virginia tech libraries: strategic directions
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Virginia Tech Libraries:
Strategic Directions
Tyler Walters
Dean, University Libraries
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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
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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
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Libraries, Academic Units, Scholarly Societies, etc.
Thank you…
Tyler Walters
Dean, University Libraries
Virginia Tech
540-231-5595
tywalters1 (Skype)
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