1. GIL User Group Keynote
Presentation
GALILEO at the Crossroads
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
2. • Introduction
• The Role of Libraries
• OIIT Strategic Plan
• The Road Ahead
• Questions, Answers, a Conversation
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
4. Where I retired from
the Army
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
5. $12 Million of
furnishings to
support student
collaboration areas.
These collaboration
areas are the most
popular student
facility at West Point.
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
6. Special collections
where:
• Major General
Custer’s demerit list
is stored
• “If silicon had
been a gas I would
be a major
general”.
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
7. The Changing Role of Libraries
– Libraries as collections (print, electronic,
resources)
– Libraries as places
– Libraries as value-added
– Libraries as trusted navigators
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
8. OIIT Strategic Plan
– Critical involvement of RACL in development
– Critical role of libraries as a component of
collaborative learning
– Strategic roadmap forward
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
9. “The worst times
are the best times to prepare
for the good times.”
• Universal Discovery Tools
• Mobile Applications
• Physical Repository
• Knowledge Repository Pilot
• Distance Education
• Much, Much More!
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
10. QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, A
CONVERSATION
Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”
Editor's Notes
Bob Trotter, Manager GIL Applications at UGA who is the incoming Chair of the ExLibris Users Group of North America. That speaks to the leadership he provides to us as well as to Ex Libris customers across North America. [I don't think you met Bob on your visit to UGA - he is the one who had a son's wedding next day and Mother in hospital at the same time as your visit
