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Academic Libraries of the Future: A Shift in Outlook

Academic Libraries of the Future: A Shift in Outlook. Presented by: Susan Cleyle January 2003. Outline . Background on applicant Where are academic libraries going? How are we going to get there? Conclusion. Background on Applicant. Professional Librarian since 1988

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Academic Libraries of the Future: A Shift in Outlook

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  1. Academic Libraries of the Future: A Shift in Outlook Presented by: Susan Cleyle January 2003

  2. Outline • Background on applicant • Where are academic libraries going? • How are we going to get there? • Conclusion

  3. Background on Applicant • Professional Librarian since 1988 • Career spans two organizations • University of Regina • Memorial University • Reference/Collections, distant education, Systems • Activities

  4. What Has Been Will Continue to Be • Academic libraries are in the business of service • From Administration to Systems and everything in between we are here to serve our clientele • Clientele can be • Patrons • Different units within the library • Other service providers on campus or off • What will change is HOW we provide this service

  5. Libraries are in the Business of Service • Every department in the library from administration to systems is in the business of service • We all have specific clientele but ultimately we all serve the patrons of the library • How we provide our service will change as we move forward

  6. Delivery of Services Will Change With Technological Advancements • Technology is changing what services we offer and how we will offer them • Integrated Library System • Ebooks • Centralized printing • We have a clientele who demand and we are in a position to deliver more

  7. We are getting older and they are getting younger • Faculty and librarians are part of the ageing group of professionals • The average first year student was born in 1984 • Grown up with the Internet, Brittany Spears, body piercing & pink hair • They now have laptops, PDA, pagers, cell phones and their own websites • They expect and demand technology to change and provide opportunities

  8. Babies of Today will Be the Students of Tomorrow – Class of 2016 • Understand technology • Paper will be used for pleasure reading only • Information will be found via a technological device • Computers/Internet will rule • They will demand we keep up

  9. Technological advances • We are now in the world of “e” “v” and no “p” • Email • Electronic databases • Electronic reserves • Electronic books • Virtual catalgues • Portals • Does this mean an end to paper

  10. Electronic resources • Content Management/Ownership • Library as Place • Partnerships /Consortia arrangements • PTTP using HTTP (Pushing to the Patron)

  11. Where is Technology Leading Us Digitization and electronic forms of previously held print materials is shifting the question of what and how we do things to a different playing field. - collection - archiving/storage - cataloguing/presenting- closing the old and opening the new

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