1. Toward a user-centric universe donna Bair-Mundy, Ph.D.

2. Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shifts Earth Sun Too much observational data did not fit the model

3. Paradigm shifts Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge Arbiters of Truth, Beauty, and Reliable Information Resources

4. Paradigm shifts Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge We decide what the users really need We decide which resources are quality sources of information to fulfill the user’s need We provide those resources User

5. Paradigm shifts User Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge Too much research data did not fit the model Dervin’s description of new, emerging paradigm

6. Resistance to the Paradigm shift Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge How do we characterize this debate in terms of Dervin’s model?

7. Question: What is the librarian’s role in the temple of knowledge?