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Future of Library & Information Professionals We Chart the Course …. Mrs Lee Cheng Ean

Explore key trends and developments shaping the future of academic libraries and information professionals. Discover challenges faced by libraries, implications for survival and growth strategies, and action plans for future-proofing the profession.

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Future of Library & Information Professionals We Chart the Course …. Mrs Lee Cheng Ean

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  1. Future of Library & Information Professionals We Chart the Course …. Mrs Lee Cheng Ean University Librarian NUS Libraries

  2. Libraries in the education and research ecosystem - scholarly communication Knowledge creation Libraries Publish findings Publishers sell or license information contents Open access Users use Information & data Knowledge discovery

  3. What are the key trends accelerating higher education technology adoption? • Trends driving changes over the next one to two years • Growing ubiquity of social media • Integration of online, hybrid, and collaborative learning • Trends driving changes within three to five years • Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment • Shift from Students as Consumers to Students as Creators Source :NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf

  4. What are the important developments in educational technology for higher education? Source :NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf

  5. Riding the waves or caught in the tide? • IFLA Trend Report launched on 19th Aug 2013 • Highlighted five key trends • New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information • Online education will democratise and disrupt global learning • The boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined • Hyper-connected societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups • The global information economy will be transformed by new technologies

  6. Trend # 1 • New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information • Expanding digital universe  higher value on information literacy skills • Users who lack such skills  barriers to the vast array of information • New online business models  impact access to information

  7. Trend # 2 • Online education will democratise and disrupt global learning • Rapid global expansion in online education  more learning opportunities  increase value on lifelong learning

  8. Trend # 5 • The global information economy will be transformed by new technologies • As new technologies transform the global information economy  new generation of digital books, apps, databases, hyper-connected mobile technologies proliferated & redefine privacy & data protection • Prevalence of mobile devices have impacted information seeking behaviours

  9. Challenges faced by academic libraries • Emerging technologies • Mobile technologies

  10. Challenges faced by academic libraries • New Pedagogies • MOOCs and flipped classrooms • Learning by enquiry • Emphasis on creativity – collaborative creative work (makerspaces) • Going beyond the what and why

  11. Challenges faced by academic libraries • Economic barriers • Reduced funding and resources • Less purchasing power • Publishers not being transparent with business models • Prices increasing higher than the rate of the economy • Article Processing Charge (APC) to support OA in addition to paying for subscription costs

  12. What are the implications? • How do we plan our survival and chart the course? • How do we future proof our libraries and profession?

  13. Action plans to future proof our libraries and to make the profession more relevant and important

  14. #1 – Focus on learning • Blending MOOCs with Adaptive-learning • Teacher as resource • Agents of change

  15. # 2 – Understand evolving scholarly communication • From consumers of content  producers of content • Getting published • Open Access

  16. NUSL Scholarly Communication Committee

  17. # 3 – Communicate value of Libraries • Traditional with new innovative services • Library as platform, interactive space and place • Build connections

  18. # 4 – Accelerate development of library professionals • Invest in staff development • Develop new competencies • Provide opportunities for knowledge sharing • Encourage innovations • Be agents of change • Observe trends • Analyse data • Anticipate change and be proactive • Be interactive • Have conversations with stakeholders • Innovate

  19. Change mindsetOut with the old, In with the new

  20. # 5 – Provide access to a responsive collection • Proliferation of online resources  convenient and challenging at the same time

  21. # 6 - Encourage use • Encourage use • Protect users’ privacy

  22. # 7 - Create living Libraries • Create physical and virtual spaces for users to:- • Connect • collAborate • cReate • Engage

  23. How do we ensure our survival? • Link Organizational strategic plans with HR & financial resource plans, Information management, Users’ needs with Competent staff & Transformative leadership

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