The Nexters who talked with us on April 23rd braved a tough topic: where have libraries been as the digital environment was developing?
With public and academic spaces closed, libraries need to be where their students, community members and faculty are in the virtual environment: Zoom, Facebook Live, phone, etc. Are they? Those in the library know that libraries are virtual. Do people on campuses and in communities know this?
Virtual libraries and virtual services were introduced in the early 1990’s. Since then public and academic libraries have focused their strategies on chat and digital content – not so much on virtual, interactive service engagement. Why is that?Watch the recording above with Janie Hermann of Princeton Public Library, Bryan Alexander, a senior scholar at Georgetown University, higher education consultant, and author of Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education, and Andrea Cecchetto of Markham Public Library.
If you prefer to listen to the podchat, here it is. Listen now or download for later:
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