Extreme E embracing entirely electronic environments

1. Extreme E embracing entirely electronic environments John Shipp University of Sydney

2. Extreme E Library • What is it? • Does it exist? • Conditions for Extreme E? • Barriers to achievement? • Future? John Shipp – Extreme E

3. What is it? totally digital - totally mobile no paper no buildings no staff any thing any place any time John Shipp – Extreme E

4. Do extreme digital libraries exist? Yes, but they are rare and in the future. We are still dependent on analogue technologies. www.readcwbooks.com www.worldofstock.com John Shipp – Extreme E

5. The extreme digital library is possible today only in environments where the type and range of information is specialised and contained www.mahrsurgical.co.uk John Shipp – Extreme E

6. Conditions for Extreme E Library • digital creation of information • high communications capacity • reliable information storage • well-developed information skills • appropriate access and security John Shipp – Extreme E

7. Conditions for Extreme E Library • new publication methods • Open Access as the norm • 24 x 7 help services • trust and commitment • risk taking • experimentation www.flickr.com/photos/kfrp/501829681 John Shipp – Extreme E

8. Extreme E depends on the availability of reliable and trusted information in digital formats John Shipp – Extreme E

9. University of Sydney and Extreme E • Founded in 1850 • Total student enrolments 49,061 • Local student enrolments 38,229 • International students 10,832 China 4,273 Hong Kong 746 Malaysia 435 Singapore 667 Thai 157 • Academic staff 3,067 • Total staff 7,585 • Campuses 10 John Shipp – Extreme E

10. University of Sydney Library • established 1852 • 11 libraries • 9 campuses • 4.7 million items • 1.6 million loans • 20 million + downloads John Shipp – Extreme E

11. Progress toward Extreme E 1997 2011 Libraries 21 11 Collections volumes 4,592,973 4,774,101 current serials 19,873 6,734 eBooks 0 342,256 eSerials 0 100,414 Staff 325 241 John Shipp – Extreme E

12. Changes in library environments John Shipp – Extreme E

13. Changes in library environments John Shipp – Extreme E

14. Barriers to achievement? • funding • infrastructure • skills • content • fear of change • heritage • publishing constraints • regulations John Shipp – Extreme E

15. The future John Shipp – Extreme E John Shipp – Extreme E

16. Achieving a totally digital information environment will differ between countries and within countries. It may not be achievable for many years but it is worth striving to make information more easily available. John Shipp – Extreme E

17. The future will involve many challenges: • dominance of English as publishing language • reducing information rich and poor gap • demand for 24 x 7 help services • developing information skills • global connectivity • encouraging new publishing media www.24x7photography.com John Shipp – Extreme E

18. evolution of technology • expectation of instant access • integrating information resources • managing digital assets • control of information • sharing knowledge and expertise news.softpedia.com www.parabal.com www.news.com.au John Shipp – Extreme E

19. The information future we plan today is not for us but for our children and for their children’s children be brave imagine. John Shipp – Extreme E