1. Bibliotheca agilis: survival of the fittest in Libraryland 2012 lib@cam Cambridge 12 January 2012

2. “Librarians” – An Endangered Species?

3. Association of Research Libraries www.arl.org

4. Libraries of the Future www.futurelibraries.info

6. RLUK Strategic Plan Redefining the research library model Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality Shaping ethical and effective publishing Promoting unique and distinctive collections Modelling the library role in research data management http://www.rluk.ac.uk/

7. Redefining the research library model Physical collections are shrinking Library as publisher Manipulation of information resources

8. Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality United Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR) http://www.ukrr.ac.uk/ Shared cataloguing (yet again!)

9. Shaping ethical and effective publishing Scholarly communications are changing Journal costs spiralling Monographs at risk But new publishing models emerging

10. Promoting unique and distinctive collections Collaborative digitisation Resource discovery Promoting access

11. The library’s role in research data management Uniquely complex network of metadata Institutional, national and international initiatives

12. So in practical terms... Space Stuff Staff

13. The future Today’s research library model is obsolescent but The research library of tomorrow can and will support evolving models of scholarly communications

14. not Doing things differently rather Doing different things

15. Debby Shorley Director of Library Services Imperial College London d.shorley@imperial.ac.uk

16. RLUK www.rluk.ac.ukwww.rluk.ac.uk UKRR www.ukrr.ac.ukwww.ukrr.ac.uk ARL www.arl.orgwww.arl.org LOTF www.futurelibraries.infowww.futurelibraries.info Imperial College Library www3.imperial.ac.uk/library