I teach as an adjunct at Kent State. I am glad to see the changes occurring at Kent. I started a web/library 2.0 workshop several semesters ago.

They recently created an introduction to technology course that is a required core course. Even though technology was mixed throughout many courses, you could avoid classwork that involved implementation or some students did not have the basics to really benefit from the lessons. They started behind and had a hard time catching up.

Library management has also been moved to the required core collection. More and more job ads list skills of management, even at the entry level.

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Brian C. Gray
Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
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