Erasmus Staff Mobility Week 2011
Sapienza's 21st century libraries for a
new generation of users
Laura Armiero, Mary Joan Crowley, Ezio Tarantino
Sapienza’s libraries
http://www.zoonar.com/829789
Sapienz'a 21st century liraries for a new
generation of users
• 70+ Faculty and
Department libraries
• 3million print
monographs and
thousands of print
journals
• 10000+, 24/7 online
journals, data bases,
etc.
• 25.000+ rare books
• PADIS – Online thesis
archive
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Role of the academic library so far
• Guarantee the organized collection, delivery and
preservation of printed and other content
• Provide a staff trained to support the learning,
teaching and research needs and output of the
university and community
• Offer an agreed schedule in which services are
available
• Ensure the physical facilities necessary to support
this
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Positioning the academic Library for the next generation
Yesterday
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Right here with me
Students “talk” through
homework with their handheld
devices, which issue alerts
when passing a bookstore
with material they need to cite.
Scanning the title page, this
information is instantly
embedded in proper citation
style with an added endnote.
Checking in on location-based
services, students locate study
team members and hold
impromptu meetings without
the need for study rooms. Their
devices have whiteboards and
can share notes with absent
members.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/value/futures2025.pdf
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Get out from behind the desk
• Go where they are
• Join the Youtube conversation
• Podcasts for info on the go
• Assistance and answers available using sms, IM….
• Embed the library
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Not be afraid to experiment !
• Letting that fear take
priority can hold
ourselves and our
institutions back
• Manage our resistance
to change and direct it
towards the critical
application of new
skills
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Libraries - Skills for a Socially Networked World
• http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com
• www.sociallibraries.com/course/
• http://www.slideshare.net/CIBER23librarythings/cib
er-23-library-things
• http://cab.unime.it/cibernewsletter/
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23 library things:
collaborate, communicate, converse and share
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http://ciber-23librarythings.pbwiki.com/
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http://ciber23librarythings.wordpress.com/
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The academic library - at the “heart” of the modern
university
• Access : virtual and physical access to services, wherever the
customer may be
• Support : the information and support customers need to achieve their
objectives
• People-focus : working out with customers what they need and then
providing it
• Personalised service : the services they require, whatever their needs
• Responsive service : always listening to the users
• Dynamic service : flexible, adaptable to change
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/acrossuk/workpub/laser/index.html - Laser Foundation
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The Continuing Metamorphosis of the Library
•at the heart of the research and
education workflow
•organising
the
community’s
knowledge
•through an integrated system of
networked and traditional resources
•making it accessible and useful to a
democratic society
•throughout a process of lifelong
learning.
Sapienza’s libraries engagement with new social tools
• Social literacy as a continuation of information literacy
• Appropriate applications of these tools to libraries
• Encourage flexibility given the ever shifting trends in
social media and their cultural expressions
• Realise their implications for information engagement
with teaching, learning and research
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Traditional services
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Traditional services
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generation of users
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Chat with the library
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Ask a librarian
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Facebook in the Library
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Anobii in the Sapienza libraries
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Making the library delicious
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generation of users
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…the list goes on
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Making the library mobile
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Making the library mobile - BIDS & BIXY
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Making the library mobile - BIXY!
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PHD thesis archive
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Il futuro è passato qui
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generation of users
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Il futuro è passato qui
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generation of users
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Il futuro è passato qui
htttp://w3.uniroma1.it.it/mostralibroantico
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Grazie !*
Laura Armiero, Mary Joan Crowley, Ezio Tarantino
Sapienza - Università di Roma
maryjoan.crowley@uniroma1.it
*all images uploaded for educational purposes
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