THE CHANGING FACE OF
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY
8 MAY 2012
Brian E. C. Schottlaender
The Audrey Geisel University Librarian
OVERVIEW
• What’s the Same?
• What’s Different?
• What’s Coming?
• Skillset Implications
• The Case of UC San Diego
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WHAT’S THE SAME?
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HYBRID.
PAPER-BASED
INFORMATION
DIGITAL
INFORMATION
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STILL.
PAPER
DIGITAL
-BASED
INFORMATION
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THE MORE THINGS CHANGE,
THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME
• Increased information output, generally
• Increased publishing output, specifically
• Increased costs for [commercially] published output
• Increased demand for [some] services
• Funding pressures
• Staffing pressures
• Space pressures
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WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
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EVERYTHING.
• Users
• Content
• Services
• Tools & Systems
• Space
• Funding
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USERS.
• Connected
• Mobile
• Work together
• Multi-task
• Creators
• Self-confident
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USERS.
FROM
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CONTENT.
• Visible
• Graphic/Multimedia
• Linked
• Collective
• Mobile
•
/Licensed/Open
Owned
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CONTENT.
FROM
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CONTENT.
TO
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SERVICES.
• User-focused
• “Smart Amateur”
• Mobile
• Dis-intermediated
• Informal
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SERVICES.
FROM
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SERVICES.
TO
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SERVICES.
FROM
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SERVICES.
TO
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TOOLS & SYSTEMS.
• Push
• Interactive
• Simple
• Individualized
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TOOLS & SYSTEMS.
FROM
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SPACE.
• People-based
• Group-study
• Access & Production
• Relaxed
• Flexible
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SPACE.
FROM
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FUNDING.
• 2008/09-2009/10:
– 58% of ARL private and 66% of ARL public libraries had
reduced or flat budgets. [ARL]
• 2009/10-2010/11:
– 58% of ARL private and 47% of ARL public libraries had
reduced or flat budgets. [ARL]
• 2009/10:
– 41% of the States cut public library funding. [ALA]
• 2009/10:
– 9.4% cut to ALL school library budgets in the U.S. [ALA]
• 2009/10:
– 20% cut to HS library budgets in the U.S. [ALA]
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WHAT’S COMING?
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FORECAST: CLOUDY
Mass digitization
e-Everything Personalization
Space pressures
Services
Research
Budget pressures
Learning
Big Science
Teaching
Open access
Collaboration
Access
Fundraising
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Competition
Integration
Information
Data
Interoperation
Collections
Stewardship
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Control systems
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FORECAST.
• Still less money
• Fewer libraries
• Fewer staff
• Fewer acquisitions
• Smaller locally-held, published print
collections
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FORECAST.
• Centralized and/or Federated published print collections
• Emphasis on primary [unpublished] research materials,
including primary research data
• New mandates
• Emphasis on full life-cycle resource management
• Collective action:
– Collections management
– Collections storage
• Increased interdependence
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Skillset Implications
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“TODAY’S LIBRARY STAFF …
… must include people who see themselves as active contenders
in a race for relevance, regard, and resources. Some of its
members must have strong technical skills and an ability to
identify specific areas in which technology can advance the
institution in fulfilling its academic mission. Library staff must
be capable of working effectively in partnership with faculty
members to enhance the strength of teaching and research. …
Library staffs in general must become more agile, more highly
attuned to, and more aggressive in proclaiming just how
different the world of knowledge has already become.”
— “Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries”
ACRL Tech Summit (November 2006)
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TOMORROW’S SKILLSETS.1
• Technology skills
• Data management/curation skills
• Diversity skills
• Research skills
• Intellectual Property skills
— The ARL 2030 Scenarios: A User’s Guide
for Research Libraries (October 2010)
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TOMORROW’S SKILLSETS.2
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More domain experts
More data proficient
More entrepreneurial
More embedded
More research fluent
More culturally diverse
More adept at team work and project
management
— “21st Century Library Workforce”
ARL Transforming Research Libraries Committee
(May 2012)
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The Case of UC San Diego
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2008 – 2011
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2008/09:
2011/12:
$29.4M Library State funding
$24.4M Library State funding (18%)
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2008/09:
2011/12:
2012/13:
294 Academic and Staff FTE
256 Academic and Staff FTE (13%)
231 Academic and Staff FTE (21%)
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2008/09:
7 Library locations [432,892 asf]
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Biomed
CLICS
Geisel
IR/PS
Library Annex
Medical Center
Scripps [3 floors]
2011/12:
1.
2.
3.
4.
4 Library locations [363,912 asf] (16%)
Biomed
Geisel
Library Annex
Scripps [1 floor]
LIBRARIES ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING
2011–2013
Academic
2011/2012 July 2011
11 January 2012
S-1B ImpTeam (AdminTeam) begins work; "Givens" &
"Possible Consequences" drafted
LMG+ discusses/refines "Givens" & "Possible
Consequences"
LMG+ [minus AdminTeam] drafts possible
organizational scenarios
LMG+ discusses four possible scenarios
S1-B ImpTeam (AdminTeam) presents "Proposed UC
San Diego Libraries Organizational Structure" to LMG+
for review/discussion
Town Hall Meeting to present "Proposed UC San Diego
Libraries Organizational Structure"
S-1B ImpTeam (AdminTeam) gathers input on
"Proposed … Organizational Structure" in 1:1 meetings
with staff across the Libraries
S-1B ImpTeam (AdminTeam) presents "REVISED
Proposed UC San Diego Libraries Organizational
Structure" to LMG
27 January 2012
31 January - 10 February 2012
1st round of Program Director assignments announced
Staff Interest Survey
February - March 2012
Internal recruitments for remaining Program Directors
Town Hall Meeting to present "REVISED Proposed UC
San Diego Libraries Organizational Structure"
Assemble Program Development Teams
Develop new Programs, including resources needed
(staff, money, space, etc.)
Make new Program resource decisions, including staff
assignments, and refine Program descriptions
August 2011
September 2011
October 2011
15 November 2011
17 November 2011
November-December 2011
8 February 2011
By 15 April 2012
16 April - 15 July 2012
Academic
2012/2013 16 July - 15 September 2012
September 2012 - December 2012 Form Advisory Committees
Operationalize new Program structure and Transition
September 2012 - June 2013
from existing structure
January 2013
Program and Transition status check
Transition to new structure complete => Discipline
30 June 2013
libraries eliminated
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PROPOSED ORG CHART
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THANK YOU.