Scenario 2 - Sink or swim: digital dilemma in higher education

I learned from Law's scenario that libraries in higher education are evolving to reflect the needs of society. They are transforming from places which store printed matter in a logical order to places which also provide patrons access to vast amounts of electronic information. The challenge for librarians is to collaborate to organise and manage these resources so that users are able to access them easily. I can see that there are similarities between the change taking place in higher education libraries and the changes taking place in primary school libraries. We are offering a lot more online databases, magazines and learning tools and also making available technology such as desktop computers, laptops, iPods and iPads. The primary school library of today looks quite different to the library of ten years ago. It's fun to wonder what my school library will look like in another ten years.