Libraries of all types have undergone significant developments in the last few decades. The rate of change in the academic library, a presence for decades now, has been increasing in the first decade of this century. It is no exaggeration to claim that it is undergoing a top to bottom redefinition. In this second volume of the series, Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library, we explore the initiatives in student learning and training that are underway in our academic libraries. The 13 chapters range from librarians redesigning the space in the library in order to assume control of the campus bookstore to implementing a MOOC where the problems of providing material to potentially thousands of students taking an online course must somehow overcome copyright restrictions. A chapter describes how the iPad has become the chosen delivery mechanism for a rich array of resources that finally begin to reflect the educational potential of the digital world. Another chapter tells how a collaboration creates an audio archive to enrich the experiences of patrons and raise the visibility of the special collections unit on campus. Gamification plays a role in two chapters and active learning is featured in another that employs the technologies of interactive whiteboards, clickers, and wireless slates. These approaches, employing new technologies and terminology, signal that we have begun a new era in the definition and design of the academic library. We can't expect the redefined academic library to assume its final shape any time soon, if ever, but the transformation is well underway.
Introduction Chapter 1 Open access for student success Teri Oaks Gallaway and James B. Hobbs Chapter 2 The library-bookstore revisited James Lund Chapter 3 Librarians and MOOCs Loren Turner and Jennifer Wondracek Chapter 4 Trends in medical library instruction and training: a survey study Antonio DeRosa and Marisol Hernandez Chapter 5 Using digital badges to enhance research instruction in academic libraries Susan David deMaine, Catherine A. Lemmer, Benjamin J. Keele, and Hannah Alcasid Chapter 6 The librarian and the media producer: creating an audio-archive based on a unique collection Helen Fallon and Anne O'Brien Chapter 7 York College Library's school media specialist: a new library model for easing the transition from high school to college Christina Miller and John Drobnicki Chapter 8 Unleashing the power of the IPad Michelle Currier and Mike Magilligan Chapter 9 Training library staff with badges and gamification Cyndi Harbeson and Scott Rice Chapter 10 Gamification and librarianship: a new DART-Europe ready to roll Diana Parlic, Adam Sofronijevic, and Mladen Cudanov Chapter 11 Creating connective library spaces: a librarian-student collaboration model Alexander Watkins and Rebecca Kuglitsch Chapter 12 Merging Web 2.0 and social media into information literacy instruction Rachel Wexelbaum and Plamen Miltenoff Chapter 13 Library instruction in the age of constructivism: engaging students with active learning technologies Anthony Holderied and Michael C. Alewine
