Focus of Presentation
Many higher education institutions are developing technology-rich learning
spaces such as information commons, multi-media studios, student unions,
computer labs, and classrooms. The need for access to digital information,
media production tools, and classroom presentation tools as well as the
expectations of Net Gen students all drive the development of new or
renovated spaces. Joan Lippincott will provide insights on the learning
styles of today’s generation of students, how they use technology, and
what their expectations are for services and technology programs.
Speaker Bio
Joan K. Lippincott is the Associate Executive Director
of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). CNI, jointly sponsored
by the Association of Research Libraries and Educause, includes about 200
member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and
networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual
productivity.
Joan has played a central role in establishing and expanding CNI since its
founding in 1990. She served as interim Executive Director of the
Coalition from November of 1996 to July of 1997, following the untimely
death of founding Executive Director Paul Evan Peters. Joan is responsible
for programs focusing on the use of networked information to transform
institutions, including New Learning Communities, Working Together, and
Assessing the Academic Networked Environment.
Joan's active professional life includes membership in the Steering
Committee of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations,
service on the board of the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural
Heritage, work as founding chair and member of the Association of College
and Research Libraries New Directions in Teaching and Learning Discussion
Group, and membership in the American Library Association.
Prior to joining CNI in 1990, Joan worked at the American Council on
Education, the National Institute on Postsecondary Governance and Finance,
Cornell University's Mann Library, George Washington University,
Georgetown University, and the State University of New York at Brockport.
In 1999 Joan completed her doctoral degree in Education Policy, Planning,
and Administration--with a focus on higher education--at the University of
Maryland at College Park. She earned a master's degree in Library Science
from the State University of New York at Geneseo, and also completed
graduate work at George Washington University and Cornell University. She
earned an A.B. with honors from Vassar College.
Joan has written on a variety of topics, including collaboration between
librarians and information technologists, networked information, end-user
searching, and teaching and learning in the networked environment.
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