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The Library of the Future: Embedded in E-Science

The Library of the Future: Embedded in E-Science. Presentation to conference “Women in Science” Alexandria, October 23-24, 2007 Carol A. Mandel Dean, Division of Libraries New York University. The Library of 2007 is already profoundly different from the library of 1997.

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The Library of the Future: Embedded in E-Science

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  1. The Library of the Future:Embedded in E-Science Presentation to conference “Women in Science” Alexandria, October 23-24, 2007 Carol A. Mandel Dean, Division of Libraries New York University

  2. The Library of 2007 is alreadyprofoundly different from the library of 1997 • Users are different • Users expectations are different • Collections are different • Modes of research are different • Scholarly communication is different

  3. We already must redefine, reconceptualize, and stretch all library functions: • Collecting resources • Enabling discovery • Providing access • Facilitating use • Supporting scholarly communication • Preserving content

  4. Rethinking library functions • Collections: Hegemony of print is over • Discovery: “Google” sets the standard • Access: Immediate gratification • Use: Recombinant content • Preservation: Planning ahead

  5. The next transformation: translating these essential functions into the realms of E-Science, the infrastructure for collaborative, networked, data-driven science

  6. E-Science is: • Computationally intensive • Data intensive • Multi-disciplinary • Multi-institutional • Global

  7. Collecting resources: deciding (selecting) a body of data content for curation, i.e., deciding that it is part of the global, networked library of the future

  8. Enabling discovery: creating, maintaining and distributing metadata that enable both deeper and broader discovery

  9. Providing access: managing and maintaining policies, services and authorizations within or across complex communities

  10. Facilitating use: managing, organizing, creating and maintaining tools to interrogate and transfer data

  11. Supporting scholarly communication: creating and managing repositories and environments that support the new generations of interactive publications in which tools and data are embedded (or vice versa)

  12. Preserving content: ensuring (somehow) that both raw and manipulated data needed by future generations will endure and remain usable

  13. The library of the future will co-habit and add value to the virtual realm of researchers, their data and their communications

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