Future of Access Service in Libraries

1. Future of Access Services
Trevor A. Dawes
@tadawes
Access Services Conference
November 2014

2. Agenda
• Future for Access Services
• The impact on access services of
– The move of more collections to off-site locations
– The shift to more electronic collections
– Shift to “collective collections”
– Changing roles for liaison librarians

3. Trends in Libraries and Higher Ed.
• Horizon Report, Library edition
– http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-library
• State of America’s Libraries Report, 2014
– http://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2014
• Ithaka S+R US Library Survey
– http://www.sr.ithaka.org/research-publications/ithaka-sr-us-library-survey-
2013
• ACRL Top Trends in Academic Libraries
– http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/6/294.full
• Various other sources: ARL, Chronicle, EDUCAUSE, IHE,
Pew Research, Taiga Forum…

4. Trends…
• Desire for more “device-neutral” mobile services
• Open Access and Open Education Resources
• Increase in use of e-books
• Rethinking the roles of librarians
• Library directors views on the future

5. Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

6. Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

7. Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

8. Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013

9. ARL New Roles for New Times

10. ARL New Roles for New Times

11. ARL New Roles for New Times

12. New Roles for Librarians

13. University of Kansas Libraries
http://lib.ku.edu/sites/lib.drupal.ku.edu/files/docs/organization/9.4.13-ORG.CHART.pdf

14. 2CUL
www.2cul.org/node/17

15. Needed Librarian Skills
• Project Management
• Instructional Design / Instructional Technology
• Digital Information Management
• Data Analytics / Data Visualization
• Technological / Programming
• Assessment
• Communications and Marketing
• Others….

16. 21st Century Access Services

17. Trevor A. Dawes
tadawes@wustl.edu
@tadawes