Future of Access Services Trevor A. Dawes @tadawes Access Services Conference November 2014

Future of Access Services

Trevor A. Dawes

@tadawes

Access Services Conference

November 2014

Agenda

• Future for Access Services • The impact on access services of

– The move of more collections to off-site locations – The shift to more electronic collections – Shift to “collective collections”– Changing roles for liaison librarians

Trends in Libraries and Higher Ed.

• Horizon Report, Library edition– http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-library

• State of America’s Libraries Report, 2014– http://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2014

• Ithaka S+R US Library Survey– http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/ithaka-sr-us-library-survey-

2013

• ACRL Top Trends in Academic Libraries– http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/6/294.full

• Various other sources: ARL, Chronicle, EDUCAUSE, IHE, Pew Research, Taiga Forum…

Trends…

• Desire for more “device-neutral” mobile services• Open Access and Open Education Resources• Increase in use of e-books• Rethinking the roles of librarians• Library directors views on the future

Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

ARL New Roles for New Times

ARL New Roles for New Times

ARL New Roles for New Times

New Roles for Librarians

University of Kansas Libraries

http://lib.ku.edu/sites/lib.drupal.ku.edu/files/docs/organization/9.4.13-ORG.CHART.pdf

2CUL

www.2cul.org/node/17

Needed Librarian Skills

• Project Management• Instructional Design / Instructional Technology• Digital Information Management• Data Analytics / Data Visualization • Technological / Programming• Assessment• Communications and Marketing• Others….

21st Century Access Services

Trevor A. Dawestadawes@wustl.edu@tadawes