What does the academic library of the future look like?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Penny May 12.
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Many librarians are scared that what happens in the insitution is increasingly passing the library by - people are accessing resources without having to go to the library. They're looking anxiously for ways to insert themselves into the research p...
need more money for more bandwidth - Web 2.0 sites use so much and a lot of internet traffic is not being used for 'academic' purposes/
They could "come to the virtual library" for a training session provided in podcast/vodcast form.
Does "coming to the library" force them to evaluate info? No. I think not. Evaluating information is a skill that needs to be taught... perhaps by c...
do they currently have original thought ("we are all individuals...")?
how are students supposed to learn how to evaluate the quality of information they find online (especially if they don't come to the library)?
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- At 5:33am on May 8, 2009,
Hazel Owen said…
- Welcome on board, Vince. Like Penny's ideas over the pic :-) See you on Wednesday. Cheers. Hazel
- At 11:09pm on May 7, 2009,
Penny said…
- Vince - you need a picture... the detective on on the H drive maybe? Or Santa Vince?
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