The Liaison Librarian and the Taylor Family Digital Library Chris Thomas January 9, 2007

Roles and Responsibilities 1. Consultations Resources, strategies and skills 2. Collections Identify, acquire and assess 3. Teaching Course-based Discipline-centered

Trends in Learning Mobile and personal technology User expectations – open access, individualized services Increase in collaborative learning Learning occurs anytime and anyplace “[College students] regularly use search engines, and instant messaging to obtain and share information. The library is not the first or only stop for these information seekers” (OCLC, 2006)

Taylor Family Digital Library Personal “In the field” Stations Ad hoc Educational Course management software Audio / video casting Elluminate! session

Collaboration in the TFDL Digitization iCOMS 201

Looking into the Future Avatars A graphical image of a user Imprinting visual replicas of ourselves, working and collaborating in a virtual space

For Further Reading Bennett, Scott. (2006). The choice for learning, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32 (1), Katz, Richard N. (2006). The ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology, 2006 – key findings. New Media Consortium. (2006) Horizon Report OCLC. (2006) College students' perceptions: Libraries & Information Resources. PEW Internet. (2005). Digital divisions. Prensky, Marc. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants.