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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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Hannie Sander

University of Johannesburg

jsander@uj.ac.za