Improving on Excellence The AIS Visconti di Modrone Library : A New Model for Library Services in...

Improving on Excellence

The AIS Visconti di Modrone Library :

A New Model for Library Services

in the 21st Century

Why talk about a new model?

Managing systemic transition

Clear signalSupportExpectationCentral to missionStudent and faculty

centricReorient thinking

What is a library?

Cultural associations

Telephone

Telephone?

What it is, what it isn’t

Teaching spaceDoing spacePerformance spaceCommunications spaceDigital spaceSocial space It isn’t a quiet space It isn’t a storage space

Library Learning Commons

Books on shelves Reading in diverse formats

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Silent individuals Active groups

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Developing print literacy

Developing multiple / transliteracies: print, auditory, visual, digital

Library Learning Commons

Term papers Multimedia and collaborative projects as well as term papers

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Teaching how to find information, books as sources

Locating and evaluating information from diverse and global sources

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Information gathering as a solitary pursuit

Information gathering as a collaborative and interactive activity conducted with global partners

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Having program goals Helping students and faculty meet their goals

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Faculty retrieve information

Faculty center for professional development

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Organizing information by a set of rules and tools

Helping users organize information and tools in ways that make sense to them

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Serves patrons in finding resources

Supports patrons in the digital world, and in building understanding of their place in the digital world

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Librarian as copyright enforcer

Librarian as intellectual property counselor

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Order, rules and policies

Comfort, service and meeting individual needs

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Bricks, mortar, tables, shelves

Online services, digital resources

Library Learning Commons

Directed by professional librarians

Developing whole-school ownership guided by professional librarians

It’s not about the books

What is a library collection?

Benefits to students

Benefits to faculty

Resistance to changeImplied expectationMourningNew skillsProfessional

developmentValuing risk

Evolving information technologies

Credits

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