Future library: dreams and dangers Roxanne Missingham University Librarian

Future, future, future

Future, future, future https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/ We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We do not yet know just how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: the response to it must be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of the global polity, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society.

Future, future, future https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/ We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We do not yet know just how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: the response to it must be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of the global polity, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society.

What do you consider is the most important future dream?

Our current lens From the past looking forward https://pixabay.com/en/book-fantasy-mood-girl-dreams-3512393/

Reality test Collections Visitation New roles – data New services – digitisation The third revolution network model Petr Kratochvil Emerging butterflies https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=46688&picture=emerging-butterflies

Rapid change? Everyone is a knowledge worker (or thinks they are) Systematic change to the production of material eg 100% ANZ libraries moved to digital deposit of theses, edeposit NSLA – birth to grave Crisis, crisis, crisis

Collaborate Innovate Transform

What if we reimagine our collections?

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Our stories - changing the world one thesis at a time Most downloaded type of research Average use (ANU) 2017 47.3% of research collection downloads Average 78.6 downloads per thesis https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/plant-detectives-manual United States 31%

Our services 4 negative, 28 positive, thus the majority increased in downloads

Our users vs stakeholders vs staff dreams Magic Networks Long term view

New narratives around libraries Dangers Cheap – free? Quality Beyond the horizon

Digital transformation - benefits Excellence – what does it mean New thinking What is it that adds value – who needs to do the work? Remember: 7.5 million downloads vs 180k loans Messaging – eg 83% international impact for the repository

Future New competitors It will be automated intermediaries Rethinking collections Not just digital stuff – digital transformation Collaboration

Digital dilemmas Funds and focus New ways to collaborate But isn’t it all online? https://www.scienceeurope.org/making-open-access-a-reality-by-2020/ A plan to decisively advance towards the Open Access of scholarly publishing by 2020 was the topic of discussion at a meeting yesterday between Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Marc Schiltz, President of Science Europe. The plan, currently called ‘Plan S’, was jointly developed by Science Europe, a group of heads of national research funding organisations, and Robert-Jan Smits, Senior Advisor on Open Access within the European Political Strategy Centre at the European Commission. It foresees that from 1 January 2020, all scholarly publications resulting from public research funding must be published in Open Access journals or on Open Access platforms. Launched by Science Europe on 4 September 2018