digitalnatives2010 Tag

19 Nov Digital Natives: Engaging libraries in the future of their learning

[picappgallerysingle id="210560"] What a fantastic event! I was privileged to be invited to speak at the 2010 Independent Professional Development Conference for school librarians to give a perspective from a university librarian. The theme of the event was digital natives, and we had a host of different speakers giving different perspectives; a school media specialist, school librarian, resource suppliers, hardware suppliers, an independent consultant, and myself. Before I talk about the sessions, I have a slight confession to make; ever since my first experience in a library (which was at a local secondary school), I've been longing to go to a school librarian event. I absolutely loved my time at the school library, and worked with a fantastic school librarian who ignited my passion for librarianship. Since then I have worked in mainly university libraries (and a public library), but I've always followed some of the work going on in school libraries. So I was delighted when Rachael Guy, who organised the conference, contacted me to see if I would be interested in giving a talk. I jumped at the opportunity and really enjoyed putting together my presentation. I'll do a separate blog post about the subject of my presentation, but wanted to share a review of the whole day first.