Libraries: Authentic Centers of Academic Applied Learning

Abstract

Libraries have traditionally been text-based institutions, providing access to rich collections of published and printed materials. The breadth of access brought on by the digital age means our SUNY libraries now facilitate access to deeper and broader collections of information and inspiration – textual, audio, visual, technical, artistic, and more. When libraries were text-based, the creative process they supported was also text-based – good library research lies at the heart of millions of research papers. SUNY Libraries are on the cutting edge of supporting the creative process emerging from our digital information age, in which users not only write but also make, discover, and build, all on a framework of information and access coming from their campus libraries.