Keynote presentation for the Michigan Academic Library Association Annual Conference. #mialaac19
Academic libraries are essential contributors to the higher education mission, supporting student success, faculty research productivity, and community engagement. And as the role of the academic library evolves, we are given countless opportunities to provide value through ever-transforming spaces, technology, collections, programs, and services that meet the needs and expectations of our students and faculty. Even with resource constraints, our options are unlimited, and our potential is huge. In this presentation, we’ll discuss ways the modern academic library is positioned to provide unique and significant value to our campus communities. Applying a user experience framework, let’s challenge ourselves to ask: how might we assess, iterate on, and build upon our value by focusing in on what really matters the most?
9. “
Cognitive empathy.
It’s understanding how another person thinks. It’s
seeking out to understand their guiding principles. It’s
wanting to… understand them in terms of being able
to support them better.
- Indy Young, author of Practical Empathy
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Cultural humility.
We will never be the experts of another’s experience,
only our own. We will all make mistakes, but that
doesn’t stop us form continually moving in the
direction of greater equity.
- Cole Eskridge, universal design consultant
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30. How might we support…
Student success
inquiry and learning in a rapidly changing world?
Researcher productivity
creative endeavor, scholarly communication, and the global academic community?
Community enrichment
lifelong learning and social, cultural, and economic impact?
Wildideashere
36. “
Belonging.
Many thousands of students are capable of succeeding
in college but don’t because they don’t feel like they
belong, or don’t believe they can succeed.
- Gregory Walton, Stanford Psychologist
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39. 3 out of 4
have experienced a stressful life event in the last year
70%
get insufficient sleep
50%
experience daytime sleepiness
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Depression & Anxiety, 2018
Nature & Science of Sleep, 2014
40. University of Arizona University of Maryland
Northwestern University University of Wisconsin
42. $30k
average student loan debt
69%
stressed about their finances in general
43%
worry about paying monthly expenses
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Study on Collegiate Financial Wellness, 2017
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Fourth industrial revolution.
What should we be studying and learning if more than
65% of the jobs that will be available in 10 – 15 years
don’t exist today?
- Elatia Abate, entrepreneur
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54. “
Interdisciplinary research.
Cross-disciplinary thinking is critical…to be able to
make a positive impact in our mission to change lives,
change organizations, and change the world.
- Anat Admati, Stanford Business Professor
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58. “
Data explosion.
The past decade has given birth to a data explosion;
data are now captured and shared at unprecedented
levels.
- Patricia Mabry, National Institutes of Health
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