The E-Brarian Revolution:The Collapse of the Traditional Librarian

and the Dawn of the E-Empire

2010 Charleston ConferenceCharleston, South Carolina

November 5th, 2010

Panel Chair::

Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, President and CEO

Panel Members:

Mirela Roncevic, Director of Library Relations

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Senior Research Scientist

Rick Anderson, Assoc. Dir. for Scholarly Resources & Collections Marriott Library

Kevin Sayar, President

Marcus Woodburn, Vice President, Digital Products

The future of libraries

Will print collections be replaced by e-resources within the next 20 years?

Mirela Roncevicmirela@igi-global.com

Director of Library Relations, IGI Global

Editor-in-Chief, “Advances in Library & Information Science”

Book Series

Librarians No, smaller libraries still cannot afford databases

No, people are drawn to libraries, in part, for the experience

No, it’s impossible to replace serendipity made possible by physical browsing

No, you cannot use an e-book to stabilize a wobbly table leg

NACS Survey 627 students surveyed at campuses across the U.S.

76% would pick a printed book if left up to them

13 percent purchased an ebook in the past three months

8 percent owned an e-reading device

Most popular device: iPhone

An increase of 10 to 15 percent expected by 2012

Why can’t it happen now? We are still talking about standardizing the format

Content remains largely undiscoverable

Old business models still reinforce inefficient practices

Content is born digital but not global

CONTENT vs. FORMAT Format is in the spotlight

Evolution of content is trailing behind

A-Z no longer applies

Reference has morphed into nonfiction (& vice versa)

The word “reference” has become irrelevant

Review media’s leadership role in the process is changing

Discoverability Lake vs. river (Static vs. dynamic)

Re-purposing and re-organization of content

Finding your niche

True access: print availability

Born global English-language research reigns in non-English language territories

Globalization of perspectives is imperative

Publishers of fiction and creative nonfiction remain “local” with global potential

Publishers of research materials serve the needs of a global community from the onset

20 years ago >>

Content = Format

20 years from now… After the storm (the present)

Coming full circle

Format is no longer an issue

Content flows globally