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Leah Krevit

From Realities to Values: A Strategy Framework for Digital Natives - 4 views

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    So how do you take these Digital Native realities and build a set of strategies that support your organization's digital initiatives, especially when technology is quickly and constantly shifting? More information about our users and their expectations--and as a result, the skills we will need in order to make these new tools and experiences a reality.
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    "build your strategies to support the core values of your users, not to support the advancement of technology. " - Yes, but the article just showed how these values were shaped by technology, noting how the digital generation is different from older generations because of technology.
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    I think the "engagement, enrichment, and empowerment" ideas are really important for us and our future skill sets. We don't know how to do any of these really well, imo, (but especially the enrichment part) and we need to learn more techniques and strategies for interacting with our users in the spaces they prefer. Whether these user needs are the result of nature or nurture, we are going to have to pay attention to them if we want to continue to be of value.
Leah Krevit

Competencies for Libraries - 2 views

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    In 2008, WebJunction received support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a set of competencies for those managing public access computing in their libraries. As a follow-up to this work, we developed a full Competencies Index for the Library Field, which outlines the full spectrum of library practice. The Index was published in 2009, and since July 2009, we've been using this index to help us identify the topics library staff most need to develop new skills or support around. WebJunction's Competencies for Libraries outlines recent research we've completed in this area.
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    Good site to be aware of. Thanks!
Linda Spiro

A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States - 0 views

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    RLG's new report. If you can't read it out, check out p.18 about what libraries need to do to create their own futures. The information about data overload summarized on p.5 is also important.
Melinda Flannery

2010 top ten trends in academic libraries - College & Research Libraries News - 1 views

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    Note footnote 5: 1. Bourg Chris, 2. Coleman Ross, 3. Erway Ricky, Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto (Dublin, OH: OCLC, 2009), www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2009/2009-07.pdf
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    Yes, this call to action list is helpful. Thanks for linking footnote 5. Linda
Linda Spiro

Overdue at the Library: Good Guides on How to Use It/ Jennifer Howard - 0 views

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    After discussing ALA 2010 Annual, the article delves into recent ethnographic studies at various Illinois universities. One interesting finding - generation Y students support "traditional library services and roles," such as staffing the reference desk.
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