Going, Going, Gone to Hall of Fame

The DeConcini Library as you know it, is disappearing April 17th.  We will reopen in a limited capacity within a week, in our new temporary location, the Hall of Fame.  It is a relatively small space so we won't be bringing books with us.  Until the end of this school year we will have to make do with our eighteen laptops and four Chromebooks. The Study Hall function of the library will still be offered from 3:30 until 5:00 in the computer lab.

We will meet student needs with eBooks and databases.  Next fall we will have a class set of laptops and are considering a class set of Chromebooks.  All of our computer furniture will move to Hall of Fame, but the desktops will go in to classrooms.  Hall of Fame is used by much of the campus and community in the off-school hours so the technology needs to be secured against loss.  The laptops have a locking cabinet making them safer to store in a remote location.  

The library will have a grand opening in December of 2014 in its new location as part of the Student Center next to the Chapel and cafeteria.  In our old location they will be creating a S.T.E.M. center and new classrooms to replace our two smallest Science classrooms.

Library Technology Center

Chapel

Atrium View, Student Center

Be Proactive About Your Digital Reputation

Students love their social media, and recruiters love it too. Of the 275 job recruiters surveyed by Cross-Tab Marketing Services, seventy percent have ruled candidates out after viewing their information on social media sites.  More and more job recruiters, admission officers and others evaluating candidates are looking to social media to inform their choices.  You want the top five hits, that result from your name search, to be "examples of ... creativity, collaborative skills, and change-the-world work" (Richardson).  Because most students see social media as their private playground it is a big shift in their paradigm.  

Some good advice.

From Living Up to Your Reputation
 1.  Be who you are, integrity counts
 2.  Don't be mean ever
 3.  Help a friend.  What are they posting?
 4.  Be a Friend.  What are you posting?
 5. Consider your audience.  To whom are you talking?  What are
      you sharing?  Who is, or might be, listening?
 6.  Promote your professional self.
 7.  Manage your privacy settings everywhere.
 8. Google yourself often.
 9.  You are not anonymous.
                                      10.  What you post is permanent.

If you want to work backwards from what you have, to your new reality, there is a process advocated by Torrey Trust.

• Clean it up. Sanitize. Go with one profile.
• Create a personal brand.
• Establish your expertise or academic credibility.
• Build a strong professional presence.
• Market your digital reputation.

Even though its Australian and at the college level, Build a Positive Digital Footprint has detailed advice for young adults.

Online I.D. Calculator

Building a Digital Reputation 2.0 - great slideshare
Diigo link to resources

Works Cited

Deisley, Laura. “Living Up to Your Reputation.” Architecture of Ideas. TypePad, 8 Oct. 2010. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. <http://thenetwork.typepad.com/architectureofideas/2010/10/living-up-to-your-reputation.html>.

Marklein, Mary Beth. “Job Hunters: Polish That Online Image” USA Today 20 12 2012.  Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=J0E237827172412&site=ehost-live>

Pink, Daniel. Two Questions That Can Change Your Life. Vimeo. Vimeo, 2010. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. <http://vimeo.com/8480171>.

Richardson, Will. “Footprints in the Digital Age.” Educational Leadership Nov. 2008: 16-19. Educational Leadership. ASCD, Nov. 2008. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov08/vol66/num03/Footprints-in-the-Digital-Age.aspx>.

Trust, Torrey. “Building Your Digital Reputation.” Slideshare. 6 Nov. 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. <http://www.slideshare.net/torreytrust/digital-repv-ny>.

A New Library

Architect's rendering

But until then we will be operating out of a smaller location while the current location is being turned into a S.T.E.M. center.  Our access to the book collection will be severely limited so we have signed onto an eBook service to supply our need to read.  The Magic Wall will allow students to choose a title. After downloading the Blio app they can move books to their phones, nooks, ipads, PCs and Kindle Fire devices.  The Blio app  is available in iTunes, Microsoft and Android. 

Don't Just Read Books Experience Them.  Blio is a feature-rich ereading application that enables readers to experience stories through the eyes of the author. As soon as the Magic Wall is operational I will post directions.