Information Technology in Academic Libraries （信息技术在高校图书馆）.pptVIP

IT: Decentralization * Decentralization also impacts: Instruction technology Becomes much more complicated Transformational to learning and teaching Information literacy Skills are needed by users to effectively access, retrieve AND evaluate information, especially its quality IT: Decentralization * Authentication Need to authenticate remote users to comply with information vendor licenses Often done through proxy servers, many mounted on ILS (use of patron records) Security Application of firewalls Why? To ensure continuity of services to end users Times, They Are A Changing … * Because of modernization, transformation and decentralization, the academic library has changed, evidenced in part by its: organizational structure staffing fear of the unknown and uncertainty position descriptions communication methods services offered (remote access; proxies, etc.) cooperation with other information services IT: Change * Management issues and challenges must be dealt with or we will become extinct Accountability and evaluation Assessment of student learning outcomes Perceptions: University administrators really think that everything is on the Web Also think that libraries are becoming ghost towns LOOKING TO THE FUTURE * It trends Challenges Trends and Challenges * Systems and Methods Catalog- Next generation catalogs / / Discovery-to-delivery tools Customization/personalization Devices Smartphones/handhelds/ebooks Location-based services (privacy issues) Pushing content to mobile devices Designing (webpages, apps, etc) for mobile devices Trends and Challenges * Resources, Publishing, Services Libraries as publishers Digitization opportunities and challenges OpenURL (connecting to accessible material) Metadata harvesting Metasearching BC Library Holmes (/F?local_base=BC_CATALOG) Automated Reference Semantic Web Hakia () Gaming Technology Trends and Challenges * Social Media and User-Generated Content Preservation of new media (end-user content) Citizen journalism Pa