Library Updates – Developing a 21st
Century Academic Research Library
System at UND
Stephanie Walker
March
2016
21st Century Academic Research Libraries @ UND
To recap my initial vision for moving toward a 21st century
research library system at UND “We are completely ‘reconfiguring library boundaries’” (Lorcan
Dempsey, VP & Chief Strategist, OCLC)
• Academic research libraries transforming themselves.
• Our core functions and responsibilities are becoming more fluid, crossing and
blurring boundaries.
• We’re exploring new areas, undertaking new functions and responsibilities.
• We are honoring traditions, retaining what remains valuable – but moving beyond.
• 21st century academic research libraries are expanding in …
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… 4 major conceptual areas:
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Space(s)
Services
Collections
Staffing
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Spaces for a 21st Century Academic Research Library
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Flexibility & Variety
Collaborative/Supportive Spaces
Tech-Enhanced (video walls, Liquid Galaxy/3D interactive spaces, One Button
Studios, etc.)
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Examples: NCSU Technology Sandbox - 1700 sq. ft. space in D. H. Hill Library - test bed &
showcase for new collaborative display technologies. Surrounded by DIRTT glass walls. 5 zones
incl. large screen multi-touch display, SMART board, quad screen collaboration display, motion
based gaming, & multi-touch tables. Moveable furniture including tables and chairs with casters
which allow the room to be set up for a variety of purposes such as informal study groups or
workshops and presentations. Also Gaming Studio, Prototyping Spaces, more. NCSU provides a
“Learning Spaces Toolkit” - http://learningspacetoolkit.org/space-browser/category/collaborate/
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BALAUR video wall at Johns Hopkins
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Google Liquid Galaxy displays
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Penn State One Button Studios
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What Are We Doing at UND?
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Major renovation of Chester Fritz Library
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Has not been renovated since 1981 – much has changed in libraries!
Will include tech-enhanced Spaces – data visualization wall, Liquid Galaxy, One Button Studio
Will have major fundraising campaign
Expect report on conceptual phase from Stantec/ICON within 2 weeks
Mini “testing areas” for renovation
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Have tested $10,000 of new furniture near “Fish Bowl”
Large segment of Reference area painted, new carpet being installed, asbestos remediation done in old
ILL office area.
“Test” furniture delivered from 3 vendors, being evaluated by students, staff for comfort, durability,
suitability to needs as gleaned from surveys, literature reviews
Next potential areas: Group study rooms & alcoves in Reference
Donor-funded Engagement Center
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For collaboration, group work, socializing, studying, events
Tentative thoughts - 1st floor - food, collaboration space – not a lab, but tech-supportive, with wifi,
possible video wall. 2nd floor - multipurpose event/study space, quieter space for grad/int’l students,
gallery area.
Attached to Chester Fritz Library – seamless flow of traffic, natural flow from busier to quieter spaces
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2. Services for a 21st Century Research Library
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Support for Research Data Management (RDH) and Digital
Humanities (DH)
Support for Disruptive Forces Across Scholarly Communications
Lifecycle
Information Literacy & Beyond
Campus & Community Partnerships
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2. A. Support for RDM & DH • Granting agencies require data management plans.
• Major OA journals instituting ‘open data’ access policies.
• Libraries stepping forward to offer leadership, options, and tools such as:
– digitization services
– consultations on digital collections management, data management, metadata
– institutional repositories
– standardized metadata
– interfaces taking UX into account
– data librarians/analysts
– some expertise on issues like IP, licensing, copyright, patents.
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What Are We Doing At UND?
• Supported 3 NSF grants with RDM plans or Data Curation Education proposals:
– MRI: Acquisition of Skyreach: A Cloud-Enabled Scientific Computing Instrument for the Upper
Midwest. PI: T. DeSell, Computer Science. Co-PIs: A. Bergstrom (High Performance Computing and
Citizen Science); S. Ellis-Felege (Biology); N. Hammami (Medicine); J. Higgins (Aviation). Senior
Personnel: M. Manu (Biology); A. Dhasarathy (Medicine); K. Henry (Medicine); S. Nechaev (Medicine); R.
Goldsteen (Public Health); R. Newman (Biology); P. Gunderson (Director, Dakota Precision Agriculture
Center, Lake Region State College); I. Ovtchinnikov (Biology); P. Lindseth (Aviation); S. Walker (Dean of
Libraries & Information Resources); J. Hur (Medicine); B. Wild (Aviation)
– Midwest Big Data Hubs – Data Curation Education. PIs: A. Bergstrom (UND High Performance
Computing and Citizen Science), W. Kliemann (Iowa State). Multi-institutional grant. Senior Personnel:
S. Walker (UND Dean of Libraries & Information Resources).
– Midwest Big Data Hubs – Digital Agriculture. PI: A. Bergstrom (UND), J. Clarke (UNL). Senior
Personnel: S. Walker (UND Dean of Libraries & Information Resources).
• Offered space on CFL site for research data to Prof. Bergstrom.
• Worked with Prof. Prescott (History) on RDM plan for NEH Public Scholar Grant. Also
planning to assist with creation of a database of images of public monuments across
America, with mapping & timeline functions.
• RFP for IR in progress – IR will begin at UND, possibly offer to expand to NDUS
• Building DH collections – Cable pottery image database (images); 911 Flood Calls
(audio); 4 North Dakota-specific books (text & images). “Open North Dakota”
collection – see next segment.
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2. B. Support for Disruptive Forces Across Scholarly Communications Lifecycle
Revolutions taking place across scholarly publishing & scholarly communications.
Among the disruptive forces affecting academic libraries are:
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Various OA/OS/OER models
Alternative models for publishing & review – growth of alt-metrics
Creative Commons & Other Authors’ Rights Tools
Institutional & Disciplinary Repositories
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What are we doing at UND?
• T. Heitkamp & S. Walker co-chairing OER Working Group, with CILT, Student
Success, students, others - support from Provost DiLorenzo
• Set up seminars on Open Educational Resources/Open Textbooks – Jan. 28
• Creating an “Open North Dakota” Collection
– Partnership with Prof. Caraher - UND Press
– Elwyn Robinson – seminal history of North Dakota – purchasing rights to make OA
– Elwyn Robinson – students & faculty transcribed his unpublished autobiography, will create
a book from this work
– “North Dakota Politics and Government: Building Consensus on the Great Plains” – T.
Pedeliski and J.W. Smith. Unpublished – used as textbook by Prof. D. Harsell. Checking
rights. Seeking to digitize and copy-edit.
– “Practical Science of Society” – UND School of Education & several partners. Investigating
copyright. Potential ND collection item – Open Access.
• Planning IR to support student & faculty initiatives in DH & RDM, to gather
student & faculty research done at UND (dissertations, theses, articles,
teaching tools, etc.)
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2. C. Information Literacy & Beyond
• Traditional instruction
• Technology instruction
• Embedded librarianship (in courses) & blended librarianship (mix of
technological expertise, use of various means to deliver services)
• Personal librarian programs
• Teaching information literacy, media literacy, web literacy, etc.
• More critical than ever as information flow becomes flood
What are we doing at UND?
• IL as part of Essential Studies
• Promotion - librarian Kristen Borysewicz – IL Coordinator
• Librarian now sits Ex-Officio on Curriculum Committee
• Medicine has embedded & clinical librarians
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2. D. Beyond Libraries: Campus & Community Partnerships – Anything from public events to
collaborative entrepreneurial space. One example: Arizona State University’s Venture Catalyst
division partnering with Scottsdale Libraries to create a network called Alexandria, featuring
Eureka – Co-working Spaces.
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2. D. Campus & Community Partnerships – Beyond libraries - in classes; at offcampus research institutes, tutoring centers, career centers; with other types of
institutions; in communities. Other examples:
Maine InfoNet – Collaboration - 2 public universities (U of Maine, U of Southern
Maine), 3 private colleges (Colby, Bates, Bowdoin), Maine State Library, 2 Public
Libraries (Portland, Bangor), & statewide library consortium (Maine InfoNet). Use
each other’s spaces, collections.
Clinical librarians - Johns Hopkins, NY’s Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, U of British Columbia, Vanderbilt’s
Clinical Informatics Consult Service, etc. - medical librarians
are rarely in libraries – in hospitals, participating in grand
rounds, embedded in programs, in community health centers.
Photo: Clinical librarian & physician, grand rounds – UBC.
Description: Jonathan Koffel, clinical librarian, U Minnesota:
https://youtu.be/Y0cxdS-EYpU
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Partnerships –
UNLV – offers community business workshops.
Rutgers – 11 Regional Small Business Centers,
incl. 1 on main campus, offering management
consulting and business training to entrepreneurs. Sponsored by US Small Business
Administration; NJ Commerce, Economic Development, & Tourism Commission, &
Rutgers Business School. (Au, Ka-Neng. Role of an Academic Library in Developing an Entrepreneurial
Community. Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities, Annual Conference, Rutgers University Libraries,
2007. http://www.slideshare.net/kaneng_au/the-role-of-an-academic-library-in-developing-anentrepreneurial-community)
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What Are We Doing At UND?
– CFL exploring partnerships with Writing Center, CILT, Extended Learning.
– Partnering with ND Small Business: Holly Gabriel, Business Librarian,
working with David Martin of ND SBC & “Core Of 4”. Has provided
instruction for small business development, patent searching, etc.
– Innovation/Entrepreneurship: Exploring potential partnerships such as
including small businesses or community health centers in resource
licenses. Exploring possibility of creating conservation lab for Dakotas.
– Exploring partnerships with GFPL – exhibits, art, events, space planning
– Med Library has Clinical Librarians in Grand Forks, Bismarck, Fargo, and
Minot, & is working toward further embedding.
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3. Collections for a 21st Century Research Library
A. Print & electronic collections
B. Self-generated – new or special
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What Are We Doing At UND?
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Print Reference collection analysis – made space by moving some to circulating
collections, deaccessioning some duplicate or outdated material. Done in
conjunction with faculty liaisons, who came to the CFL to examine items.
Print collection analysis – circulating print collection – input from SCS.
Electronic collection analysis – digital collections – usage statistics – Google
Analytics, COUNTER-compliant vendor statistics.
These analyses allow us to see where we most need to grow, & where to
consider deaccessioning.
Current CFL deaccessioning is duplicates or items in unusable condition. Note:
Does not include Med or Law Libraries, which report directly to respective
Deans, & are not under Dean of Libraries & Information Resources.
For archives & special collections, examining our collections to determine which
would benefit most from digitization within copyright restrictions.
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What Are We Doing At UND?
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Looking to increase participation in consortia, possibilities of building other
consortia.
Looking to cease having archival collections stored off-site.
Looking to grow our OERs.
Looking to grow our digital archival collections.
Beginning process to select & develop an IR to gather faculty and student
research, DH collections, data.
Discussing collaborations with GFPL on genealogy collections.
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Challenges:
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Chronic annual cost increases of digital collections packages (avg 6-8%).
Examples:
• Wiley – 2015 - $466,933.50. 2016 - $492,330.35.
• Science Direct – 2015 - $611,665.16. 2016 - $642,685.27.
• Springer
• Difficult to support accredited graduate programs in STEM disciplines without
some bundles. Publisher ‘monopolies’ & consolidation problematic.
• ProQuest Psychology Package – 850 journals. 72% overlap with other packages.
However, when we reviewed cost of adding just the 7 highest-use journals from
the 215 we didn’t have in other packages, cost was $4,550. Would be cancelling
208 journals to save under $4000. ILL costs would increase.
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No one’s budget rises 6-8% annually.
Working on a budget ‘white paper’ to outline issues, challenges, opportunities,
strategies.
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How Do Libraries Address These Challenges?
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OA Support & Encouragement – Few libraries can afford to pay OA article fees from existing
funds. Would require cancelling journals. Some libraries have managed, or been given
provostial funds; most can’t justify subscription cuts to pay single article fees. But libraries
publicize OA & many authors include article publication fees in grant requests as line items
– not unusual. Costs higher in STEM journals, but so is likelihood of grants.
Research Overhead – Some libraries get 1-3% of research grant overhead. Legal in most
states, but state-by-state.
Consortial Purchasing – CRKN, Orbis-Cascade, WALDO, Minitex. UND purchases via ODIN,
Minitex, & is exploring other options. ND’s a small state, & most post-secondary
institutions aren’t research institutions. Community colleges & small institutions don’t
purchase at same level. Public libraries don’t purchase what academics do.
Strategic Renegotiation – Sometimes publishers cut prices with cancellation threats.
Succeeded with IEEE, CSA (SciFinder), but price rises over years push costs up.
Grants – Some states offer collection development grants to publicly-funded institutions.
ND does not. However, we’re seeking grants for other projects.
Fundraising – Difficult for subscriptions, but not impossible. Exploring options. Considering
packaging database costs with other “research infrastructure”.
Cuts/Opt-out of Big Deals – Often difficult. ProQuest Psychology example.
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4. Staffing for a 21st Century Research Library
A. Diversity – of all types
B. Mentoring – formal and informal, local and beyond
C. Support – professional development, education, conferences, building a
collaborative atmosphere where people feel empowered to grow and to make
suggestions
What Are We Doing at UND?
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42 staff in 2008; currently 9 vacancies. 6 redesigned positions presented to
Provost, 3 searches currently in progress, others to come. Advertising broadly, incl.
to lists specifically targeted to diverse groups.
Working with staff to examine needs.
Sent 2 staff to LITA conference, 1 to ALA; paid for training 2 others in RDM;
supporting successful application of 1 to ACRL IL Immersion program; supported
application of 1 to UM certificate program in Digital Collections Management.
Having staff bring prof. development to others – report in meetings, brown bags.
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Final thoughts, from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Ubiquitous Librarian” – aka Brian
Matthews, Associate Dean for Learning & Outreach, Virginia Tech …
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“Now is the time to ‘zoom out’ rather than ‘zoom in.’ Let’s not pigeonhole ourselves into
finite roles, such as print collections, computer labs, or information literacy. These selfimposed limitations will only ensure our vulnerability and gradual decline. We can’t
abide by the dictionary definition of ‘library.’ We can’t stay basically the same and only
make small changes. Not only will that constrain the library, but it will also hold back
scholarship and learning. With or without us the nature of information, knowledge
creation, and content sharing is going to evolve. It’s already happening. Which side of
the revolution will we be on?”
“We don’t just need change, we need breakthrough, paradigm-shifting, transformative,
disruptive ideas.”
– from “Think Like A Start-Up: A White Paper to Inspire Library Entrepreneurialism” by Brian
Mathews, April 2012.
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Thank you!
Any questions?