ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries July/August 1 9 9 6 /4 3 9 Conference Circuit Education for the 21st century By Janis L. Dickens Models, management, and money: The spring meeting o f CCUMC T he spring meeting of the Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC), April 11– 14, focused on updates in several areas of interest to library and media specialists. The conference was hosted by Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego and in­ cluded tours o f facilities at the University of California-San Diego and California State Uni- versity-San Diego. Keeping up w ith rap id change Keynote speaker Lynn Milet (Lehigh Univer­ sity) presented “Organizational Models for Man­ aging Technology Services: Keeping Up with Rapid Change.” Libraries, media centers, and computing operations are in a period of reor­ ganization and change at colleges and univer­ sities across the country. According to Milet, “We can succeed in each of these changes if we position ourselves as strategic partners by cooperating and collaborating with other ar­ eas; by enriching customers by providing them with valued services; by organizing ourselves and our areas to master change; and by lever­ aging our human resources.” The use of m ultim edia in education A Copyright Multimedia Guidelines update was provided by Lisa Livingston, who said that the Fair Access Working Committee charged with developing these guidelines had met five times since the annual conference in October and reported significant developments. She distrib­ uted a draft dated March 28, 1996, for discus­ sion. Many organizations are cooperating and partnering in the process and production of the final document. A teleconference update is planned when the guidelines are final as this is a topic of broad interest across the country. CD-ROM v s . the Internet Rebecca Butler and Catherine Cunningham (East Tennessee State University) presented “The Tor­ toise and the Hare o f CD-ROMs vs. the Inter­ net,” in which they gave comparisons, advan­ tages, and disadvantages of educational and research applications o f using CD-ROM versus using the Internet. In the end, they pointed out that the two are best used for different pur­ poses; both have strengths and weaknesses depending on the need. Constructing a W eb service Ray Schwartz (Rutgers University) presented “Constructing a Web Service for Your Depart­ ment.” Schwartz motivated the audience by in­ troducing potential advantages of the Web in the library/media center and by showing a few examples. He spoke about the importance of presentation and design of the pages, as well as logic and organization. He cautioned us on the expectations and hopes o f viewers that the institution is buying into a regular update and maintenance of its pages. He spoke about the advisability and possibility o f using forms via the Web, and shared with us an excellent bib­ liography. He recommended seeking more in­ formation at http://newark.rutgers.edu/~rps/ constructing.html. Faculty developm ent Martha Gilliland, J . Timothy Kolosick, and Karen Smith (University of Arizona) presented “The Student, the Learner and the Obsolescent Pro­ fessor: Changing Roles with Technology.” The University of Arizona’s approach to faculty de­ velopment may be unique in the country. The J a n i s L. D ic k en s is d ire c to r o f m e d ia serv ices a t th e University o f C a liforn ia, S a n ta Cruz; e-m a il: jd ic k en s@ c a ts. u csc.ed u http://newark.rutgers.edu/~rps/ 4 4 0 /C & R L News process has three components: 1) leadership develops a set o f guiding principles; 2) faculty participate in dialogues about these principles, deciding on projects that, from their frame of reference, are key to progress; and 3) leader­ ship makes certain that these projects are al­ lowed to develop, transferring accountability for the results to the faculty themselves. Thus the role o f leadership is 1) to set the vision or the guiding principles, and 2) to make certain that the projects the faculty want to realize can, in fact, happen. This process is empowering to the faculty, highly creative, and it puts account­ ability into the faculty’s hands. This approach is also somewhat chaotic, with no fixed orga­ nizational structure; rather the structure is fluid, relying completely on relationships and teams that form around projects. The result is a pow ­ erful engagement o f people from all aspects of the institution and a very high level o f creativ­ ity. The excellence that is achieved is both dif­ ferent from and better than what has previously been achieved through a more traditional top- down management process. Sm art classroom s Details about the facility toured the day before were given by Janet Bedford and David Sharpe (San Diego State University) in “Smart Class­ rooms with Multi-Media Integration.” They re­ ported that Instructional Technology Services on their campus has equipped two large lec­ ture halls with the latest in presentation tech­ nology: a video/data projection system; a sound amplification system with wired and wireless microphones; a Mac/PC computer system with CD-ROM, removable hard drive, computer video interface, ethernet card, and appropriate installed software; a videodisk player; a video recorder; and a visual presenter, all located in a secure classroom instructor station. Bedford and Sharpe presented an overview as well as exact design and equipment specifications, complete with photos and demonstrations. TREES on cam pus Kevin Robinson and Eric Frost (faculty in geo­ logical sciences at San Diego State University) spoke about “Using the World Wide Web As Part o f an Active Learning Environment for Preservice Elementary Teachers.” TREES (Teaching Resources for Education in Earth Science) is the primary Web organizational tool for teaching this material (http://earthview.sdsu. edu/trees/trees.html). TREES provides curricu­ lum materials, innovative methodologies, and pertinent links for earth science education. It was developed to enhance instruction and to facilitate the use o f the Web as a tool for the development o f the earth science curriculum. Preservice and inservice teachers can truly ben­ efit from the type o f instructional support the Web provides, but the Internet can be over­ whelming to them. TREES provides a conve­ nient shopping place for teachers and students who want to build or experience meaningful earth science curricula. The m aster's track Art Battson (University o f California, Santa Bar­ bara) spoke about “The Master’s Track: Elec­ tronics and the Bright Future o f Education.” He explained that the master’s track is based on the safe assumption that 10 to 20 percent of high school juniors and seniors are fully ca­ pable o f mastering college-level material. Given access to the material, they ought to be able to complete their lower-division requirements prior to the time they would ordinarily gradu­ ate from high school. Having done so, they would be on track to complete a master’s de­ gree in less time than most students today com­ plete a bachelor’s degree. One o f Battson’s most visual analogies was comparing the education system to prison. The main difference, he ex­ plained, is that prisons often release their in­ mates early for good behavior. Schools, on the other hand, typically confine their students for the full duration o f their term. He presented many advantages o f the program, both intel­ lectual and economic. Revitalizing the infrastructure Ann Shore (Florida State University) presented “Planning for Technology Integration in Higher Education.” Her thesis was that the general con­ sensus among educators, policymakers, admin­ istrators, and the public is that the current teach­ ing infrastructure must be revitalized and reengineered to reach the primary educational goals o f increased access, improved quality, and reduced cost. Not only are w e looking at the way students learn, but also at changes in where and how students learn and in how instructors teach. The broad spectrum o f approaches to instructional uses o f computers ranges from enhancing traditional teaching techniques to supporting entirely new modes o f learning. Learning no longer need be confined to the (CCUMC cont. on page 455) http://earthview.sdsu July/August 1996/441 July/August 1996/455 Collections Department o f the University o f Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Donated by Josiah Lee Auspitz, the collection augments the library’s holdings o f German-language Viennese Revolution materials that document the rapidly unfolding events o f the full length o f the revo­ lutionary period up to the aftermath o f the ca­ pitulation o f the revolutionary forces. The p a p e rs of the Franco -R ussian n o v­ elist and revolutionary Victor Serge (1890-1947) have been acquired from his son, the painter Vlady Kibalchich, by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. Serge was a Russian Bolshevik whose life and activi­ ties spanned some o f the most tumultuous years o f the century in Russian and European poli­ tics. He was an organizer o f the Communist International, setting up the Comintern pub­ lishing house and print shop and editing Imprekorr, the Comintern press service in Ber­ lin and Vienna. He was later expelled from the Party, imprisoned in Central Asia, and then ex­ iled, first to Europe and finally to Mexico. The acquisition includes Serge’s research files and drafts o f articles, largely from periods o f his life spent in Marseilles and Mexico (1940-47), as well as manuscripts from some o f his many books. The archive also includes unpublished drafts, photographs, clippings, and correspon­ dence with such figures as Leon Trotsky, André Gide, George Orwell, and Dwight MacDonald. The R hom bus M edia film a rc h iv e , certi­ fied as nationally significant by the Cultural Property Review Board, has been acquired by the York University Archives and Special Col­ lections in Toronto. Rhombus Media was formed in 1979 by three York University film students and produced more than 50 critically acclaimed films. The collection comprises 40 titles, 34 hours o f finished film, plus 720 hours o f raw film and videotape, as well as all pro­ duction materials for the recent world-renowned production Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. ■ (CCUMC cont. from page 440) classroom or lecture hall. Distance education systems integrating computers, video, and tele­ communication technologies can carry ad­ vanced and specialized courses beyond the campus to remote and nearby sites. Communi­ cation tools and computing create electronically linked, global communities. N ew visualization tools provide learning experiences in interac­ tive, virtual environments. The proponents o f educational reform believe that the time is right to make the transition from a teacher-centered environment to a learner-centered one because o f the vast amount o f change required in higher education. Instructional technology as a tool is view ed as a means o f supporting the educa­ tional goals o f the new teaching infrastructure. K eep in g a ll the b a lls in the a ir T w o final presentations were very popular. Ber­ nard Colo’s (Simmons College) “Juggling 101, Keeping All the Balls in the Air: Designing and Building Classrooms o f the 21st Century: A Case Study” described Simmons’ four-month reno­ vation o f three major campus classrooms and the constraints and environments involved, in­ cluding the needs o f a faculty o f diverse teach­ ing styles, incorporating multimedia and com­ puting capabilities, deciding what equipment should be included, incorporating ADA guide­ lines, and following through with the design and installation. C a talo g s on the W eb Finally, Peter Mason presented “W W W Access to Your Catalog: Techniques and Pitfalls” in which he focused on the use o f Medianet to make your media catalog accessible through y o u r W e b h o m ep a g e. H e dem onstrated Medianet’s capability to access your online public access catalog through a W eb home­ page, maintaining your catalog on the Web, creating mediagraphies, and automatic updat­ ing. He demonstrated exporting the data and creating the header, title list, html trailer, order form, detail description file, contact info, de­ tailed annotations, and a mediagraphy list. He encouraged the audience to access http:// www.dymaxion.ns.ca/medianet and click on OPAC options for a demonstration. A useful conference The conference provided a time o f intellectual stimulation, rich networking opportunities, and wonderful amenities. The next conference o f CCUMC will be October 17– 21, 1996, hosted by the University o f Kansas, Lawrence. For more information contact Don Rieck, executive di­ rector, CCUMC, (515) 294-8022. ■ http://www.dymaxion.ns.ca/medianet