The Future of the Library

What are we about as a library?Knowledge management

Facilitating Knowledge DiscoveryCreationDisseminationEvaluation

ActivitiesOrganizeQuality filterNavigateTeachConnect with usersIdentify and implement new systems

What has changed?BooksJournalsAVsDVDsCDsMicrofilmDatabases

NowSocial networkingBlogsAggregatorsTwitterPublishing on the webCommunities of learning

The more things change, the more they remain the same Knowledge containers What is critical is the knowledge itself!

Gutenburg Press 1440Access to knowledge fundamentally changedGreater democratization of knowledgeMass distribution now possibleQuality could not necessarily be controlledSociety, often in the form of libraries, had to develop new systems to manage information explosionScientists could communicate and share knowledge leading to a knowledge explosionCopyright and Intellectual Property

What does this remind you of?Internet and the WWW!

We have stood at this threshold before What served us then will serve us nowCommitmentService ethic CreativityInnovationProfessional values and expertise

What brings innovation?Then TechnologyPeople First

What is the role of the library?Bring value to the mission of the organization through knowledge management.

Service organizations support but also lead.

What are the missions of our organization?EducationResearchPatient CareCommunity Service

Everything we do must align with the core missions of the institution

It is our job to know the missions of the institution and to pay very close attention to the pressures, changes, needs of the institutional mission. Look for ways that we can support the mission. Proactive, Opportunistic

EducationSchool of MedicineCells to Society CurriculumIntegration of clinical and basic sciencesNew building with new learning environmentNew ways of teaching – active learning, small groupsCompetency –based – all UME, GME, CMENew students with new skills and experiencesIncreased class sizeOpen source movements – CollabOpen learning communities – MIT, MinnesotaMore learning is dispersed – virtual, communities

Most faculty new to this type of teachingNeed for faculty developmentMedical Center – increase need for training that is flexible, uses adult learning theory, cost- effective, different learning levels, compliance requirementsEMR – training

School of NursingOngoing demand for new nurses online courses, Doctor of Nursing PracticeAdvanced practice nurses role in healthcare deliveryInterprofessional education

ResearchTranslational – Bench to Community and Back to BenchClinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)“Big Science”Volume of grant submissions increasing but less submissions per grant permittedKnowledge sharing across disciplinesReduced funding – smaller and more eliteIncreasing need for bioinformatics infrastructure and skill developmentNew paradigms for computing support – cloud computing

Greater demandsTension with teaching roleResearchers more and more dispersed – across grounds and across the countryeScienceResearch integrity

Patient CareUnknown impact of health care reformFinancial pressuresBuilding networks – Culpeper – others?“Pay for performance”More and more accountabilityPatient shopping – “medical tourism”New EMR – knowledge based resource integrationPatient educationPersonal Health Records – Google and othersWorkforce issues

Community ServiceEngage and listen to the communityProvide access to health careServe the needs of the communityServe the needs of the commonwealthPromote healthy behaviors

Commission on the Future of the University Student experience – research, public service, global influencesIncreasing international, science, technologyCollaboration and Innovation across disciplinesCASTL – (Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning)Evidenced-based innovation and improvement in teaching for all programsPresidential Search

Trends in IT and Knowledge managementMobile devicesOpen source environmentsCollaborationIntegrationTraditional “containers” less important – knowledge sharing in non-traditional waysPublishing on the webKnowledge and Social communities

Economic PressuresDoes it align with the mission of the institution?Is it core to the institution and to us?What is the net gain or loss?Is it future-oriented? Is it strategic?We will need to do more with less.We will ultimately be stronger for doing this.

Successful Organizations Shape their Liabilities into Strengths Ensure each dollar has the greatest impactLess MoneyLess user face-to-face contactMake sure we have the best virtual presence Integrate library services inside resources our patrons useWWW/Google

Our Strengths as a Library to Address these MissionsPositive ImageMandateService EthicCreativeCommitted Welcome responsibilityEntrusted with an excellent libraryEndowment

What We Need to DoClarify, value and celebrate our skills and expertiseEmbrace the new ways of knowledge managementFuture is unknown but we can shape itConstantly look at the organization for opportunities to provide expertiseCollaborate-talk-learn-expandExploreTake risksInnovate and create – learn from each otherInnovation is not about technology – it’s people

Accept and embrace that change will be constantNeed to adapt and innovate will be constantNeed for knowledge will be constantRather than the institution wanting less of what we do, it wants more but in a new wayLibrary is the intersection of knowledge and innovation and people

The Challenge Create a future where knowledge is embedded in every facet of the institution’s missions Think, Imagine, Talk and Share September 25th LMG Meeting – come ready to share!