virginia tech libraries: strategic directions

Virginia Tech Libraries:

Strategic Directions

Tyler Walters

Dean, University Libraries

1

VT’s Mission is

our Mission…

• Discovery and dissemination of new knowledge are central to its mission…

• University creates, conveys, and applies knowledge…

Why? • expand personal growth and opportunity,

• advance social and community development,

• foster economic competitiveness,

• improve quality of life

The Libraries are integral to

the lifecycle of information

Create & produce

Disseminate

Use, integrate

Manage & preserve

Promote & re-use

Process

Product

Research Library as Table:

The Four Legs

• Teaching, Learning & Literacies

• Learning Spaces

• Collections Access

• Research and Curation

Library programs center on:

•Developing websites

• Editing videos

• Painting, drawing, sketching

• Constructing 3D models

• Coding algorithms

• Writing business plans

• Presenting survey findings

• Manipulating data

WHAT DO STUDENTS PRODUCE TODAY?

HOW DO STUDENTS GAIN THESE SKILLS? WHAT

SPACES ,TOOLS, TRAINING DO THEY NEED?

Complex &

diverse range of

assignments

courtesy of Brian Mathews

DIGITAL MEDIA

LITERACY

VISUAL

LITERACY

TECHNOLOGY

LITERACY

SCHOLARLY

COMMUNICATION

CULTURAL

LITERACY DATA LITERACY &

MANAGEMENT

GLOBAL

CITIZENSHIP

CRITICAL

THINKING

PROBLEM-

BASED

LEARNING

SERVICE

LEARNING

BEYOND INFORMATION LITERACY

courtesy of Brian Mathews

Learning Spaces

Information services in a mixed environment:

• Writing Center • Communications Lab • Media production studio… and more

Study Zones

Group Study Zones &

Media Production Studios

Presentation Zones

Getting You Information:

Collections Access

Move to electronic…

• Shared collections

• New discovery systems

• Demand-driven acquisition

• Mobile devices

• Book delivery service

• Print on demand services

Research and Curation:

Digital Repositories

• Scholarship

• Reports

• Research data

• Multimedia / Learning objects

• Archival, images

• Audio/Video

12 http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu

Research Data:

Planning & Management

Library Perspective:

1. A primary source: available to support, advance research

2. Extension of scholarly pubs: linked data to articles, papers Challenges to Researchers:

• Policies: Need data mgmt. plans

• Need data curation tools, interoperable technologies

• Lack of best practices

• Researcher – Library – IT

Partnerships

Scholarly Communication

Systemic Collaborations Needed: • Create, manage, & use

information resources in new, different ways

Digital Publishing & Production • eJournals / eBooks

• eConference

proceedings

• Digital Humanities projects

• Web sites

• Virtual community environments

14

Libraries, Academic Units, Scholarly Societies, etc.

Thank you…

Tyler Walters

Dean, University Libraries

Virginia Tech

540-231-5595

tyler.walters@vt.edu

tywalters1 (Skype)

15