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Turn Right at the Obelisk – David Lankes

Turn Right at the Obelisk

July 12th, 2010

“Turn Right at the Obelisk” Keynote American Association for Law Libraries Annual Conference. Denver, Co.

Abstract: The future for librarianship is bright, but not if we continue to see our value in our collections and resources – instead of in ourselves. Librarians must take on a mission of facilitating knowledge creation where we configure our services and organizations around our members. Instead of focusing on tech services and public services we must focus on the goals and accomplishments of our communities – be they law practices, academia, or other agencies. The future of librarianship is in our hands, and we must be ready to fight for it.
Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2010/AALL-Lankes.pdf
Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Pod/2010/AALL.mp3

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*Audio is now much better. Sorry for the first time. You can also see a video of the presentation at AALL’s site for the next week or so here.

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McMaster : Vision, Mission, Values – Ideal Example


McMaster University Library (Mills, Innis, Thode)

Vision

McMaster University Library will be recognized as Canada’s most innovative, user-centred, academic library.

Mission

The University Library advances teaching, learning and research at McMaster by:

  • teaching students to be successful, ethical information seekers
  • facilitating access to information resources
  • providing welcoming spaces for intellectual discovery
  • promoting the innovative adoption of emerging learning technologies

We value:

  • excellent customer service
  • collaboration, innovation, creativity and risk taking
  • inclusiveness and respect for the individual
  • accountability for our actions and decisions

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Other Reports

Health Sciences Library

Vision

Our users will have the skills, support and resources required to access the information they need.

Principles

Our services and resources are based on the following principles.

We at the Health Sciences Library:

  • Provide timely and seamless access to information and services from the user perspective, regardless of location.
  • Help our users to become self-sufficient, providing training and assistance as required.
  • Anticipate and incorporate change and innovation as a way to enhance service to our users.
  • Evaluate our services and resources continuously to ensure that they serve users effectively.
  • Support the research initiatives within the Faculty with our extensive research collection and consultation services.
  • Liaise with the education programs to integrate information literacy and lifelong learning skills that are essential for successful problem-based learning and evidence-based practice.
  • Facilitate access to a rich collection of resources in a variety of formats, focusing on a current, evidence-based, electronic collection.
  • Provide an attractice learning atmosphere for our users, whether they use the library in person or virtually.
  • Collaborate with other libraries in order to enhance our collection and our services.
  • Balance the needs of our different user groups.

Values

  • We are central to the academic and clinical role of our institution.
  • We value our role as an academic health sciences library and a resource library.
  • We welcome the challenges of our mission.
  • We respect and nurture the contributions of all library staff, and support their personal and professional development to strengthen service to our users.

Mission, Plans and Reports for the Health Sciences Library

IR Plus Repository

http://irplus.org

SUNYLA 2010: X-Layer (Aleph X-Server)

SUNYLA 2010

X-Layer (Aleph X-Server) – for Bard Collection at Buff. State
Mike Curtis / Dennis / Marian?

USE FOR  For Special Presentation

May need to work in (Tab_X.dat / repackage -pull downs)

Collection URL – http://library.buffalostate.edu/collections/bard.php

CCL function used for SQL query on Aleph (most MARC field but dioesnt search internal note inItem record)

PHP scripts to talk to Aleph

bard.css
blank cover gif
pagination.class.php
search.php
bard.php – script

Script does two actions …. and works off entire marc record

Find – ccl find search
Present
- gets set of item data

http://saranac.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4910/X/  ………….children%20Russian%22

search.php & pagination.class.php

—-   needed to do this   —-

Data was formerly in the Item record… need to be in Bib (650 4)

  • Maggie moved from item record into Bib record (650 4) – Subject Heading
  • Maggie made macros for assigning data into record … for adding the 650 for new

???  could use for faculty publications or media or anything can can be CCL searched!!! A collection for example .. Phd Thesis?

Departures for Discussion

For Discussion with our libns and staff

The Darien Statements – document generated (and reported by Blyberg.net) at an event called “In the Foothills: A Not-Quite-Summit on the Future of Libraries” at which participants were instructed to “come prepared to help sketch out the role librarians should play in defining the future of libraries”. -

The Darien Statements on Future of the Library – April 2009

Taiga Forum – Annual document – inspired the participants of this first TAIGA forum and were subsequently disseminated throughout the industry. These statements stimulated meaningful dialogue in scores of organizations and energized the strategic planning process for many.

Taiga 4 Forum’s Provocative Statements ““Within the next 5 years…”” – February 2009

Search Engine Customized for Google Books Content

Geeking out with new search engine customized for Google Books content.. http://catalog.hathitrust.org

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New Librarianship

“New Librarianship” Keynote Charleston Conference 2009, Charleston, SC.

Abstract: The best days of librarianship are ahead of us. However, to get there the field must step back, refocus, and reexamine our core principles. We as a profession have become so focused on the trees of standards and process that we are now at risk from missing the larger forest of opportunities. This talk will present a view of a new librarianship, one focused on knowledge and action instead of artifacts and collection. The presentation will look beyond the trends of today’s technologies to a durable new librarianship that focuses on innovation, leadership, and service.

Slides: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Presentations/2009/Charleston.pdf

Audio: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/pod/2009/charleston09.mp3

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10 questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools

10 questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools ..

.. from Dangerouslyirrelevant.org

Random questions

  1. What constitutes a “book” these days? When books become electronic and thus become searchable, hyperlinkable, more accessible to readers with disabilities, and able to embed audio, video, and interactive maps and graphics, at what point do they stop becoming “books” and start becoming something else?
  2. The Amazon Kindle e-reader currently allows you to annotate an electronic book passage with highlights and your own personal notes. Those annotations are even available to you on the Web, not just on the Kindle device itself. As Seth Godin notes, there hopefully will be a day when you will be able to share those notes with others. You’ll also be able to push a button on your e-reader and see everyone else’s notes and highlights on the same passage. What kind of new learning capabilities will that enable for us?
  3. If students and teachers now can be active content creators and producers, not just passive information recipients, doesn’t that redefine our entire notion of what it means to be information literate and media fluent? Are our librarians and classroom teachers doing enough to help students master these new literacies (for example, by focusing on student content creation, not just information consumption and/or interpretation)?
  4. The Cushing Academy boarding school in Massachusetts may be the first school in the country to have its library go completely electronic. In addition to using library computers, students now check out Kindles loaded with books. How tough would it be for other schools to move to this model (and what would they gain or lose as a result)?
  5. When books, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, music, movies, and other traditional library content all go electronic and online - deliverable on demand - what does that mean for the future of the physical spaces known as “libraries?” Mike Eisenberg said to me that we already should be taking yellow caution tape and blocking off the entire non-fiction and reference sections of our libraries. As content becomes digital and no longer needs to be stored on a shelf, with what do we replace that now-unused floor space: couches, tables, and cozy chairs? computer stations? meeting space? And if we head in these directions, what will distinguish libraries from other institutions such as coffee shops, community centers, and Internet cafes?
  6. Our information landscape is more complex than ever before. We still need people who know how to effectively navigate these intricate electronic environments and who can teach others to do so. But does that mean we still need “librarians” who work in “libraries?” Or will their jobs morph into something else?
  7. How much of a librarian’s current job could be done by someone in a different location (for example, someone in India who answers questions via telephone or synchronous chat) or by computer software and/or an electronic kiosk? I don’t know the answer to this question – and I suspect that it will vary by librarian – but I do know that many individuals in other industries have been quite dismayed to find that large portions of their supposedly-indispensable jobs can be outsourced or replaced by software (which, of course, means that fewer people are needed locally to do whatever work requires the face-to-face presence of a live human being).
  8. Can a librarian recommend books better than online user communities and/or database-driven book recommendation engines? For example, can a librarian’s ability to recommend reading of interest surpass that of a database like Amazon’s that aggregates purchasing behavior or a dedicated user community that is passionate about (and maybe rates/reviews) science fiction books, and then do so for romance, political history, manga, self-help, and every other possible niche of literature too?
  9. If school librarians aren’t actively and explicitly modeling powerful uses of digital technologies and social media themselves and also supporting students to do the same, should they get to keep their jobs? And if they are doing so individually (which is what we want), what’s their responsibility to police the profession (and lean on those librarians who aren’t)?
  10. There is no conceivable future in which the primacy of printed text is not superceded by electronic text and media. If that future is not too far away (and may already be here), are administrators doing enough to transition their schools, libraries, and librarians / media specialists into a new paradigm?

Digital School Library Leaves Book Stacks Behind : NPR

Digital School Library Leaves Book Stacks Behind : NPR

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The Wired Campus – The Netflix of Academic Journals Opens Shop – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Wired Campus – The Netflix of Academic Journals Opens Shop – The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Library Catalog Wars – http://…

Library Catalog Wars – http://bit.ly/4fxf09

The Future of Reading – As the…

The Future of Reading – As the book changes form …. http://bit.ly/1ZW7Xa

Is the Library an Entitlement …

Is the Library an Entitlement or a Privilege? http://bit.ly/1TWA7h

What Im Seeing & Hearing

  1. Print Books on Demand – Espresso Book Machine
  2. ILL Buying instead of Lending
  3. Netflix
  4. Deep Dyve – Much Open Content is valuabvle and
  5. Much Open Content is Good – Mass Amateurization – Open Access Publishing
  6. Libraries are Becoming Publishers via Institutional Repositories
  7. Libraries Still Looking for ways to Effectively Integrate Electronically into Course Content (CMS) .. Is this possible?  Really?
  8. E-Book Readers Catching Up with Reader Expectations – EBooks Exploding Popularity will realize its potential for a market and for research use
  9. Power of Free – Marketing
  10. Libraries “Space” in Blended Learning Environments
  11. Netbooks in Libraries ($389)
  12. Collaborative Spaces In .. Study Rooms Out
  13. Competitors and Strategic ResponsesLarry Nash White – (L.E.A.3D.) – Learning, Entrepreneurial, Access, Accountability, Alignment, Demonstration)
    • Libraries (You) are not the ONLY provider of library and information services in your area.
    • Libraries (You) may not even be the BEST provider of library and information services in your area.
    • Libraries (You) may not even be the FIRST provider that your customers think of when obtaining library and information services.
    • Someone would take YOUR customers from you in a minute if YOU let them!
  14. Globalization – will it affect us?
  15. Mobility – It WILL effect us – will we need to be more mobile or will we be simply serving more mobile use
  16. How is the perception of libraries changing?
  17. Changes – Human resources – Staffing, qualifications, generalization vs specialization

    Taking Account: Recount – Ideas

    Taking Account:

    Mission Comments from:

    Books: OMM; GTG; GTG Social; True North; Leadership Ensemble  + those to come

    Conferences/Projects:

    1. ACRL
    2. Greensboro
    3. CIT
    4. David Lewis
    5. SUNYLA
    6. 2.0 Tools
    7. Bergren
    8. Publishing

    Management / Leadership / Entrepreneurship / Thoughts

    • Mission, Vision, Goals
    • MBTI
    • Flatten Orgs
    • GTG
    • Authentic Leadership
    • Competition

    Visits and Biblioteca

    • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Bavarian State Library: Munich Bavarian State Library: Located in Munich, this large library was named Germany’s library of the year last year. It’s part of a nationwide program called Libraries-Link which serves as an access portal to all of Germany’s libraries making it easy to find information on any library. Additionally, it has partnered with Google to scan and make public many works that are public domain. The library is home to many rare books, numerous online databases and journals and a fast and nationwide resource search program. The library is working to digitize much of the rarer elements of its huge collection so that those within Germany and around the world can enjoy them from anywhere.Traditionally innovative – 450 Years of the Bavarian State LibraryFassade der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek von rechts; Copyright: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Facade of the Bavarian State Library from the right; Copyright: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekMunich celebrates. In the Bavarian capital the year 2008 – at least within the city’s thriving library network – marks a very special birthday. The Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) is celebrating 450th anniversary. The history of the present-day Bavarian State Library (Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, BSB) began in 1558 – as the court library of the Wittelsbach Duke Albrecht V. “The newly founded library was far more than a mere expression of royal grandeur and self-promotion; together with the Antikensammlung (Collection of Antiques) and the Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Arts and Curios), Duke Albrecht wanted it to provide a cultural cosmos of that era,” explains Rolf Giebel, the General Director of the BSB.

    In the “Cultural Cosmos of the Renaissance”

    The foundation stone for this project was laid by the purchase of the valuable Oriental library of Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter. In 1571, as the next big step towards creating a cultural cosmos, Duke Albrecht acquired Johann Jakob Fugger’s library, comprising over 10,000 volumes, which was one of the largest collections of that time.On the occasion of its 450th anniversary, the Bavarian State Library is now displaying the impressive stock from its founding era. In the jubilee exhibition “Cultural Cosmos of the Renaissance” it shows Ethiopian and Armenian manuscripts, Italian incunabula, early prints from France and Spain, illuminated Korans, exquisitely illustrated books on tournaments and works on the techniques of war, architectural tracts as well as books on coins and heraldry.

    Giovanni Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, Aubervilliers/Tours, 1458-1465, (Cod.gall. 6, fol. 2v): The trial at Vendôme; from the exhibition The Cultural Cosmos of Renaissance. The Foundation of the Bavarian State Library; Bavarian State Library from  7.3. to 1.6.2008; Copyright: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekHeinrich Arboreus, celestial globe, Munich, 1575, painted by Hans Donauer the Elder, frame made by Hans Aernhofer, mechanics and reinforcement by Ulrich Schniep; Detail showing the Pisces and Aries signs of the zodiac, and also the constellations Pegasus, Andromeda, Cetus, Triangulum, Perseus and Cassiopeia; from the exhibition The Cultural Cosmos of Renaissance. The Foundation of the Bavarian State Library; Bavarian State Library from  7.3. to 1.6.2008; Copyright: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekArmenian Tetraevangelium, Grner, Cilicia, 1278; (Cod.armen. 1, Bl. 226r): Decorative page at the beginning of the Gospel of John; from the exhibition The Cultural Cosmos of Renaissance. The Foundation of the Bavarian State Library; Bavarian State Library from  7.3. to 1.6.2008; Copyright: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    TV SymbolSlide Show: 450 Years of the Bavarian State Library

    A glimpse into the treasure chamber

    Impressive as these gems from the first acquisition years are, they almost disappear in the abundance of treasures which the library acquired in the following decades. Some 92,000 manuscripts are currently stored only in the depots within the Library itself. Moreover, with over 20,000 titles it boasts the world’s largest collection of incunabula.Spread over the entire anniversary year, the Library, affectionately referred to as “Stabi” by its users, will be inviting the public to smaller exhibitions in which more precious gems from its treasure chamber can be admired: splendid illuminated choir books, atlases of the “Mannheimer Palatina”, books by painters and artists, illustrated artist-autographs and the Ottheinrich Bible, the most spectacular new acquisition.

    Multimedia Services

    Yet even in this anniversary year the Bavarian State Library is by no means presenting itself merely as the judicious preserver of a cultural heritage that dates back thousands of years. As one of the most important international research libraries it is also the multimedia information service provider for the sciences and an innovative force in the field of digital services.At the beginning of April 2008 the Centre for Electronic Publishing (Zentrum für Elektronisches Publizieren, ZEP) was opened here, which combines the activities of the Bavarian State Library in the field of genuine electronic publications. “With this,” says Rolf Griebel, “we are supporting the creation of a sustainable infrastructure for the operation and permanent accessibility of open-access publications in the sphere of humanities.”

    Reading room of the Bavarian State Library with gallery; Copyright: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekStockroom of the Bavarian State Library; Copyright: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

    Robots at work

    When it comes to the retro-digitisation of holdings, the Munich Library has long been one of the trailblazers in Germany. Last autumn the first project in the sphere of mass digitisation was launched under the auspices of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). By the end of 2009 almost 37,000 German-language print works from the years 1518 to 1600 are to be digitised and, in a second step, to be made accessible, free of charge, via the internet – a total of over 7.5 million pages.Anyone wishing to gain insight into how the BSB copes with such masses of sensitive books should go to one of the Scan-Robot Days that are taking place in the anniversary year. In the Library’s Fürstensaal leading manufacturers will present live their latest cutting-edge devices and demonstrate the various methods of automated scanning. This companies’ presentation will be accompanied by a series of lectures.

    An imposing setting

    The fact that the guided tour “Behind the Scenes of the Bavarian State Library”, which i.a. allows visitors a glimpse of the book conveyor system and of the “digitisation street”, is booked out many months in advance shows how great the general interest is in the innovative achievements of the State Library. There was also a very lively interest in the Day of the Open Door (on 11th October) when the staff, comprising some 700 employees, granted insight into the operation of a modern-day library.The jubilee year will end on a spectacular note with a concert by the Tölz Boys’ Choir. For the evening concert will take place in the magnificent stairwell of the Library building in Ludwigstraße. Anyone entering the Library for the first time is inevitably awestruck by the 60 huge, broad marble steps of the main stairwell. Equally awe-inspiring is the success story of the Bavarian State Library, which has been accommodated here since the mid-19th century – and which, with its now over 9.25 million volumes, has developed in the course of the last 450 years into one of the most important European universal libraries.

    - Dagmar Giersberg works as a freelance journalist in BonnTranslation: Heather Moers – Copyright: Goethe-Institut, Online-Redaktion

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    May 2008