[Access-ip] CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Technology and Library Services

[Trevor A. Dawes]

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Technology and Library Services: Meeting Today's Users Needs

An academic library symposium sponsored by the Princeton
<http://library.princeton.edu/>  University Library

and the

NJLA College and University <http://www.njla.org/sections/college/>
Section/ACRL New Jersey Chapter

Thursday, 15 March 2007

 

We've heard a lot of talk recently about the millennium generation.  We have
seen in the most recent Beloit College "Mindset list,"
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2010.htm, that first year students
entering college in fall 2006 have never known life without cell phones,
have always had access to their own credit cards, and have always known
"Google" as a verb.

How are we in academic libraries addressing the changing technological needs
and demands of our users?  The Princeton University Library will host a
symposium that will examine the ways in which libraries are (or are not)
using new technologies to provide services to users.

Some of the technologies to which our users are accustomed include text and
instant messaging; tagging; RSS feeds; podcasting; blogs and/or wikis; other
social networks and software (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, and Friendster);
Google; PDAs; and a host of self-service technologies (e.g., self-checkout,
RFID, e-commerce, etc.).  This is by no means an exhaustive list.  

How have libraries incorporated these technologies in providing services
and/or information to their patrons?  This conference will explore ways in
which these technologies can and have been incorporated in libraries, as
well as examining if providing services using these methods is merely a fad.


The Princeton University Library invites you to present at the symposium on
a topic that addresses an issue as described above.  This might be the
presentation of a research study, a case study on how services using these
technologies have been implemented at your library, or innovative approaches
to addressing service issues without the use of such technologies

If you are interested in presenting, please email a 100-200 word description
of your proposed session, or any questions about the symposium, to Trevor A.
Dawes at tdawes at Princeton.EDU by Friday, 17 November 2006.  Be sure to
include the author name(s), email and telephone contact numbers, and the
title of the proposed session.  A limited number of proposals will be
selected for presentation.  
 
Cheers,
Trevor 
 
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Trevor A. Dawes
Princeton University Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544
 
609.258.3231 - voice
609.258.0441 - fax
tdawes at Princeton.EDU 
 

 

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