century learning lab in the k-12 school the school library robert baigent the fearless librarian chapter 2 who and when we teach donna watt beginning with one special teacher jennifer lagarde the future of libraries is now stacy dillon what faberge organics taught me about librarianship beth gourley the only boundaries time energy and imagination heather hersey and marci zane putting the teacher in teacher-librarian chapter 3 emerging and multiple literacies laura fleming transmedia storytelling

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elizabeth friese school libraries and run-on sentences howard rheingold new literacies and librarians evan st lifer lighting the fuse of inquisitiveness adrienne matteson new chapter 4 gaming neil krasnoff chess in the library gateway to research the social web and a life of the mind david meyer a place for electronic gaming in libraries dan bowen games-based learning literacy engagement and motivation kimberly hirsh gaming for the 21st-century learner chapter 5 reading alida hanson reading 2.0 deep dark secrets kelly ahfeld the future of reading is power just like the present erin drankwalter wyatt fostering a culture of reading as the tools change the text remains jesse karp how we learn to care jennifer colby the future of storytimes on with the show this is it the school media specialist as performer teri s lesesne elroy jetson meets captain kirk at the school library kate macmillan athletes as readers and leaders pamela jackson reading interrupted in pursuit of passion rachel goldberg book fairs 2.0 chapter 6 physical libraries len bryan the physical library still relevant margaret sullivan planning school libraries overcoming decision fatigue karen villegas the library s last stand

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wendy steadman stephens school libraries as a last hope for preserving american democracy angela washington-blair inspiring physical library spaces for high school students margaret sullivan tinkering around the library chapter 7 virtual libraries linda straube together we light the way valerie hill virtual world libraries a global community of learners holly weimar living in the material world well virtually i am joyce kasman valenza i want to be an app chapter 8 collection development holli buchter opening day collection for a non-dewey library the red hawk elementary library story andrea dolloff deleting dewey elementary style ben mondloch the power of ebooks cathy jo nelson ten reasons a school library and certified librarian are vital to schools kathleen atkin best of times worst of times responsible collection development in changing times chapter 9 collaboration lorna flynn outside and inside teamwork neil krasnoff cultivating the next bill gates in your library collaborating with computer programming teachers and students to develop software for reading incentive programs diane cordell bridging space and time collaborating for learning kate macmillan napa valley school and public library collaboration margaret lincoln a 21st-century collaborative success story beverley rannow library 101 sierra leone style jeanna walker they said yes!

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leslie l morgan collaboration with academic and public librarians is the future of school librarians heather hersey marci zane cathy stutzman and meg donhauser capturing the voices of all stakeholders teachers librarians students and a supervisor plan and assess an inquiry unit emilia askari school librarians and journalists unite for digital literacy senga white collaboration the key link between librarians and teachers jeff stanzler and kristin fontichiaro show don t tell amanda yaklin the blink of an eye caitlin stansell jeanna the queena diane erica aretz-kernahan librarians are the world s coolest people chapter 10 professional learning melissa p johnston preparing 21st-century school librarian leaders nikki d robertson the unapologetic twitvangelist senga white networking and why we need to flock together susan d ballard we re working on that carolyn jo starkey empowering school librarians through professional learning communities william cross and kimberly hirsh legal education for school librarians violet h harada conducting first-year seminars daniella smith champions of equal learning opportunities joanne de groot and jennifer branch a sandbox for teacher-librarians learning to play 2.0 michael stephens filled with heart characteristics of 21st-century school librarians alice yucht professional development is a professional responsibility dorcas hand reimagineers for k-12 libraries list of contributors

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foreword hanging in the balance the future of school libraries and school librarians hangs in the balance every year communities are presented with a false choice reduce the number of teachers in the classroom or lay off the librarian a false choice because school librarians are teachers ­ their classrooms beyond the four walls of the library and extending into every classroom indeed into every student s home with resources and assistance all too often schools are making the bet on the short term seeking to reinforce traditional classroom instruction rather than investing in inquiry and student-directed learning at the federal state and local level our schools are doubling down on a model of education that seeks validation in test scores and reifies practices set in place in the industrial age that is the story that we tell ourselves in conferences on blogs and in district meetings it is clear to us the way forward it is clear to us that librarians can unlock the potential of our children by unlocking their passions we see the future of truly connected students who are literate beyond reading and writing and can move as barbara stripling says from knowledge to understanding yet that message will not escape the conference nor meeting nor our echo chamber of lm_net and blogs unless we evangelize that message to evangelize is more than simply reciting the message to advocate is to go beyond agreeing with a cause to truly seek change is to live our own message we as librarians must talk the talk and walk the walk if you see yourself as a vital partner with teachers you had better have teachers that say the same of you if you seek to turn students into passionate learners you must also learn ­ every day you must become nothing less than a radical positive change agent it is not enough to create a haven of true learning in your library you must spread that environment throughout the school horace mann 1859 once said be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity tall words to be sure who was mann mann was a legislator and the secretary of education in the state of massachusetts at the turn of the 19th century and a librarian many credit mann with laying the foundations of public education in this country when he talked about victory for humanity he was talking about how we educate our youth his victory was not won on a battlefield or in some remote campaign but in the classroom the future of school libraries and school librarians hangs in the balance but the final decision cannot be made by administrators or school boards alone it must be shaped and made by librarians in concert with and frankly at times in opposition to those who hold power in our schools we must shape the future not to save ourselves our jobs or some sense of tradition no we win this victory for our students school librarians have more research supporting their effect than any other library type out there the researchers have done their work and shown that it is the presence of a certified school librarian test scores rise the national and state associations have done

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their jobs they have set the standards and done what advocacy they can the real work here is now up to you this great victory for humanity ­ the embrace of learning and inquiry over memorization and testing ­ will be won student by student teacher by teacher district by district we have examples now we must have the courage to leave the confines of the library and become new examples in this book you will read others views on the future and what concerns school librarians these are the voices of the brave and the concerned you must add your voice if you read these essays and disagree then disagree and suggest another view if you read these and agree then voice your support if you read these and learn use your learning and teach others if on the other hand you read these essays and voices and remain mute you abdicate the future don t dr r david lankes professor and dean s scholar for the new librarianship syracuse university s school of information studies syracuse new york rdlankes@iis.syr.edu quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes @rdlankes works cited mann horace 1859 quote from address at antioch college web

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editors introduction the future of school librarians fight flight or flourish libraries are dead the future of librarians is that they re gone we don t need libraries in the era of the internet much less librarians we ve got classroom libraries of our own we don t need a school library what we need is tech integrators not bookish librarians you re just a bunch of shushers if you re a school librarian you ve heard one or all of these phrases before they pop up everywhere from a board of education meeting to a pta coffee klatsch a weekend cocktail party with friends or an ed tech blog and yet you can always point to someone or somewhere where innovative student-centered practices are deepening engagement maximizing student skills development and helping students learn the lifelong habits and behaviors that will help them lead info-savvy lives it s undeniable that the number of certified school librarians is on the decline just as it s equally undeniable that the explosion of digital resources in parallel with existing print resources means students and classroom teachers need more support than ever before right down to the shadow of the guillotine many of us have invoked dickens muttering it was the best of times it was the worst of times 1996 1 for many in our profession it is a daily challenge to promote great learning practices while simultaneously fighting off budget cuts library staff reductions dilapidated technology equipment and outdated job descriptions one is reminded of those movie scenes where the hero is trying to simultaneously race through traffic while fending off sniper fire we are in an era of flight or flight it s tiring do we stay fight the good fight and continue to get black-eyed from time to time do we escape knowing that our perspective and resources are valuable for kids and that by abandoning the fight they may get to college unable to negotiate their professors research paper expectations and what are we fighting for a static profession of books storytime at the carpet deep rigor curriculum leadership circulation statistics whiteboards after-school tutoring in our spaces or online pathfinders books multimedia critical thinking laptop carts innovative instruction a place where teachers can requisition batteries and kids can buy poster boards a large room where quarterly standardized testing brings new learning to a halt?

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what is the future of school libraries more particularly what is the future of school librarians at the present time libraries aren t being closed in schools librarians are the loss leaders for those of us still working in schools what are we working toward for those of us sent back into classrooms or other professions to await a better future like eastern european partisans waiting in the forests for rescue after soviet occupation what would life after liberation look like both are valid and valuable questions those are some of the question we posed to the extended school librarian community what is the future going to be like what do you see what can you hold up from your own practice as a lantern to illuminate the way for others these questions are too big to be answered by any single librarian district organization or task force they take collective thinking and so we made an unusual overture all voices would be heard regardless of experience reputation or perpsective we drew the line at muckraking and fingerpointing for our original guidelines visit http bit.ly/ebooksubmissionguidelines as we began to envision this book both of us were acutely aware that print books the bread-and-butter of libraries for hundreds of years were undergoing a dramatic format shift like the tablets and scrolls of societies past which had given way to bound print titles the deckle-edged pages are now ceding to ebooks ereaders and digital text will print books like the document formats of the past disappear from our shelves or will print and digital texts co-exist like microwave ovens and stoves each providing affordances that the other cannot match or will yet a new wave of developments take over no one knows for sure ownership and licensing arrangements are in nascent stages some librarians fear ebooks worrying that ereaders remove bookstores and libraries as the traditional middlemen between reader and word how do we deal with such fears while simultaneously moving forward libraries librarians text all in flux reminding us of the apocryphal but untrue story that the chinese symbol for crisis is made up of the symbols for danger and opportunity how we interpret that apocryphal character depends on our context and our mindsets so we decided to tackle these issues fight or flight in libraries and the digitization of resources head-on but not alone we are both interested in digital text and experimenting with it in our learning spaces and we had recently discovered that publishing and distributing an ebook even getting an isbn and getting the title distributed to major ebook retailers like apple s ibookstore and barnesandnoble.com -could be done for free liberated by the space time and cost of traditional publication what if we tackled all these issues together as a profession with adequate space for all voices from the never-published practitioner in a small town to the university ivory tower from the publisher to the furniture vendor to be heard what new inspirations could we gain from one another what new questions might arise what might help us gain strength and inspiration from one another even as our roles and duties expand and our job security and salaries decrease social media helped propel this project forward and we thank the many librarians and

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colleagues who tweeted facebooked emailed talked shared and twisted their colleagues arms to participate thank you to diane cordell for her cover photo and to paul d storrie http www.storrieville.com for his title suggestion we thank all those who screwed up the courage to put pen to paper finger to key pixel to screen and shared their hearts and intellect with us we didn t have a big publisher behind us just a simple google site and a handful of google forms thank you for believing that a publication philosophy of everybody in nobody out unless you re mean could work thank you for sharing your stories stories of struggle courage blossoming realization growth resolution and accomplishment calls to action manifestos and visions libraries librarians text flux crisis danger opportunity welcome to our opportunity welcome to our profession despite all the odds we still have something worth saying kristin fontichiaro clinical assistant professor school of information university of michigan ann arbor mi font@umich.edu www.fontichiaro.com http blog.schoollibrarymonthly.com @activelearning buffy hamilton the unquiet librarian creekview high school canton ga buffy.hamilton@gmail.com theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com @buffyjhamilton works cited

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dickens charles 1996 a tale of two cities new york pocket books print

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