SU11Q3

Summer 2011 Question 3
3. //Living Digital// is a phrase that's currently creating a buzz in the library world. For example, "Living Digital: The Future of Information and the Role of the Library," was the theme of a Symposium hosted at ALA 2010 midwinter conference. Topics included discussion of how the digital environment has introduced new materials, new partners, and new user expectations into the information arena.

Answer the following: a. What does "living digital" mean to you as a future information professional? b. What strategies should libraries and/or information agencies adopt or adapt to: 1) Identify and deliver effective resources and services to patrons in the digital environment while maintaining "traditional" services and resources for patrons who are not currently "living digital" (by choice or circumstance), and 2) Empower information professionals to meet the challenges of a constantly changing digital information environment.

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