Finding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Today’s Research Libraries
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Finding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Today’s Research
Libraries
March 2010
Dr. Joan GieseckeDean of Libraries
University of Nebraska-LincolnLibraries
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Metaphors
Phrases that connect unlike items
Phrases where one thing is used to designate another
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Nimble Dinosaurs
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Hail is always the size of something else
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Estimating Hail SizePea = 1/4 inch diameter
Marble/mothball = 1/2 inch diameter Dime/Penny = 3/4 inch diameter - hail penny size or
larger is considered severe Nickel = 7/8 inch Quarter = 1 inch
Ping-Pong Ball = 1 1/2 inch Golf Ball = 1 3/4 inches
Tennis Ball = 2 1/2 inches Baseball = 2 3/4 inches
Tea cup = 3 inches Grapefruit = 4 inches Softball = 4 1/2 inches
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Information Highway
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19th Century Metaphors
• Warehouses for Books• Antiquarian Museums• Dusty places
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19th Century Metaphors
• People’s University• Laboratory for the Humanities• Parish Churches of Literature and
Education
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Early 20th Century Metaphors
• Business organizations• Public Utilities• Department Store Values
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Late 20th Century Metaphors
• Warehouse for Books• Electronic Access metaphors• Librarians as Activists• Library as Partner• Library as Place
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Metaphors to Describe Librarians
• Librarian as Teacher• Librarian as Business Leader• Librarian as Information Engineer• Librarian as Information Navigators• Librarian as the New Search Engine
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More Librarian Metaphors
• Feral Professionals• Hybrid Librarians• Blended Librarians• Embedded Librarians• Gate Keeper, Gate Way, Gate
Openers
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Library as Body Part
• Heart of the University• Circulation System• Foot upon which the institution rests
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More Library Metaphors
• Library as Conversation
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More Library Metaphors
• Library as Grocery Store• Library as Kitchen• Library as Book store• Library as Laboratory for the
Humanities
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Academic Living Room
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More Library Metaphors
• Digital Library• 2.0 Everything• E- everything
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More Library Metaphors
• Library as Ecosystem– Mutualism and co-evolution– Rainforest of the Sea
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Metaphors at UNL Libraries
• Librarian as Scholar-Practitioner• Digital Media Metaphors• Library as Partner
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Metaphors at UNL
• Discovery Tool – Central Intelligence– Google meets Amazon.com
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Metaphors at UNL• A group of scholar practitioners who
manage the academic living room, are a publishing partner, and who bring a Google and Amazon.com experience to the search and discovery of scholarly resources to our students and faculty.
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Conclusions
• No perfect metaphor• Ecosystem resonates with staff• Partner resonates with campus
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Additional Metaphors• After the talk, additional metaphors
were suggested by attendees:
• Library as Service• Black belt Librarians• Knowledge Jedis