Online sources for literacy research: Library/researcher perspective Bertram (Chip) Bruce Library & Information Science U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

How is literacy (research) changing? 1)What are the new media for literacy? 2)How do people find information? 3)How are teaching and learning changing?

1) A free and simple computer link (Mosaic)Mosaic Think of it as a map to the buried treasures of the Information Age. / A new software program available free to companies and individuals is helping even novice computer users find their way around the global Internet / … an applications program so different and so obviously useful that it can create a new industry from scratch. Dec. 8, 1993, John Markoff, New York Times

In the future already Science fiction itself has remained the same. We have caught up to it...We are a science- fiction generation. – Ray Bradbury We can’t think far enough ahead anymore. – Ron Shusett

Human-computer interaction (a history)

New digital tools

Computer-mediated work

Ubiquitous computing

New media web rings video conferencing digital libraries virtual reality the deep webthe deep web wireless internet radio robot surgery telepresence ubiquitous computing simputer monkey & cursor

2) How do people find information? go to personal collection ask colleague send go to web go to library

Do we need … Books? Journals? Publishers? Libraries? Librarians? Schools? Teachers? Universities? Professors?

Library technologies XML metadata and linking standards Open Archives Initiative (OAI) --metadata harvesting protocols Digital object identifier (DOI) -- a unique identifier of a piece of digital content; ‘The ISBN for the 21st Century’ --Norman Paskin

Digital library ‘Digital’, ‘Virtual’, ‘Electronic’ Library as network- based library without regard to place and time applies to collections and resources integration of collections and services standards and protocols National Science, Math and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL)NSDL

Publishing trends publishers add value to online journal articles digital version becomes version of record virtual journals become common personalized services -- agent technology new economic and subscription models article-at-a-time publishing journal or publisher branding

Academia issues publishing, e.g., Astronomy Digital Image LibraryAstronomy Digital Image Library promotion & tenure collaboration teaching definition of knowledge

3) How are teaching and learning changing? solve problems => find problems textbook => multiple sources/media follow directions => active learning work alone => collaborate; diverse views cover the curriculum => learn how to learn

Resources for inquiry teaching & learning Support for communities Tools for everyday problem-solving (personal websites, to- do lists, events calendars, …) A cycle: The Inquiry Page

Repository model contribution via web form URL of stored entry database of entries

Stone soup (Robins, 1999)

Collaboratory model

Collaboratory in context

Changing concepts of community

Parkland CC Library

Library a collection organized for use => a system to support community inquiry