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4 | Libraries of the Future From eLib to Libraries of the Future Further Information The eLib report can be found at: www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/ publications/elibimpactstudyreport.aspx About the eLib programme: www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/ programmes/elib.aspx Libraries of the Future is the latest stage in JISC’s commitment to understanding the needs of library users and helping librarians and managers to respond to them. The campaign emerged from over ten years’ work in supporting and influencing changes within libraries across the education and research sectors. JISC’s work to support change in libraries includes the influential Electronic Libraries programme (eLib), which ran between 1995 and 2001 and promoted a cultural change in academic libraries. The programme had £15,000,000 of funding over three years and its aim was to ‘transform the use and storage of knowledge in higher education institutions’. Since JISC’s eLib programme, academic libraries have changed more than many of those involved ever imagined. Duke & Jordan’s study for JISC of the impact of eLib demonstrated not only the extent to which the programme had influenced academic libraries but also how effective it has been in the long term. The report is based on interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, some international, and with others related to the library business as well as on case studies of ten libraries. The report shows that eLib promoted a significant change in UK academic libraries: it produced a cohort of library staff with experience of managing sizeable projects that involved IT, a number of whom are making senior contributions to librarianship and information services. The size of the programme caused it to permeate the whole sector and therefore ready it for later changes, such as those highlighted by the Libraries of the Future campaign. These developments have all helped academic libraries in the UK to compete globally. The report also shows that appreciable elements of the programme have remained alive and still serve communities of users. The report shows that eLib promoted a significant change in UK academic libraries…
Libraries of the Future | 5 JISC: Supporting libraries JISC funds a range of programmes and projects that support the work of libraries and drive innovation through technology. These include: Digitisation JISC is changing the world of authoritative e-resources through its investment in digitising content from some of the UK’s greatest collections. Spanning centuries, disciplines and sources, the JISC series of pioneering digitisation projects is unlocking a wealth of unique, hard-to-access material from the 16th century to the present day, creating a critical mass of rich, permanent digital resources for the benefit of the widest user base possible within UK further and higher education. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/digitisation e-Books The JISC national e-books observatory project is engaging directly with librarians, publishers and others to assess impacts, observe behaviours and develop new models to stimulate the e-books market, and do all this in a managed environment. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/ebooks Repositories Repositories are rapidly emerging as a key element of research and other institutional infrastructures and libraries are playing a central role in their establishment and development, providing an important service to teaching and research staff that enables them to make their work openly available, is easy to use and fits with existing workflows. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/repositories Digital Preservation Digital preservation is a strategic and collaborative undertaking requiring a range of approaches and skills and the active involvement of library, administrative, technical and managerial staff roles at various levels of responsibility. Librarians are at the heart of these collaborative networks, building on already established infrastructure and communication channels, and helping to ensure that digital preservation is mainstreamed as an institutional priority. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/preservation Research Data Modern scientific research generates vast quantities of data, which must be stored, managed and curated properly if we and future generations are to reap the rewards of substantial research investments. Given the central importance of research data and their management, libraries can position themselves as a key element of research and other institutional infrastructures and bring key skills (such as in curation and metadata) to bear on a challenging topic that is high on the international agenda. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/research Diversity and Equality Ensuring that all students receive the highest level of service is a vital part of the mission of libraries and learning resource centres. Not only a question of legal compliance, it is, more importantly, a matter of equality and fairness. Academic libraries are at the forefront of ensuring that students and staff with disabilities and/or learning difficulties are not disadvantaged. JISC TechDis has for many years been working to support cultural change in this area. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/ librariesofthefuture/diversity The Google Generation The JISC/British Library work on the Google generation considers whether, as a result of the digital transition and resources being created digitally, young people, the ‘Google generation’, are searching for and researching content in new ways and if so, how this will shape the way they research and search in the future. It also addresses if new ways of searching and researching for content will prove to be any different from the way that existing researchers/ scholars work. www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/ resourcediscovery/googlegen.aspx
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