tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post7395274020739552289..comments2023-07-22T08:53:37.900-06:00Comments on New Media Narratives: Writing and Publishing in a Developing Field: Week 10: Libraries and TransliteracyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162330207530103649.post-58642625474359791592012-03-22T00:05:44.992-06:002012-03-22T00:05:44.992-06:00Regarding placing libraries at the centre of an in...Regarding placing libraries at the centre of an informational social web: after viewing Bobbi Newman's "Libraries and Transliteracy", I found myself wandering through other library-related presentations on slideshare. I came across Buffy J. Hamilton's presentation, "librarians and libraries as sponsors of literacy" http://slidesha.re/GG8ZJY<br />Hamilton calls for libraries to be "powerful and positive sponsor(s) of transliteracy" and to be spaces for participation, conversation, and discovery. <br /><br />While looking through the Libraries and Transliteracy blog, I realized that there are many librarians who are in fact being sponsors of transliteracy in very direct ways, as in Gretchen Caserotti's "Transliteracy in your Summer Reading Program", which describes sending kids on quests to discover answers through different media. This reminded me of the librarian at my daughter's school, who is active in helping kids navigate technology and search (and evaluate) information. I've also found the U of A librarians I've made contact with via the library site's chat function to be a wealth of knowledge and information-finding know-how, disproving my (incredibly naive) belief at the beginning of the MACT program that I could probably just use Google to find whatever I needed. <br /><br />My hope is that librarians like these, who stay at the forefront of emerging media and technologies and are able to help their patrons develop transliteracy, will be able to prove their relevance and value to those who make library funding decisions. Let's hope that our politicians recognize the value of a transliterate population!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com