The Vaughn Article
The library sounds fantastic, with all it's technological bells and whistles, and short term sustainability of it all seems possible, but what about long term? I know nothing about funding, etc. for academic libraries, so maybe the financial sustainability isn't a problem. But with changing technologies, companies merging, going under, plain old newer and better coming along, to keep up the current level of services appeaers to be a ginormous undertaking.
OCLC Report
Coming from a background in public libraries, I identify with the bits of information being demanded by consumers. Kids need information for an assignment, but when you offer a plethora of information related to what they need, they remind you that they "only need to know about _______." On the ringtones, wallpaper, snippets of entertainment, even the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus has a ringtone you can download, and you can watch snippets of the circus on their website.
Lynch Essay
I think being Information Literate without being having basic Information Technology Literacy skills is next to impossible. On the other hand, I wonder if those who are IT Literate need to be Information Literate?
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Very cool about the Circus' ringtones.
I agree with your thoughts on the Vaughn article. I too wonder how they will be able to keep the library current in the years to come.
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