Trends and impact of information technology in

academic libraries

Jeffrey Demaine, MLISmetajeffrey@yahoo.ca

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