10/22/2018 Getting your Library Future Ready : Innovation and Creativity In Library Programs and Services For Children and Young Adult Libraries Rhodora Espiritu-Valdez, RL, MLIS Librarian, De La Salle Santiago Zobel *Paper presented during the International Conference on Children and Young Adult Librarianship “Information, Innovation, Inclusion to Diversify Children and Young Adult Libraries” on October 18, 2018 at Cebu Provincial Capitol, Cebu City 1 10/22/2018 2 10/22/2018 Libraries are no longer places collecting and lending books - these days are over. 3 10/22/2018 From “WHAT” libraries offer to “HOW” the libraries can change the lives of people and the community The Future Ready Library? 4 10/22/2018 Future Ready, or 21st What Century Skills, are skills are that people use to participate, engage, Future and enable people to Ready thrive in the 21st Skills? century. 5 10/22/2018 6 10/22/2018 7 10/22/2018 Two guiding questions to Unleashing Future Ready Librarians : the instructional 1. How can librarians and leadership of libraries support Future librarians to Ready schools? foster Future Ready 2. How can librarians and libraries become more schools Future Ready? 1 Core 8 Gears or Components 1 Outside Ring or Call to Action 8 10/22/2018 What is the core of Future Ready? What are the research-based components? What actions can librarians take to support Future Ready Libraries How a Future Ready Librarian Supports Student-Centered Learning • LITERACY • PERSONALIZED Inspires and supports the PROFESSIONAL reading lives of both students LEARNING and teachers Facilitates Personalized • CURRICULUM, Professional Learning INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT Curates Digital Resources Builds Instructional Partnership Empowers Students as Creators 9 10/22/2018 • ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE • DATA AND PRIVACY Ensures Equitable Digital Advocates for Student Privacy Access • COLLABORATIVE • BUDGET AND LEADERSHIP RESOURCES Leads Beyond the Library Invest Strategically in Digital • USE OF SPACE AND Resources TIME • COMMUNITY Designs Collaborative Spaces PARTNERSHIPS Cultivates Community Partnerships 10 10/22/2018 What is an innovative service? • Meets new identified needs of potential and current library users • Applies a new approach/method in the implementation of traditional library services • Provided access to a new type of information previously inaccessible to library users or the community • Provided services to new users previously unserved by the library 11 10/22/2018 DE LA SALLE SANTIAGO ZOBEL • Slumber Party DE LA SALLE SANTIAGO ZOBEL • Mini Makerspace – Poetry Creation Contest 12 10/22/2018 DE LA SALLE SANTIAGO ZOBEL • Human Library - Human Library helps DLSZ achieve its goals of serving our 21st century patrons - This also makes the school’s library function as public forum and a place for the exchange of ideas by providing a wide selection of “materials” in order to develop a “balanced collection” - De La Salle University (DLSU) organized the very first Human Library in the Philippines but the movement is currently active in 60 countries MARIST SCHOOL • Build Build Corner • Coloring Table Area • Board Games • Art Activities 13 10/22/2018 SAN BEDA COLLEGE ALABANG Customized Reading Corner SAN BEDA COLLEGE - ALABANG • Bibliotherapy 14 10/22/2018 DE LA SALLE – LIPA • Library Wall • Film Viewing XAVIER SCHOOL LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER • Makerspace 15 10/22/2018 MIRIAM COLLEGE LIBRARY • Makerspace MIRIAM COLLEGE LIBRARY • Music Performance by teachers 16 10/22/2018 ATENEO DE MANILA - KATIGBAK EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER • Bugtong Tugon • Tuklas Salita ATENEO DE MANILA - KATIGBAK EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER • READOVER • Blind Date With A Book • Reading Champions 17 10/22/2018 UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM-CALAMBA • Storytelling • Movie Time • Fun Time IQRA ENGLISH SCHOOL • Freedom Wall • What is your Story? 18 10/22/2018 UNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL- Naga City • Book Talk • Book Review UNIVERSIDAD DE STA.ISABEL – Naga City • Kiddie Summer Reading Program 19 10/22/2018 COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – BIñAN • Look Who’s Caught Reading COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – BIñAN • Film Viewing “Corduroy” • Storytelling eg. “Very Hungry Caterpillar” • Activities based on the story eg. Coloring, Counting, Days of the week, Buttoning etc. 20 10/22/2018 International School Manila • Banned Books INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA • Audiobooks • Flip Grid • Interacting with other international school students 21 10/22/2018 ATENEO DE MANILA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Teen Read Week • Cosplay • Open Mic Romeo P. Ariniego, MD Library – DLSMHSI, Dasmariñas Cavite • #WANDERful photo exhibit • Display of travel and culture books 22 10/22/2018 DLSU-D LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER • Book Spine Poetry DLSU-D Learning Resource Center • Social Media Presence 23 10/22/2018 DLSU-D Learning Resource Center • Tweetstory - In collaboration with English Department - Inspire others with the story created - Share positive and creative ideas about how to break conventions in the school in at most 140 characters - Market Twitter account of the LRC @dlsuLRC #tweetstory8C #tweetstory9A #tweetstory10B UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS – JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY 24 10/22/2018 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS – SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Book Swap • Coloring Activity 25 10/22/2018 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS LIBRARY • Wall Design Conceptual Art by different students from the pioneer class of Music and Arts Design (MAD) Strand Colegio San Juan De Letran • Cosplay • QR Code 26 10/22/2018 La Consolacion College Novaliches, QC • Facebook • Makerspace • Creative Wall ST. MARY’S COLLEGE – QUEZON CITY • Book A Doodle Challenge 27 10/22/2018 ST. MARY’S ACADEMY – QUEZON CITY • Learning Commons PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA • Munting Silid Aklatan Outreach 28 10/22/2018 ASSUMPTA TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, San Simon Pampanga • Book Hunting COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – MAKATI • Activity Corner 29 10/22/2018 Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus • Shelfie/Groufie Contest • Blind Date With A Book UP Visayas Tacloban • Human Books “How to move on After Yolanda” and “Effect of Climate Change” 30 10/22/2018 PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL – EVC • Book Lover’s Club helped in “Yolanda Bus In Action Project” - Yolanda stories of survival, photos, videos, posters, books and stories - Yolanda archives inside the bus “When attempting to come up with some innovative, outside-the-box ideas for events and programs that you could host in your library, don’t be afraid of collaboration – with community members and organizations especially, but also with co-workers, colleagues, friends, and social networks” (Vasilik, 2012) 31 10/22/2018 Let’s create a Future Ready Library Share us your ideas! • Choose one component/gear • Create a FUTURE READY Initiative Through the Library Management Spectrum (PLANNING, ORGANIZING, STAFFING, LEADING, CONTROLLING) 32 10/22/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovj5dzMxzmc 33 10/22/2018 CONCLUSION • Children and Young Adult Librarians can make a difference. • An access to a good library is a right of every child, and through information and digital literacy, children and young adult librarians have the skills and expertise to support students and teachers to become future ready. • It is our job, as the “older” generation, to help, guide, empower, and inspire the young generations to use the information wisely. References Konita, L. L. (2009). Reinventing Libraries for the Next Generation of users. Georgia Library Quarterly, 46 (4), Article 6. Vasilik, K (2012). Programming for the Millennials, Gen X & Y, and Young Adults. Paper presented at the NJLA Annual Conference, Atlantic City, LA. Websites: Future ready schools: https://futureready.org/ Human Library: http://humanlibrary.org/ Viddsee (2014, October 28) Ripple - Inspirational Tear-jerking Short Film [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovj5dzMxzmc 34 10/22/2018 @DangLibrarian respirituvaldez www.definitelylibrarian.blogspot.com [email protected] 35.