Cross-overs

I have just been reflecting how pervasive all this e-learning stuff is. I am currently involved in a project through my work to re-examine our library website. One of the first things we have sat down and looked at is new learning technologies and how that might impact on some of the decisions we make regarding the website and the philosophy behind it. I was delighted to find the Becta website (through this course) with its multitude of reports. One of the areas I found most interesting was their key trends. There were close alignments with the Horizon report 2009. So far it seems like mobile computing, web 2.0 and social software (or the personal web), consumerisation of IT, green IT, and cloud computing seem to be leading the way. The speed with which technology is moving certainly make it interesting when trying to design web-based systems with users in mind. One of the questions that has come up for us is how can we ensure that some of the data that we want students to access, is surfaced in places like Google? Is this giving in (given that we spend so much time trying to drive students away from Google), or simply being realistic?
My view is that it is time for us librarians to move away from trying to get students to access information the way we want them to, and to move to a philosophy which puts us where students can find us best - whether it is via our own home page, or something else. It is interesting times and there are plenty of big discussions to be had.