The network reconfigures the library: people and places, collections and services. Lorcan Dempsey Lir Seminar April 2008 Liberty Hall, Dublin

Picture: Robin Alston

Then: vertically integrated around collection Now: moving apart in network environment New skills …. Space Expertise Collections Systems and services

HIGH TOUCH SERVICE Place

– Space infused with value – How has the value changed over time? – Engagement with collections, expertise and services? Space – Opportunity costs – Valuable real estate – Growing pressure in many environments – New spaces

Place Infrastructure -> customer relations Higher value activity – Access to scarce resources – people, equipment, specialist advice, exhibition, … – Individual, group, social

These student comments suggest that good study space is responsive to the academic and social dimensions of study in ways that allow students to control them both. Scott Bennett

Gleason Library U Rochester Photos: S. Gibbons

ENGAGE WITH THE LEARNING PROCESS PARTNERSHIP REPURPOSE AND RECALIBRATE Place

NEW DIRECTIONS Collections

Collections grid highlow high STEWARDSHIP UNIQUENESS Books Journals Newspapers Gov. docs CD, DVD Maps Scores Special collections Rare books Local/Historical newspapers Local history materials Archives & Manuscripts, Theses & dissertations Research, learning and administrative materials, ePrints/tech reports Learning objects Courseware E-portfolios Research data Institutional records Reports, newsletters, etc Freely-accessible web resources Websites Open source software Newsgroup archives

Trends Mass digitization and off-site storage Licensed: rented Special collections onto the web Thematic collections of web resources Research, learning and administrative materials published on the web The new special collections.

Thematic research collections

Published materials: discourse Primary materials: evidence Interpreted materials: exhibition Library Archive Museum

NEGOTIATION ENGAGEMENT WITH RESEARCHERS AND LEARNERS AS CREATORS ARCHIVAL PRACTICE: INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITION Collections

THE PERSON IS AN ENTRY POINT Expertise

Source: Susan Gibbons, U Rochester

IMPROVE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND LEARNING CAPACITIES: PUBLISHING INTERPRETING AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND LEARNING NEEDS SPECIALIST CONSULTANCY: GIS, METADATA, IPR, … MARKETING AND ASSESSMENT: UNDERSTAND NEEDS AND DEVELOP SERVICES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS Expertise

IN THE FLOW Services and systems

library Consumer environments Management environment Licensed Bought Faculty& students Digitized Aggregations Resource sharing … Institutional Workflow Portals, CMS, IR, … Personal Workflow RSS, toolbars,.. Network level workflow Google, … Integrated local user environment? Library web presence Resource sharing, …

Discovery happens elsewhere Resources are abundant; attention scarce Build services around workflow The big squeeze

Now: Federated access to multi-institutional holdings with support for personal collection-building and sharing

SUPPORT FOR FACULTY AND STUDENT GATHER/CREATE/SHARE PLACING THE LIBRARY IN THE FLOW DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT MORE SOPHISTICATED SOURCING DECISIONS Systems and services

VALUE TRANSLATION: SHOWING THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VALUES OF THE HOME INSTITUTION Leadership

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