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Trends and impact of information technology in
academic libraries
Jeffrey Demaine, [email protected]
Outline
Brief history of library tech An Academic Library for the 21st century
– Jerry Campbell & David Lewis Library community on the Cloud Digital repositories and metadata
– Preservation & e-Scholarship A 21st century university library
Brief history of library tech
1980-1994 – Computerization– Automation of backend functions
– OPACs, CD-ROM indexes 1995-2005 – Internet blossoms
– Library services move online 2006-present – Digital scholarship
– Disruptive change
Jerry D. CampbellCIO and Dean of University Libraries, UCLA
Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination (2006)
"Academic libraries have relinquished much of theirfundamental and sustaining role. For most [academics], the library - in its most basic function as a source of information - has become overwhelmingly a virtual destination."
Jerry D. CampbellCIO and Dean of University Libraries, UCLA
Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination (2006)
Traditional Library Roles Roles for 21st Century
Learning spaces Learning spaces
Cataloguing Creating metadata
Reference services Does not scale to Web environment
Bibliographic instruction Call tech support
Collection development Choosing resources and managing licenses
Collecting & archiving Collecting and digitizing archival materials
Preserving knowledge Maintaining digital repositories
David W. LewisDean of Indiana University-Purdue
University Library
Disruptive Innovation is needed– Move from print to electronic collections
– Learn to preserve data for centuries
– Assist faculty in curating special collections Catalogs are for machines, not people Repositories are disruptive
A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century. (2007)
David W. LewisDean of IUPUI University Library
Move from print to electronic collections?!
A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century. (2007)
Move from print to electronic collections?!
"In response to growing demand for ebook content, Springer has begun offering... complete collections of its ebook titles. Pricing is based on the size of the institution, and the ebooks are sold DRM-free, under a perpetual-license model that allows unlimited simultaneous use"
- June 2013
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/06/ebooks/springer-responds-to-ebook-growth-with-program-for-colleges-and-small-universities/
David W. LewisDean of IUPUI University Library
Disruptive Innovation is needed– Move from print to electronic collections
– Learn to preserve data for centuries
– Assist faculty in curating special collections Catalogs are for machines, not people Repositories are disruptive
A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century. (2007)
IT makes connections easy
Librarians have always been cooperative and collaborative
– Union catalogues & ILL IT enables libraries to be creative; building
communities around new services. New...
– Tools: D-Space (MIT)
– Standards: DataCite
– Possibilities: RDA
Cloud services: OCLC's WorldShare
Not just an ILS, a new technology platform.
“Web scale” means even small users enjoy full functionality.
It's all about the data: libraries can create & share apps.
Digital Repositories & Metadata Preservation should not be an afterthought.
– Outreach to faculty to ensure appropriate metadata is part of their data-preservation strategy (they do have a plan, right?)
– Purdue librarians evaluated on this.
Repositories needn't be passive.– E-Science: data repository made active by apps
for experiments and analysis.
– Carol Goble @ U Manchester: myExperiment
Digitised collections – Museums, libraries, archives and galleries in EU
Linked Open Data– Resource Description Framework metadata
API– build applications, websites and mash-ups that
include a customised view of Europeana content. e-Humanities
So...
Information Technology
Academic Libraries
Where do WorldShare and Europeana fit on this continuum?
Taylor Family Digital LibraryUniversity of Calgary
"Today, regardless of how information is accessed, knowledge creation is largely digital. The TFDL fully embraces this reality. It is designed for learning in the 21st century with cutting-edge technology that supports collaborative, experiential research and study."
Conclusion
Online scholarship now has critical mass Librarians should seek disruptive innovations
– Leverage skills: Metadata, Preservation, Linking
Academic Libraries' goals:– Highlight faculty's special collections
– Repurpose library space to foster eScholarship
– Partner with others to build community