What great food for thought I found while reading the articles from OCLC! I worked in a public library for many years before becoming a school librarian and so I have seen the transition from microfiche readers at the front desk and physical card catalogs on the floor for patrons to the current state of technological affairs. It literally boggles my mind to think that a mere 12 years ago, I was listening to a friend explain this new thing called the internet!
I loved the student video! I even found it moving in a way – made me think of all of the young adults I know who are the first wave of those whose lives will be so very different from mine. I can remember having a discussion with my son when he was a senior in high school about being able to keep your focus in the face of such an explosion of access to information. I also enjoyed the article on Icebergs. I am very familiar with all of the icebergs that the author spoke: I did enough collection development in the public library to say “just in case” many times when weeding or ordering books; much of my training for that job was in the area of patron education (how to use the online catalog, how to use the state databases…); and all of our services at that library were of the “come to use” variety with the exception of the visits that I did to schools and community groups to talk about the library and our offerings. I was so proud, then, of the job that we were doing. But change is here and I am looking forward to seeing the fine job we will be doing in the near future.
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Thank you for your thoughts on the student video. I agree that our kids and students are already in the new wave of technology. I introduced my kids to the computer at the age of 2, a simple game of ABC’s on an old Mac………..Now look at were we are ……….they run circles around me………..Change is here and we must embrace our new opportunities to explore….