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The Library as 21st Century Research and Learning Center
Mary OchsAlbert R Mann Library
Cornell UniversitySeptember 2009
What is the 21st century library?
• The library is still a place• The library is virtual• 21st century library approach
Digital Collections
• E-Journals – new subscriptions and back files• E-books• Providing easy access to some digital
collections can still be a challenge!• Digital repositories• Digitization projects – Google Books, subject
collections – historical agriculture and home economics
Cornell University Information Competency Initiative
"Our mission is to support teaching and learning at the university. This is the heart of it: working with faculty and all the campus partners to make student learning more effective. That piece is key. We can do all the talking and digitization and institutes we want, but if we're not affecting student learning, why are we here? This is vital to our core mission--it raises awareness among the faculty and our campus partners about the value and perspective the Library brings."
Librarian Baseema Krkoska, left, and Professor Jane Mt. Pleasant
Brian Lowe Semantic Applications Programmer
Brian Caruso Programmer/Analyst
Ontologies and Semantic Web
Managing in a Recession Economy
• Strategic Planning and Prioritizing• Collaborating to enhance services• Grants for innovative projects• Endowments and follow up with donors• Understanding your audience and their needs
Strategic Planning Questions
• What are our major strengths in accomplishing the library’s mission today?
• What are the library’s weaknesses and what are our major barriers to carrying out our mission?
• In the next 3 years, what collaborations (on campus and off) can we initiate or augment to more effectively leverage our strengths?
Strategic Planning Questions (cont)
• What should the library’s top 5 priorities be over the next 2-3 years?
• What are the skills, individual and collective, that will make the library a more effective organization?
• How is the environment we operate in changing and how should we respond to the changes?
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