Transcript PPT - Cambridge University Library

Closing thoughts
John Naughton
arcadia@cambridge
The perils of denial
It’s not just librarians
It’s not just librarians
It’s a confusing period
“informed bewilderment”
(Castells)
“we have to maintain the old services while moving into a different
world”
“research libraries are not green-field sites”
Attitudes/perceptions
Librarians are...
Option 1
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Distaste, revulsion, denial
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Focus on the downsides of the emerging ecosystem
Early retirement?
Option 2
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Seeing opportunities in the emerging ecosystem
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Harnessing/engaging user-generated energy
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Flickr, YouTube, Mashups, blogging, mobiles,...
Emergence of a new species: the entrepreneurial librarian!
Option 3
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A professional challenge
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Understanding new users & their needs
Embracing relevant technologies
Engaging with new scholarly workflows
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Digital repositories & the REF
Becoming central to teaching and learning
Digital curation
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‘Born digital’ resources
Making non-digital resources available globally
Option 4
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Becoming ‘thought leaders’ in the emerging media ecosystem
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Why leave the Today programme to techies, or Weinberger &
Shirky?
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(or Naughton, for that matter)
Or the London Review of Books to John Lanchester?
Option 1 is not an option for Cambridge
arcadia@cambridge offers us
ways of exploring the others