USF SLIS: East Coast Connection

Hello, my name is Martin Rheaume. I am the administer of this website. I already know some of you a little bit, and I am looking forward to your participation. For those of you whom I don't know, it will be nice to get to know you on our community website.

Greetings to all first time users. This is where you can really express yourself. The library is an evolving institution that has been around in some form for thousands of years. We are entering the field in the most exciting and unstable time in its history. The ways people are retrieving and sharing information are changing rapidly, and the library is struggling admirably to find a new identity in the shifting information environment. Guess what? We are going to be the ones who define what the library will be in the 21st century. It is a lot of responsibility, so I expect some passionate ideas about what the library's role in this society is. I love the formal academic environment. It is where we build our knowledge infrastructure. As we become more knowledgeable, we develop more sophisticated opinions, and the classroom environment does not always provide us with an environment where we feel comfortable expressing ourselves. So put your thinking caps on, and help me define the role of the library in the information society. Taboo topics are encouraged, but play nice.