Should you teach a new dog old tricks?

Good publication record…

…reputable journals

Future scenarios for librariesFuture scenarios for libraries

““A university is just a group of buildings A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library” Shelby Footegathered around a library” Shelby Foote

Activity

• What are the implications for libraries and scholarship?

Scenario 1: Closed digital

• Completely digital scholarly artefacts – (e-books and

journals)– Paid for by

subscriptions

Scenario 2: Open Digital

• Completely digital scholarly artefacts – (e-books and

journals)– Freely accessible to

all

Scenario 3: University 2.0

• “The successful scholarly enterprise in the Digital Age will need to develop a delivery system and also develop a delivery architecture that recognizes flexibility as its key quality.“(Katz)

• Global Network for Higher Learning (Tapscott and Williams)

– So what happens to libraries if universities radically change?

• Closed digital

• Open digital

• Fragmented HE

References

• Katz (2010) Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age Educause

• Pearce, Weller et al (2010) Digital Scholarship Considered: How New Technologies Could Transform Academic Work In Education

• Tapscott and Williams (2010) Innovating the 21st-Century University: It’s Time! Educause