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The Evolving Role of Libraries in Service & Technology Update

Explore how libraries have transformed with technology advancements, offering various workspaces, equipment, and flexible access options to cater to modern needs. Discover key factors shaping library services and upcoming projects integrating technology for enhanced user experience and academic excellence.

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The Evolving Role of Libraries in Service & Technology Update

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  1. Service & Technology Update

  2. The Role of libraries “The object of the library is to bring together human beings and recorded knowledge in as fruitful a relationship as humanly possible.” - Jesse Shera-

  3. Physical Changes - Workspaces • Computer workstations and support • Support both sign-on and quick access machines • Computing Commons - 1st main, 1st west • 2 multimedia classrooms (56 pc), • 1 teaching area (40 pc) • 18 distributed quick access stations Total: 250+ public machines

  4. Peripherals and Support: • Printing: • Leddy printer queue • 4 high-volume printers • 1 colour printer 5 printers (3 locations) ~100,000 pages/month • Scanners: • 3 standard flatbed • 1 oversized flatbed • 3 microform scanner/printers

  5. Flexible access & transfer support • Laptop drops • 22 on six floors • Wireless • 3 access points on 3 floors • Expanding now – 12 areas on 9 floors • Lending pool • 14 wireless network cards • 9 Laptops • 5 USB memory keys • 2 e-book readers

  6. Are they using it? • WIBS – Leddy login & reservation system • ~1200 bookings per day • Network traffic increasing significantly • Doubled from March 2004 to 2005 • Printing • ~100,000 pages/month

  7. Proxied web services Access through Leddy’s EZProxy & remote login system • July 2002 - June 2003: 137,000 • July 2003 - June 2004: 423,000 • July 2004 - March 2005: 451,000 • On campus use is ~53% total • Student network in library ~26%

  8. Key Factors OCUL – Scholars’ Portal Project

  9. Scholars’ Portal – highlights • Locally loaded journals & backfiles • ~5000 journals / 7 million full text articles • Abstract & index databases • Interoperability of systems • Search results will • Link to full text • Load citation into RefWorks • Link to catalogue record for local materials • Create ILLoan request in RACER

  10. Some Additional Resources • Journals & Publications • ~22,000 Journal titles • ~ 6,000 E-book and reference titles • Additional abstract & index databases • Statistics & Data • Statistics Canada • Federal & Provincial Depository • Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) • LEO – cooperative data initiative • Services • ERes – electronic course reserves • Course integration - participant in ViCKi

  11. Underpinnings • Servers • 9 Leddy • 5 ITS(shared) • Staff equipment (85 FTE, 110+ staff) • 112 Workstations • 12 network, 30 stand-alone printers • 6 Flatbed, 28 Barcode Scanners • Systems / Production Applications • Voyager ILS & Catalogue • EZProxy – remote access • LogIn – remote authentication • WIBS - booking • ERes – course reserves • InMagic / DBTextworks • WILD - tutorial • Local Scholars Portal administration

  12. Technical Support & Development • 3 techs, 2 Systems librarians, 1 clerical staff • Desktop installations, configuration and support • Local development and support • Local, provincial, national & international projects • Development/Programming • Project support and planning • Partnerships • ITS - local support and infrastructure • CFL – courseware integration, Interlend partnering • Teaching and research colleagues

  13. Upcoming Projects • Equipment & Facilites • Mac workstations • Expanded wireless (ITS) • Server additions & upgrades • Collections & Services • Information Literacy Tutorial project • Courseware integration • Institutional Repositories • Shibboleth authentication (with ITS) • Senate & Presidential Papers database • Academic Data Centre • …

  14. Point of Intersection • Redesign for full integration • Standards-based and accessible • Supporting pedagogical & research missions

  15. What was recently unthinkable, is now indispensable . (anonymous)

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