1. The future of / in the research library
Tasks, development, strategies
Lecture at the Royal School of Library and Information Science,
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The purpose of a university library:
Give and secure access to the information that is a necessity for research and education at the university/college/research institution
Secure information on the research made by the university/college/research institution (teacher, researcher, student)
Pass on critical information literacy to students (+ teachers and researchers) – best in collaboration with other teachers at the university/college/research institution)
Support research at the university/college/research institution and contribute to raise the university’s reputation/prestige and economic foundation by registration and securing the research results and by supporting the researchers and the scientific work at the institution
(As a public library) Let all collections be at the disposal of external users, e.g. regional research- and educational institutions, the business community and citizens from all over
Take part in the joint national and international library partnership and through this develop the organisation and support own services
Carry out research- and development projects within the subject and functional areas of the library

3. The future of/in the research library 21.11.2016
Challenges/trends:
The library’s role at the mother institution: meaning, importance, relevance, influence
Budget challenges
Increased (continuous) demand for accountability and profitability –”impact”
The definition of ”the library” will change and is changing rapidly
Continuous explosive development in mobile aggregates and services
Changes in further and higher education make demands on skills and competencies (and qualifications)
The technological development continues
The development of scientific communication and services in relation to the intellectual property right and copyright
Research data management, data capture, storage and documentation
User driven services and patron driven acquisition

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This leads to:
Differentiated and mobile user services
Access to the digital as well as the physical library 24/7/365
The library as a service becomes invisible
The library as a place is visible, but it is used for lots of other things than the ”old” library
The collection based services belong to the past – the espertise based services are the future
Everything you need is a browser
E-science is a continuously growing area at the research- and educational institutions and will be the main future field for libraries
User rights and copyright are extremely challenged
Service and business cooperation is a rising demand
The library could become the place where new technology is tested and ”lend out” (academic IT lab)

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Extracts from a library strategy – RUC ( ):
Strengthen the learning university by fortifying the students’ information literacy
Contribute to develop ”learning spaces” by improving the interior og and the access to the physical library room
Connect the physical campus environment and the virtual future by improving the access to the virtual library through better design and services adapted to university policies
Assist strengthening (boosting), promoting and making the university research visible by means of specific research- and researcher services
Strengthen staff competencies and organizational development
Make engagement with the surrounding society
Increase the employment of partnership and consolidation

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Strengthen the learning university:
Integrate information literacy in curriculum
Increase course material in digital format – digital course packs
Develop spaces and services in cooperation with the users – with reference to informal learning, personal and group studying, reflection
Increase library opening hours with unmanned and access-controlled periods

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Develop learning spaces:
Increase library opening hours
Improve access to the virtual library through better design and services
Observe and develop library spaces by means of user inquiries, user experiences and user needs
Offer access to library spaces at the users’ convenience
Optimize safety and conservation by means of the most recent technology

8. The future of/in the research library 21.11.2016
Connect the physical campus environment and the virtual future:
Expand and integrate access to digital collections (and printed collections if needed) to deliver more content and better services to the users’ virtual and mobile environment
Boost the use of digital ressources
Prioritise digital content when it is the most effective – and when possible
Build up expertise in relation to user rights, copyright, plagiarism, research integrity etc.
Deploy mobile and most recent web-technologies and give flexible, userfriendly access – and embed it in learning spaces and learning- and research platforms
Develop intuitive navigation – and link open data and documents

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Strengthen, promote, and make research visible:
Expand and boost the visibility and impact of the university’s research – by open access as far as possible
Incorporate library staff as partners in the research process through expanded research support
Focus the research capacity of the library on participation in the university’s research projects
Take part in handling, planning and conservation of research data

10. The future of/in the research library 21.11.2016
Strengthen staff competencies and organizational development:
Develop staff competencies at all level by new ways of thinking, via flexibility, via training and pedagogical effort and with coperation at the heart
Current evaluation and development of the organsation – its needed competencies, tasks, processes and services (quality, efficiency and optimal resource exploitation)
Monitoring performance and benchmarking
Promote general as well as diffentiated services to the library users and use feedback to develop innovative and responsive solutions to user needs and to make services better in an open and useroriented culture

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Make engagement with the surrounding society:
Expand services towards alumni
Expand and boost the visibility and impact of the university’s research – by open access as far as possible
Expand the use of the library space
Create and ensure cooperation, involvement, formation of partnership and participation
Increase engagement in initiatives and outreach activities toward the university

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Partnership and consolidation:
Studies, measurements and quality assurance - performance
Efficiency improvements and streamlining – through cooperation and partnership
Take active part in university indeavours to make efficency improvements and streamlining internal work processes and support of administrative procedures
Local, national and international library cooperation according to user and research premises

13. The future of/in the research library 21.11.2016
DEFF-projects:
E-learning, information literacy and library services
Digital learning objects,
Library-impact
Research documentation and communication
ORCID, OA-Taskforce, Danish National Research Database
Practical Data Management (Data management in practice)
DM Planning,
License administration

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National tasks:
National Strategy for Data Management (National Forum for Research Data Management)
National Strategy for Open Access (National Steering Committee for Open Access)
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (Ministry of Higher Education and Science and Universities DK)
The Bibliometric Research Indicator

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Needed competencies and qualifications:
Teaching skills
Communication skills
IT-skills
Data management
Social media
Bibliometric skills
Analytic skills
”Spreadsheed skills”
Negotiation skills
Exhibition and conference arrangement skills
Literary reviews, publication skills
Research methods
Basically all library activities will be outward-going in the future, so-called frontend-services. All backend-services will be presumably centralised or outsourced.

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