1. Natural selection in Libraryland – the changing landscape of the University Library North South Conference Belfast 20 April 2012

2. The research library Vanishing into oblivion...or soaring to new heights? In other words We fly...or we die!

3. “Librarians” – An Endangered Species?

4. The old way The BIGGER the better

5. The way ahead Fit for the future

6. Association of Research Libraries www.arl.org

7. Libraries of the Future www.futurelibraries.info

8. Refocussing

9. Feed me now! Survival in Libraryland depends on effective knowledge transfer...right stuff, in time, on demand ever more personalised services

11. RLUK Strategic Plan Redefining the research library model Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality Shaping ethical and effective publishing Promoting unique and distinctive collections Modelling the library role in research data management http://www.rluk.ac.uk/

12. Redefining the research library model Physical collections are shrinking Library as publisher Manipulation of information resources

13. Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality United Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR) http://www.ukrr.ac.uk/ Shared cataloguing (yet again!)

14. Shaping ethical and effective publishing Scholarly communications are changing Journal costs spiralling Monographs at risk But new publishing models emerging

15. Promoting unique and distinctive collections Collaborative digitisation Resource discovery Promoting access

16. The library’s role in research data management Uniquely complex network of metadata Institutional, national and international initiatives

17. So in practical terms... Space Stuff Staff

18. The future Today’s research library model is obsolescent but The research library of tomorrow can and will support evolving models of scholarly communications

19. not Doing things differently rather Doing different things

20. Debby Shorley Director of Library Services Imperial College London d.shorley@imperial.ac.uk

21. RLUK www.rluk.ac.ukwww.rluk.ac.uk UKRR www.ukrr.ac.ukwww.ukrr.ac.uk ARL www.arl.orgwww.arl.org LOTF www.futurelibraries.infowww.futurelibraries.info Imperial College Library www3.imperial.ac.uk/library