Digital strategies for 21 st century libraries

1. Digital strategies for 21st century libraries Wolfram Horstmann

2. Overview 21stcentury libraries ~ A mission ~ Digital strategies ~

3. 21st century libraries ~

4. What can be said about 2099? In 1911, could she predict the Internet? • http://www.flickr.com/photos/derrypubliclibrary/3762251190

5. Prediction 1: World Library Arthur C. Clarke predicts computer based universal encyclopaedia in 1962. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/04/profiles-future-arthur-clarke-review

6. Prediction 2: Closed Library “… maybe you would have simply banned the Internet to keep the libraries open.” • http://www.flickr.com/photos/holgalicious/5027577472/

7. Literature is here to stay... It cannot be foreseen that literature will not be at the heart of scholarship in the next decades. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorgmorg/9944210/

8. ...but new things come on top. The world of knowledge has changed radically – arriving at a universal encyclopaedia. • http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/9584_h.jpg

9. New types of users Library users are not only readers but knowledge workers. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/derrypubliclibrary/3762251190 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/fumi/2668956097/

10. New units of knowledge Enhanced publications are a continuum of textual resources and underlying data. • http://www.ukpmc.co.uk

11. New technology Complex knowledge resources can now be modelled and linked on the web – even for inferential computing. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoonynoo/3092027765

12. A mission ~

13. A 21st century library mission To build the most complete and authoritative web representation of physical and digital knowledge resources at the university know.uni-x.org

14. Approach: the user as moving target Knowledge networking is a dynamic and complex task, in which the user is a constant. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohann-aberkane/2836258475

15. Background: McLuhan’s Sensorium There is no principal difference between physical and digital knowledge resources (‘media’) – both are the extensions of human needs • www.theparisreview.org/.../2011/01/mcluhan.jpg

16. Digital strategies ~

17. #1 Quality of service Make all knowledge resources for the university discoverable digitally. Calculation of existing knowledge resources at the university and percentage of coverage. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/willowm/5224417965

18. #2 Understanding users Anticipate the human being behind the screen. Usage statistics, webometrics, user satisfaction surveys. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/bwr/141929320/

19. #3 Collection development Augment the unique local collections with digital knowledge resources. Number of physical and digital resources linked and their stats. • http://www.ehow.com/about_6760206_collection-development-medical-libraries.html

20. #4 Staff skills Learn to think like the digital user thinks. Trainings integrated in curricula; number of collaborative projects & amount of funding; hours of staff in training. • http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpt/1365563763

21. #5 Governance Implement transparent and effective digital knowledge policies. Number and quality of policy compliant services and knowledge resources. • http://www.provost.pitt.edu/documents/RDM_guidelines.pdf

22. #6 Collaboration Maximize the global digital footprint by acting as a knowledgehub. Number of MoUs, service contracts as well as human and machine interface procedure calls. • http://bellm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/facebook_map_degree.png

23. Conclusion~

24. 21st century libraries ~ Will face the challenge of constantly changing digital developments in the 21st century. ~ Can follow if the user is kept in the focus. ~ Build an augmented knowledge space of physical and digital resources for their users on the web. ~ Will act as the knowledge hub for the university. ~

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