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The Adventures of Library Girl: Libraries as Cultivators of Creativity: There's an App for That! http://t.co/vSUG6TXdZe By @jenniferlagarde
"...here some of my favorite APPs to help spark student creativity. If you're lucky to have access to mobile devices in your library, these would make some great additions to your APP collection. And if you don't have such access, they are worth exploring anyway - to consider what they provide students with the opportunity to do and then to think about how you can provide students with those same opportunities with or without a gadget." Apps: - Felt Board - Draw Quest - Art Set - Sock Puppets - Comic Life - Art Studio
"As librarians, we have an opportunity and an obligation to create spaces and instruction that cultivate our students' creativity. Our spaces, our flexibility and our skills make the library the perfect place to turn kids loose: to give them the chance to imagine, explore, create and share. Along the way, they'll make mistakes and plenty of messes, but that's how we all learn. We may not all have access to the APPs I've shared in this post, but we've all got access to something far more important: kids. All of whom are eager and ready to get started!"
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Dr Steve Matthews:
- "A belief that all that is needed is more information to solve their problems. - Library leaders are afraid to market test anything. - Too much emphasis on management at the expense of creativity. - Complacency is the enemy of creativity. - Short-term thinking focused too much on results that will satisfy funding authorities."
"Until library organizations – and librarians as a profession – become more creative in finding solutions to becoming more relevant to their community, we will continue to get the “Why do we need libraries?” question. Aren’t you tired of that question? I know I am."
For the full argument, read here: http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/08/20/why-libraries-are-not-creative-organizations/
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"In recent decades, much has been said about the demographic changes that New York City shares with the rest of the world. Yes, we are getting older! [...] "The success of all of these classes, and the enthusiastic response of library staff witnessing them, has spurred us on to again join with Lifetime Arts — this time with several library systems throughout New York State — to participate in Creative Aging in New York State Libraries in 2012-2013. This will enable us to offer about 18 Creative Aging courses in 2013. Branches hosting the classes will be announced in January 2013." Via Doug Mirams Delete the scoop?
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Quote: “Keep up with the literacies [of social media]…not the technologies”.
Howard Rheingold (2008)
[...] top competencies needed to become a social media-literate librarian." > Very valuable!