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Running furiously to stay in place The role of libraries in the era of digital information

Running furiously to stay in place The role of libraries in the era of digital information . Dr Sun Sun Lim Associate Professor & Deputy Head Dept of Communications & New Media National University of Singapore. My personal library journey. Origins of the library

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Running furiously to stay in place The role of libraries in the era of digital information

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  1. Running furiously to stay in place The role of libraries in the era of digital information Dr Sun SunLim Associate Professor & Deputy Head Deptof Communications & New Media National University of Singapore

  2. My personal library journey

  3. Origins of the library • The evolution of information • Salient aspects of the digital era • Challenges and opportunities for libraries Outline

  4. Origins of the library

  5. The evolution of information

  6. Source: Website of Michaek K Bergman

  7. Salient aspects of the digital era

  8. Push towards digitisation of information creation, sharing and retrieval

  9. Intensified use of multimedia

  10. Growing turn towards mobile computing and social media

  11. Marked shifts in pedagogy and learning

  12. Challenges and opportunities for libraries

  13. Staying ahead of fast changing media landscape • Expanding library usage • Establishing authority Challenges? Opportunities!

  14. Staying ahead of fast changing media landscape

  15. Growing library usage

  16. Adapt to • shifting consumer preferences • growing pervasiveness of always-on, always available online access – information cloud

  17. Rising adoption of mobile media devices

  18. Source: Public libraries in the digital age by the Pew Rescearch Centre

  19. Establishing authority

  20. The heterarchy/hierarchy gap • Source credibility • Media literacy • Vesting library users with • Competencies • Discernment • Critical thinking • To • Help with learning • Facilitate knowledge creation Establishing authority

  21. Thank you!

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