STUDENTS &

T H E I N F O R M AT I O N E N V I R O N M E N T
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 10
years?
• How will technology change the use of textbooks and scholarly
journals?
• What role will computing technology play in creation of knowledge in 5
years? In 10 years?
• How should Wake Forest prepare for and leverage these changes?

A C C E S S I N G I N F O R M AT I O N

1. Hierarchy 3. Push

• Characteristics:
• Characteristics:
• Everything has a place (one
• Aggregation of information
book, one location)
• Selected information comes
• Controlled vocabulary directly to you
• Complex systems
• Relies on a mix of user-
• Cultural Context: generated content and expert
• Physical, print based world metadata
• Cultural Context:
2. Search • Has entered mainstream with
RSS and some social
networking sites
• Characteristics:
• Multiple locations
• Tagging and user-generated
metadata
• One pile, less organization
• Cultural Context:
• Hyperlinked environment, only
about 10 years old.

Lauren Pressley | pressllm@wfu.edu | 2009

K N O W L E D G E C R E AT I O N

1. Communication 3. Transparent

• Quickly paced • Progress updates/Work in progress

• Multiple Channels • “Powerful” voices
• Blending of personal and professional

2. Networks 4. Open

• Social, professional, academic • Shared content

networks • Creative Commons
• Professionally oriented • Remix

PUBLISHING

1. Journals and University Presses 3. Textbooks

• Skyrocketing Costs • Skyrocketing Costs
• Fewer Presses • Open Access
• Emerging Models • Print-on-demand

2. eJournals & Open Access 4. Google Books

• Clear transition taking place • Google Books Project

• More electronic titles • Google Books Settlement
• Open Access • Google has a vision
• Institutional Repositories

Lauren Pressley | pressllm@wfu.edu | 2009