strategic approaches to the new academic library
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Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library. Internet Librarian 2007 Paul J. Bracke Associate Dean, Information Technology Tomalee Doan Head, Management & Economics Library. Context. Purdue, like every other institution, is facing a changing information environment - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library
Internet Librarian 2007
Paul J. BrackeAssociate Dean, Information Technology
Tomalee DoanHead, Management & Economics Library
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Context
• Purdue, like every other institution, is facing a changing information environment
• Leverage institutional characteristics to reposition the Libraries on campus– Collaborative– Moves into user flows– Supports quick change
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Library Context
Purdue User
Purdue Librarian
Purdue Collections
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Library Context
User Context
Purdue User
Purdue Librarian
Purdue Collections Information Access Tools Services
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Campus Context
• Land-grant institution with 37,000 students• Strengths in the Sciences, Engineering,
Agriculture, Business, Hospitality, Tourism & Management
• Distributed environment– 12 Libraries (down from 28 in the 1970s),
Archives and Special Collections unit – Campus computing environment– Few central student spaces
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Campus Strategic Plan
• Campus strategic plan organized around:
-Discovery; Interdisciplinary research
-Learning; Information Literacy
-Engagement; Enhanced quality of life
• Mirrored in Libraries’ plan
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Strategies for Moving to the New Model
• Staff transformation
• New initiatives
• Make foundational services more responsive
• Aggressively pursue new technologies
• Transform library spaces
• Do all of this quickly
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Management & Economics Library (MEL)“on the move”
Staff transformation
– Created Associate Head position
– Repurposed current paraprofessional staff
– Hired 2 new library faculty, another approved
– Hired 3 graduate assistants
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Organizational restructuring creates new opportunities
Service. Service. Service. Did I say service?
• New roles for librarians adds meaning and value to our customers
– Information Access funding– Embedded Librarians– Entrepreneurship Business Information
Network (eBIN) using sharepoint portal
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Technology Tools that enable
• Infrastructure applications– Career Wiki http://wiki.lib.purdue.edu/display/Career/Home
– Information Workflow tracking application (Numara)
– MyMEL toolbar http://mymel.mylibrarytoolbar.com/
– Course blogs : http://melmgmt451.wordpress.com/
– Meebo http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/
– BizMAP http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/bizmap/BusinessResearch.html
– BizFAQ http://faq.library.upenn.edu/recordList?action=&library=purdue_business&institution=purdue
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Moving Quickly! A paradigm shift from reactive to proactive
• 8 times that desks & chairs & people changed location
• 34 people from other libraries volunteered to help us move our books and serials
• 38 windows replaced
• 266 boxes of annual reports moved to dark archive
• 379 boxes of books in the special collection
• 1,265 boxes packed and moved
• 6,306 carts pushed
• 20,657 linear feet of books & serials moved
• 20,700 green, red, blue, orange, and striped dots ordered to code materials
• 169,307 items moved
• 1,631,750 steps taken to move our collection
(that’s 163.1 estimated miles)
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Build it and they will come…
• Zones for collaborative and quiet spaces
• Small high use print collection
• Instructional learn lab for teaching
• Business financial center
• Coffee shop
• Open 24/7
• Place to see and be seen!
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Strategic Approaches to the New Academic Library
Paul J. [email protected]
Tomalee [email protected]