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May 16, 2005
What? No books?
Saturday's New York Times featured an article about the trend in libraries to devote space and staff energy to a variety of technological services that were previously either unavailable in libraries or relegated to "computer labs" that provided the hardware and software but not much in the way of service.
Libraries have discovered the need to assist students and faculty in the teaching process and the use of technology in their research and learning. Libraries are becoming places for students, faculty and staff to collaborate in the teaching and learning process.
Kelvin Smith Library has been in the planning of such innovative services for more than a year now, and the Freedman multimedia center in KSL will soon open as the first phase of a larger "information commons" plan for KSL that will fully integrate librarians, technology staff, and instructional technology staff into a much more unified whole. The information commons (which will include a greatly re-vamped circulation and reference service desk) will be phased in over the next several years as funding becomes available to make the numerous physical changes that are required.
Stay tuned for much more information about these important new services.
P.S. For those our there in Readerland who fear they have become Luddites: do not be afraid. Books and printed journals are not going away from Kelvin Smith Library anytime in the far foreseeable future.
Posted by tdr at May 16, 2005 09:58 AM
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Hooray for information commons!
Posted by: Aaron Shaffer at May 25, 2005 10:51 AM