Reimagining The Academic Library - Quiz

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Please complete the following Quiz before June 17, 2016. Before you start the quiz you should view ACRL/Choice Webinars: Reimagining the Academic Library

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1.

Explain the difference between link rot and content drift.
2.

David Lewis talks about Wikipedia as a disruptive innovation (as defined by Clayten Christensen). Give three other examples of disruptive innovations?
3.

After you watch Clayten Christensen talk about milkshakes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LymEs67Y(30:50) What product or service can you design that will help students and faculty do more effectively, conveniently and affordably a job they've been trying to do in their scholarly lives?
4.

Why do you think the presenter talked about Watson Analytics?
5.

What is the irony of the last slide of the presentation?
6.

According to Christensen why would it be difficult for libraries to innovate? (select all correct answers)
- A.
  
  We are encumbered by legacy systems
- B.
  
  We have too many millennials working in libraries
- C.
  
  We are too small to create centres of "innovation"
- D.
  
  We have too many baby boomers working in libraries
7.

You start an innovation with . . .
- A.
  
  Your most demanding customer
- B.
  
  Your least demanding customer
- C.
  
  Focus on everyone
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

(9:06) According to the presenter what is the most important characteristic of digital documents?
- A.
  
  Local versus universal
- B.
  
  Designed for one user versus useable by many
- C.
  
  The marginal cost of producing a digital document is zero
- D.
  
  Immutable versus easily changed
9.

(10:54) According to Doctorow how are books and dogs the same?
- A.
  
  They are loyal
- B.
  
  They are special to people
- C.
  
  They are expensive
- D.
  
  They need to be walked
10.

If gasoline had increased in price at the same rate as U.S. periodicals from 1986 to 2015, it would cost [blank] (U.S. dollars) a gallon.
11.

(27:00) How many objects were distributed with a creative commons licenses last year?
- A.
  
  Over one million
- B.
  
  Over one billion
- C.
  
  Over one trillion
- D.
  
  Over one googol
12.

(29:57) Why were academic libraries created?
- A.
  
  So the University could have a building named after an important person
- B.
  
  Before google it was hard to find information
- C.
  
  Wikipedia hadn't been invented
- D.
  
  Because the market couldn't provide an efficient service directly to faculty and students
13.

In the I "heart" UL campaign, what has increased in terms of what students love about the library?
- A.
  
  Study
- B.
  
  Resources
- C.
  
  Staff
- D.
  
  Technology
14.

What characteristics of a third place do academic libraries have? (Happy Places: Third Places)
- A.
  
  Neutral
- B.
  
  Level (social status)
- C.
  
  Conversation is the main activity
- D.
  
  Accessible
- E.
  
  They have regulars
- F.
  
  Plain and unpretentious
- G.
  
  Playful mood
15.

Canadian librarians will collectively keep our print legacy collections?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False