The entrance of the Education & Music Library has a new look! Over the summer of 2013 we removed our old reference desk and created a new single service point area. Next to the circulation and reserve materials, the new area includes a red ‘feature wall’ to match the colours found in other areas of the Education Building, a curved desk with a swivelling computer monitor and a matching red ‘ASK us’ sign. The new plasma screen has been great for advertising upcoming events and activities in the branch. Construction of the area was completed in September 2013 and both staff and library patrons are enjoying the new area.

In my role as the University Library’s instructional designer, I frequently investigate and use a variety of educational technologies. I also have an interest in considering what is coming down the road and what spurs the adoption of new technologies in post-secondary institutions.

This brief article in THE (Times Higher Education) presents six areas of consideration to help us think about what future services could look like given technology adoption trends.

If you have a moment, give it a glance and let me know what you think!

David Francis

Hi everyone,

It is finally here, a forum for University of Saskatchewan Library employees to connect with, learn from and engage with each other. Branching Out is the result of a vision of library employees sharing the happenings, ideas, photos, and fun in their units across the library — it is something written for library employees by library employees. One Library, with a myriad of units, all intimately connected with each other. Keeping current and “in the know” has never been so easy and, hopefully, it’s never been so fun. So please, read a little, write a little, enjoy a lot.

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