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Natural selection in Libraryland – the changing landscape of the University Library

Natural selection in Libraryland – the changing landscape of the University Library North South Conference Belfast 20 April 2012. The research library. Vanishing into oblivion...or soaring to new heights?. In other words We fly...or we die!. “Librarians” – An Endangered Species?.

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Natural selection in Libraryland – the changing landscape of the University Library

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  1. Natural selection in Libraryland – the changing landscape of the University Library North South Conference Belfast 20 April 2012

  2. The research library Vanishing into oblivion...or soaring to new heights? In other wordsWe fly...or we die!

  3. “Librarians” – An Endangered Species?

  4. The old way The BIGGER the better

  5. The way ahead Fit for the future

  6. Association of Research Libraries www.arl.org

  7. Libraries of the Future www.futurelibraries.info

  8. Refocussing

  9. Feed me now! Survival in Libraryland depends on effective knowledge transfer...right stuff, in time, on demand ever more personalised services

  10. 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/

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

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

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

  14. Promoting unique and distinctive collections • Collaborative digitisation • Resource discovery • Promoting access

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

  16. So in practical terms... • Space • Stuff • Staff

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

  18. not • Doing things differently • rather • Doing different things

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

  20. RLUK www.rluk.ac.uk • UKRR www.ukrr.ac.uk • ARL www.arl.org • LOTF www.futurelibraries.info • Imperial College Library www3.imperial.ac.uk/library

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