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A Twenty-first Century Library
Bertram (Chip) Bruce
Leigh Estabrook
Library & Information Science
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A free and simple computer
link (Mosaic)
Think of it as a map to the buried treasures
of the Information Age. / A new software
program available free to companies and
individuals is helping even novice computer
users find their way around the global
Internet / … an applications program so
different and so obviously useful that it can
create a new industry from scratch.
Dec. 8, 1993, John Markoff, New York Times
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New media
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web rings
video conferencing
digital libraries
virtual reality
hypermedia, the web,
the deep web
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internet radio
robot surgery
telepresence
ubiquitous computing
simputer
monkey & cursor
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In the future already
Science fiction itself has remained the same.
We have caught up to it...We are a sciencefiction generation.
– Ray Bradbury
We can’t think far enough ahead anymore.
– Ron Shusett
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How is literacy changing?
What are the new media for literacy?
How do people use these?
How are teaching and learning
changing?
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1990 curriculum
Solve problems
Remember the textbook
Follow directions
Work alone
"Cover" the curriculum
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2010 curriculum
Find problems
Multiple sources/media
Engage actively in learning
Collaborate; diverse views
Learn how to learn
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Digital Libraries
o Current developments
o Understanding the scope and limits of
digital librarieS
o The National Science, Math and
Technology Education Digital Library
(NSDL)--becoming operational in
2003
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Distance Education
o LEEP example
o Relationship of institutional models to
library service
o Options for library service at BRCC
– passive outsourcing
– institutional agreements
– full integration with “regular” services
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Learning Technologies
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Tutor basic skills
Represent information in new ways
Provide new tools
Create new environments for
communication & learning
o Change what needs to be learned
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Parkland CC Library
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What is the Community?
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Do we need …
o Books
o Libraries
o Librarians
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Thursday a.m.
o Introductions: goals for the meeting
o Opening presentation
o Learning/teaching styles: Student
expectations? Major needs?
Pedagogical styles? Resources?
Expected use?
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Thursday p.m.
o Delivery/distance education: Current and
future approaches to course delivery?
Independent study,? K12 education? Web
presence? Tools for web hosting, email,
data bases, …
o Context: Other facilities at BRCC, e.g., the
science center, study spaces? BR Public
Library, the public school libraries, other
CCs, LSU, companies, statewide, regional,
and national organizations and resources?
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Friday a.m.
o Collections: Startup v continuing? Paperbased v. online? Reference books?
Different disciplines? Faculty engagement?
o Technology: Library as repository ,as
computer center, as learning space?
Wireless computing? Other computing
resources?
o Layout: Other space on campus? Study
spaces, cultural space?
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