University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students are invited to imagine and share their vision for the future of academic research libraries in a new contest from the University Libraries.
Prizes for "Imagining the Research Library of Tomorrow" will consist of three Visa gift cards and Libraries swag. The top prize is valued at $350.
“We encourage parents, faculty, staff and other allies of Husker students to share this information with all possible students who would be interested in entering,” said Harriet Wintermute, chair of the Libraries' Acquisitions, Cataloging, Metadata, E-resources department, and contest lead organizer.
The contest is now open, and the deadline for submission is Dec. 4. Submission guidelines outline the prompt and other details. Entries can be created in a variety of formats, including artwork, video, written and 3D model.
Contest participants are to address the following prompt:
"Explore your hopes, dreams and sense of possibilities for how research libraries will evolve to support discovery, knowledge and human connection in the years to come."
“We want students to reflect on the educational journey that they are on and how the UNL Libraries have supported them on that journey,” Wintermute said. “Then, we ask them to visualize the path to the future and how they see the Libraries’ path alongside their own.”
The contest is connected to the year-long celebration of the Libraries’ significant milestones, "Pages to Paths: A Celebration of Our Libraries." The Nebraska Model is how the Libraries envision their own future.
Liz Lorang, dean of libraries, said the contest can elicit valuable information about how students see the Libraries in the present and possible pathways of the future.
“We are excited to see how students envision the vital work of the Libraries in the future, and it could guide us toward new ways of collaborating and innovating,” she said.
Submission guidelines and entry forms are online.
