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Jacobs  \nOn any given day you can find a revolving assortment of wildly eclectic items adorning my desk, including dinosaurs, arachnid specimens, sugar skulls, and galaxies. I’m not a paleontologist, entomologist, cultural scientist, or astrophysicist, but my job does require me to know a little about all those things and more.  \nIn my official job description, I’m charged with being an “explorer, wizard, and genius.” I’man educator, but not a formal teacher. I work with children, teens, and families after school, on weekends, and throughout the summer, but I’m not part of the out-of-school time (OST) profession. I am a 21st century public librarian at Anythink, a revolution of Rangeview Libraries.  \nAnythink is a future-leaning library in Denver, Colorado, that has revolutionized the way libraries  \nfunction. For example, we’ve done away with the Dewey Decimal System, opting for a user-friendly Word Think cataloging system—think of organization by genre, as in a bookstore. We use new language to reintroduce libraries to the community; for example, I’m a “guide,” not a “librarian.” Everything we do is modeled around the idea that everyone is an“explorer, wizard, and genius.” At Anythink, we’re all about learning through hands-on experiences. That’s why an eccentric collection of materials adorns my desk at the Perl Mack neighborhood branch, where I work.  \nAs someone who has previously worked in the OST field, I noticed many similarities between what  \nBRITTANY R. JACOBS is youth librarian at Anythink Perl Mack in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of several children’s picture books and of Transforming Your Library into a Learning Playground: A Practical Guide for Public Librarians. She participated in the 2019–2020 NIOST Afterschool Matters Fellowship and continues to research how youth and families use and learn in public libraries.  \nafterschool programs offer and what I offer as a public librarian. I’ve also noticed overlap in the populations served by OST and public libraries. As libraries shift from a data-centered mindset to a human-centered one, we’re starting to mirror OST sites by offering snacks, homework assistance, classes, and other activities during the OST hours. Along with these striking similarities between OST and libraries are some significant differences—differences that are necessary in order for both kinds of organizations to maintain their unique roles in their communities. If we mind the gap—attending both to the overlap between the two fields and their differences—we can appreciate how both OST and libraries offer unique opportunities forchildren and teens.  \nData-Centered vs.  \nHuman-Centered Librarians  \nThis century has ushered in transformations that have  \nare shifting from being data-centered to being humancentered.  \nFigure 1. The Data-Centered Librarian  \nFigure 2. The Human-Centered Librarian  \npermanently changed our society. None have been so Figure 1 shows the disconnect of the data-centered drastic as the shift to a new idea of knowledge. The librarian, who prioritizes the collection and then has mechanistic view of learning from the 18th, 19th, and to mediate between it and the public. Books, data, and 20th centuries revolved around static knowledge; in- resources—particularly those found in a library, where formation changed slowly, if at all. Mechanistic learn- they are cataloged into a very specific order—representing, which required the intervention of a teacher, organization. People represent chaos and destruction. upheld elitist and hierarchical systems of knowledge This mindset explains why the first libraries were priacquisition. Libraries were very much involved in pro- vate. The elitism that controlled access to information moting this hierarchy. Librarians acted as guardians prioritized resources over people. This mindset still of information, much of which motivates many in ","cbCaiaGRMPlcMU3e","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaGRMPlcMU3e","pdf",956556,"English","# Mind the Gap\n## Data-Centered vs. Human-Centered Librarians\n## Overlap Between OST and Public Libraries\n## Differences Between the Two Fields","[{\"question\":\"What does the article mean by “mind the gap” between public libraries and OST learning?\",\"answer\":\"It means attending to both the overlap between the two fields and their meaningful differences, so each can maintain a distinct community role. Recognizing both sides reveals how children and teens can gain unique opportunities from each setting.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article contrast data-centered and human-centered librarianship?\",\"answer\":\"A data-centered librarian prioritizes collections and uses structured organization, often requiring mediation before patrons can access resources. 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