1. University of West Florida Library Digital Initiatives Underway, Under Discussion, On the Horizon 2006 - 2007 Ray Uzwyshyn, Ph.D. Head, Digital and Learning Technologies

2. Metalib Cross Database Search Engine, Federated Search Engine, Integrated Search

3. Multiple Database Searching We Purchase 323 Databases Soft Launch December 2006 Hard Launch January 2007

4. University Archives UWF 40 th Anniversary Virtual Exhibit  Utilizes Archival Resources  40 Years of University History (Bibliography, Chronology, Timelines, Image Categories)  Archivists, Bibliographers, Technologists  Begins to Set Ground Work for Virtual Exhibits Model (Archives)  September 2007

5. Archon: Placing the Archives Online (1 st Steps)  Beginning to Place the Archives Online  Guides: 477 Finding Aids  Archon Produces Version of XML called EAD: (Encoded Archival Description): Globally Shareable: UWF Archives Searchable Globally, online

6. Library Website Redesign  Congruency with Larger University Web Presence  Branding (Images)  New Information Architecture  Treading into Multimedia (Images, Sound, Tutorials, E- Resources)

7. On the Horizon – Digital Studio/Multimedia Lab New Library Possibilities New Services Digital Literacy Podcasting Scanning Assistance Web Page Creation Capacity Digital Audio/Video Capacity CD/DVD Creation Document Creations (Scanning, OCR, PDF Creation) (1-2 year timeline)

8. On the Horizon Dark Archives CSUL Task Force on Dark Archives We Pay for Access for 323 Vendor Databases, 42,000 E-Journals, 270k/year(outside of FCLA), 30%, 3.2million/year FCLA Essentially We are Paying for Access (From Anthropology to Chemistry to Zoology) What happens in a trigger event? Publisher Goes Down Society Stops Publishing Massive Disaster or System Failure Investigation Possibilities Portico (Mellon Foundation) LOCKSS (Stanford) In House Statewide Database Project

9. Learning/Information Commons  New Library Definitions  Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Synthetic  Software and Hardware – Specialized Expansion  Space Allocation (Group Technologically Enabled Learning Space) User Services (Multimedia/Digital Literacy  Collaboration Between Larger Campus Divisions and Library (Writing Center, Faculty Teaching Centre, Learning and Academic Technology and University IT) Broadband Possibilities (Lambda Rail, Visualization, Multidisciplinary Possibilities)

10. Thank You Questions?