Hyper-connected experts

Being a digital immigrant, I found this article both fascinating and thought provoking:

http://www.demodirt.com/index.php/generation-y/27-technology/498-you-cant-trust-hyper-connected-experts

The phenomenon of "crowd wisdom" is one which impacts on us here at MSIT as far as delivering information literacy programs.  Just because an item or opinion is on Facebook or YouTube or even as part of a blog, how do students determine the authority or validity of the piece?  More importantly, do they care?  How does this impact on their assignement work?

I'd love to hear from the younger generation on their opinions of this piece.

Rotation of the Fiction Collection

It's great to see this project finally coming to fruition - thanks to everyone for getting involved and also for the ideas flowing.  Please share any thoughts you have on how we can improve the project.  Including summaries and genre headings in this process is a great way to add value.

Keep in mind:

• Weeding out old stock
• Attempting to balance the collection across all campuses
• Promotion of the Fiction Collection

Next year is the National Year of Reading and we can use this huge event to promote this cause.  Let's get our ideas on paper early to celebrate this important library event.

Have a look a the Year of Reading website http://www.love2read.org.au/ for information and ideas.