Jason Price to VP of Library & Information Technology Svcs Search Committee 2011-02-22

1. Jason Price to VP of Library & Information Technology Svcs Search Committee
2011-02-22
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Choosing a leader for
21st century library programs & services

2. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
*Distribution & Delivery
*Discovery
*Digitization
*Data
*= Deluge
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3. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Owning everything of value –>
Access everything of value to you
* Do we have it? -> How long to get it? ->
Can’t tell the difference
* Local -> Regional collections & Global access
* Purchase on demand -> 50% use to 100% use
* Instant delivery of any article
* Ebooks drive discovery & print purchasing
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4. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Improving on Google
* Summon/Sherlock (one search for all library resources)
* Browsing in unified physical stacks/support for a virtual
browsing experience
* Finding something on a topic ->
Finding the best, or finding everything
* Building new instruction programs – what and how?
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5. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Making Claremont faculty publications
available to all
* Student theses (All CMC from 2010)
* Building an image library (CCDL)
* Special Collections
* Organizing & sharing references
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6. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Unique print holdings – Shared Repositories
* Local Digital (live) backup copies (Lockss) of
ejournals and ebooks
* Preservation strategy for CCDL & Scholarship at
Claremont
* Digital humanities and raw data repositories
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7. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Linking tools
* From any reference on the web to the library
funded copy
* Bringing together searchability of content from
many libraries
* Dealing with overload, cultivating depth
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8. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Other important programs & services
* Collaborative space - Customized space
* Study space
* Embedded librarians (full courses, campus
office hours, Dept. meeting attendance)
* Personal librarians – Trusted-partner
relationship with every faculty member
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9. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Google squeezes libraries out
* Publishers squeeze libraries out
* Presidents squeeze libraries out
* Students & Faculty squeeze libraries out
* We cannot stick our heads in the sand and hope
to have a future
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10. JASON PRICE – PERSONAL OPINION ONLY
* Someone to deftly find and walk the right line on
each aspect of compromise & change
* Someone to build strong trust relationships with all
constituents
* Someone to wrangle the leadership and make
progress that is supported by faculty & students
* Someone to move librarians and faculty beyond their
comfort zones
* Someone who can ensure that Claremont ITs play
their critical roles in the future of our library services
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