The presentation discusses the importance of academic libraries adapting to the needs of today's diverse student population by emphasizing customer service and lifelong learning. It highlights the necessity for libraries to integrate technology, engage users through innovative services, and take on expanded roles as educators and community leaders. Ultimately, the goal is to create a relevant, accessible, and supportive environment that fosters learning and success for all individuals in the academic community.

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

2. 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?

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Academic Library 2.0 Tools more relevant to how students learn

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

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

11. Role of the Academic Library

12. 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

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