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I n the Belly of the W hale: W hat Reference Collections Look Like in the 2 1 st Century Presenters Collection Development Grand Valley State Millie Jackson, University Librarian Call to Adventure The hero (the librarian) is called

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I n the Belly of the W hale: W hat Reference Collections Look Like in the 2 1 st Century

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Presenters

  • Millie Jackson,

Collection Development Librarian Grand Valley State University

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Call to Adventure

  • The hero (the librarian) is called to

adventure by some external event

  • r messenger (publishers,

societies, a new generation of students).

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The hero’s journey

From www. monomyth.org

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An Ordeal or an Adventure? How we react and tell the story may make the difference.

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The Traditional Story

  • Reference is in person, face to

face

  • Classroom instruction on how

to evaluate sources

  • Print only resources
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Crossing the threshold

  • To develop a new story we

need to know the tradition and think about the future.

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Who am I?

  • What are the qualities I

possess as a reference librarian?

  • What kind of positive story can

I think of that reflects these qualities?

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Who are we?

  • What are our beliefs about

reference and instruction?

  • How can we demonstrate

these beliefs through specific examples?

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Where are we going?

  • What do we see in the

future for reference collections?

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The New Story

  • Balancing print and electronic

resources

– What is available? – How does it compare? – Who are our patrons and what do they use?

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What is available?

  • More reference

sources are converting to

  • nline.
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How does it compare?

  • How do we measure?
  • What is lost and gained?
  • How do we weigh these given

the generation we are serving?

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Who are the Milennials?

  • Born after 1984
  • Entered college beginning in

2000

  • Have always had computers
  • Consumers of education
  • Visual learners and

multitaskers

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How Millennials find information

  • A 2002 OCLC survey revealed

that 80% of undergraduates use a Web search engine for all or most assignments, while

  • nly half used the library’s

subscription databases.

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How Millennials find information

  • The same survey revealed that

50% use Web portals such as Yahoo, Google and MSN.

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How the Millennials find information

  • 2003 NSSE Survey found that

83% of students use the Web to find resources.

  • 2002 Pew “Internet goes to

college” found 73% of students do so.

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How do we…

  • Relieve the stress of change

for the hero?

  • Deliver the story of what the

Internet can and can not provide?

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Old truths still hold

  • Knowledge is of two kinds.

We know a subject

  • urselves, or we know

where we can find information on it.

– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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Continuing the journey

  • Will the hero accept the call

willingly or reluctantly?

  • Who are the helpers?
  • How will the journey proceed?
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Discussion & Questions?