Maness Trusted Citizen: Libraries in a Shifting IT Environment

Jack Maness from the University of Denver Libraries gave a presentation about how libraries can serve as trusted partners in a shifting IT environment. The University of Denver is undergoing changes with a newly centralized IT operation and issues around legacy systems. The libraries aim to support research and teaching technologies, manage research objects and metadata, help address technical debt issues on campus, serve as a true repository, and provide expertise on preservation, intellectual property, and community values, thereby positioning themselves as a trusted citizen in the university's IT strategies. Maness argued that by keeping campus priorities and larger partnership opportunities at the forefront, libraries can punch above their weight.

Education

A Trusted Citizen: Libraries in
a Shifting IT Environment
NISO Webinar
October 24th, 2018
Jack Maness
Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Collections Services
University of Denver Libraries
jack.maness@du.edu

• Private, oldest higher ed institution in Colorado
• Carnegie Classification: Doctoral Universities – Higher
Research Activity (R2)
• 11,614 students (50% grad, 50% undergrad)
• At graduate level, a high percentage of professional
programs
• A liberal arts environment at a research institution
• 723 full-time faculty, 553 part-time
• About 500 articles indexed in Web of Science annually
A bit about the university

• Newly centralized IT operation
• Large “technical debt” in teaching and learning space
• Changing environment for IT support for research
Current IT Environment

Library Tech Services @ DU
A very brief 5 year history
Circa 2013

Campus IT Needs from the
Libraries
• Support for research and teaching technologies
• Research Object Management
• Campus needs advice and help on “technical debt” issues
• Be a true repository
• Metadata management

Support for Research and
Teaching Technologies

Paying Down our Tech Debt
• Tradition of homegrown application and innovation in the
teaching space
• Centralization of IT has led to move toward enterprise,
centrally-hosted solutions
• Libraries are a part of the strategy

A True Repository
Thanks to Kim Pham and Kevin Clair

Metadata Management
Thanks to Jenelys Cox

A Trusted Citizen
• Keeps campus priorities at the forefront of IT decisions
• Willing to partner on larger efforts
• An apolitical expert on preservation, metadata and
intellectual property issues
• Considers ethics and community values in IT and archival
problems
• Punch Above Our Weight

Questions?
Jack Maness
Jack.maness@du.edu

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