Pittsburgh – The Role of the Library in a Digital World

Presented at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh June 4th, 2012

Resources

The original 23 Things

Additional 23 Things

IMLS 21st Century Skills Assessment

IMLS 21st Century Skills website

Managing Personal Change

Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era - New York Times mentioned during presentation. ALA’s response to the article - ALA Wastes No Time – Our Work on Digital Literacy

Suggested Reading

• 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library
• 6 Facebook Pages Every Librarian Should Follow, Plus 17 Bonus Pages
• My Favorite Tools In 10 Installments: 1. Google Tools
• My Favorite Tools in Ten Installments: 2. Twitter
• My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 3. Bit.ly
• My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 4. Facebook
• My Favorite Tools and Tips in Ten Installments: 5. Evernote
• Be the Master of Your Domain, How to Conquer Your Feed Reader
• Yes You Do Have The Time to Learn That New Fangled Internet, Just Put Down The Remote
• There Are No Magic Beans You Have To Do The Work
• Employers You Don’t Have a Facebook Problem You Have an Employee Problem
• Control is an Illusion You Need to Let Go
• Library Usage Will Go Up During a Recession – Management Are You Really Prepared?
• Want Innovation? Get Out of the Way

Recommended Books

• Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success
• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

References

ALA supports FCC proposal to fund digital literacy training through public libraries. (2012, April 3).District Dispatch. Retrieved from 
http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/04/ala-supports-fcc-proposal-to-fund-digital-literacy-training-through-public-libraries
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Aspen Institute to Advance Recommendations of the Knight Commission. (2010, May 18).Knight Foundation. Retrieved from 
http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/aspen-institute-to-advance-recommendations-of-the
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Becker, S., Crandall, M. D., Fisher, K. E., Kinney, B., Landry, C., & Rocha, A. (2010). Opportunity for American Library Association. (2011). The state of America’s libraries: A report from the American Library Association. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. Retrieved from 
http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/mediapresscenter/americaslibraries2011/state_of_americas_libraries_report_2011.pdf

DiMaggio, P., & Hargittai, E. (2001). From the ‘digital divide’ to ‘digital inequality’: Studying internet use as penetration increases. Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University: Center for the Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.

Federal Communications Commission. (2010). Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan. Washington, D.C: Federal Communications Commission.

Genachowski, J. (2011, November). FCC & “Connect to Compete” tackle barriers to broadband adoption, Face Sheet for Chairman Genachowski Remarks on Broadband Adoption, Speech presented in Washington, D.C. Retrieved from 
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-310924A1.pdf

Hoffman, J., Bertot, J. C., Davis, D. M., & Clark, L. (2011). Libraries connect communities: public library funding & technology access study 2010-2011. Chicago: American Library Association. Retrieved from 
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/857ea9fd.

Institute of Museum and Library Services (2009). Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills (IMLS-2009-NAI-01). Washington, D.C. Retrieved from 
http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/21stCenturySkills.pdf

Jenkins, H., Clinton, K., Purushotma, R., Robison, A., & Weigel, M. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. Retrieved from http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C- E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF

The Knight Commision on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. (2009). Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute.

Lippincott, J. K. (2007). Student Content Creators: Convergence of Literacies. EDUCAUSE Review, 42(6), 16–17.

Rheingold, H. (2012). Net smart: How to thrive online. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Saveri, A., Rheingold, H., & Vian, K. (2005). Technologies of cooperation. Palo Alto CA. Retrieved from 
http://www.rheingold.com/cooperation/Technology_of_cooperation.pdf

Tennant, R. (2010, September 29). Managing Personal Change. Digital Libraries, Library Journal. Retrieved from 
http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2010/09/29/managing-personal-change/

Thoman, E., Jolls, T., & Center for Media Literacy. (2008).Literacy for the 21st century: An overview and orientation guide to media literacy education. Santa Monica, CA: Center for Media Literacy.

Why Broadband Service in the U.S. Is So Awful. (2010).Scientific American. Retrieved from 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=competition-and-the-internet

Zickuhr, K. (2010). Generations 2010. Washington, D.C: Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.

Zickuhr, K., & Smith, A. (2012). Digital differences. Washington, D.C: Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.