Please take some time to read a few of the following articles as they will provide a backdrop to the day’s discussions.

2006 Taiga Forum Presentations (in PowerPoint format).

Campbell, Jerry. “Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination,” Educause review, Jan/Feb 2006.

Dempsey, Lorcan. “The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After,” Ariadne Issue 46, 2006.

De Rosa, Cathy, et al. “College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: A report to the OCLC Membership,” 2006.

Taiga Forum Steering Committee. “Taiga Forum Provocative Statements,” Taiga Forum, March 2006.