Shaping the Future of Academic Libraries: Authentic Learning for the Next Generation

Schulte, Jürgen; Tiffen, Belinda; Edwards, Jackie; Abbott, Scott; Luca, Edward

doi:10.5860/crl.79.5.685

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“…Jurgen Schulte et al, providing examples of "new" librarian roles in a science curriculum, note that digital literacy enables better learning. 23 In the case of emergency remote teaching, instruction librarians may promote digital literacies through the use of technologies that increase students' engagement and their "outside in" participation in the teaching and learning process. Considering these challenges, the authors seek to identify the strengths and weaknesses of technology tools used by librarians and the digital literacy gaps that may prevent access to equitable library instruction.…”

Section: Technology Tools Digital Literacy Student Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools

Ibacache

2021

ITAL

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During spring 2020, emergency remote teaching became the norm for hundreds of higher education institutions in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Librarians were suddenly tasked with moving in-person services and resources online. For librarians with instruction responsibilities, this online mandate meant deciding between synchronous and asynchronous sessions, learning new technologies and tools for active learning, and vetting these same tools for security issues and ADA compliance. In an effort to understand our shared and unique experiences with emergency remote teaching, the authors surveyed 202 academic instruction librarians in order to answer the following questions: (1) What technology tools are academic librarians using to deliver content and engage student participation in emergency remote library sessions during COVID-19? (2) What do instruction librarians perceive as the strengths and weaknesses of these tools? (3) What digital literacy gaps are instruction librarians identifying right now that may prevent access to equitable information literacy instruction online? This study will deliver and discuss findings from the survey as well as make recommendations toward best practices for utilizing technology tools and assessing them for equity and student engagement.

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Section: Technology Tools Digital Literacy Student Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools

Ibacache

2021

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“…Jesus e Cunha ( 2019) apontam a importante tarefa da gestão de dados de pesquisa, a biblioteca deve acompanhar de perto o desenvolvimento da pesquisa científica na sua instituição, sobretudo no que diz respeito ao armazenamento, gerenciamento, preservação e reuso dos dados gerados durante a pesquisa científica. Deixa de ser um armazenador do produto final para ser um elemento ativo do processo de criação, servindo como espaço, com ferramentas, de edição de livros e participando do processo criativo (SCHULTE et al, 2018;FORESTI;. Ao estarem próximas dos pesquisadores que produzem os dados, as bibliotecas acadêmicas estão em boa posição para criar e gerenciar repositórios, compartilhando dados de pesquisa, através dos recursos digitais (TARTAROTTI; DAL' EVEDO-VE, FUJITA, 2019).…”

Section: Sobre a Evolução Do Papel Da Biblioteca Universitáriaunclassified

“…McGillis (2016) reforça a necessidade da biblioteca ter foco nas demandas e necessidades informacionais do usuário. Isto acarreta na mudança do papel do bibliotecário exigindo um maior envolvimento em todo o processo de pesquisa, incluindo gerenciamento de dados e comunicação acadêmica (MEIER, 2016;SCHULTE et al, 2018).…”

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A essencialidade dos serviços em bibliotecas: um olhar para o futuro?

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Silva²,

Salcedo³

2021

Ci. Inf. Rev.

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Este trabalho deslinda a opinião de bibliotecários acerca da essencialidade de serviços específicos oferecidos em bibliotecas, bem como do quão influentes eles acreditam ser a atualização dos serviços a serem ofertados, para acompanhamento das necessidades sociais e tecnológicas. É um trabalho de natureza exploratória e descritiva, a seleção dos serviços foi realizada por meio de levantamento bibliográfico. A partir desta seleção um questionário foi enviado para os bibliotecários, conforme contato nos sites, das 145 instituições públicas, estaduais e federais, de ensino superior brasileiras. Em seguida uma análise fatorial foi realizada. Os resultados apontaram que, embora a maioria dos respondentes considerem completamente essencial a atualização dos serviços ofertados pela biblioteca, para acompanhar a evolução social e tecnológica do passar do tempo, os maiores índices de essencialidade são atribuídos aos serviços mais comum e, em sua maioria já ofertados. Julga-se que os objetivos do trabalho foram cumpridos com assertividade; ainda que se notem agora mais perguntas que respostas, a meta inicial foi alcançada, tendo resultados demonstráveis do universo da pesquisa, conforme foi proposto.<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.28998/cirev.2021v8n1i">10.28998/cirev.2021v8n1i</a>

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“…The transformed roles, innovative services and future of academic libraries have been the focus of attention by many researchers around the world (Catalano et al , 2018; Cox et al , 2019; Dempsey and Malpas, 2018; Feret, 2018; Schulte et al , 2018; Sewell and Kingsley, 2017) and in South Africa (Chiware and Becker, 2018b; Hodonu-Wusu and Lazarus, 2018; Kwanya and Stilwell, 2018; Moll and Moll-Willard, 2019; Ocholla et al , 2016; Ocholla and Ocholla, 2017; Onyancha, 2018; Raju et al , 2018; Wilson et al , 2019). The result has been the creation of new library spaces and services, which are suitable for the needs and orientation of individual institutions (Dempsey and Malpas, 2018); (Ocholla et al , 2016), in response to the rapidly changing landscape of higher education, influenced by a strong research, teaching and learning agenda; ICTs; university ranking; community engagement (for contextualizing research and teaching) and the 4IR, all of which demand that library services be accessible anytime, and anywhere.…”

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Readiness of academic libraries in South Africa to research, teaching and learning support in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Ocholla

2020

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PurposeIn this paper, we refer to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2016, where the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) was coined by Klaus Schwab, with the reference that it would be building on “the Third, the digital revolution” and would be “characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres”. While acknowledging that the 4IR will impact on everything, everywhere, including research and libraries, we conceptualize 4IR, and we compare current academic library services/trends in South Africa with 4IR requirements, through the analysis of 26 public university library websites.Design/methodology/approachBesides conceptualization of 4IR, a content analysis of websites of 26 public universities’ libraries in South Africa was achieved followed up with verification of the data by respective libraries through a preliminary research report circulated to them by email. 23 areas were identified as the trends in academic libraries, which included free Wi-Fi in the libraries; 24/7 study areas and access to library resources on and off campus; research commons; makerspace; borrowing ICTs (e.g. laptops); e-resources; e-catalogues; research data services (RDS; RDM, IR); open scholarship; information literacy and reference/bibliographic tools, library as a publisher, among others. Data obtained were captured in Excel and analyzed by the research questions.FindingsThe 4IR concept does not occur often in literature, in relation to academic libraries, but it is implied. The findings show that the libraries are responding well to the revolution through their services, with remarkable innovation and creativity on display. There was a 64% presence of the analyzed trends/services in the libraries, with emerging trends/services such as library as a publisher (4%), robotics/AI (4%), makerspace (8%), RDS (27%), borrowing of ICTs/devices (19%) and user experience (19%) scoring low, while information literacy and digital scholarship (e.g. IR) (88%), e-catalogue and e-resources (92%), group study area (85%) and off campus access (77%) scoring above 75%. The scatter of the trends/services among the university libraries is noted for knowledge sharing of best practice.Research limitations/implicationsIn order to improve accordance with trends, academic libraries have to be better resourced, accessed and used, as well as improve web visibility. The study expects library services to be responsive, resourced and accessible anytime and anywhere, and it provides a conceptual framework and a benchmark for further research and exploration in the country, region and perhaps elsewhere.Practical implicationsThe study can be used for benchmarking current and future academic library services in Africa. The conceptual framework provides an agenda for theoretical discussions and deliberations.Social implicationsThe trends, framework and 4IR representations in the study can inform theory and practice in LIS, particularly in Africa.Originality/valueLinking 4IR to current and future library services provides a tool for academic libraries services benchmarking and development and provides a conceptual framework for theoretical and practical debates and implementation. The study is quite current and appropriate for the ongoing discussions of 4IR implications to academic libraries.

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Shaping the Future of Academic Libraries: Authentic Learning for the Next Generation

Cited by 15 publications

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Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools

Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools

A essencialidade dos serviços em bibliotecas: um olhar para o futuro?

Readiness of academic libraries in South Africa to research, teaching and learning support in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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