Our Students &
The Changing Information
Environment
WFU Strategic Planning Committee for
Innovation in Technology and Information
February 20, 2009

Our Charge
• What is the next step that will keep WFU on
the forefront of using technology for learning?
• In 5-10 years:
• what will the academic library look like?
• how will students and faculty access info?
• what role will computing technology play in
creation of knowledge?
• How will technology change the use of
textbooks and scholarly journals?
• How should Wake Forest prepare for and
leverage these changes?

Our Charge
• What is the next step that will keep WFU on
the forefront of using technology for learning?
• In 5-10 years:
• what will the academic library look like?
• how will students and faculty access info?
• what role will computing technology play in
creation of knowledge?
• How will technology change the use of
textbooks and scholarly journals?
• How should Wake Forest prepare for and
leverage these changes?

Our Charge
• What is the next step that will keep WFU on
the forefront of using technology for learning?
• In 5-10 years:
• what will the academic library look like?
• how will students and faculty access info?
• what role will computing technology play in
creation of knowledge?
• How will technology change the use of
textbooks and scholarly journals?
• How should Wake Forest prepare for and
leverage these changes?

Accessing Information

Evolution of
Information
Access
• Hierarchy
• Search
• Push
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836528@N00/1856663523

Hierarchy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51135741@N00/186943415
Everything In Its Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64174165@N00/370775225
Everything In Its Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92237387@N00/76749236
Controlled Vocabulary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70278718@N00/4703228
Complex Systems

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26231875@N00/3213873373
Based in Physical World

Search

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/76761120
Multiple Locations

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31797858@N00/2124178869
Tagging, UGC

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11444813@N03/2721443285
One Pile, Less Organization

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40974217@N00/16114117
Hyperlinked Environment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30795657@N00/2209205063
Only About 10 Years Old

Push

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30352125@N00/216348017
Aggregation

Customized Information Delivery

USG & Expert Metadata

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75815807@N00/66462706
RSS

Social Networking

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11304375@N07/2818891443
Widespread For About 3-4 Years

Knowledge Creation

Technology http://www.flickr.com/photos/86891211@N00/72224228
Driven
Knowledge
Creation
• Communication
• Networks
• Transparent
• Open

Communication

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72922449@N00/424074399
Quickly Paced

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54603144@N00/1343193489
Multiple Channels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55851553@N00/2610457820
Blended Personal/Professional

Networks

Social Networks

Professional Networks

Professionally Oriented

Transparent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15734079@N00/479092117
Works In Progress

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94975828@N00/3009095726
“Powerful” Voices

Open

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25405741@N00/1443514113
Shared Content

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92436511@N00/247840346
Creative Commons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8458589@N08/1048131544
Remix Culture

Publishing

Future of
Textbooks and
Scholarly
Journals
• Journals & University Presses
• eJournals & Open Access
• Textbooks
• Google Books http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124412272@N01/4299234

Journals &
University Presses

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8663326@N06/3133034098
Skyrocketing Costs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35888901@N00/2674668704
Fewer Presses

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7550402@N02/2308859535
Emerging Models

eJournals &
Open Access

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11594851@N00/86555028
Clear Transition

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65977087@N00/2306151268
More Electronic Titles

Open Access

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81126501@N00/2939259129
Institutional Repositories

Textbooks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36045027@N00/3120598838
Skyrocketing Costs

Open Access

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34353636@N00/467408934
Print On Demand

Google Books

Google Books Project

Google Books Settlement

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71652949@N00/3059087784
Google has a vision.

We Covered
• Accessing Information
• Knowledge Creation
• Publishing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61787893@N00/275371357

Questions? Comments?