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The Library as
Century
Research and Learning Center
Mary Ochs
Albert R Mann Library
Cornell University
September 2009
What is the 21st century library?
• The library is still a place
• The library is virtual
• 21st century library approach
The library is still a
place…
Mann Library
Lobby of Mann Library
Manndible Café
Public Computers with Plotters
Loaner Laptops
Bissett Collaborative Space
Computer Classrooms
Distance Learning Classroom
Gallery
Stacks
Atrium
The library is virtual…
Digital Collections
• E-Journals – new subscriptions and back files
• E-books
• Providing easy access to some digital
collections can still be a challenge!
• Digital repositories
• Digitization projects – Google Books, subject
collections – historical agriculture and home
economics
Embedded IT
Mann Web Site: http://mannlib.cornell.edu
Mobile technologies: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/CULLABS/Text+a+Librarian
VIVO: http://vivo.cornell.edu
DataStaR: http://datastar.mannlib.cornell.edu
E-Clips: http://eclips.cornell.edu
Information Literacy:
Key to Effective Use of the
Virtual Library
Cornell University Information Competency Initiative
Librarian Baseema Krkoska, left,
and Professor Jane Mt. Pleasant
"Our mission is to support teaching and learning at the university. This is the heart
of it: working with faculty and all the campus partners to make student learning
more effective. That piece is key. We can do all the talking and digitization and
institutes we want, but if we're not affecting student learning, why are we here?
This is vital to our core mission--it raises awareness among the faculty and our
campus partners about the value and perspective the Library brings."
Applied Economics and Management class
Natural Resource class
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21
Century Library
approach = the right
staff
Gail Steinhart – Research Data/Environmental Sciences Librarian
Baseema Krkoska – Coordinator of Reference, Instruction
& Business Information Programs
Medha Devare – Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian
Keith Jenkins – GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian
Brian Caruso
Programmer/Analyst
Brian Lowe
Semantic Applications Programmer
Ontologies and Semantic Web
Managing in a Recession Economy
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Strategic Planning and Prioritizing
Collaborating to enhance services
Grants for innovative projects
Endowments and follow up with donors
Understanding your audience and their needs
Strategic Planning Questions
• What are our major strengths in accomplishing
the library’s mission today?
• What are the library’s weaknesses and what are
our major barriers to carrying out our mission?
• In the next 3 years, what collaborations (on
campus and off) can we initiate or augment to
more effectively leverage our strengths?
Strategic Planning Questions (cont)
• What should the library’s top 5 priorities be over
the next 2-3 years?
• What are the skills, individual and collective, that
will make the library a more effective
organization?
• How is the environment we operate in changing
and how should we respond to the changes?
More information about
Mann Library…
http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu
Questions?