future of access services trevor a. dawes @tadawes access services conference november 2014
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Future of Access Services
Trevor A. Dawes
@tadawes
Access Services Conference
November 2014
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
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…
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
Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013
Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013
Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013
Ithaka Library Director Survey, 2013
ARL New Roles for New Times
ARL New Roles for New Times
ARL New Roles for New Times
New Roles for Librarians
University of Kansas Libraries
http://lib.ku.edu/sites/lib.drupal.ku.edu/files/docs/organization/9.4.13-ORG.CHART.pdf
Needed Librarian Skills
• Project Management• Instructional Design / Instructional Technology• Digital Information Management• Data Analytics / Data Visualization • Technological / Programming• Assessment• Communications and Marketing• Others….
21st Century Access Services
