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Content, Connected & Collaboration

Content, Connected & Collaboration. Notes for Report to Senate Mark Haslett University Librarian January 19, 2004 (updated January 26, 2004). The context. Provide a broad and high level overview of the current Library environment Themes: Content, connected & collaboration

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Content, Connected & Collaboration

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  1. Content, Connected & Collaboration Notes for Report to Senate Mark Haslett University Librarian January 19, 2004 (updated January 26, 2004)

  2. The context • Provide a broad and high level overview of the current Library environment • Themes: Content, connected & collaboration • Graph supplied provides a snapshot of a significant shift in the serials area

  3. The Library’s role Enhancing access to scholarly information resources • Develop & maintain the information resource collection • Provide access to that content • Facilitate the productive and proficient use of the information resources

  4. The Library’s Strategic Directions • 1: Increase the breadth and scope of information resources • 2: Enhance and integrate access to information resources and services • 5: Support students in the development of information discovery and critical evaluation skills: “information literacy”

  5. Broad context • The traditional role of the Library remains • The environment however is changing

  6. The evolving library environment • Electronic and paper resources both continue to grow • Increasing numbers of e-resources • Integrated access to information • To both print and electronic resources • Online links between e-Indexes and e-Journals

  7. Shift to Electronic Access • Virtually all subject areas are covered by electronic indexes to the literature • At UW, we now have access to more than 7500 electronic journals • CARL quote: • The University of Waterloo led the charge, for the first time spending more on electronic journals than print ones.

  8. Effects of shift to electronic resources • As the graph shows, we have been able to increase journal holdings over the last few years • Managed with relatively small increases in the Library acquisitions budget • Increased and enhanced access from your desktop on and off campus

  9. Collaboration • The shift has been accomplished in part through participation in regional, national and international partnerships • Consortia: TUG, OCUL, and CNSLP • The majority of purchases of e-resources are made through consortial arrangements with other libraries • Libraries collaborate often & we collaborate well

  10. Fostering partnerships & collaboration • Complex and evolving environment • Make effective use of limited resources • Two minds are better than one • Shared knowledge, experience, & expertise • Spirit of generosity

  11. OCUL ScholarsPortal service • An OCUL-sponsored initiative • Seeded in part by the Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT) • OCUL-owned servers provide access to: • More than 4,000 eJournals • Approx. 5.4 million articles • Preservation / long term access to e-information

  12. CFI CNSLP (The Canadian National Site Licensing Project) • A collaborative initiative of 64 universities in Canada • Increase quantity, breadth & depth of research literature • Maximize use and utility of content for researchers • Highlighted as a world "success story" at the recent UN World Summit on the Information Society • 2nd largest award by CFI for a national project

  13. CFI RKN (Resource Knowledge Network) proposal • Builds on the success of the CNSLP project • Increase access to scholarly electronic resources in the social sciences and humanities areas • 63 Universities are signatories • Four year project • CFI adjudication process underway • Results in spring 2004 http://www.fedcan.ca/english/policyandadvocacy/perspectives/daysix2003.cfm

  14. The hybrid library environment • Digital & print • Wired & wireless • Physical place & virtual

  15. Service is the guiding principle Service is primary AND IT is integral

  16. Connected • Libraries have a significant and proud past of involvement in I.T. initiatives • WWW 10 years later… • 1994 First & Second International WWW Conferences • We are able and innovative users of I.T. • We know our “business”; And we know where to use the technology • CARL quote: • The shift has been enabled in part by the effective use of information technology by Canada’s research libraries.

  17. My vision of an excellent library is one that • Keeps its eye on its core business of facilitating effective access to scholarly information • Adapts to evolving trends in scholarly communications • Seeds new initiatives & promotes partnerships, and • Is at its best when working together to build bridges

  18. So what is our strategy? • Position ourselves in an increasingly networked world • Balance sustainability and innovation • Focus on both flexibility and stability • Identify strategies, pilot projects, and partnerships so that we stay ahead of the game • Create an environment that meets the needs of faculty, students and staff in an evolving hybrid information environment, both print & electronic • Instill a service ethic • Pay attention and listen to needs of our users

  19. Conclusion • Is the Library doing a good job at: • Developing & maintaining the information resources collection? • Providing access to the information resources? • Facilitating the productive and proficient use of those resources?

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