tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post1558886140190247762..comments2024-03-08T09:59:17.862-05:00Comments on Digitization 101: Will students ignore your university if you don't digitize?Jill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-54176708035269918302007-05-18T14:52:00.000-04:002007-05-18T14:52:00.000-04:00Hi Jill -I've also heard it said that prospective ...Hi Jill -<BR/><BR/>I've also heard it said that prospective students of the future will add digitized collections into their evaluation criteria when selecting institutions (wish I could remember who said it and where...I suspect it was at DigCCurr). <BR/><BR/>I agree with you that students don't care where the information they get comes from. However, I do suspect that future students will care about "digitization" as it pertains to the work that they create. <BR/><BR/>I see a growing ePortfolio movement in undergraduate education. I think students who go to the effort of producing ePortfolios and their associated content will want that content accessible in the long term. <BR/>It is useful to have your intellectual work online when you're interviewing for jobs etc. I can forsee digitizing physical media as a service libraries provide to students pulling together their ePortfolios. <BR/><BR/>The growing availability of ETDs could also could be an opportunity for providing digitization services. I'm picturing digital photos of accompanying artworks, for example.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264805139147541903noreply@blogger.com