[GOAL] Libraries of the future - insights from a talk by Lorcan Dempsey

[Danny Kingsley]

Hello all,

The latest Unlocking Research blog is 'Libraries of the future - insights from a talk by Lorcan Dempsey’ - https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=173 <https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=173>
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There is no argument even from traditionalists that the library role is changing. But there is a great deal of confusion and sometimes fear about what that means, and what the future might look like. On 3 June, Lorcan Demsey <http://www.oclc.org/research/people/dempsey.html?urlm=160985> came to speak to us about how the role and purpose of libraries are changing. The one sentence headline from the talk was that research libraries are moving from licensing published content to managing workflow and research outputs – which means the print collection needs to be managed down to free up resources for the new roles. The subhead is – if we don’t do this, the publishers are waiting in the wings to take over.

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Regards,

 

Danny


Dr Danny Kingsley
Head of Scholarly Communications
Cambridge University Library
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