1. Future library: dreams and dangers
Roxanne Missingham
University Librarian

3. Future, future, future

4. Future, future, future
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.

6. Future, future, future
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.

8. What do you consider is the most important future dream?

9. Our current lens From the past looking forward

10. Reality test Collections Visitation New roles – data
New services – digitisation
The third revolution network model
Petr Kratochvil Emerging butterflies

11. 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

12. Collaborate
Innovate
Transform

13. What if we reimagine our collections?

16. 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
United States 31%

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

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

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

20. 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

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

22. Digital dilemmas Funds and focus New ways to collaborate
But isn’t it all online?
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