The Future of Reference Summit Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program, Simmons College, Boston MA March 30 2012

1. #allensmith
@xocg
blyberg.net searchenginewatch

2. Flickr: NYPL

3. flickr: Duke University Libraries

4. Flickr: Andrew-Hyde

5. the verge

6. … never trust the HAL9000
Flickr: crgreene

7. Project Information Literacy
87%: Plagiarism…
NO MENTION
…of librarians 6 in 10
handouts
recommended
going to the
shelves
83% of handouts
called for the
14% directed
standard to online
research paper. databases
Flickr: amypalko From Assigning Inquiry, 7/12/10

8. Old Faithful
“Almost all
respondents relied
on the same few
information
sources.”
Flickr: origamidon
From Project Information Literacy report, Lessons Learned, 12/1/09

9. From Project Information Literacy report, Lessons Learned, 12/1/09
“When [other] ways
fail, I’ll go bug a
librarian. But
otherwise it just
seems like there are
resources to be used,
rather than taking up
someone’s time.” Flickr: pinksherbet

10. Flickr: jesse gardner
From IU Bloomington Libraries: A report prepared for President Michael McRobbie by the Board of Aeons, 4/1/2011

11. ERIAL:
“…the
invisibility
of librarians
in the
academic
life of
students”
From College Libraries & Student Culture: What We Now Know, p163) http://www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/3586349766/

12. Flickr: crgreene

13. lynda giddens

14. Flickr: lyzadanger

15. Flickr: followtheseinstructions
Flickr: futurefashion

16. flickr
DUX
Dynamic
Experimental
Collaborative
Transparent
Impact
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/dux

17. glyphish

18. m.libraries.iub.edu

20. Optimization
Flickr: genbug

21. Flickr: bitzcelt

22. this.
Flickr: rohdesign

24. Flickr: phoenix dark-knight

25. You’ve come a long way, baby
Flickr: d.billy

26. Flickr: emdot

27. Flickr: crgreene
thanks!