Tag Archives: Libraries
Where does learning come from today?
Well, according to my son, it’s from the Internet. Here’s what he told me tonight about his day. “She gave us a tub of books, random choices off the shelves of books they thought we would like. My library teacher … Continue reading
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Creating a Library for the future
Well, that’s what we hope we’ve done. Created a Library for the future, that is. When we started planning Toorak College’s new Norman Carson Library, we knew this would be a space that had to meet the needs of a … Continue reading
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Reinventing our Library space – what did we do?
Tomorrow, I return to work. It’s an early start for me, and that’s because the new library that has been under construction is completed. It’s very exciting and something I have alluded to over the last year. Our library, and … Continue reading
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Aha! Publishers respond to changing trends. But when will we see files borrowed from libraries?
The UK branch of Dorling Kindersley presented this at a sales conference, but decided to release it publicly after the response they received internally. They commissioned Khaki films to produce it and you can read about the process on the … Continue reading
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School today VS Pew Internet advice
Sometimes I feel disconnected from other teachers. I think this happens when you envision a different future, away from pen and paper teaching and exams. A recent conversation brought this home to me. I was advocating for an eportfolio contributed … Continue reading
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Seth Godin on libraries – take heed
Seth Godin has written a brief, but pretty accurate in my view, summation of the future of libraries. I’ll post it in it’s entirity here, but make sure you start reading Seth. I do nearly every day. The future of … Continue reading
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Everywhere is here – is that the school library of the future?
This is Guy Adam Ailion’s animation, an introduction to his Architectural Masters Thesis called EVERYWHERE IS HERE. He has posted it to YouTube and has included this explanatory text to accompany it; What is a library when ‘everywhere is here’? … Continue reading
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Mindspot – a library of the future happening now
Watch this. We can learn from this example. Ask our users what they need. Simple idea really. You can find more information about the project here. It’s a German site so you’ll need to find a way to translate the page. … Continue reading
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“Books, newspapers face battle in dawn of digital revolution”. So says the Geelong Advertiser.
Yesterday I posted about the Geelong Advertiser and the interview I conducted with them after they contacted me via Twitter. At that stage I’d searched the site but couldn’t find any article referencing my name. Today I received this tweet from John Pearce; … Continue reading
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The future of libraries, continued….
I’m finding it harder and harder to get to my RSS feeds in my Google Reader. I’ve no doubt this is in large part due to Twitter consumption. The temptation is always there to just check in to see what’s … Continue reading
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