Chemistry librarianship: What’s on the horizon? How do we get there? Are Chemical Information Professionals Ready for the Future? CINF Division, ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT March 23, 2009 Elizabeth Brown Scholarly Communications and Library Grants Officer Binghamton University Libraries
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1. Chemistry librarianship: Whats on the horizon? How do we get
there? Are Chemical Information Professionals Ready for the Future?
CINF Division, ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT March 23,
2009 Elizabeth Brown Scholarly Communications and Library Grants
Officer Binghamton University Libraries
2. How did we get here? 1. 2. Whats on the horizon? 3. How do
we get there? Questions
3. Technology Library Operations Globalism Service Standards,
Mission 1. How did we get here?
4. Web 2.0: Social software Cell phones: Mobile, wireless
communication Publishing E-journals User generated content New
publishing models (Open Access) Digital (Institutional)
Repositories Technology
5. Open Science: Chemistry Open Source Chemistry Chemistry
Development Toolkit (CDT) Useful Chem Technology
7. Greater international student presence International
Programs Language Cultural expectations: copyright, plagiarism
Multi-national research collaborations, foundations Partnership in
International Research in Education (PIRE) program, NSF John F.
Fogerty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health
Sciences BRAIN program, NIH Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Elsevier Foundation Globalism
8. Access 24/7 Contact by Usability, design expectations Full
text access SciTechNet Science Commons ACS Network Service
Standards
9. Technology More open source applications Greater system
interoperability Greater emphasis on usability, design Increased
use of Repositories: Subject, Institutional (Digital) Digital
projects, preservation, standards Large Scale scanning projects 2.
Whats on the horizon?
10. Publishing (2-3 years) Open Access will grow More author
reporting mandates from funding agencies (NSF) Post Open Access
publishing models will emerge Journal title, volume will disappear:
article will stand alone Libraries will take on new or expanded
publishing roles preservation, editorial work , printing 2. Whats
on the horizon?
11. Library Operations Technology skills More hours, less staff
Collaborative projects within and between libraries, other groups
2. Whats on the horizon?
12. Globalism Stronger ties, collaborative programs More
exchange of talent, skills Subsidies for third world countries
International scholarly programming Service Standards Greater
demand to provide service Greater expectations for librarians to
provide technical help Increased Campus partnerships computing
services Publishing technology transfer research reporting
assessment 2. Whats on the horizon?
13. Awareness 1. 2. Evaluation 3. Integration 4.
Re-Prioritization 3. How do we get there?
14. Put the user at the center How does population benefit?
Listen to patron feedback Retire outdated practices 3. How do we
get there?
15. Awareness, Evaluation OReilly Emerging Technology
Conference OReilly Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing 23 Things
WebWare 100 Annual Awards 3. How do we get there?
16. Integration, Prioritization 2009 Horizon Report, New Media
Consortium/EDUCAUSE Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure:
Integrating Technologies for Scholarship , EDUCAUSE Fostering
Learning a Networked World, NSF No Brief Candle: Reconceiving
Research Libraries for the 21st Century, CLIR The Research Librarys
Role in Digital Repository Services, ARL Current Models of Digital
Scholarly Communication, Ithaka/ARL 3. How do we get there?