A Look into the Future
Lynn Sutton, Ph.D.
January 25, 2012
Topics to cover
• Future of the Book
• Future of Libraries
• A Library with a Future
Where I Come From
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Director of Hospital Library
Director of Science and Engineering Library
Director of Undergraduate Library
Associate Dean of ARL library system
Dean of Library at Wake Forest University
Z Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
• 6500 students including
Undergrad, Medical,
Law, Business, Divinity
• 2 million volumes
• 2,000 print journals,
50,000 e-journals
• Open 140 hours/week
• 53 library faculty/staff
• $ 7 million budget
• 2011 ACRL award
Books and Libraries
Library Learning Terrace
Drexel University
Where We’ve Been
Library
as
Gatekeeper
Of
Books
2005 OCLC Report
“Books”
is
the
Library
BRAND
Where we are
Tipping…tipping…tipped?
The Future is Digital
Digital content:
• Journals (went first in scholarly world more than a
decade ago)
• Newspapers (fastest popular media to fall)
• Books (tipping fast right now)
• Media (with mega storage needs)
• Data (next frontier for academic libraries)
• Publishing (office of digital publishing at Wake)
Look Down the Beach
Two Different Constituencies
Students
Faculty
Some Books are More Equal than Others
Future of Libraries
Library as Teacher
Library as Technology Leader
Library as Thinking Partner
Library as Place
A Library with a Future
Embedded in class
Library Lecture Series
Academic Symposium
Senior Showcase
The Big Read
Wake the Library
Graffiti Wall
Creative study
5K Fundraiser
Capture the Flag
Humans v Zombies
Library Decorating Committee
A Happy Place to Work
Our Mission
The mission of the Z Smith Reynolds Library
Is to help our students, faculty and staff
SUCCEED!
Image Credits
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Books: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/304220561/
sizes/m/in/photostream/
Terrace: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/
0,8599,2079800,00.html
Gate: http://www.art.com/products/p12209923-sa-i1584106/alan-blausteinhampton-gate.htm
Jump: uploaded to Flickr on October 6, 2008 by rosiehardy
Tipping point: uploaded to Flickr on April 10, 2009 by Max Z
Footprints: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfergos/37070037/
Baby: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/4581962986/
sizes/m/in/photostream/
Old men: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicnac/3121705656/
sizes/z/in/pool-554700@N23/
Gutenberg: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/
gutenberg/
Lynn Sutton, Ph.D.
Dean, Z Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
suttonls@wfu.edu