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Presentation Summaries:
Libraries 'R' Education- but are Reading, Reflection and Research Irrelevant
in the 21st
Century?
Frances Maloy, President, ACRL National
President Maloy will focus her talk on the core purpose
of libraries and the opportunities and challenges
libraries face as the
needs of the institutions
and people we serve change. New student learning styles, changing
student
demographics, assessment and accountability, reduced funding, universal
connectivity, and digitization
are converging and have the potential to
transform higher education and libraries.
Future Libraries - The Future is Now
Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost for University Libraries, University of
Connecticut
Vice Provost Franklin will present some predictions by science fiction
writers on what libraries would be like in
the future and then assess
where libraries are now and where libraries might be headed.
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades: Academic Libraries in a
Google World
Roy Tennant, User Services Architect, California Digital Library, University
of California
In a Google World, where discovering that something exists is trivial,
but actually getting it is not, academic
libraries and their services
will be more in demand than ever. But since the types of services academic
libraries
will need to provide will be different, or be delivered in new
ways, libraries must be much more nimble and
responsive than they've been
in the past. What should a modern academic library be? How can we develop
infrastructure and service building blocks that can be rapidly deployed
in new configurations to best serve the
needs of our users and the changing
environment we share? These and other questions will be explored in a
rollicking look at academic libraries in a world of change.
Teaching in the Information Commons – Sponsored by
NELIG
Is there an Information Commons in your future? If so, this session will
provide insight into the administrative,
pedagogical, spatial and technological
issues to be considered when planning an electronic teaching, learning,
research and publication environment for your campus. Session presenters:
Barb Mann, Coordinator of
Information Literacy, University of Southern
Maine; Mark Caprio, e-Scholarship Program Manager, Boston
College; and
John Schlinke, Architecture/Art Librarian, Roger Williams University.
Moderated by Barbara
Kenney, Information Literacy Librarian, Roger Williams
University and Chair of the New England Library
Instruction Group.
Interactive Tutorials and Streaming Videos – Sponsored
by ACRL/NEC ITIG
Interactive Tutorials
Linda Plunket, Carol Gordon and Susan Wishinsky, librarians at Boston
University, will demonstrate how they
collaborated to develop an electronic
tutorial on information searching, including scripting, content management,
web design, assessment, and usability testing. In addition, they will
address administrative support, funding,
partnerships, and anticipated
use of the tutorial.
Streaming Videos: Online Database Tutorials on a Shoestring Budget
As the internet grows as a primary outlet for library instruction, the
creation of online tutorials constitutes an
increasingly important way
to teach patrons. Using low-cost solutions learn how one small college
provides
multimedia clips on database usage via the web. Tutorial production
and development issues, a live
demonstration and patron reception information
will be provided.
Hot Jobs for Librarians in the Future – Sponsored by
the ACRL/NEC Continuing
Education Committee
This breakout session will discuss what will be new
jobs and what skills librarians should explore to train for
future
jobs in academic libraries.
What are the "hot skills" that will be needed? Where should
one's efforts be
going in continuing education?" Where should one
focus efforts to be in the right position for jobs that will be
opening
up in our future libraries?