1. Leveraging the Digital Age: 21st Century Libraries in a Global Context Academic Libraries Today: Our Future is Now University of Hong Kong Ingrid Parent University Librarian University of British Columbia November 8, 2012

2. Users 2 Digital natives Convenience trumps all! Data-driven research Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

3. Future Scenarios 2 “Wild west” (JISC, RCUK, British Library, RIN, SCONUL) “Right here with me” (Association of College and Research Libraries) “Disciplines in charge” (Association of Research Libraries)

4. “Opportunities multiply as they are seized”. (Sun Tzu) We must take greater risks and learn to fail “better”. (Mike Ridley, former CIO and University Librarian, University of Guelph)

5. Innovative Practices 2 Embedded librarianship Campus and community collaborations National and international projects

6. Innovative Practices Example: “Embedded librarianship” is an approach that takes the librarian out of the context of the library and places him or her in an “on- site” setting (virtually or physically) in order to enable close coordination and collaboration with researchers, teaching faculty, or students. Baylor University (USA). http://ow.ly/4MyjMhttp://ow.ly/4MyjM 4

7. On-campus and community partners Examples: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (UBC) Learning Centre. www.library.ubc.ca Small Business Accelerator Program. www.sba-bc.ca Indigitization Program. www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca 5 Innovative Practices

8. National and international projects Examples: IFLA Copyright Advocacy Data Web Forum Canadian Polar Data Network 6

9. THE LIBRARY www.library.ubc.ca Libraries as place 11 Libraries as place

10. Common Themes Collaboration Open “Everything” Engagement 12

11. Libraries as a force for change! 12 Inclusion Transformation Innovation Convergence

12. Thank you! Ingrid Parent ingrid.parent@ubc.ca UBC LIBRARY interact | connect | explore www.library.ubc.ca