While Augustana library gets a prize on its work, our own library sends bad news about the future..http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trondheim-Norway/Universitetsbiblioteket-i-Trondheim/72596709266?v=box_3
Whose game is this really....Who decides...
Where will libraries stand in the future?
I believe as an archaeologist that libraries will still be the place to enjoy a book to find knowledge, concentrate in reading, looking for other books, touching the physical objects. digitalisation is a good means of getting to know where things are, where to find them, but the actual object will always provide us with a direct and rich experience.
If knowledge here is defined as retaining information and using it properly in relevant context. At a university environment this transition of acquiring knowledge and producing a scholarly work is the outcome of utilizing theories in correct circumstances, transferring meaning from one discipline to another without distorting it. Individual or group research projects in collecting information from archives or literature, requires analysis skills and interpretation abilities. Any research production should be able to recognize patterns and connections emerging from the information and thus generate knowledge by understanding which kinds of patterns and connections are scientifically valid, empirically preferable and important. Retrieval and use of electronic information adds another stress factor to researchers. The value of digital information is a discussion that is very new and universities have a long way to go before they are able to gain an authoritative insight to the change that brings on academic work. University students achieve thus training to critically retain information from the Internet and be taught in order to be able to validate their sources.
Which strategy should universities choose in order to be able to not be outdated by the industry that is gradually evolving around digital publication channels?
Alexandra Angeletaki, Trondheim, NTNU
Read about:Recognition of Augustana's IL Program,2010
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation Award
Nancy Goebel, head librarian, and Dylan Anderson, Web applications specialist, at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus have been selected to receive the 2010 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section (IS) Innovation Award for developing WASSAIL, an information literacy assessment project.
"The Instruction Section Awards committee chose the WASSAIL information literacy assessment project for the ACRL Instruction Section Innovation Award because of the creators' forward-thinking approach to assessing student learning locally and sharing methods universally," said award committee Co-Chair Emily Rogers, assistant professor and reference librarian for instruction at Valdosta State University. "Using this software, librarians can systematically track, store and analyze assessment data to measure and improve student learning. Furthermore, in a truly collaborative spirit, the project planners expanded WASSAIL's utility by making it open source and therefore available for local adaptation by any library. In its purpose, content and potential for widespread use, WASSAIL is truly an innovative contribution to information literacy and instruction librarianship."
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