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Extreme E embracing entirely electronic environments. John Shipp University of Sydney. Extreme E Library. What is it? Does it exist? Conditions for Extreme E ? Barriers to achievement? Future?. What is it?. t otally digital - totally mobile. no paper - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Extreme E embracing entirely electronic environments
John ShippUniversity of Sydney
Extreme E Library • What is it?
• Does it exist?
• Conditions for Extreme E?
• Barriers to achievement?
• Future?
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What is it?totally digital - totally mobile
no paperno buildingsno staff
any thingany placeany time
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Do extreme digital libraries exist?Yes, but they are rare and in the future. We are stilldependent on analoguetechnologies. www.readcwbooks.com
www.worldofstock.com
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The extreme digital library is possible today only in environments where the type and range of information is specialised and contained
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Conditions for Extreme E Library• digital creation of information
• high communications capacity
• reliable information storage
• well-developed information skills
• appropriate access and security
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Conditions for Extreme E Library• new publication methods
• Open Access as the norm
• 24 x 7 help services
• trust and commitment
• risk taking
• experimentation
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Extreme E depends on the availability of reliable and trusted information in digital formats
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University of Sydney and Extreme E
• Founded in 1850 • Total student enrolments 49,061• Local student enrolments 38,229• International students
10,832 China 4,273 Hong Kong 746
Malaysia 435 Singapore 667 Thai 157
• Academic staff 3,067• Total staff
7,585• Campuses
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• established 1852• 11 libraries• 9 campuses• 4.7 million items• 1.6 million loans• 20 million + downloads
University of Sydney Library
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1997 2011
Libraries 21 11
Collections volumes 4,592,973 4,774,101current serials 19,873 6,734
eBooks 0 342,256eSerials 0 100,414
Staff 325 241
Progress toward Extreme E
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Changes in library environments
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Changes in library environments
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Barriers to achievement?• funding• infrastructure • skills• content • fear of change• heritage• publishing constraints• regulations
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The future
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Achieving a totally digital information environment will differ between countries and within countries.
It may not be achievable formany years but it is worthstriving to make informationmore easily available.
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The future will involve many challenges:
• dominance of English as publishing language
• reducing information rich and poor gap
• demand for 24 x 7 help services
• developing information skills
• global connectivity
• encouraging new publishing media www.24x7photography.com
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• evolution of technology
• expectation of instant access
• integrating information resources
• managing digital assets
• control of information
• sharing knowledge and expertisewww.news.com.au
news.softpedia.comwww.parabal.com
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The information future we plan today is not for us but for our children and for their children’schildrenbe braveimagine.
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