"The commons serves to increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and to provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge." This is a great example of the socialization of information
"First off, where are the books? There are almost none left on the first floor.
Thousands of volumes have been moved to the upper floors, along with the
circulation desk. Some have been jettisoned."
you know what hits me about this is that we need to consider lowering our sights on the technology that we promote campus wide to faculty and use the peer tutoring method to engage more faculty in the common easy to use technologies. Still work on the emerging tech with the tech savy and work more one-on-one with the biggest chunk of faculty using/exploring other technology. Did I just define 3 levels of engagment with faculty? hhmmmm