+

Moving from a traditional library to a contemporary

iCentre

@icentremta

@katschrav

@helenstower1

@margd1

What is an iCentre?

+

Watch at https://youtu.be/vc7mZtws_TI

See what our users have

to say about the

@icentremta

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Who are we?

-Teacher-Librarians

-Cybrarian

-Library Assistants

Helen@helenstower1

Kathryn@katschrav

Ann@annrapisarda

-ProgramLeader(iCentre)

-SpecialistTeacher(Staff&Students)

-Informa onSpecialist-Research&Resource

Assistance-LiteraturePromo on

-SocialMedia

-SpecialistTeacher(Staff&Students)

-Informa onSpecialist-Research&Resource

Assistance-LiteraturePromo on

-SocialMedia

SamaraMelissah

@melislester

Anne e@alangusch

-DailyManagement-Cataloguing

-ResourceAcquisi on-Bookhire

-CustomerService

-BookingAssistance-Circula on

-CustomerService-Clickview&TV4

Educa on

-BookingAssistance-Circula on

-CustomerService-Physical&Digital

Displays

-Bookhire-CustomerService-IDCards&Badges

Marg@margd1

-Cybrarian-Cura on-Website

-SocialMedia

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

From PC Age to Mobile Age

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

Situated LOCATION Mobile

At school From anywhere

+Rebranding

cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Tim

Klapdor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/timklapdor/10987048513/

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

Static ENVIRONMENT Dynamic

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

SLOW SPEED OF CHANGE FAST

Relied on many:

Purchase to shelf (days/weeks)

= bookseller – finance office

– cataloguing - covering

Self managed: purchase to shelf = 1hr

Then invoicing, cataloguing etc.

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Separated TECHNOLOGY Embedded

Bibliography Guides: books & tutorials

Referencing Tool: Easybib

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

Formal STRUCTURE Organic

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

Low LEVEL OF CONVENIENCE High

Only during school day Anytime

+Rebranding: Library to iCentre

Abstracted AUTHENTICITY Situated

Research: book based Project based learning

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Centralised RESOURCES Distributed

Books loaned from library – limited

Eg. Book trollies

eBooks read from OPAC

unlimited users

+Facebook

+Twitter

+Pinterest

+Instagram

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Modeling =

Essential

+Networking

+ Retech = Research + Technology

Jason Elsom [@JasonElsom]. (2013, September 16) What do you want kids to do with technology?:

pic.twitter.com/U3K9r7OLQB [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/JasonElsom/status/379702777536331776

Digital Citizenship:

More than Cybersafety

+ Evolution of Retech

+ Research and Technology

+Progressing

be prepared for a constant process of transformation

technology and learning will continue to evolve

change with users to suit needs of users

+

To Be Continued..

“[don’t suffer from] a mentality of

perfect products, rather than the high-

tech mindset of make it, launch it, fix

it” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

+Melanie Muir