Reimagining The Academic Library - Quiz
Please complete the following Quiz before June 17, 2016. Before you start the quiz you should view ACRL/Choice Webinars: Reimagining the Academic Library
- 1.David Lewis talks about Wikipedia as a disruptive innovation (as defined by Clayten Christensen). Give three other examples of disruptive innovations?
- 2.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
- 3.You start an innovation with . . .
- A.
Your most demanding customer
- B.
Your least demanding customer
- C.
Focus on everyone
- D.
All of the above
- 4.(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
- 5.(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
- 6.Explain the difference between link rot and content drift.
- 7.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.
- 8.(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
- 9.(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
- 10.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?
- 11.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
- 12.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
- 13.Canadian librarians will collectively keep our print legacy collections?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Why do you think the presenter talked about Watson Analytics?
- 15.What is the irony of the last slide of the presentation?
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