This document discusses flipping school library collections to better engage students. It suggests weeding outdated books, focusing on circulation over just the size of the collection, and using social media and student works to extend the student experience and blur lines between school and personal life. This includes considering student fanfiction, artwork, coursework and programming as part of the collection.

1. FLIP YOUR COLLECTION Wendy Stephens Buckhorn High School New Market, Ala. wstephens@madison.k12.al.us @wsstephens http://www.flickr.com/photos/74716406@N00/513049373/ Alabama Library Association Preconference April 13, 2010

2. “An affluent 5-year-old has about the same vocabulary as an adult living in poverty.”

4. School culture

5. School culture

10. Weeding triage First: Books that use outdated & offensive language Second: Stripped paperbacks Old college textbooks Third: Book club editions of ’50s and ‘60s fiction – most had NEVER circulated Dated books (Guinness, almanacs, etc.) from before the 21st century http://www.flickr.com/photos/melani0201/2551109997/

12. Student Circulation, 2003 to date

13. Teens Served, 2003 to 2009

14. Fiction versus nonfiction, 2008-09 Collection Circulation

15. How to get at usage in addition to circulation

16. Risky business

17. My key to professional intellectual freedom

19. The effect of graphic novels in the collection

20. The effect of graphic novels in the collection

21. Comparing reader behavior

22. Internet = scary! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhandersen/3233197658/

25. But phones = safe? http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellevfisher/2466032965/

27. It’s time to harness this….

28. Using their phones to talk about books

29. Part of your collection?

30. Part of your collection?

31. Using social media to extend student experience

32. What do we do with teen’s work? Is including it in the collection “the next big thing?” 11/23/2009

33. The lines between student work and student life are blurring

34. Sharing coursework via social networks

35. When teens plan programming

36. What can we do with teen content?

37. Student authorship

38. Student authorship

39. Forms of fanfiction

40. Expanding your “collection” through fanfic

41. Writing fan fiction

42. Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

43. Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication Deviant Art fanart leads to inclusion in book, dedication

44. Students building the collection