08.+Library+as+Places-Skype


 * BLOG REFLECTIONS AND SKYPE TOPIC: LIBRARY AS A PLACE 10/10**

On your blog, reflect on the following:
 * 1) Podcast
 * 2) 3 LM_NET postings
 * 3) 3 postings from blogs your are following
 * 4) Text
 * //Empowering Learners:// Chapter 3, "Staffing" (p. 32) "The Learning Space" (pp. 33-34)
 * Woolls, Chapter 7, "On the Job: Managing Personnel" (Note: the job description needs to be updated.)


 * 1) SKYPE DISCUSSION: REFLECTION QUESTION: As libraries move toward a less restrictive and more open concept, what does this mean for librarians as far as student behavior, institutional design, and library personnel?
 * When staffing is cut, volunteers can fill in some of the organizational and clerical duties of a paid aide. Select one of the articles about volunteers from this list and give the class your impression of the value of volunteerism. http://aasl.ala.org/essentiallinks/index.php?title=Volunteers
 * For the 4th Cycle of the Missouri School Improvement Program, here is a summary of the staffing and program requirements for Missouri school libraries. Search for "Missouri" in the document. http://dougj.pbworks.com/w/page/18142589/State%20staffing%20requirements
 * http://www.evernote.com/pub/fpentlin/5240behavior
 * http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2010/01/31/rowdy-or-restrictive/
 * Johnson, Doug. “Theory into Practice - Rolf Erkison on Third Place Libraries.” //The Blue Skunk Blog// 18 Feb. 2009. Web. 28 May 2011. <[]>.
 * Slide presentation by Arezoo Moseni and Terry Kirchner. "Library as a 'Third Place." //Slideshare//. http://www.slideshare.net/kirchner.terry/library-as-a-third-place-nyla-2008-presentation
 * Slide presentation by Heather Baum. "'Library as Third Place' Presentation. //Northeast Kansas Library System//. http://www.slideshare.net/kirchner.terry/library-as-a-third-place-nyla-2008-presentation.
 * “Library Spaces.” //Elementary Library Routines//. 27 May 2011. Web. .
 * As you look at the various designs in the wiki above, what appeals to you the most. What would you incorporate into your learning commons?
 * Besides looking at the designs take particular note of the article by Margaret Sullivan, "Divine Design: How to Create the 21st-Century School Library of Your Dreams" from the //School Library Journal// site http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/889642-312/divine_design_how_to_create.html.csp
 * Going to YouTube, School Tube, and Vimeo, search for video that explores the boundaries of what a learning commons might look like. Look under subjects such as "learning commons," "library commons," library and future, etc. You don't have to use video as your only source. You can use journal articles or information from the free Web as well to get a feeling of how a library commons might be constructed. (Do not use the video by Mattie Byrd.)
 * During the Skype session be prepared to discuss your video experience. Take notes on what you have found and be able to give us details.