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The Liaison Librarian and the Taylor Family Digital Library

The Liaison Librarian and the Taylor Family Digital Library. Chris Thomas January 9, 2007. Roles and Responsibilities. Consultations Resources, strategies and skills Collections Identify, acquire and assess Teaching Course-based Discipline-centered. Trends in Learning.

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The Liaison Librarian and the Taylor Family Digital Library

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  1. The Liaison Librarian and the Taylor Family Digital Library Chris Thomas January 9, 2007

  2. Roles and Responsibilities • Consultations • Resources, strategies and skills • Collections • Identify, acquire and assess • Teaching • Course-based • Discipline-centered

  3. Trends in Learning • Mobile and personal technology • User expectations – open access, individualized services • Increase in collaborative learning • Learning occurs anytime and anyplace • “[College students] regularly use search engines, e-mail and instant messaging to obtain and share information. The library is not the first or only stop for these information seekers” (OCLC, 2006)

  4. Taylor Family Digital Library • Personal • “In the field” • Stations • Ad hoc • Educational • Course management software • Audio / video casting • Elluminate! session

  5. Collaboration in the TFDL • Digitization • iCOMS 201

  6. Looking into the Future • Avatars • A graphical image of a user • Imprinting visual replicas of ourselves, working and collaborating in a virtual space

  7. For Further Reading • Bennett, Scott. (2006). The choice for learning, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32 (1), 3-13. • Katz, Richard N. (2006). The ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology, 2006 – key findings. http://www.educause.edu • New Media Consortium. (2006). 2006 Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/ • OCLC. (2006) College students' perceptions: Libraries & Information Resources. http://www.oclc.org/ • PEW Internet. (2005). Digital divisions. http://www.pewinternet.org • Prensky, Marc. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. http://www.marcprensky.com

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