Acrl 2011 tech_lib_roundup
- 1. Gabe Gossett Librarian for Extended Education at Western Washington University
- 2. Interdependence/Interconnected Technology Sabbath (Shlain) “ Romanticize” the research process (Lanier) Benefits of organizational change
- 3. Virtual spaces Distance ed pushing us to develop virtual learning spaces Experimental phase Tools, techniques, and access vary widely by institution Hybrid: virtual tools giving choice of access within physical libraries
- 4. This is the story . . . Coastal Carolina University (Barbara Burd, Jennifer Shinaberger, Tracy Gaskin, and Casey Schacher) Larger university changes leading to new collaborations Moving IT into the library IT learns about librarians, librarians upgrade skills Moving library access points into BlackBoard
- 5. The Backchannel to the Backchannel
- 6. Poster: Using Focus Groups to Assess Library Services for Distance Users (Jennifer Castaldo and Christine Patterson)
- 7. Poster: "Be where Our Faculty Are:" Technology Use Information seeking Workflows (Julia Bauder & Jenny Emanuel) Survey at Grinnel College and Illinois University 55% of faculty (67% of junior faculty) use Google Scholar at least weekly 32% use mobile devices on the web 90% use Wikipedia once a month 77% would definitely use a personalized library web page 71% would like to have new book email alerts 75% want tables of contents delivered over email
- 8. Talk: Is there a Role for Trust in Science? (Jean-Claude Bradley) The open notebook concept Moving from a system of peer review to proof ChemInfo Validation Explorer: a database of organic compounds melting points Still an open question about long term data management
- 9. Vendor product: Springshare's LibAnswers with Multilytics