Technology & LibrariesACRL 2011 Lightning Round-up

Jacqui GralloReference and Instructional Technology Librarian, California State University Monterey Bay

The Rights of Readers and the Threat of Kindle

Matthew Goins

Independent Technologist

Alycia Sellie

Brooklyn College Library

https://readersbillofrights.info/

Library Ebook Models—Examples

Vendors: NetLibrary (EBSCO), OverDrive, ebrary

Software: Adobe Digital Editions

The Problems

Limited printing Caged vs. free-range downloading Simultaneous readers vs. “checked-out”

ebooks (can’t return early) Permanence Access

The Question

Why retain only the disadvantages of the print model?

The solution

The Readers' Bill of Rights for Digital Books:

1. Ability to retain, archive and transfer purchased materials2. Ability to create a paper copy of the item in its entirety3. Digital Books should be in an open format (e.g. you could

read on a computer, not just a device)4. Choice of hardware to access books (e.g. in 3 years when

your device has broken, you can still read your book on other hardware)

5. Reader information will remain private (what, when and how we read will not be stored, sold or marketed)

Source: http://readersbillofrights.info/

The Bipolar Library: How Humanizing and Digitizing Must Both be Advanced

Keynote speaker Jaron Lanier

computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author of You Are Not a Gadget

The Bipolar Library: How Humanizing and Digitizing Must Both be Advanced

Godzilla watching ants & caterpillars fight Openness undermines specialness Importance of romanticizing the book Google works on things everyone already

knows about

Experimental iPhone and Android Apps at the University of Illinois

Jim Hahn & Alaina Morales

R & D is grant funded; currently enjoying one day a week devoted to app research

Experimental iPhone and Android Apps at the University of Illinois

iPhone apps: New Titles, Video Tour, Location-based In-building Tour

Android app: Library Helper– Location aware; guides user to call number– Tours– Soon to be personalized & offer

recommendations

Experimental iPhone and Android Apps at the University of Illinois

Rapid prototyping Formative evaluation (qualitative data) Constantly evolving

– iPhone app page– Android app page

Connecting through Course Guides

Jacqui GralloCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay

Modern research guides tools and freely available web-based interactive technologies can be used to support a learner-centered approach and foster conversation in the information literacy classroom.

Connecting through Course Guides

Topic sharing in public forum: advantages

having students post their working research topics in a public forum encourages peer-to-peer learning and lets the librarian learn directly from the students what their needs are

Connecting through Course Guides

Topic sharing: useful tools Library a la Carte comments module Today’s Meet Learning Management System (if you have

access to it)

Connecting through Course Guides

Preassessment in course guide: how

You can use the new “embed” feature in SurveyMonkey to place an online preassessment directly on your course guide. Students take the preassessment at the beginning of the session. The librarian displays the results and discusses the session learning outcomes.

Connecting through Course Guides

Preassessment in course guide: why Students begin session by engaging directly

with material Students become more aware of their own

information literacy (or lack thereof) Librarian does not need to rely on course

instructor to administer preassessment

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