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    Libraries today

    Jean SykesLibrarian and Director of IT Services

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    Legacy of eLib for libraries

    Unprecedented collaborationShared expertise led to shared servicesNew project climate for innovationsSkilled project workforce

    Competing now for other funds, not justJISC

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    Legacy of eLib for libraries

    Projects give space for trying things outSuccesses can be turned into servicesTeaching support hybrid libraryResearch support union catalogues,electronic docdelArchives a place in the sun

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    Legacy of eLib for libraries

    eLib put HE libraries on the mapNot just in the UK but internationallyJISC too gained high reputationJANET network was always a winner

    eLib showed how network could beused collaboratively for new services

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    New drivers for change the

    environmentUbiquitous use of the webSimpler search techniques (Google)Information to goSame data, different presentations

    Open access and new publishingmodels

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    New drivers for change the

    environmentSocial, personal and work activities blurredInformation users as information providers

    Interactive do-it-yourself capability of the webis at odds with highly-wrought library systemsTechnical/licensing/copyright issuesA volatile landscape of rapid change

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    New drivers for change -

    studentsIntegration of library with VLEWeb 2 and social networkingAmazon/supermarket profiling approachThe digital native generationStudents as paying customers

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    New drivers for change -

    researchAccess to deep web wantedUnderlying data important for researchRe-use of data is possibleDeposit in institutional repositoriesMass digitisation (Google, MS, JISC)

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    JISC and libraries: the future

    Usage/impact needs better management dataIdentity management connectingusers to relevant content seamlesslyServices - local or remote/outsourced?individual or shared?

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    JISC and libraries: the future

    Linking more library services to courseand research management systemsDigital preservation the librarians willhave to make the runningTaking services into the users space:a highly personalised networked world