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Exploring Roles and Dislocations

Michael Ridley Chief Information Officer & Chief Librarian University of Guelph. Digital Libraries & New Technologies. Exploring Roles and Dislocations. Academic Libraries (LIS 514) University of Western Ontario November 22, 2005. Why am I here?. Lorna invited me ….

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Exploring Roles and Dislocations

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  1. Michael RidleyChief Information Officer & Chief LibrarianUniversity of Guelph Digital Libraries & New Technologies Exploring Roles and Dislocations Academic Libraries (LIS 514)University of Western OntarioNovember 22, 2005

  2. Why am I here? • Lorna invited me …. • These are very challenging issues & (frankly) I want to pick your brains • I’m ALWAYS recruiting for new staff

  3. Clifford Lynch Executive DirectorCoalition for Networked Information (CNI) Automation to Transformation Personalization & Recommender Systems Digitization & Cultural Heritage

  4. The main point........ • Academic libraries (indeed universities) are being transformed by technology. • New technologies, information technologies & digital libraries are not just tools to be learned & used. • IT is an environment in which we operate and are immersed. IT is an ecology.

  5. “When simple change becomes transformational change, the desire for continuity becomes a dysfunctional mirage.” The Mirage of Continuity (1999) Hawkins & Battin

  6. “Thelibrary of the future will combine … ... a managedplace … … with a managed digital space.”

  7. Our Enduring Values StewardshipDemocracyServiceRationalismPrivacyEquity of AccessIntellectual FreedomLiteracy and Learning

  8. Towards the Digital Library Three Key Transformations

  9. Omnipresent(it will be wherever the users are) From Database/Repository to Seamless(fully integrated withdigital learningand research; beyond?) Environment (Managed Digital Space) Community(resources, people, interaction, process, activities, services) Dynamic & Organic(the users will construct it as much as we will)

  10. From Information Management to Coherence & Sense Making(value added outcomes and benefits) Knowledge Management People Centric(a focus on understanding not just data) Explicit & Tacit Knowledge(beyond recorded information) Trusted Information Systems(status, reputation, influence, impact)

  11. Intelligent AgentsPersonal Information Systems(discovery, assistance, utility) Control(users not systems) Managing People’s Interests(trusted information systems) Wireless Communication(whenever, wherever, right now) From People Finding Information to Smart Information(telemetry, propagation) Information Finding People

  12. Roles and Dislocations • Four Perspectives on: • Changing Roles • Disruptive Technologies / Ideas • My Professional Life

  13. Web 2.0

  14. Web 2.0 • Blogs • Wikis • Syndication (RSS) • Tagging • Social Networking

  15. Web 2.0: Implications • The ILS is Dead • Interoperability / Standards • “We’re in Control.” Say What!? • Living on the Bleeding Edge • Lib 2.0

  16. Data Curator

  17. Data Curator • Acquire & Access; Understand & Transform • Open Content Alliance / “Open Canada” • Managing Digital Assets • Digital Preservation

  18. Venture Capitalist

  19. Venture Capitalist • Canadian Research Knowledge Network • ScholarsPortal • Open Access Publishing • Open Content Alliance / “Open Canada”

  20. Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) $82.7M 26% $57.3M $42.1M

  21. Chief Information Officer

  22. Chief Information Officer • Enterprise Vision • Integration: IT, IS and IR • Policy Development • Transformation • Librarian? IT Leader? Academic?

  23. Understanding a key problem The Digital Piñata

  24. Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future • “The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”

  25. Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future • “The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”

  26. Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future • “The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”

  27. Just one more.... The Academic Librarian

  28. Professional Challenges Vision = Action

  29. Professional Challenges Building Relationships

  30. Professional Challenges Learning

  31. Professional Challenges Leadership

  32. Professional Challenges Community Development

  33. Seeking Balance • sustainability and innovation • collaboration and competition • self interest and common good • financial climate and relentless change • ideology and practicality • autonomy and accountability

  34. The Way Forward: My Advice • Dare to be great (the opportunities are extraordinary) • Self interest is OK (but recognize this in others too) • Trust your colleagues (but have formal agreements) (find them) • Shared objectives are powerful (but people are more important) • Politics are important • Keep your eye on the prize

  35. . . . if it does not change, it will not remain what it is.” “To remain what it is, the library must change . . . DavidPennimanUniversityat Buffalo David Penniman School of Informatics University at Buffalo

  36. Michael RidleyChief Information Officer & Chief LibrarianUniversity of Guelph Digital Libraries & New Technologies Exploring Roles and Dislocations Questions, Comments & Discussion

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