Re-imagining the role of the librarian as an educator in the digital era

Re-imagining the Role of

the Librarian as an Educator

in the Digital Era

John D. Shank

Instructional Design Librarian

Penn State University Libraries

Berks IC @ the Thun Library

"... the future of academic librarianship depends

on our collective ability to integrate services

and practices into the teaching and learning

process." SJ Bell, J Shank - College & Research Libraries News, 2004

Blended Librarianship

The Infusion of...

Instructional Systems Design + Technology +

Librarianship

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Instructional Systems Design

... practice of creating "instructional

experiences which make the

acquisition of knowledge and skill

more efficient, effective, and

appealing." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional_design

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Technology

... making, modification, usage, and

knowledge of tools, machines,

techniques, crafts, systems, and

methods of organization, in order

to solve a problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology

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PART II: The Information

Landscape

© 2011 Jeff Tzucker

FROM THIS

TO THIS

The Information Landscape

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Librarianship

... applies the practices, perspectives, and

tools of management, information

technology, education, and other areas to

libraries; the collection, organization,

preservation, and dissemination of

information resources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarianship

What's Missing

"The mission of librarians is to improve society

through facilitating knowledge creation

in their communities"

R. David Lankes

In Other Words

"We have to move from knowledgeable—that is

just knowing a bunch of stuff—to being

actually knowledge-able; that's being able

to find, sort, analyze, criticize, and ultimately

create new information and knowledge."

Michael Wesch

"Blended librarianship ...strives to position the

library, through its greatest resource—its

people and their related skills, knowledge,

and relationships, as a central and essential

part of the evolving teaching and learning

environment in higher education." JD Shank, S Bell - Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2011

Theory to Practice

Opportunities for Blended Librarians

• OERs (e.g. interactive learning materials) o Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to

Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to

Transform College Teaching (Coming FALL 2013)

• MOOCs and Online Learning

• Apps & Web 2.0

"Standing at the intersection of the learning

and knowledge hub online or on campus, the

blended librarian is the leader, who acts as

the mediator and guide, to accessing and

making sense of the ever expanding universe

of information in all the forms that it takes." JD Shank, S Bell - Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2011

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The Evolution of the Library:

Educational Convergence

Learn More @ http://www.scoop.it/t/blended-librarianship

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