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Impact of IT on Workload

Impact of IT on Workload. Ray E. Metz University of Michigan-Dearborn www.umd.umich.edu/~remetz remetz@umd.umich.edu 313.593.5253. Impact of IT on Workload. The Promise The Reality The Implication The Mission The Future The Vision. The Promise (Desk Set - 1957).

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Impact of IT on Workload

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  1. Impact of IT on Workload Ray E. Metz University of Michigan-Dearborn www.umd.umich.edu/~remetz remetz@umd.umich.edu 313.593.5253

  2. Impact of IT on Workload • The Promise • The Reality • The Implication • The Mission • The Future • The Vision

  3. The Promise (Desk Set - 1957) • Imagine a film clip from Desk Set that shows Spencer Tracey explaining the benefits of introducing a “computer” into the company library…

  4. The Reality • Move away from literate society • When it works well... • Three ways of working with reality • cultural norms • mandates • tendency towards competency

  5. The Reality? • Imagine a funny cartoon about staff members playing solitaire… a cartoon from “Six Chix” -- I don’t have a link to the cartoon, but the “Six Chix” is a unique approach to cartoons, to read more… • http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/sixchix/aboutMaina.php

  6. When IT’s working well... • Think of a time when you were excited to have technology be a part of librarianship. Describe the experience. What contributed to the experience?

  7. The Implications • Unintended consequences • Marshall McLuhan • Every strong library helps… • Weak libraries hurt… • imagine a cute cartoon about the implications of technology on our youth by P.S. Mueller http://www.psmueller.com/

  8. The Implications • “The medium is the message.”

  9. The Implications • The library as defined by… • the book • the web • television • imagine an editorial cartoon by Mike Smith here… http://www.unitedmedia.com/editoons/smith/index.html

  10. The Mission • Imagine a couple of cartoons about search engines - one that questions is a librarian a search engine today? and another that pokes fun at search engines’ ability to find what you really need...

  11. The Future • Designer, steward, teacher/learner

  12. The Future • Designer (60%), steward (20%), and teacher/learner (20%)

  13. The Future • Designer (60%), steward (20%), and teacher/learner (20%) • New learning spaces

  14. The Future • Designer (60%), steward (20%), and teacher/learner (20%) • New learning spaces • Sense of place (campus and library)

  15. The Future • Designer (60%), steward (20%), and teacher/learner (20%) • New learning spaces • Sense of place (campus and library) • Computers will not be a utility - networks are

  16. The Future • Designer (60%), steward (20%), and teacher/learner (20%) • New learning spaces • Sense of place (campus and library) • Computers will not be a utility - networks will • Disposable concepts

  17. The Future (Desk Set - 1957) • Imagine a film clip from Desk Set that shows Katherine Hepburn as the very together librarian!

  18. The Vision • Up to each of us… • Or as my students would say… “Technology… Get over it!”

  19. Impact of IT on Workload Ray E. Metz University of Michigan-Dearborn www.umd.umich.edu/~remetz remetz@umd.umich.edu 313.593.5253

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