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Exploring Roles and Dislocations
Academic Libraries (LIS 514)University of Western Ontario
November 22, 2005
Digital Libraries & New Technologies
Michael RidleyChief Information Officer & Chief
LibrarianUniversity of Guelph
Digital Libraries
Lorna invited me ….
These are very challenging issues & (frankly) I want to pick your brains
I’m ALWAYS recruiting for new staff
Why am I here?
Digital Libraries
Executive DirectorCoalition for Networked Information (CNI)
Automation to Transformation
Personalization & Recommender Systems
Digitization & Cultural Heritage
Clifford Lynch
Digital Libraries
The main point........
Academic libraries (indeed universities) are being transformed by technology.
New technologies, information technologies & digital libraries are not just tools to be learned & used.
IT is an environment in which we operate and are immersed.
IT is an ecology.
Digital Libraries
“When simple change becomes transformational
change, the desire for continuity becomes a dysfunctional mirage.”
The Mirage of Continuity (1999) Hawkins & Battin
Digital Libraries
“The library of the future
will combine …
… with a managed
digital space.”
... a managed place …
Digital Libraries
StewardshipDemocracy
ServiceRationalism
PrivacyEquity of Access
Intellectual FreedomLiteracy and Learning
Our Enduring Values
Towards the Digital Library
Three Key Transformations
From
Database/Repository
to
Environment
(Managed Digital Space)
Seamless(fully integrated with
digital learningand research; beyond?)
Community(resources, people, interaction, process, activities, services)
Omnipresent(it will be wherever the users are)
Dynamic & Organic(the users will construct it as much as we will)
From
Information Management
to
Knowledge Management
Explicit & Tacit Knowledge(beyond recorded information)
Coherence & Sense Making(value added outcomes
and benefits)
People Centric(a focus on understanding not just data)
Trusted Information Systems(status, reputation, influence, impact)
Wireless Communication(whenever, wherever, right now)
From
People Finding Information
to
Information Finding People
Intelligent AgentsPersonal Information Systems(discovery, assistance, utility)
Smart Information(telemetry, propagation)
Managing People’s Interests(trusted information systems)
Control(users not systems)
Digital Libraries
Four Perspectives on:
• Changing Roles
• Disruptive Technologies / Ideas
• My Professional Life
Roles and Dislocations
Web 2.0
Digital Libraries
Web 2.0
Blogs
Wikis
Syndication (RSS)
Tagging
Social Networking
Digital Libraries
Web 2.0: Implications
The ILS is Dead
Interoperability / Standards
“We’re in Control.” Say What!?
Living on the Bleeding Edge
Lib 2.0
Data Curator
Digital Libraries
Data Curator
Acquire & Access; Understand & Transform
Open Content Alliance / “Open Canada”
Managing Digital Assets
Digital Preservation
Venture Capitalist
Digital Libraries
Venture Capitalist
Canadian Research Knowledge Network
ScholarsPortal
Open Access Publishing
Open Content Alliance / “Open Canada”
Digital Libraries
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)
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Content
Value
Best Offer
Final Cost
26%$82.7M
$42.1M
$57.3M
Chief Information
Officer
Digital Libraries
Chief Information Officer
Enterprise Vision
Integration: IT, IS and IR
Policy Development
Transformation
Librarian? IT Leader? Academic?
Digital Libraries
The Digital Piñata
Understanding a key problem
Digital Libraries
Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future
“The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”
Digital Libraries
Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future
“The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”
Digital Libraries
Paul SaffoInstitute for the Future
“The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but to those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to navigate through the expanses of cyberspace.”
The Academic Librarian
Just one more....
Digital Libraries
Professional Challenges
Vision = Action
Digital Libraries
Professional Challenges
Building Relationships
Digital Libraries
Professional Challenges
Learning
Digital Libraries
Professional Challenges
Leadership
Digital Libraries
Professional Challenges
Community Development
Digital Libraries
Seeking Balance
• sustainability and innovation
• collaboration and competition
• self interest and common good
• financial climate and relentless change
• ideology and practicality
• autonomy and accountability
Digital Libraries
The Way Forward: My Advice
• Self interest is OK
(the opportunities are extraordinary)• Dare to be great
(but recognize this in others too)
• Trust your colleagues
• Politics are important (but people are more important)
• Keep your eye on the prize
• Shared objectives are powerful
(but have formal agreements)
(find them)
David Penniman
School of
InformaticsUniversity at Buffalo
“To remain what it is, the library must change . . .
. . . if it does not change, it will not remain what it is.”
DavidPennimanUniversityat Buffalo
Exploring Roles and Dislocations
Questions, Comments & Discussion
Digital Libraries & New Technologies
Michael RidleyChief Information Officer & Chief
LibrarianUniversity of Guelph
