Hello again from the Twin Cities. Very interesting sessions today. One this am was a panel discussion on "googilizing" that covered all kinds of disruptive technologies like metasearch, visualization searching, customization etc. Kind of a live version of the "googilizers vs resisters" article from LJ a bit back. They showed this cool tongue in cheek video on the ultimate expression of googilization in the not too distant future. Worth a watch.
Next up was a session on the Univ of Rochester Info Lit stuff. They talked more about a survey they did of faculty to figure out what they want and expect from students and what they did to tailor services to the results. Stanley Wilder of article fame did talk a little about info lit but mainly about who the students are and how they approach assignments/ library services. He made a good point that students definite their identity in terms of specific courses and assignments, not in general "information literacy" terms. They see user education as a means to a specific end and not as a seperate discipline or course of study. Interesting stuff about web design too, which was kinda unexpected.
Just got out of a session on open access that gave a good overview of the OA movement and different kinds of repositories. Got a little "future-y" at the end but still a good session. Found out about the Directory of Open Access Journals which I hadn't heard about.
Most of the stuff should be online somewhere or another so I'll post links to things when I get back.
See y'all next week.
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