Transliteracies: Libraries as the Critical Classroom

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Transliteracies: Libraries as

the Critical “Classroom”

Gretchen Caserotti Head of Children and Teen Services

Darien Library

@gcaserotti

Computers in Libraries, 2011

My public library is all about stories

Sleeping Beauty

Disney has been doing it for years

Multi-media storytelling

Content vs. Container

A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it.

--Marshall McLuhan

Interactive Fiction

Stories are changing.

Kids are learning leaders

Flexibility is the key

Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media.

Digital Literacy Media Literacy

Information Literacy

Print Literacy

Visual Literacy

Transliteracy is an Umbrella

Scientific Literacy

Digital Literacy

Cultural LiteracySpacial Literacy

Transliteracy is *Across* not *All*

Reach out to *all* Library Staff

What can we do?

Reach out to your community

Libraries need to step up our game

Tech Bites (Darien Library)

Tech Munchies (Skokie Public

Library)

Staff led technology

training in an informal

environment.

Biographies Mysteries Romance Science Fiction000–999

African AmericanReference

004–006Computers

030Encyclopedias

133Occult

133Supernatural

133.5Astrology

150Psychology

230–289Christianity

294.3Buddhism

296Judaism

297Islam

306.7Sexuality

306.8Relationships

332Investments

340Law

355Military

364Crime

Education &Scholarship

385–388Transportation

391Costume

394Holidays

398Folklore

423Dictionaries

400–499Languages

500–599Sciences

e==mc22

507Science Projects

510–519Mathematics

520Astronomy

530Physics

540Chemistry

Volcanoes &Earthquakes

560Fossils & Dinosaurs

570Biology & Evolution

580sBotany

590Animals

608–609Inventions

610–619Health & Medicine

629.2Auto Repair

635Gardening

636Pets

641Cooking/Cookbooks Beauty

646–650

658Management

690Home Repair

700–709Art History

700–710Art

720sArchitecture

737Coins

737–746Collectibles

Drawing &Cartooning

741.5Comics

745Crafts

747Interior Decoration

749Furniture

759Artist Biographies

760sStamps

770Photography

780Music Scores

780sMusic Biography: Music

780–782 791–792

Entertainers’Biographies

791.43Movies

791.45Television

792Dance

792Theater Magic Tricks

793 793–795Gambling

793–795Games

810sLiterature, American

820–829English Literature

830–899

Literature,Other Countries

910sGeography

910sTravel

929Genealogy

930–999History

973–979

United StatesHistory

These 88 pictograms which represent Dewey Decimal subject areas were designed by Oakland graphicdesign firm shelby des igns & illustrates , and funded by a 2003 – 2004 lsta grant from the StateLibrary of California. The grant was dedicated to improving Oakland Public Library services to people withlearning disabilities.

Oakland Public Library

GovernmentDocuments

People withDisabilities

California History979.4

738Ceramics

738.1Ceramics

979.46

Oakland &Bay Area History

811American Poetry

Sports796–799

Rethink Access to our Collections

Picture Books

Strategy 1 – Let them read outside the box

print eBook

Summer Reading Strategies

Be technology leaders

Helping patrons one interaction at a time

Be a place to create

not just about information

But also about access

Make your library a

place that

•encourages

conversations

•invites participation

•provides creative

outlets

•embraces

alternative learning

styles

•tells stories

Think about what you can do in your library setting

“The concept of transliteracy calls

for a change of perspective away from the battles over print versus

digital, and a move instead

towards a unifying ecology not just of media,

but of all literacies relevant

to reading, writing,

interaction and culture, both past

and present. --Sue Thomas

Images are Creative Commons

licensed by Flickr Users:

• dcJohn (classroom)

• sandyraidy (storyteller)

• MorBCN (container)

• insidethemagic (Disney Store)

• Wayan Vota (toddler with iPad)

• BrittneyBush (yoga)

• notashamed (pen & paper)

• Loca Luna (umbrella)

• HarlanH (crosswalk)

• Flickr User ~diP (Hand)

• flickrfanmk2007 (basketball game)

• Jeffrey Beall (brown bag)

• Gretchichi (KidLitReOrg)

• ACPL (ereader fair)

• Nicola Corboy (shaking hands sculpture)

• Lin Pernille Photography (old books)

• The Unquiet Library (mobile phone)

• maciejgruszecki.com (2 way sign)

• Sidereal (The Thinker)

• orb9220 (eReader in the stacks)

Thank you

gcaserotti@darienlibrary.org

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