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Legacy of eLib for libraries
Unprecedented collaborationShared expertise led to shared
servicesNew project climate for innovationsSkilled project
workforce
Competing now for other funds, not justJISC
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Legacy of eLib for libraries
Projects give space for trying things outSuccesses can be turned
into servicesTeaching support hybrid libraryResearch support union
catalogues,electronic docdelArchives a place in the sun
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Legacy of eLib for libraries
eLib put HE libraries on the mapNot just in the UK but
internationallyJISC too gained high reputationJANET network was
always a winner
eLib showed how network could beused collaboratively for new
services
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New drivers for change the
environmentUbiquitous use of the webSimpler search techniques
(Google)Information to goSame data, different presentations
Open access and new publishingmodels
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New drivers for change the
environmentSocial, personal and work activities
blurredInformation users as information providers
Interactive do-it-yourself capability of the webis at odds with
highly-wrought library systemsTechnical/licensing/copyright issuesA
volatile landscape of rapid change
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New drivers for change -
studentsIntegration of library with VLEWeb 2 and social
networkingAmazon/supermarket profiling approachThe digital native
generationStudents as paying customers
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New drivers for change -
researchAccess to deep web wantedUnderlying data important for
researchRe-use of data is possibleDeposit in institutional
repositoriesMass digitisation (Google, MS, JISC)
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JISC and libraries: the future
Usage/impact needs better management dataIdentity management
connectingusers to relevant content seamlesslyServices - local or
remote/outsourced?individual or shared?
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JISC and libraries: the future
Linking more library services to courseand research management
systemsDigital preservation the librarians willhave to make the
runningTaking services into the users space:a highly personalised
networked world
