Transcript CN Service-Learning in LIS

CN Service-Learning
in
Library & Info Science
Ann Peterson Bishop
Grad School of Library & Info Sci
University of Illinois
Presentation Purpose
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What’s going on in LIS
Examples and models of CN service-learning
Introduce AFCN service-learning opportunities
Think of LIS as a resource, partner, degree,
career, source of employees
Stimulate discussion of issues and lessons
learned
http://www.servicelearning.org/
Service-learning combines service objectives with
learning objectives with the intent that the activity
change both the recipient and the provider of the
service. This is accomplished by combining service tasks
with structured opportunities that link the task to selfreflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and
comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content.
Why Library & Info Science?
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Funding! (IMLS, TOP, NSF, Kellogg)
Communication and collaboration software
development, user studies, evaluation
Technology implementation
Information organization and access
Research and present information
Policy issues: privacy, equity
ICT literacy and training
Service orientation
University of Illinois GSLIS
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Community Inquiry Track: Inquiry-Based
Learning, Pragmatic Tech, Community
Informatics, Participatory Action Research,
Social Justice
Digital East St. Louis
Prairienet
Paseo Boricua Community Library Project
SisterNet
UMich School of Information
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Community Information Corps
http://www.si.umich.edu/cic/
Connect day-to-day grassroots activities with
big ideas about citizenship, opportunity, and
the public good in an information society
Community Information Fellows Program
Financial assistance and professional
development opportunities to graduates who
pursue public interest careers. Salary
supplements are also available for public
interest summer internships
UMich School of Information
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Joan Durrance
Founding AFCN Board member. Teaching and
research in community info systems and
libraries
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Paul Resnick
Social capital and neighborhood technology
UMich School of Information
Community Connector
Searchable library of useful information
available to librarians and others who are
attempting to build and improve the quality of
life within geographic communities
How Libraries Help
Outcome evaluation study and toolkit for online
community information and technology
UMich School of Information
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Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat, "A Census of
Public Computing in Toledo, Ohio."
Shaping the Network Society: The New Role of Civic Society. Doug
Schuler and Peter Day, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
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Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams, "Social
Capital and Cyberpower in the African American
Community: A Case Study of a Community
Technology Center in the Dual City."
Community Informatics: Shaping Computer Mediated Social Relations.
Leigh Keeble and Brian Loader, eds. London: Routledge, 2001.
http://www.communitytechnology.org/cyberpower/
UT Austin School of Information
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Telecommunications and Info Policy Institute -research and service projects with local ISPs,
libraries, community centers, and State
agencies
Ron Wyllys and Philip Doty: courses,
independent studies, practica, volunteers work
with AFN and MAIN
UT Austin School of Information
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Systems Analysis: MAIN as client
Info Networks: broadband service analysis
for Greater Austin agency cooperative
(fire, police, environmental, educational)
Loriene Roy: literacy programs, online
course delivery, digital library, virtual
Museum of the American Indian for
Smithsonian
AFCN Student Intern Opportunities
http://www.afcn.org
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Newsletter -- Highlight expertise, best
resources
Info guides on CN topics and issues
Searchable catalog of communityware
applications with real examples of their
use
Reviews of literature and research
Issues and Lessons
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Recognizing mutual learning
“Small wins” - The realities of community
organizing and action
Community commitment = Emotional
involvement
Accommodating university structures
(class workload, recognition, timetable,
etc.)
Contact Information
Ann Bishop
[email protected]
Andre Brock
[email protected]