Ignite Presentation - ALA 2013 - STEAM - Save the Library, Save the World

STEAM

Save the Library, Save the World

It has been argued that the U.S. education system is

in crisis due to the relative decline in science,

technology, engineering and math (STEM)

proficiency, fewer young people are interested in

STEM fields, and decline in measured creativity.

-- (Cognizant, n.d., Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), 2012).

Canton Public Library, Canton Michigan

LibraryAware Community Award winner, 2013

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T

E

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Science

Technology

Engineering

Arts

Mathematics

Why should we do it?

How should we do it?

Do we really have to do it?

“Justice Scalia, in a concurring opinion, was honest (or

exasperated) enough to make his lack of expertise explicit,

describing his inability to understand on “[his] own

knowledge or even [his] own belief,” the “fine details of

molecular biology” relevant to the case.”

-- Slate.com

NSA

Big Data

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thank you

Lauren Douglass

#steamsavethelibrarysavetheworld

[email protected]

STEAM: Save the library,

save the world