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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.
1. Communication 3. Transparent
2. Networks 4. Open
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