Transcript Health Sciences Library - University of Cincinnati

UC Libraries
Leslie Schick
Associate Dean, UC Libraries
[email protected]
558-4321
Session Outcomes
• Make effective use of library resources for
research and teaching
• Understand how UC Libraries are
transforming collections, services, and
spaces to better serve faculty and student
needs in this era of digital scholarship
• Understand how you can partner with
librarians/informationists in research and
teaching
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HOW DO YOU DEFINE
LIBRARY?
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
LEARN?
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Mission - The University of Cincinnati Libraries
empower discovery, stimulate learning and inspire
the creation of knowledge by connecting students,
faculty, researchers and scholars to dynamic data,
information and resources.
Vision - The University of Cincinnati Libraries will
become the globally engaged, intellectual
commons of the university—positioning ourselves
as the hub of collaboration, digital innovation and
scholarly endeavor on campus.
Digital Technologies and
Innovation
Develop innovative technologies and
services that transform and generate new
modes of inquiry, access, scholarship,
learning, and creative ways of working
together.
Includes initiatives relating to:
Digital
scholarship
• New technologies
• E-learning
• Digital literacy
• Informatics
• Digital humanities
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TRANSFORMING SERVICES
Services
• Research and digital scholarship support
– Data Management
– Digital Humanities
• “Embedded” librarians
– Blackboard
– Teaching specific sessions
• Subject/class guides
• “Traditional” reference
• Data Visualization and GIS (coming soon)
Digital Repository
People
Transform the evolving role of the
information professional.
Includes such initiatives as:
• New collaborations and partnerships
• Global initiatives
• Diverse workforce
• Well-trained and tech savvy workforce
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WORKFORCE
TRANSFORMATION
Building Strategic Capacity
Strategic Hires & Redefines:
Planned Positions for FY15 & 16:
• *Research Informationist
• Science Informationist
• Assistant Director for Research &
Informatics
• *e-Learning Strategist2
• e-Learning Computing Specialist
• Public/User Computing Specialist
(Emerging Technologies)
• Head, Digital Collections/Repositories
• *(2) Digital Repository Developers3
• Digital Archivist
• Digital Content (Preservation) Strategist
• Metadata Specialist
• Digital Humanities Strategist
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Clinical Informationist
Manager of Scholarly Communication
Data Scientist
*Director of Digital Scholarship
Center/Lab4
• GIS Specialist
Partnerships
co-funded with Provost’s diversity
initiative
2 co-funded with CECH
3 additional .5 from UCit and DAAP
4 joint appointment with A&S Dept. of
English under discussion
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Space
Transform the concept and use of learning spaces
managed by the library.
Includes such initiatives as:
• 21st-century learning space
• Digital Scholarship Center
• Research Commons
• Virtual spaces
• Flexible spaces conducive to student work
• Comfortable, creative staff spaces
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TRANSFORMING SPACES
Space
Revitalization
Data to Information to
Knowledge
Transform library research collections and enable new
modes of scholarship.
Includes such initiatives as:
• Improved online access to collections
• Collection integration into research and teaching
• Diversification and expansion of collections
• Redefining collection development
• Collaboration in open scholarship, open access, open data
• Heightened dynamic interaction with collections among
students
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TRANSFORMING
COLLECTIONS
Collections
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Print?
Anytime, anywhere
Digital repository
Data collections
Media collections
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A TALE OF
TRANSFORMATION
Classes/Workshops
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How to use library resources
Computer applications
Lunch ‘n Learn brief, targeted sessions
Research Series
– Show Me the Money
– NCBI Tools
– Discovering Datasets
– Research Data Management 101
– Unique Author Identifiers: Manage Your
Research Identify
The Web
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www.libraries.uc.edu
Off campus access
Faculty assistance
Subject guides
Academic integrity/plagiarism resources
Class/workshop schedules
Online tutorials created for students
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HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH
YOU?
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HOW DO YOU DEFINE
LIBRARY?