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THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
Paper presented LIASA-CiCD Winter Seminar
Hannie SanderExecutive Director:
Library & Information CentreUniversity of Johannesburg
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AGENDA
• Context
• NetGen students and scientists
• A new way of thinking
• The networked library
• Scholarly communication
• University of Johannesburg
• Future …..
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CONTEXT
• > 6 billion Internet users • Info search – Internet• NetGen students and scientists• e-Scholarship & e-Research• Cross-disciplinary • Collaborative projects• Self-publishing• Peer review
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NET GEN STUDENTS NET GEN SCIENTISTS
• Born 1982 +
• Grew up with computers, other media
• Next Gen
• Millennials
• Digital natives
• Gen Y
• DotNets
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CHARECTERISTCS
• Always connected – mobile devices• Facebook, MySpace• Multi-tasking• Social, experiential learners• Risk takers• Produce and consume information• Very visual – multi-media• Real world and Virtual world
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INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR
• Diverse searching behaviour
• Horizontal information seeking
• Surfing the web• Navigating around • Brand recognition• Problems seeking on
long lists
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A NEW WAY OF THINKING
• Easy, quick, reliable access
• Facilitator/ co-partner• Mindset• Innovation • Experiment & Risk
taking• Special skills• Attitude + Aptitude =
Altitude
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THE NETWORKED LIBRARY
• Multi-institutional entity
• Aligned with core mission (research, teaching)
• Repositories• Partnerships
internal/external
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THE NETWORKED LIBRARY
• Digital networks
• Collaborative collection development
• Sharing staff - consortium
• Gartner: End 2012 – 50% large enterprises will have a networked virtual environment business presence
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SCHOLARLY COMMUNCATION
• The creation, transformation, dissemination and preservation of knowledge related to teaching, research and scholarly endeavors.
• Issues include author rights, the economics of scholarly resources, new models of publishing including open access, institutional repositories, rights and access to federally funded research, and preservation of intellectual assets.
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SCHOLARLY COMMUNCATION (2)
• Collaborative, open access online publishing • University-wide support and organization of
scholarly publishing, linked to university strategic mission
• Provision of online platforms to support publishing – repositories and journal publishing
• Changing role of librarians• Development-focused applied research and
more conventional scholarly publishing• Wider and more flexible range of publications,
wider range of media.
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UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
• RAU, Vista, TWR• LIDI 2001 – 2004• Library LIVE• eTDs• Institutional
Repository• UJDigispace• UJLink• Blogs
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USEFUL LINKS
• UJLink (Library catalogue)• Databases• e Course Reserves• Ask-A-Librarian• eTheses & Dissertations• Online Exam Papers• Reference Techniques • Refworks• UJ Intranet (UJ Staff only)• UJ Web
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DYNAMIC CHANGE
GUIDED VISUALISATION
GAP ANALYSIS – PLACE OF OPPORTUNITYPoint of Leverage
Strategic Awareness Strategic Approach Strategic Action
Creating a new way of thinking
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Current StateCurrent State Desired StateDesired State
Old HabitsOld Habits New HabitsNew Habits
Letting go
Letting go
Letting come
Letting come
HEAD
HEART
GUT
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THE FUTURE LUMINARY LEADER?Doing
Being arises from awareness
ORGANISER/DOORGANISER/DO MANAGER/SYSTEMSMANAGER/SYSTEMS
ENTREPRENEURENTREPRENEUR RELATIONSHIPS/NETWORKER
RELATIONSHIPS/NETWORKER
AdaptabilityAchievementPositive outlookSkills
Coach & mentorInfluenceStrategic implementation
Self awarenessSelf knowledgePersonal mindsetValues
Organisational awarenessVisionCultureOwnershipExternal
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FINAL CHALLENGE
• Unify HE libraries
• Collaborate with Research libraries
• National agenda
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But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that
there are many more hills to climb.
I have taken a moment to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have
come.
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But I can rest only for a moment, for
with freedom come responsibilities,
and I dare not linger, for my long walk
is not yet ended.
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Acknowledgements ….
UJ MEC
UJ LIC Staff
The Star, 6 March 2008 – Wilson Mgobhozi
SouthAfrica.info – http://www.southafrica.info/
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