1. The network reconfigures the library: people and places, collections and services. Lorcan Dempsey The University of Iowa, February 21, 2008

3. Picture: Robin Alston

4. Private and social Collection and catalogue … a hive-like dome … Louis MacNeice

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

6. HIGH TOUCH SERVICE Place

7. – 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

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

9. 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

10. Gleason Library U Rochester Photos: S. Gibbons

11. ENGAGE WITH THE LEARNING PROCESS PARTNERSHIP Place

12. NEW DIRECTIONS Collections

13. 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

14. 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.

16. Thematic research collections

17. Beyond books “It is only when we translate the old style-based thinking and language of historians into new modes of representation that we can begin to grasp the complex relationships between architectural production and the creation of … cultural identities.” Stephen Murray, Columbia University

18. Then: E. Viollet Le Duc Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (1874) ( 1 st American Ed. 1875)

19. Now: Interactive, multi-dimensional navigation of a networked resource

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

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

26. THE PERSON IS AN ENTRY POINT Expertise

30. Source: Susan Gibbons, U Rochester

31. 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

32. IN THE FLOW Services and systems

33. 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, …

34. Discovery happens elsewhere Resources are abundant; attention scarce Build services around workflow

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

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

43. VALUE TRANSLATION: SHOWING THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VALUES OF THE HOME INSTITUTION SECURE RESOURCES CREATE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS Leadership

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