Grand Challenges

The changing role ofscience librarians in support of research

and learning

Amanda Werhaneow.ly/9khCu

The future of everything

Grand challengesin science and

technology

Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences

• Understand & restore biogeochemical cycles• Sustain biodiversity & ecosystems• Predict climate variability• Hydrologic forecasting• Prevent infectious disease• Understand institutions’ resource use impact• Understand land-use dynamics• Reinvent the use of materials

Grand Challenges in Engineering

How will weapproach the

grand challenges?

The Future of Research

Porter & Rafols (2009)Stephan (2008)

• Team effort

• More literature cited

• Increasingly interdisciplinary (but…)

• Publish or perish

The Future of LearningFlynn & Vredevoogd (2010)

• Globalization• Economic development driver & user• Competition for students > specialization• Advancements in technology • More education in less space • Variety of appointments & inequity among faculty• Diverse educational & cultural backgrounds • Interdisciplinary, experiential & customized learning• Assessment & accountability

How do we plan for the future?

Costanza (2000)

What is a(science) library?

What is a(science) librarian?

Research Cycle

Adapted from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/

Data Lifecycle

http://imageweb.zoo.ox.ac.uk/wiki/images/0/0d/DCC-data-lifecycle.png

Local & Global Roles

What can one librarian do?

Thank you!

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Flynn, W.J.; J. Vredevoogd. (2010). The future of learning: 12 views on emerging trends in higher education. Planning for Higher Education 38(2): 5-10.

Munro-Blum, H. (2011). Ahead of the Storm: Research libraries and the future of the research university. 158th Membership Meeting of the ARL and CARL.

National Academy of Engineering. (2011). Grand Challenges for Engineering. http://www.engineeringchallenges.org

National Research Council. (2001). Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Neylon, C. (2011). Three stories about the conduct of science: Past, future, and present. Journal of Cheminformatics 3(1): 35.

North Carolina State University Libraries. Peer Review in Five Minutes. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/

Porter, A.L. & I. Rafols. (2009). Is science becoming more interdisciplinary? Measuring and mapping six research fields over time. Scientometrics 81(3): 719-745.

Rockstrom, J., W. Steffen, K. Noone, et al. (2009). A safe operating space for humanity. Nature 461(7263): 472-475.

Stephan, P.E. (2008). Science and the university: Challenges for future research. CESifo Economic Studies 54(2): 313-324.

Tilman, D.; R. Socolow; J.A. Foley. (2009). Beneficial biofuels: The food, energy, and environment trilemma. Science 325(5938): 270-271.

Questions?

Amanda Werhane

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