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IFLA Columbus • 13 – 19 August 2016 Anticipating Library User Needs in 2030: Preparing for the Next Generation Library Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research OCLC Research

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IFLA Columbus • 13 – 19 August 2016

Anticipating Library User Needs in 2030: Preparing for the Next Generation Library

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhDSenior Research Scientist and Director of User ResearchOCLC Research

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Our traditional model was one in which we thought of the user in the life of the library… but we are now increasingly thinking about the library in the life of the user

(Connaway 2015)(Dempsey 2015)

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“In the past, the library was seen as providing resources for teaching, learning and research. As we move forward, we will build the expertise and offer services that allow us to become deeply integrated into these activities.”--Damon Jaggars

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STUFF (THINGS)

(Janes 2013)

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“To thrive in 2020, libraries need to make a ferocious and sustained shift in focus from collection to users. The culture of makerspace gives us a fresh vision of what is possible for libraries.” (Fontichiaro 2013, 8)

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“A library should be a participatory platform that allows a community to share passions, expertise, and resources.”(Lankes 2016, 113)

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“Our clients are already accustomed to high quality digital experiences, from instant information search to social media and online shopping.”

(University of Adelaide 2016, 15)

Library Services

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“It is clear that physical materials are not going away, but use patterns suggest that we should prioritise broader access to e-resources...”

(University of Adelaide 2016, 15)

Library Collections

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PEOPLE

(Janes 2013)

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“The techies, in short, are taking over. We’re running your libraries today, and more of us will be doing so in 2020.” (Houghton 2013, 37)

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Tech savy personnel(Houghton 2013)

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“Knowledge is created through conversation—if you’re in the knowledge business, you’re in the conversation business.” (Lankes 2016, 23)

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“In the public library there are two or three people. I know the staff… Once I participated in a civil servant open examination and they helped me a lot.” (Digital Visitors and Residents, UOCU1, Female, Age 22, Information Science and Communication Studies)

Build relationships

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“In order to become the hub of an academic’s work, the library needs to provide connections—between activities, and between people.”

(Tancheva et al. 2016, 36)

Build relationships

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“There exists a challenge to each of us to become both managers of incremental change, as well as change agents.” (Radford 2013, 60)

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“We try to convince people that climbing in our library is safer and better than the dangerous mountains out there—the Googles and Wikipedias that are so unstable, so unpredictable.” (Rosenzweig 2013, 63)

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“I used to seek information in Wikipedia, even my colleagues said that there are wrong things on it…but I said Enciclopedia Larousse [Traditional encyclopedia] also have mistakes…the only difference is that it is printed and is impossible to correct the mistakes once you have the printed version…Mistakes are not about technology, are about people.”

(Digital Visitors and Residents, UOCFE6, Male, Age 53, Computer Science)

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“We need to be where our users need us, when they need us.” (Connaway 2013, 84)

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COMMUNITY

(Janes 2013)

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“...librarians in 2020 will be assisting users in the creation, evaluation, and production of content.” (Connaway 2013, 83)

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“Librarians will need to develop partnerships with the individuals who create, collect, and analyze data sets in order to provide policies, systems, and services for the storage, access, preservation, and shared use of these data.” (Connaway 2013, 83)

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Librarians rarely were mentioned by Students of any groups. Faculty of all groups, mentioned librarians more often, yet still less than half of the time.

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Customer service around convenience

(Turner 2013)

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Convenience/Ease of Use/Accessibility as reasons for selecting a source were mentioned often by all groups.

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“The library in 2020 must be considered as part of the educational ecosystem of its community.” (Hildreth 2013, 99)

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• Career centers• Passport services• Marriage licenses• Voter registration• Local government

services• Income tax forms• Village post

offices(Hildreth 2013)

Community Service Opportunities

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PLACE

(Janes 2013)

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“Whatever their performance level, students report that they prefer to study in the library… libraries offer places where they can focus, and focus makes their study time more effective.”

(Thaler and Pittman 2015, 10)

Studying in the Library

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“Freshman and sophomore students using the university library as a place to study are more likely to have positive outcomes as measured by retention, graduation, and grade point average.”(Pattillo 2015, 650)

Studying in the Library

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“...provide places where commuters can easily access a variety of study settings and resources...”

(Thaler and Pittman 2015, 10)

Commuters

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“Some 30% of those ages 16 and over think libraries should “definitely” move some print books and stacks out of public locations to free up more space for such things as tech centers, reading rooms, meeting rooms and cultural events...”

(Horrigan 2015, 4)

Books vs. Space

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“Nearly two-thirds (64%) of those ages 16 and over say libraries should “definitely” have more comfortable spaces for reading, working and relaxing...it suggests that libraries still occupy a prominent spot in people’s minds as a place to go.”

(Horrigan 2015, 5)

Library Space

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Space for Socializing & Work Groups

“We do go to the library or somewhere quiet where we can just get our work done together...”

(Digital Visitors and Residents, UKU3, Female, Age 19, French and Italian)

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“Libraries are offering more diversity, including children’s and multi-cultural reference rooms...” (Shin 2016)

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• Gathering place• Citizenship classes• ESL classes• Life-skills programs• Virtual learning• Public discourse

(Ptacek 2013)

Place Opportunities

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• Support of student information needs

• Early-childhood literacy• Mobile outreach vehicles

(Ptacek 2013)

Place Opportunities

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“We will also embrace our heritage and emphasise the grandeur of the Reading Room...”

(University of Adelaide 2016, 37)

Library Facilities & Systems

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LEADERSHIP & VISION

(Janes 2013)

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• Restructure your budget• Understand the balance of power

(Parker 2013)

Leadership

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“There can be no rest in library innovation.”

(Outing 2015)

Technology

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“The traditional library was firmly rooted in the physical...The Library of the Future must go further.”

(University of Adelaide 2016, 32)

Library Organization

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“I think it’s easy to get lulled into complacency by your success.”--Patrick Losinski, CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library

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“Libraries must make visible the value they bring to their communities.”(Lankes 2016, 153)

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WHAT’S NEXT?

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It’s Time for a Change

“Librarians have an opportunity to become part of users’ social networks and to put resources in the context of users’ information needs.”

(Connaway 2015, 23)

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“By focusing on relationship building instead of service excellence, organizations can uncover new needs and be in position to make a stronger impact.”

(Mathews 2012)

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Libraries Now:• Library assessment linked to

satisfaction & performance• Focus on sustainability• Evaluate how we’re doing right

now• Teaching information literacy• Information focused• Culture of tradition• Library’s role as providing

access to information & space to study

Libraries as Startup:• Library assessment tries to

anticipate unarticulated needs• Focus on revolutionary new

services• Evaluate direction we’re headed• Build instructional support to

address information literacy• User-focused• Culture of innovation• Expand library’s role

(Mathews 2012)

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• Plant many seeds• Try lots of decent ideas

instead of one good one • See what works

• Seize the white space• “Don’t limit your

innovation”

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Questions & Discussions

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Thank you!Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhDSenior Research Scientist and Director of User Research OCLC [email protected]@LynnConnaway

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Learn. Dublin, OH: OCLC Research. http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/2015/oclcresearch-library-in-life-of-user.pdf .

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, and Ixchel M. Faniel. 2015. “Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviours, Shifting Priorities.” SRELS Journal of Information Management 52, no. 1: 3–23. http://i-scholar.in/index.php/sjim/article/view/60392/51360.

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Donna Lanclos, and Erin M. Hood. “‘I find Google a lot easier than going to the library website.’ Imagine Ways to Innovate and Inspire Students to Use the Academic Library.” Proceedings of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) 2013 conference, April 10-13, 2013, Indianapolis, IN, 2013, http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2013/papers/Connaway_Google.pdf.

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, and Marie L. Radford. 2005-2007. Seeking Synchronicity: Evaluating Virtual Reference Services from User, Non-User, and Librarian Perspectives. Funded by Institute for Museums and Library Services Research Grant. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/synchronicity/default.htm.

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Marie L. Radford, Timothy J. Dickey, Jocelyn De Angelis Williams, and Patrick Confer. 2008. “Sense-making and Synchronicity: Information-seeking Behaviors of Millennials and Baby Boomers.” Libri 58, no. 2: 123–135. http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2008/connaway-libri.pdf .

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Connaway, Lynn S., David White, and Donna Lanclos. 2011. “Visitors and Residents: What motivates engagement with the digital information environment?” Proceedings of the 74th ASIS&T Annual Meeting 48: 1-7.

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DeSantis, Nick. 2012. “On Facebook, Librarian Brings 2 Students From the Early 1900s to Life.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 6. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/on-facebook-librarian-brings-two-students-from-the-early-1900s-to-life/34845.

Fontichiaro, Kristin. 2013. “Chapter Two.” In Library 2020: Today’s Leadings Visionaries Describe Tomorrow’s Library, edited by Joseph Janes, 7-13. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.

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Hildreth, Susan. 2013. “Chapter Fifteen.” In Library 2020: Today’s Leadings Visionaries Describe Tomorrow’s Library, edited by Joseph Janes, 99-103. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.

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