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A Hybrid Approach
After looking at several options--including one that would eliminate the library's physical space completely--the team decided to use a hybrid concept for the new Simsbury High School library/media center. Built in 2005 as part of a school renovation project the 1,500-square-foot facility incorporates both traditional and modern elements. -
two library classroom/computer labs, 30 PCs, and 17,000 physical books.
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Susan YutzeyFocuses on the Learning Commons idea and how it evolved at Simsbury. Might be worth a visit.
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Jon TannerSummary of a Connecticut school district that created a hybrid paper/electronic library
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Stan FreedaA high school in Connecticut is developing and honing a hybrid library that incorporates both traditional books and new digital technologies.
goodwin libary trustees digital age learning hybrid THE Journal article
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Glenda MorrisA high school in Connecticut is developing and honing a hybrid library that incorporates both traditional books and new digital technologies.
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Snyder estimated her budget to be $20,000 annually for digital media and $4,000 for print. "I don't allocate a lot towards print because we can get so many books electronically," said Snyder. "Plus, it just doesn't make sense to purchase a lot of high-end reference books when I can access a database that includes those resources." Students retrieve those digital databases on a 24/7 basis at school or at home, according to Snyder, who said most of the library's print content comprises recreational reads, including biographies, fiction, and non-fiction titles.
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Gerry Solomon"Wanting to develop a media center/library that would go beyond stacks of unused books, dark study corners, and low lighting, the staff at Simsbury High School in Simsbury, CT, worked with its
district superintendent to determine a new direction for the facility. Some of the key questions discussed concerned the need for a physical library in the information age, the role that books would play in the new facility, and how media literacy would be taught to students." -
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Joan McGettiganTHE Journal: Library as digital learning space http://t.co/aWBrbjRj #tlchat #library
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Doug PetersonWanting to develop a media center/library that would go beyond stacks of unused books, dark study corners, and low lighting, the staff at Simsbury High School in Simsbury, CT, worked with its district superintendent to determine a new direction for the facility. Some of the key questions discussed concerned the need for a physical library in the information age, the role that books would play in the new facility, and how media literacy would be taught to students.
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Maureen Snyder, library media specialist, said books and a physical space almost didn't make it onto the agenda for the new facility. "We toyed with the idea of not having books and developing a more digitized environment," Snyder said. "At one point we even wondered if we needed a physical environment at all for the new library."
The more traditional route won out when the superintendent and staff decided that Simsbury High School's 1,630 students needed somewhere to go to borrow books, load up their e-readers, collaborate on homework assignments, and learn the intricacies of media literacy in today's information-rich world.
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A Hybrid Approach
After looking at several options--including one that would eliminate the library's physical space completely--the team decided to use a hybrid concept for the new Simsbury High School library/media center. Built in 2005 as part of a school renovation project the 1,500-square-foot facility incorporates both traditional and modern elements.
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Nigel RobertsonAccount of a K12 school changing it's library into a hybrid digital / physical model
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