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

The library is still a place…

Mann Library

Lobby of Mann Library

Manndible Café

Public Computers with Plotters

Loaner Laptops

Bissett Collaborative Space

Computer Classrooms

Distance Learning Classroom

Gallery

Stacks

Atrium

The library is virtual…

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

Embedded IT

Mann Web Site: http://mannlib.cornell.edu

Mobile technologies: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CULLABS/Text+a+Librarian

VIVO: http://vivo.cornell.edu

DataStaR: http://datastar.mannlib.cornell.edu

E-Clips: http://eclips.cornell.edu

eClips

Information Literacy: Key to Effective Use of the

Virtual Library

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

Applied Economics and Management class

Natural Resource class

21st Century Library approach = the right

staff

Gail Steinhart – Research Data/Environmental Sciences Librarian

Baseema Krkoska – Coordinator of Reference, Instruction & Business Information Programs

Medha Devare – Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian

Keith Jenkins – GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian

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?

More information about Mann Library…

http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu

Questions?