1. Lib 2.0 is in Beta Release Queen’s University Library March 6, 2006 Towards the Information Ecology Michael Ridley Chief Information Officer (CIO) & Chief Librarian University of Guelph

2. Information Ecology Speaking about the Future “The future always arrives too fast... and in the wrong order.” Alvin Toffler “The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.” William Gibson

3. Information Ecology I’m an academic librarian. I feel your pain. I’m also a CIO and university administrator. So, I come to you from the dark side. Disclaimer

4. Information Ecology Stewardship Democracy Service Rationalism Privacy Equity of Access Intellectual Freedom Literacy and Learning Our Enduring Values

5. Information Ecology “When simple change becomes transformational change, the desire for continuity becomes a dysfunctional mirage.” The Mirage of Continuity (1999) Hawkins & Battin

6. Information Ecology Why the “Information Ecology?” An environmental metaphor that connotes: Organic and Deliberate Interdependent and Diverse Fragile and Strong

7. Information Ecology Web 2.0 & Lib 2.0 Blogs Wikis RSS Tagging Mashups Social Networking Open Access Integrated Library System Standards Interoperability User Centered

8. Information Ecology Two Major Transformations to Environment a) Managed Digital Space b) Academic Town Square 1. From database/repository Towards the Information Ecology

9. Information Ecology Two Major Transformations to Information Finding People 2. From people finding information a) Ubiquitous Access b) Personalized Tools Towards the Information Ecology

10. Information Ecology Paul Saffo Institute for the Future “The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.” filtering, searching and sense-making tools

11. Information Ecology Key Observations Collaboration Information Resources Digital Preservation Evaluation and Assessment

12. Information Ecology Collaboration Powerful value Pragmatic strategy Teaching & Learning... Research?

14. Information Ecology Information Resources Distributed, global academic library Library as publisher Curatorial role: context, continuity, authenticity & authority Open Access & Rights Management

15. Information Ecology Digital Preservation Stewardship & digital fragility Challenges: –technical –organizational –financial –conceptual

16. Information Ecology Evaluation and Assessment Accountability Align Measure Assess Vision

17. Street Cred: What is Guelph Doing?

19. Information Ecology Your Moment of Zen... “To remain what it is, the library must change...... if it does not change, it will not remain what it is.” David Penniman University at Buffalo

20. Lib 2.0 is in Beta Release Towards the Information Ecology Michael Ridley Chief Information Officer (CIO) & Chief Librarian University of Guelph