Transliteracy

What’s New at Libraries and Transliteracy – Authors, Examples and ALA

November 11, 2010
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What’s New at Libraries and Transliteracy – Authors, Examples and ALA

There have been some exciting things happening over at the Libraries and Transliteracy site! Transliteracy in Practice – We are looking for examples of libraries working to make staff and patrons transliterate. We want libraries and transliteracy to not only be a resource for theory and news but also a place you can go for real world examples and ideas. Any programming, instruction, work process, training or whatever you’re doing to make staff or patrons have the tools, skills and information they need to be active success citizens in the 21st century, we want to hear about! We’ve set up a page to show case the stories and a form to collect them. We’ve added two new authors! Gretchen Caserotti is the Head of Children and Teen Services at Darien Library (CT) where she is working hard to redefine public library service to kids and families in the 21st century. Her interest in technology, media and usability was developed while completing the MLIS program at Pratt Institute in New York City (2008). She currently serves as a member of the ALSC Children and Technology Committee and is a member of the Media Ecology Association. In 2010 Caserotti was named a

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Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World #intlib10

October 20, 2010
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Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World #intlib10

Libraries in a Transliterate, Technology Fluent World View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. Resources and Suggested Links: Teaching Media Literacy in the ESL Classroom Why Broadband Service in the U.S. Is So Awful, Scientific American, October 4th 2010 Transliteracy as a Blueberry Smoothie Don’t Touch That Dial! A history of media technology scares, from the printing press to Facebook Escaping the Echo Chamber – presentation Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century Living in the future Defining Transliteracy for Librarians FCC’s Broadband Action Agenda Fails to Address Training and Education Empowering Library Users to Work with Digital Media Librarians Play a Vital Role in 21st Century Literacies Transliterate Divide – Working Definition Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy Warns of “Second Class Citizens” in the Digital Age Libraries Need to Focus on Transliteracy Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Libraries and Transliteracy Swag

September 2, 2010
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Libraries and Transliteracy Swag

Thanks to the logo contest we had last month over at Libraries and Transliteracy we now have swag! Yes we’ve opened our very own Cafepress store for Libraries and Transliteracy Swag!  You can get just about anything from coffee cups, totebags (come on you can never have enough totebags) to baseball caps. I ordered a totebag and a coffee cup and you can see the photos on Flickr. We’d love to see pictures of your swag in action, you can email them to me or add them to our group on Flickr. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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Transliteracy is Now a LITA Interest Group

August 5, 2010
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I’m thrilled to announced that there is a Transliteracy Interest Group within the Library & Information Technology Association( LITA) division of the American Library Association (ALA). I think Tom said it best in his announcement: I often joke that I get more accomplished at conferences at the bar after the sessions are over than I do during the conference. Well, here is a rather clear result that began as a conversation over drinks I was in Boston for Midwinter and on the last day of the conference met some people including the fabulous Lisa Carlucci and Tom Ipri for drinks.  Libraries and Transliteracy wasn’t even a blog then but Tom and I knew we wanted to promote the concept.  Thanks to a suggestion and encouragement by Lisa we began working on the Interest Group. I was a little leery of putting it within LITA as people often think Transliteracy is just about technology and I was concerned this would only further confusion. But I think LITA is the best home for the group. We will continue to blog at Libraries and Transliteracy (keep your eyes open for some new authors!). We will be using ALA Connect for official Interest Group business, you do not need

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