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Reimagining Library Spaces: Transform Your Space on Any Budget (Digital Age Librarians)
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Product Description This inspiring book invites librarians to rethink the library space and embrace the changing role of technology, with suggestions on how to transform how students learn in and use these spaces. With the advent of modern technologies and the rise of participatory and active learning pedagogy, the traditional school library model is no longer as effective as it once was. Now more than ever, it is vital to cultivate and transform these spaces to create positive learning experiences for students. Reimagining Library Spaces addresses these realities, offering the guidance you need to make smart and efficient updates to your library space that encourage the use of technology to improve student learning. This book includes: Tips and strategies for transforming your outdated library space on a small budget. How-to’s for addressing the challenges and opportunities brought about by the changing role of technology, including collaborative learning labs, makerspaces and ways to support BYOD. Practical suggestions for finding ideas to improve your space, inventory your library and survey your community. Amazing things can happen when school librarians are willing to take the risks and the initiative to reimagine their library spaces with their students’ success in mind. In this book, you’ll go on a journey to reimagine your space so you can make it the best possible library for your students. Audience: K-12 school librarians, administrators, district leaders From School Library Journal Divided into short, accessible sections, this slim volume covers everything from considering the library space to redefining it. Rendina discusses how libraries and librarians are evolving to address student needs and how the theory of active learning can help envision a different type of space. Design theory supports a framework for a new, flexible layout where students can collaborate on presentations, conduct research, create projects, and, yes, read. While most libraries make technology available for student use, the author suggests rethinking the traditional desktop computer stations in favor of more options, including mobile and/or group work stations. She recommends that librarians start by taking inventory and forming a team of advisors. Rendina offers inexpensive solutions, such as weeding the collection and painting the walls, and action steps are included at the end of each chapter. Though this title effectively describes how to reimagine the library space, ultimately it falls short. There are very few examples of redesigned libraries, the black-and-white photographs are fuzzy, and the section on grants relies heavily on crowdfunding sites, with few other options. VERDICT A useful starting point for those interested in redesigning their libraries. Readers in need of a more detailed guidebook will want to consult Margaret Sullivan's Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners.—Laura Fields Eason, Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School, Bowling Green, KY Review “ Reimagining Library Spaces is an excellent, thoughtful, and practical read. I love how each chapter ends with action steps, so that you have a tangible suggestion for moving forward. It’s a perfect resource for any school or library media specialist that is considering redesigning the library space on both the small- and large-scale level.” -- Michael Karlin, EdTech Roundup About the Author Diana Rendina is a media specialist/teacher librarian at Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa, Florida. She has received many awards, including the 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award and the 2015 American Association of School Librarians Frances Henne Award for emerging leaders. She’s a frequent presenter on the maker movement at national and international conferences, and she blogs at RenovatedLearning.com.
