academic libraries in higher education and research...
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Academic Libraries in Higher Education and Research: Emerging trends and
challenges
Dr. H. Anil Kumar Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Contents Education Ecosystem
Reading
Print vs ebooks
Relook at libraries Spaces
Technology
Services
Users
Marketing
Staff
Legal
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/dec/18/refund-if-university-fails-deliver
• Students who study by themselves for more hours each week gain more knowledge -- while those who spend more time studying in peer groups see diminishing gains.
• Students whose classes reflect high expectations (more than 40 pages of reading a week and more than 20 pages of writing a semester) gained more than other students.
• Students who spend more time in fraternities and sororities show smaller gains than other students.
• Students who engage in off-campus or extracurricular activities (including clubs and volunteer opportunities) have no notable gains or losses in learning.
• Students majoring in liberal arts fields see "significantly higher gains in critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills over time than students in other fields of study." Students majoring in business, education, social work and communications showed the smallest gains. (The authors note that this could be more a reflection of more-demanding reading and writing assignments, on average, in the liberal arts courses than of the substance of the material).
• Google is deskilling information literacy skills
• Facebook is deskilling interpersonal skills
• Internet: Attention span reducing
• No distinction between first year and final year students project reports
• how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought.
• Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources
• Scrolling and skimming vs Reading • Jet skiing vs scuba diving
“Preliminary research suggests that even the so-called digital natives are more likely to recall the gist of a story when they read it on paper because enhanced e-books and e-readers themselves are too distracting. Paper’s greatest strength may be its simplicity.”
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/70696-as-e-book-sales-decline-digital-fatigue-grows.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/03/ebook-sales-falling-for-the-first-time-finds-new-report
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/paper-vs-plasma-how-digital-reading-shift-impacting-your-brain/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation
http://chronicle.com/article/How-E-Reading-Threatens/147661/
http://www.readingrockets.org
http://slowreadingco.com
What Libraries Can (Still) Do by James Gleick (http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/oct/26/what-libraries-can-still-do-bibliotech/):
• “In his new book, BiblioTech, a wise and passionate manifesto, John Palfrey reminds us that the library is the last free space for the gathering and sharing of knowledge: “Our attention cannot be bought and sold in a library.”
• For one thing, as Palfrey says, librarians will need to cherish their special talent as “stewards” while letting go of the instinct to be “collectors.” “
Why go beyond formal methods?
• The 95 Percent Solution: School is not where most Americans learn most of their science by John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking
• Recent findings challenge the longstanding belief that the place for science knowledge acquisition is the classroom.
• International comparisons of trends in science knowledge over lifetimes suggests that much if not most science knowledge is acquired outside of school.
American Scientist: v. 98 (Nov-Dec), 2010
http://ideas.demco.com/blog/5-library-trends-to-watch-in-2016/
• Internet of Things • Knowing Your Community • Measuring for Improvement and Impact • Story Doing
www.libraryasincubatorproject.org University of Wisconsin SLIS
A 3D printer at DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library. Photograph courtesy DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library - See more at: http://span.state.gov/business/libraries-turn-into-makerspaces/20150101#tab1
Engineering students of Carson High School in Nevada get a hands-on experience of 3D scanning, 3D printing, laser cutting and engraving, using Google Glass, MakeyMake kits and Google Liquid Galaxy at DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library. Photograph courtesy DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library
A 3D printed model at DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library. Photograph courtesy DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library - See more at: http://span.state.gov/business/libraries-turn-into-makerspaces/20150101#tab1
Milwaukee Makerspace Library, which aims to foster a community of makers by providing an environment—in terms of people, equipment and space—that supports creativity and personal growth.
Libraries Reinvent Themselves as Makerspaces
By Steve Fox January/February 2015
SPAN Magazine
http://span.state.gov/business/libraries-turn-into-makerspaces/20150101#tab1
Library Spaces
Physical space – Very important and relevant – Design for flexi spaces – Makerspaces or Tinkerlabs – Comfortable furniture and ambience – Green library
Digital Space – Dynamic and interactive – Individual focus - customization – Ubiquitous and always connected
Technology Hardware
Onsite to cloud
More Devices (e-book readers like kindle, mobile, laptops, payment devices, photocopiers, etc)
Powerful configurations (past servers are now personal devices)
Connectivity (wifi, bluetooth, NFC)
Software
Proprietary vs open source (FOLIO)
ILS - loan print, ebooks, codes, etc
Finance – epayments
ERMS, CMS, Research Data, Mobile Apps, Ref management tools, etc
Manage / analytics: usage, licenses, citations (likes)
Device independence
Discovery, Remote login
Kindle E-book Reader Lending Service
• Kindle E-book Reader Lending Service introduced in November 2016
• Total 10 Kindle devices
• Kindle One PaperWhite & Nine Kindle Voyage
• Loan Rules
Loan Period 15 days
Renewal Once
Restriction 1 Kindle per borrower
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Students (PGP, ABM & PGPX, AFP) Faculty, AA, RSTC,OFF FPM
Kindle E-book Reader Lending Service
Technology
Type of Information
Bibliographic to data
Raw data to refined data
Complex fields – National vs International (industry
codes, legal nomenclature, etc)
Local vs global (news, data, trends, etc)
Services Issue / return of books …. devices
Counter is the first point of contact and hence doubles as reference counter also
Multi-purpose stations
Reference service
General to specific and detailed in-depth information
Data analysis (R, SPSS, etc)
Research Assistance (Data mining to refining)
Publisher connect – publishing, editing, etc
ILL
User training / Literacy
Reference management software
Database navigation to mining to data management
Special sessions for groups on IT, Electronics, Entrepreneurship, etc
How to publish
• List of Schools were given and we were to provide relative area population and amenities data and also all available information on schools (village wise data from census and school data from DISE were integrated)
• Patent data filed by China from 1980 onwards (where data available in JSON format downloaded and convert to CSV through software)
• Bankruptcy data (firm that filled chapter 7 and 11)
• Amul Dairy Annual Report/Old Annual Reports of Banks
• Village Electrification data of Balangir district of Odisha
• Block wise information of Anganwadi workers of Ahmedabad
• Help in the creating Journal Quality List for IIMA
User Guides
Users
Faculty with international qualifications
Working on Policy issues - currency of topics
Foreign faculty – core and visiting; Foreign students
Tech savvy users – loan of kindles, mobile codes, etc
Focus on Research (Top journals)
Use of global databases increasing
Publication output is targeted and increasing
Library spending is increasing
Increase in doctoral students – interesting topics
Research topics –blurring of boundaries – multi disciplinary (social – pure – applied sciences) Infrastructure – bullet trains, transport logistics, pubic health, etc
Gender
Entrepreneurship
Governance – corruption, bankruptcy, CEO compensation, CSR sector-wise, etc
Marketing
Digital: Website, Mails, Facebook, Twitter
Quiz competitions
Push relevant content like Economic Surveys, VC Handbook, Education Directory, Government reports, etc
Display of user content like books, research papers, newspaper articles, etc
Personal connect
Prompt service – word of mouth (faculty / student appreciation, energy saving screen savers, switch-off posters, etc)
Children collection
Know Your Library Quiz
KYL Series No. of Questions Asked
Total no. of Participants
Average participant / question
No. Winners Sponsors
Series 1 12 2,457 204 48 Rama Moondra
Series 2 9 1,230 136 36 Reado
Series 3 39 12,501 320 234 Sage
Which new database on Socio-Economic Indicators has been recently added
to our library?
A. District GDP of India
B. States of India
C. District Metrics
D. MICA Indian Marketing Intelligence
E. Indiastat.com
If you need comprehensive information on
corporate bankruptcy, which specific
database will you use?
A. Bloomberg
B. Thomson Reuters Datastream
C. BankruptcyData.com
D. WRDS
E. Frost & Sullivan
Bookmarks
POSTERS
Author Talks Prof. Ajeet Mathur on his latest book - Mysteries in management
Prof. Ashok Garde on his book - Chanakya on Management
Topical Displays • Librarians Day, Vikram Sarabhai Birthday
• Booker prize winner authors books 2010-2015
• Teachers Day
• Hindi books
• Business books FT shortlisted 2010-2015
• Gandhi Jayanti
• APJ Birthday
• National Unity Week (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel)
• Children's Day
• Vijay Diwas
• Christmas celebration
• Start-up
• Travel & Tourism
• Data Analytics, Data Visualization and Big Data
Average 50 books Displayed
Best performance 50% books Checked out
Today Returns
Faculty Publications
Childrens Section
Screen Savers
Staff
Merger of the Professional and Non professional skills
Competencies
Clerical and managerial
LIS
Leadership
Subject specializations
Training and research
Values and ethics
Identity issues remain
Legal
o Copyright
o Licenses – restrictions and permissions
o Visiting / external scholars
Bankscope, CMIE, etc
o Alumni
o Financial
Tax issues
Cashless payments
Summary
• Hybrid (physical and digital) library
• Physical spaces are important
• Technology is the tool
• Marketing is for survival
• Staff is the key
THANKS
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school...“
- Albert Einstein