Bibliotheca agilis: survival of the fittest in Libraryland 2012 Cambridge 12 January 2012
“Librarians” – An Endangered Species?
Association of Research Libraries
Libraries of the Future
RLUK Strategic Plan Redefining the research library model Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality Shaping ethical and effective publishing Promoting unique and distinctive collections Modelling the library role in research data management
Redefining the research library model Physical collections are shrinking Library as publisher Manipulation of information resources
Collaborating to reduce costs and improve quality United Kingdom Research Reserve (UKRR) Shared cataloguing (yet again!)
Shaping ethical and effective publishing Scholarly communications are changing Journal costs spiralling Monographs at risk But new publishing models emerging
Promoting unique and distinctive collections Collaborative digitisation Resource discovery Promoting access
The library’s role in research data management Uniquely complex network of metadata Institutional, national and international initiatives
So in practical terms... Space Stuff Staff
The future Today’s research library model is obsolescent but The research library of tomorrow can and will support evolving models of scholarly communications
not Doing things differently rather Doing different things
Debby Shorley Director of Library Services Imperial College London
RLUK UKRR ARL LOTF Imperial College Library www3.imperial.ac.uk/library