Teacher-librarians are needed more than ever.
Open Access has exploded online and captured the imagination of librarians, scholars, and students on a global scale. But how much of this has filtered down to school-age children?
Push open the door of the bricks-and-mortar school library. The place is abuzz with kids packing so many batteries, screens & wires that the security gate screams in protest. Gone are the study carrels as teachers expect collaboration amongst students.
Open room design has made us challenge our most profound practices – what did we say this room was for?
Ditto...
Open sesame to the digital world.
Our challenge? Teacher-librarians have a window of opportunity to connect powerfully with students & teachers, but add information glut, proprietary media moguls and fragmented Facetwitter brain behaviours to the swill.
And, the kids visibly fade after a few minutes with Wikipedia (& we used to complain about World Book).
But, make no mistake -
Teacher-librarians are needed more than ever.
* We remove barriers to access.
