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Transformative shifts in libraries
Academic and Special Libraries Annual Conference 27 February 2015
Helen ShentonTCD Librarian and College Archivist
Globalization inter- multi- and anti-
disciplinary BIG DATA data curation
BIG CONTENT Digital Humanities MOOCs Mobile Technologies
expanding expectations OPEN
ACCESS pressure on resourcing
Transformative shifts in Higher Education include;
From Digitization to Digitalization Library as Place and
Place as Library Partnership opportunities for capital
and infrastructure Collaborative content and collection
development Democratization of collections through
digitization greater emphasis on the unique and distinct Changing user behaviours expanding user
expectations New skills, up- and re-skilling,
development opportunities Pressure on resourcing
Transformative shifts in libraries include:
What does do these transformative mean?
digital shift and social shift
moving to user focused, personalisation, customization, atomization
moving to connecting to content, creating and curating content moving to library as big content, as locus of metadata expertize
moving to library as catalyst for research, stimulus for scholarship
moving to library as laboratory, place to experiment, innovation labs, ilabs
moving to library as social spaces, as cultural spaces
partnership and collaboration
Innovation • Harvard – Metalab and Graduate School of Design• Harvard Law Library and Berkman Center for the Internet and Society
partnership and collaboration
Innovation
Harvard – Metalab and Graduate School of Design
Harvard Law Library and Berkman Center for the Internet and Society
New skills• outreach, pop-ups, events • multi-disciplinary• embedded teaching• data mining, heat mapping, development of new tools
What does this mean for professional development?
Unique and Distinct Collections RLUK 2014; Highlighted Skills Development
Digital Humanities Understand recent areas of academic research
E-learning and teaching Pedagogic skills, VLEs, review impact of teaching
Public Engagement Presentation, communication, media skills
Management Skills Leadership, strategic planning, financial management, organizational management,
negotiation, project management skills
What does this mean for professional development? New roles, new skills, new opportunities, up-skill, re-skill
Data curation, data mining
Embedded librarian
User-centricity
Learn/borrow from other fields
eg. Customer service – University of Zappo
Queue management – Disney
Collaboration/diplomacy – HLS Program on Negotiation
Think like a user, be a user of new forms of learning and education
Do a MOOC, an on-line course
Be out and about, be active
Secondment, study trip, exchange
Activate partnerships, collaborations – walk across town/campus/organization
Talk to other audiences, new mediums, outreach, public engagement
eg. TEDx