The Library and its Digital Futures

02.06.2014

CILIPS

Ben ShowersHead of Scholarly and

Library Futures

b.showers@jisc.ac.uk

@benshowers

Introducing Jisc

Jisc offers digital services for UK education and research. The charity does this to achieve its vision for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world.

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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!Alas! I am very sorry to sayThat ninety lives have been taken awayOn the last Sabbath day of 1879,Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

Themes…

1. The User2. The Library3. Collaboration

The User

forms of participation

User-led…

At Scale…

Playful…

forms of understanding

Qualitative

Quantitative

The Library

thin

king

vert

ically

the current picture

Inside out

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Disaggregation of the publishing process:

o National Monograph Strategyo E-Textbooks initiative

New models for journals and books…

Collaboration

Library Analytics and Metrics Project (LAMP)

http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk

Shared Community Knowledgebase for academic e-resource management

http://www.kbplus.ac.uk

Let your data be promiscuous

The best idea for your data will be thought of by someone else!

Reduction Redistribution of

effort

From

Chore to

Core

emerging skills…

Final thoughts…

disruption is a feature, not a bug…

think like a Dandelion!

best time ever to be a librarian…

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Find out more…

01.04.2014

Ben Showers

Head of Scholarly and Library Futures, Jisc

b.showers@jisc.ac.uk @benshowers

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