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University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
THE FUTURE OF THEUNIVERSITY LIBRARY
CHANGES INSCHOLARLYCOMMUNICATION
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
• changes in scholarly communication
• library environment
• University of Sydney responses• new and refurbished buildings • e-books and e-journals• information skills• digitisation programmes• digital object repositories• Sydney University Press
• Future actions• flexible study environments • collection and facilities changes• partnerships with academics• institutional repository network
AGENDA
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
CHANGES IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION
• increasing cost of academic publications• monograph publishing difficult• delays in publishing• academic communication primarily digital• impact of research versus citation rates• generation of research and outputs digitally• use of course management systems• open source/access movement• impermanence of some Web resources• need to preserve digital objects
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
Library Use
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6Millions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Physical visits Virtual visits
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
3473
31,826
32,597
45,160
38,000
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25000300003500040000
4500050000
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E-Journal titles
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
120 423 737
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278000
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250000
300000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
E-Book titles
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
SciTech Library
LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
LAW LIBRARY
LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
Fisher Library
LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
COLLECTION RE-ALIGNMENT
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE
Information Literacy: so that graduates of the University will be able to use information effectively in a range of contexts.
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
SETIS – Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service
• 350 + Australian novels• digital theses• law, botanical, philosophical works• early Australian settlement and exploration• images
Provide expertise and skills in digital conversion and publishing for both the Library and the University
DIGITISATION PROJECTS
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
Sustainable Object Repositories for Research and Teaching
Assist members of the University to develop sustainablerepositories of digital objects related to research, teaching and learning.
Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered CulturesArchaeological Computing Lab at the Spatial Science Innovation UnitCentre for Innovation in Professional Health Education
DIGITAL OBJECT REPOSITORIES
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
Sydney University Press
Print on demand service• re-issue of out-of-print works
• platform for University publishing
• opportunity for new publishing formats
• promote Sydney scholarship
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
• flexible study environments
• collection and facilities changes
• partnerships with academics
• institutional repository network
FUTURE PRIORITIES
University of Sydney – Academic Forum – 13 April 2005John ShippUniversity Librarian
Assist the University community access information and to create, preserve, use and disseminate its digital intellectual property
SHOWCASE THE UNIVERSITY
• institutional repositories• digital theses• Sydney University Press• publisher and other collaborations• changes to research assessment criteria
