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STUDENTS &THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

OUR CHARGE

• What is the next step that will keep Wake Forest on the forefront of using technology for learning – leveraging our strengths from the laptop initiative?•What will the academic library look like in 5 years? In 10 years?•

How will students and faculty access information in 5 years? In 10years?

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How will technology change the use of textbooks and scholarly journals?•What role will computing technology play in creation of knowledge in 5years? In 10 years?

•How should Wake Forest prepare for and leverage these changes?

ACCESSING INFORMATION1. Hierarchy

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3. Push2. Search

Lauren Pressley | pressllm@wfu.edu | 2009

•Characteristics:•Everything has a place (onebook, one location)•Controlled vocabulary •Complex systems•Cultural Context:•Physical, print based world•Characteristics:•Multiple locations•Tagging and user-generatedmetadata•One pile, less organization•Cultural Context:•Hyperlinked environment, only about 10 years old.•Characteristics:•Aggregation of information•Selected information comesdirectly to you•Relies on a mix of user-generated content and expertmetadata•Cultural Context:•Has entered mainstream withRSS and some socialnetworking sites