Reimagining The Academic Library - Quiz

Academic libraries were created because the market couldn't provide an efficient service directly to faculty and students. This suggests that the establishment of academic libraries was a response to the lack of easily accessible information and resources for educational purposes. It implies that academic libraries were necessary to bridge the gap between the demand for information and the limited availability of resources in the market.

The presenter is optimistic in the U.S. context, and I think there are reasons to think we'll also solve this in Canada. But if you answered False, I don't think that's unreasonable.

That would be over $4 Canadian a litre.

According to Doctorow, both books and dogs are special to people. This implies that both books and dogs hold a significant place in people's lives and are valued by them. People have an emotional attachment to both books and dogs, considering them as important and cherished entities.

The correct answer is "over one billion". This suggests that more than one billion objects were distributed with a creative commons license last year. It implies a significant number of objects were made available for public use, indicating a widespread adoption and utilization of creative commons licenses for sharing creative works.

The correct answer is study. In the "I heart UL" campaign, students have expressed an increased love for studying at the library. This suggests that they appreciate the quiet and conducive environment for studying that the library provides.

The most important characteristic of digital documents, according to the presenter, is that the marginal cost of producing them is zero. This means that once the digital document is created, it can be reproduced and distributed at no additional cost. Unlike physical documents, which require resources and expenses for reproduction, digital documents can be easily and inexpensively replicated. This characteristic of digital documents makes them highly cost-effective and accessible, allowing for widespread dissemination and sharing of information.

"Different value networks can emerge and co-exist at various distances from the original value network. Products that come forth from a New-market disruption are more affordable to own and simpler to use compared to the original product. They enable a whole new group of people to own the product and to use them in a more convenient way. As the performance of these new products gets better, they will start to attract the least-demanding customers from of the original value network and pull them into the new value network. A further increase of the performance will ultimately pull the more demanding customers out of the original value network.

Market leaders perceive little threat until the disruption is in its final stages and starts to draw customers away. By this time it is too late for the market leader to make the shift to the new technology and dominate the new value network."

ProvenModels

According to Christensen, libraries would find it difficult to innovate because they are encumbered by legacy systems. These outdated systems may hinder the adoption of new technologies and processes. Additionally, libraries may struggle to create centers of innovation due to their relatively small size and limited resources.

A few of these are debatable, but libraries have this potential.

There is no right answer, but the quiz didn't allow for such ambiguity!