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Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library

Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library. Internet Librarian 2007 Paul J. Bracke Associate Dean, Information Technology Tomalee Doan Head, Management & Economics Library. Context. Purdue, like every other institution, is facing a changing information environment

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Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library

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  1. Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library Internet Librarian 2007 Paul J. Bracke Associate Dean, Information Technology Tomalee Doan Head, Management & Economics Library

  2. Context • Purdue, like every other institution, is facing a changing information environment • Leverage institutional characteristics to reposition the Libraries on campus • Collaborative • Moves into user flows • Supports quick change

  3. Campus Context • Land-grant institution with 37,000 students • Strengths in the Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Business, Hospitality, Tourism & Management • Distributed environment • 12 Libraries (down from 28 in the 1970s), Archives and Special Collections unit • Campus computing environment • Few central student spaces

  4. Campus Strategic Plan • Campus strategic plan organized around: -Discovery; Interdisciplinary research -Learning; Information Literacy -Engagement; Enhanced quality of life • Mirrored in Libraries’ plan

  5. Strategies for Moving to the New Model • Staff transformation • New initiatives • Make foundational services more responsive • Aggressively pursue new technologies • Transform library spaces • Do all of this quickly

  6. Management & Economics Library (MEL)“on the move” Staff transformation • Created Associate Head position • Repurposed current paraprofessional staff • Hired 2 new library faculty, another approved • Hired 3 graduate assistants

  7. Organizational restructuring creates new opportunitiesService. Service. Service. Did I say service? • New roles for librarians adds meaning and value to our customers • Information Access funding • Embedded Librarians • Entrepreneurship Business Information Network (eBIN) using sharepoint portal

  8. Technology Tools that enable • Infrastructure applications • Career Wiki http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/Career/Home • Information Workflowtracking application (Numara) • MyMEL toolbarhttp://mymel.mylibrarytoolbar.com/ • Course blogs : http://melmgmt451.wordpress.com/ • Meebohttp://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/ • BizMAPhttp://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/bizmap/BusinessResearch.html • BizFAQhttp://faq.library.upenn.edu/recordList?action=&library=purdue_business&institution=purdue

  9. Moving Quickly! A paradigm shift from reactive to proactive • 8times that desks & chairs & people changed location • 34people from other libraries volunteered to help us move our books and serials • 38windows replaced • 266boxes of annual reports moved to dark archive • 379boxes of books in the special collection • 1,265boxes packed and moved • 6,306carts pushed • 20,657linear feet of books & serials moved • 20,700green, red, blue, orange, and striped dots ordered to code materials • 169,307items moved • 1,631,750steps taken to move our collection (that’s 163.1 estimated miles)

  10. Build it and they will come… • Zones for collaborative and quiet spaces • Small high use print collection • Instructional learn lab for teaching • Business financial center • Coffee shop • Open 24/7 • Place to see and be seen!

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  12. Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library Paul J. Bracke pbracke@purdue.edu Tomalee Doan tdoan@purdue.edu

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