Virtual Environments at the University of Kansas Libraries
Scott Hanrath
Students & Library Websites
• Use it (59%)• Not a starting point (0%)
• Find what they need (99%)• More trustworthy• More accurate
Source: OCLC. Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community. A report to the OCLC membership
Students & Search Engines
• Really use them (93%)• Starting point (83%)
• Faster• More convenient• Easier• More reliable
Source: OCLC. Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community. A report to the OCLC membership
Choosers vs Users
“As the people institutions are accustomed to think of as users refashion themselves as choosers, colleges and universities will have to devise new ways of supporting constituencies and looking out for institutional interests.”
Ronald Yanosky. “From Users to Choosers: Central IT and the Challenge or Consumer Choice”. EDUCAUSE Review, Nov/Dec 2010
Faculty & The Gateway Function
• Gateway function declining in importance
• Gateway (59%) less important than Archive (71%) or Buyer (90%) functions
• Disciplinary differences: Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences
Source: Schonfeld and Housewright. Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries, Publishers, and Societies. Ithaka S+R, 2010.
Scholarly Communication
• Publishing and Repositories
• Data
• Digital Humanities
Environments for Discovery
vs
Discoverable Environments ?
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