1. Online Information 2009 New roles for librarians: Italy Mary Joan Crowley, DiSG Library, Sapienza University of Rome. Member CASPUR-CIBER.

2. CHANGE

• Yes we can !

• Living in a transmuting world

• Needs the skills librarians are good at

• • Describe

• • Organise

• • Retrieve

• • Preserve

• • Trust

• • Trust

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3. Sapienza University of Rome

• 75,000 FTEs

• 4500 Faculty

• 5000 Staff

• 130 Libraries

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4. CASPUR-CIBER

• 27 Universities Centre-South Italy

• Celebrated 10 years of activity

• Purchasing and sharing of electronic resources

• Support our community in the innovative use of digital resources

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5. 1999-2009: Speed of change from paper to e-resources

• Streamlined the collection

• Modernised administration practices

• Harmonised services to users

• Librarians seen to make a difference

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6. A week in the life of..a multitasker !

• Department presentation on E-books and e-book readers

• Seminar for libarians and faculty on bibliometrics as a research assessment tool

• Copyright advice on posting to website

• Ciber-23 library things

• Digitising master theses

• New commercial contract

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8. Next generation librarian

• Working in a more complex world

• The Beaubourg library changed symmetries

• All about people

• Preserve the scholarly record

• Open up the stacks

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9. F-Generation

• Born digital

• Share content

• If not online is invisible

• Expect it to be free

• Librarians task to help them discover and discern

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10.

• Good computer and communication skills and ability to work in a collaboratory environment

• IT people

• Faculty liaison

• Library community and resource sharing

• Moving ahead with the commercial vendors

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11. Whatever affects higher education affects the library

• a broad vision

• to provide a good service

• that has a social impact

• working for a more just and ethical society

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12. Grazie !

• Mary Joan Crowley

• DiSG Biblioteca, Sapienza Universit di Roma

• Member of Caspur-Ciber

• [email_address]

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