Since posting the Libraries and Transliteracy slideshow I’ve been asked many times to define transliteracy. Its a slippery term, people often confuse it with digital literacy or technology literacy. Sometimes I’m not sure I even have a good grasp on the concept. So a colleague and I sat out to hash out the details, here is what we came up with.
Special thanks to Sue Thomas and Tom Ipri for their input & approval.
If you’d like to know more about transliteracy in general please visit transliteracy.com and follow the conference on February 9th.
Nice! Very well-thought and assembled. Major kudos to you & Brian!
You have some beautiful images, but I'm left wondering: So, transliteracy is everything? If something is EVERYTHING, it's really NOTHING or some Eastern vision of Godhead.
The working definition of transliteracy is : Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/I made this slide show because people seemed to be confusing it with digital or technology literacy and it encompasses those but is not defined by them.