CASL Kick-off to TIE

*****Please plan to bring your own laptop if possible. *****

Monday, June 22, 2009

Featured Program

“Should Libraries Evolve or Reinvent Themselves?”

Dr. David L. Loertscher, Professor, San José State University

Think of the challenges: the Detroit automakers, healthcare, the energy crisis, and the economy just to name a few. Evolve or reinvent? Think of the Google Generation and libraries. Do we evolve or reinvent ourselves? In this presentation, a foundation of research is used to develop a new theory of school libraries as an example of what a reinvention might look like. However, can a field actually reinvent itself?

Dr. Loertscher received his PhD from Indiana University. He has been a teacher librarian at both the elementary and secondary level. Having taught at several universities, he is currently a professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. After working as the head of the editorial department of Libraries Unlimited for ten years, he became the President of Hi Willow Research & Publishing. His website, http://Davidvl.org focuses on professional resources for school library media specialists. He also maintains a blog entitled School Libraries: Book Reviews, Research, Issues. He is one of the founders of Treasure Mountain, a group of school library researchers who began meeting in 1989 to share research and ideas.

Dr. David Loertscher is author of Beyond Bird Units and The New Learning Commons

Standards Update and Learner’s Bill of Rights

Presented by Nance Nassar and Nancy White

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

  • David Loertscher: Transforming the Learning Experience to Very High Thinking
  • Phil Goerner: VoiceThread
  • Peggy O’Neil Jones: “Building Powerful Learning Environments Using the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner and Primary Sources”

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