The Library as 21 st Century Research and Learning Center Mary Ochs Albert R Mann Library Cornell University September 2009
What is the 21 st century library? The library is still a place The library is virtual 21 st century library approach
The library is still a place…
Mann Library
Lobby of Mann Library
Manndible Café
Public Computers with Plotters
Loaner Laptops
Bissett Collaborative Space
Computer Classrooms
Distance Learning Classroom
Gallery
Stacks
Atrium
The library is virtual…
Digital Collections E-Journals – new subscriptions and back files E-books Providing easy access to some digital collections can still be a challenge! Digital repositories Digitization projects – Google Books, subject collections – historical agriculture and home economics
Embedded IT
Mann Web Site:
Mobile technologies:
VIVO:
DataStaR:
E-Clips: eClips
Information Literacy: Key to Effective Use of the Virtual Library
Cornell University Information Competency Initiative " Our mission is to support teaching and learning at the university. This is the heart of it: working with faculty and all the campus partners to make student learning more effective. That piece is key. We can do all the talking and digitization and institutes we want, but if we're not affecting student learning, why are we here? This is vital to our core mission--it raises awareness among the faculty and our campus partners about the value and perspective the Library brings." Librarian Baseema Krkoska, left, and Professor Jane Mt. Pleasant
Applied Economics and Management class
Natural Resource class
21 st Century Library approach = the right staff
Gail Steinhart – Research Data/Environmental Sciences Librarian
Baseema Krkoska – Coordinator of Reference, Instruction & Business Information Programs
Medha Devare – Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian
Keith Jenkins – GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian
Brian Lowe Semantic Applications Programmer Brian Caruso Programmer/Analyst Ontologies and Semantic Web
Managing in a Recession Economy Strategic Planning and Prioritizing Collaborating to enhance services Grants for innovative projects Endowments and follow up with donors Understanding your audience and their needs
Strategic Planning Questions What are our major strengths in accomplishing the library’s mission today? What are the library’s weaknesses and what are our major barriers to carrying out our mission? In the next 3 years, what collaborations (on campus and off) can we initiate or augment to more effectively leverage our strengths?
Strategic Planning Questions (cont) What should the library’s top 5 priorities be over the next 2-3 years? What are the skills, individual and collective, that will make the library a more effective organization? How is the environment we operate in changing and how should we respond to the changes?
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