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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
Library Learning Commons
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
Library Learning Commons
Teaching how to find information, books as sources
Locating and evaluating information from diverse and global sources
Library Learning Commons
Information gathering as a solitary pursuit
Information gathering as a collaborative and interactive activity conducted with global partners
Library Learning Commons
Having program goals Helping students and faculty meet their goals
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Faculty retrieve information
Faculty center for professional development
Library Learning Commons
Organizing information by a set of rules and tools
Helping users organize information and tools in ways that make sense to them
Library Learning Commons
Serves patrons in finding resources
Supports patrons in the digital world, and in building understanding of their place in the digital world
Library Learning Commons
Librarian as copyright enforcer
Librarian as intellectual property counselor
Library Learning Commons
Order, rules and policies
Comfort, service and meeting individual needs
Library Learning Commons
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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