Towards the academic library of the future
| Abstract |
This session will introduce some of the issues to be explored by the collaborative Horizon Scan initiative to chart the strategic future of libraries and will elicit the views of delegates about some of the key challenges facing the higher education library community, such as the management of institutional assets, research data, infrastructure and shared services. Four short presentations will set out some of the key challenges, after which delegates will be invited to present their own institutional perspectives on these challenges. |
| Aims and objectives |
As a result of this session the attendees will have an understanding of the issues being discussed through the collaborative Horizon Scan initiative being taken forward by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), Research Libraries UK (RLUK), Research Information Network (RIN) and the British Library to chart the way forward for academic libraries in the UK. Delegates will also have the opportunity to influence discussions by presenting their own institutional perspectives on some of the key challenges facing academic libraries. |
| Who should attend? |
- Librarians
- Service providers
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| Approximate capacity of session |
60 |
| Speakers |
- Professor Derek Law, Libraries Horizon Scan (Session Chair)
- Rachel Bruce, Programme Director, JISC
- Mark Brown, Librarian, University of Southampton
- David Kay, Sero Consulting
- Anne Bell, Librarian and member of SCONUL Executive Board, University of Warwick
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