Academic Libraries: Remaining Relevant to Today’s Students Presented by: Phenessa A. Jones, MSLS

Objective Today, we will discuss: Personal and Professional Philosophy People – Customer-Service Driven Environment Learning – Developing Life Long Learners Quality – Servant Leadership Academic Library 2.0 What’s in It for Edison State College?

Today, we will discuss:

Personal and Professional Philosophy

People – Customer-Service Driven Environment

Learning – Developing Life Long Learners

Quality – Servant Leadership

Academic Library 2.0

What’s in It for Edison State College?

Lifelong Learning "The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction - how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn." ~Herbert Gerjuoy, Developmental Psychologist

"The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction - how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn."

~Herbert Gerjuoy,

Developmental Psychologist

People Who are the “People”? Community, Students, and Faculty Creating a customer-service/user-centered driven environment Developing services that engage users Bridging the social and multicultural divide by appealing to diverse populations

Who are the “People”?

Community, Students, and Faculty

Creating a customer-service/user-centered driven environment

Developing services that engage users

Bridging the social and multicultural divide by appealing to diverse populations

Cutting-Edge Services Serving locally and globally Assistive Technologies Text-Messaging Service Instant Messaging Service More Involved Web Presence Quicker & Easier Access Cyber Café In-House Laptop Checkouts Gaming in the Library Interactive Surveys – Ask them what they want

Serving locally and globally

Assistive Technologies

Text-Messaging Service

Instant Messaging Service

More Involved Web Presence

Quicker & Easier Access

Cyber Café

In-House Laptop Checkouts

Gaming in the Library

Interactive Surveys – Ask them what they want

Learning Multiple intelligence - Appealing to the way students learn Expanding the role of the Librarian Integrating cross-curricular information literacy Closing the educational divide by partnering with businesses, schools, and universities

Multiple intelligence - Appealing to the way students learn

Expanding the role of the Librarian

Integrating cross-curricular information literacy

Closing the educational divide by partnering with businesses, schools, and universities

Quality Exercising servant leadership Continuous professional development Embracing change - Keeping what works, discarding what doesn’t Evolving into an Academic Library 2.0 Closing the technological divide by staying abreast and implementing current trends in education Closing the digital divide by making technology available to customers

Exercising servant leadership

Continuous professional development

Embracing change - Keeping what works, discarding what doesn’t

Evolving into an Academic Library 2.0

Closing the technological divide by staying abreast and implementing current trends in education

Closing the digital divide by making technology available to customers

Academic Library 2.0 Tools more relevant to how students learn

Tools more relevant to how students learn

Academic Library 2.0 Digitizing Collections Online Learning Synergies Interactive Web Presence Social Networking Tools for Outreach Virtual Place

Digitizing Collections

Online Learning Synergies

Interactive Web Presence

Social Networking Tools for Outreach

Virtual Place

Expanding Role of the Academic Librarian Educator and Trainer Information Consultant Instructional Partner Community Leader

Educator and Trainer

Information Consultant

Instructional Partner

Community Leader

Role of the Academic Library

What’s In It for Edison State College? Attracting multilingual, multicultural populations Becoming more visible globally Developing the whole student into becoming lifelong learners and leaders of the future Offering a progressive and innovative education and experience Enhancing opportunities for the community, students, and faculty

Attracting multilingual, multicultural populations

Becoming more visible globally

Developing the whole student into becoming lifelong learners and leaders of the future

Offering a progressive and innovative education and experience

Enhancing opportunities for the community, students, and faculty

References Campbell, J. D. (2006) Changing a Cultural Icon:The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. EDUCAUSE Review. 41 (1) 16-31. Retrieved February 20, 2006, from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0610.pdf Fang, X. & Kortz, L. (2005) Learning with Course Management Systems (CMS): Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Libraries. Proceedings of Chinese Society of Library Science 2005 Annual Conference. (pp.196-206) Beijing, China: Beijing Library Press. Frey, T. (2006) The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation, DaVinci Institute . Retrieved February 25 from http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120 . “ Gamers Today, CEOs Tomorrow” (Jan. 2006) Career World . 36(4), p7-7, 2/3p

Campbell, J. D. (2006) Changing a Cultural Icon:The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. EDUCAUSE Review. 41 (1) 16-31. Retrieved February 20, 2006, from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0610.pdf

Fang, X. & Kortz, L. (2005) Learning with Course Management Systems (CMS): Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Libraries. Proceedings of Chinese Society of Library Science 2005 Annual Conference. (pp.196-206) Beijing, China: Beijing Library Press.

Frey, T. (2006) The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation, DaVinci Institute . Retrieved February 25 from http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120 .

“ Gamers Today, CEOs Tomorrow” (Jan. 2006) Career World . 36(4), p7-7, 2/3p