Week 1 readings

In the article Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still, the main point was that there was a library database system that was a trail at UNLV. It was a cutting edge system that they tried for four years while researching the system. It was all hi-tech that made searching for information easier and faster. The new system was put in place of an existing system. The system continued to grow. Some complications that arose with the new system was that students were able to access articles easier so they were printing more articles. In a year the printing on campus doubled.

In the Format Trends article, the point was that a lot of libraries are changing they copies of books into digital databases that make it easier and more accessible to people. There is no difference of the format in the area of information so most libraries are changing to meet the needs of the masses.

In the info. literacy and info tech literacy article, they define info literacy as the communication and content of context whereas the definition of info tech. literacy deals with the locating and searching for info in databases using networks such as text, video, and web. The two need to be taught together to work. Some of the top tech trends today are blogging, copyright, PDA's, Ebooks, Search engines, Google, library catalogs, and web sources.