- Rebecca Graham, University of Guelph
Technology
- terms that are now related to tech: app, tablet, silk road
- tech has profoundly changed libraries
- computing capacity
- connectivity
- consumption: facilitated
- transformation of industries e.g. amazon, netflix – selling to creating
- content providers to content creators: publishing, content (digitized, data, digital created), containers of the future
Users
- can learn about via engagement e.g. whiteboard like/not, dot board
- useful surveys: Ithaka US Faculty 2012 Survey, NMC Horizon Report Higher Education Edition; Project Information Literacy
- Fidelity/Convenience: importance of search engines, monographs (format, publication, etc.), tech & teaching, student skills (lack good habits, info literacy skills)
Space
- single point of service
- public/group study space
- shared storage facility
- inventive use of space e.g. staircase allowing study/seating area
Library Staff
- aim for relevancy
- users don’t differentiate
- unwilling to go elsewhere for simple questions
- operating at the edge of chaos
- complex ecosystem: work independently, but will intersect
- different types of literacy that students need
- resilience
- change: part of who we are
Parting Thought
- Working at the edge of your mastery: need to be comfortable doing this, but will benefit your library and hopefully bring personal satisfaction