Brick and Click Libraries Symposium

摘要

Technology has changed the way libraries deliver services and the way we do our jobs. It has provided solutions to practical problems and made our buildings less content holders than places where students can interact with content and with each other. Northwest Missouri State University annually brings librarians together in Maryville for the Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, a forum for discussion of technological trends and issues. The 2005 version, held on the Northwest campus on Saturday, October 15, included 30 programs and five poster sessions. What started in 2001 as a regional program has grown into a nationwide phenomenon, with librarians from as far as New Jersey and California in attendance. Trends of note this year included using technology to track reference interactions, to create knowledgebases and institutional repositories, and to provide access to government information in digital form. Below are summaries of five sessions from the program.