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Future of Library & Information Professionals We Chart the Course …. Mrs Lee Cheng Ean University Librarian NUS Libraries. Libraries in the education and research ecosystem - scholarly communication. Knowledge creation. Libraries. Publish findings.
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Future of Library & Information Professionals We Chart the Course …. Mrs Lee Cheng Ean University Librarian NUS Libraries
Libraries in the education and research ecosystem - scholarly communication Knowledge creation Libraries Publish findings Publishers sell or license information contents Open access Users use Information & data Knowledge discovery
What are the key trends accelerating higher education technology adoption? • Trends driving changes over the next one to two years • Growing ubiquity of social media • Integration of online, hybrid, and collaborative learning • Trends driving changes within three to five years • Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment • Shift from Students as Consumers to Students as Creators Source :NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf
What are the important developments in educational technology for higher education? Source :NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf
Riding the waves or caught in the tide? • IFLA Trend Report launched on 19th Aug 2013 • Highlighted five key trends • New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information • Online education will democratise and disrupt global learning • The boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined • Hyper-connected societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups • The global information economy will be transformed by new technologies
Trend # 1 • New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information • Expanding digital universe higher value on information literacy skills • Users who lack such skills barriers to the vast array of information • New online business models impact access to information
Trend # 2 • Online education will democratise and disrupt global learning • Rapid global expansion in online education more learning opportunities increase value on lifelong learning
Trend # 5 • The global information economy will be transformed by new technologies • As new technologies transform the global information economy new generation of digital books, apps, databases, hyper-connected mobile technologies proliferated & redefine privacy & data protection • Prevalence of mobile devices have impacted information seeking behaviours
Challenges faced by academic libraries • Emerging technologies • Mobile technologies
Challenges faced by academic libraries • New Pedagogies • MOOCs and flipped classrooms • Learning by enquiry • Emphasis on creativity – collaborative creative work (makerspaces) • Going beyond the what and why
Challenges faced by academic libraries • Economic barriers • Reduced funding and resources • Less purchasing power • Publishers not being transparent with business models • Prices increasing higher than the rate of the economy • Article Processing Charge (APC) to support OA in addition to paying for subscription costs
What are the implications? • How do we plan our survival and chart the course? • How do we future proof our libraries and profession?
Action plans to future proof our libraries and to make the profession more relevant and important
#1 – Focus on learning • Blending MOOCs with Adaptive-learning • Teacher as resource • Agents of change
# 2 – Understand evolving scholarly communication • From consumers of content producers of content • Getting published • Open Access
# 3 – Communicate value of Libraries • Traditional with new innovative services • Library as platform, interactive space and place • Build connections
# 4 – Accelerate development of library professionals • Invest in staff development • Develop new competencies • Provide opportunities for knowledge sharing • Encourage innovations • Be agents of change • Observe trends • Analyse data • Anticipate change and be proactive • Be interactive • Have conversations with stakeholders • Innovate
# 5 – Provide access to a responsive collection • Proliferation of online resources convenient and challenging at the same time
# 6 - Encourage use • Encourage use • Protect users’ privacy
# 7 - Create living Libraries • Create physical and virtual spaces for users to:- • Connect • collAborate • cReate • Engage
How do we ensure our survival? • Link Organizational strategic plans with HR & financial resource plans, Information management, Users’ needs with Competent staff & Transformative leadership