1. The Library as 21 st Century Research and Learning Center Mary Ochs Albert R Mann Library Cornell University September 2009

2. What is the 21 st century library? The library is still a place The library is virtual 21 st century library approach

3. The library is still a place…

4. Mann Library

5. Lobby of Mann Library

6. Manndible Café

7. Public Computers with Plotters

8. Loaner Laptops

9. Bissett Collaborative Space

10. Computer Classrooms

11. Distance Learning Classroom

12. Gallery

13. Stacks

14. Atrium

15. The library is virtual…

16. Digital Collections E-Journals – new subscriptions and back files E-books Providing easy access to some digital collections can still be a challenge! Digital repositories Digitization projects – Google Books, subject collections – historical agriculture and home economics

17. Embedded IT

18. Mann Web Site: http://mannlib.cornell.edu

19. Mobile technologies: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CULLABS/Text+a+Librarian

20. VIVO: http://vivo.cornell.edu

21. DataStaR: http://datastar.mannlib.cornell.edu

22. E-Clips: http://eclips.cornell.edu eClips

23. Information Literacy: Key to Effective Use of the Virtual Library

24. Cornell University Information Competency Initiative " Our mission is to support teaching and learning at the university. This is the heart of it: working with faculty and all the campus partners to make student learning more effective. That piece is key. We can do all the talking and digitization and institutes we want, but if we're not affecting student learning, why are we here? This is vital to our core mission--it raises awareness among the faculty and our campus partners about the value and perspective the Library brings." Librarian Baseema Krkoska, left, and Professor Jane Mt. Pleasant

25. Applied Economics and Management class

26. Natural Resource class

27. 21 st Century Library approach = the right staff

28. Gail Steinhart – Research Data/Environmental Sciences Librarian

29. Baseema Krkoska – Coordinator of Reference, Instruction & Business Information Programs

30. Medha Devare – Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian

31. Keith Jenkins – GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian

32. Brian Lowe Semantic Applications Programmer Brian Caruso Programmer/Analyst Ontologies and Semantic Web

33. Managing in a Recession Economy Strategic Planning and Prioritizing Collaborating to enhance services Grants for innovative projects Endowments and follow up with donors Understanding your audience and their needs

34. Strategic Planning Questions What are our major strengths in accomplishing the library’s mission today? What are the library’s weaknesses and what are our major barriers to carrying out our mission? In the next 3 years, what collaborations (on campus and off) can we initiate or augment to more effectively leverage our strengths?

35. Strategic Planning Questions (cont) What should the library’s top 5 priorities be over the next 2-3 years? What are the skills, individual and collective, that will make the library a more effective organization? How is the environment we operate in changing and how should we respond to the changes?

36. More information about Mann Library … http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu

37. Questions?