Top Library Technology Trends

This report will review ten popular top library technology trends proposed by the LITA (Library and Information Technology Association) Top Technology Trends Committee (TTTC) at the 2017 ALA (American Library Association) Midwinter & Exhibits and seven top library trends discussed by the LITA TTTC at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. This report will also review eight innovative technologies to implement at the library of the future proposed by Piotr Kowalczyk. Those emerging and innovative technologies include the apps, devices, software, and best practices and cover the areas of such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), book delivery drone, digital interface for print books, clouding computing, makerspaces, social media, open licensing, and ebook innovation, which could be adopted for library now and in the future. Additionally, this report will briefly discuss shared ILS (Integrated Library System), shared Library Service Platforms (LSP), library consortia, digital collections aggregations and open access, and most recent artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in libraries

Spot the Difference! introducing iTrace, identifying visual plagiarism in the arts.

The University for the Creative Arts has a history in managing and creating digital resources to support learning & teaching in the creative arts environment. UCA's Library and Learning Services (LLS) has supported the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) at UCA for over 14 years, and more recently it has set up a new Digitisation Unit. This dual session will uncover some of the research, development and innovation that is being carried out by both these units within UCA Library and Learning Services.   VADS became a Research Centre of the University in 2008, where innovative and emerging issues relating to learning, teaching, and research with digital images are explored.  The team has led a range of externally-funded JISC projects in this area which are highly collaborative in nature, working with partners across the arts education sector. This session will introduce one such project, which is currently researching the complex and nebulous concept of ‘visual plagiarism’ as well as exploring what relevance and applicability that visual search technology may have in this area. Having set up a new Digitisation Unit within the Library, UCA has just embarked on an ambitious and innovative project which aims to increase the volume of material available to students in digital format, enabling them to access texts, image and time-based materials anytime, anywhere in the UK. In this part of the session the project will be introduced and discussed in the context of UCA’s emerging Digitisation Strategy, which is drawing from the experience, reputation and best practice that has developed within the Institution over the past decade

Changing Publishing Ecologies: A Landscape Study of New University Presses and Academic-Led Publishing: A Report to JISC

Introduction A new wave of university presses is emerging. Common characteristics are that they are open access (OA), digital first, library-based, and they often offer a smaller set of services than a traditional publisher, blurring the line between publisher and platform. In tandem, a small but notable number of academics and researchers have set up their own publishing initiatives, often demonstrating an innovative or unique approach either in workflow, peer review, technology or business model. These new publishing initiatives have a potentially disruptive effect on the scholarly communication environment, providing new avenues for the dissemination of research outputs and acting as pathfinders for the evolution of academic publishing and the scholarly record. In this report, we have captured the current landscape of new university presses (NUPs) and academic-led presses (ALPs) emerging within the UK. Taking different approaches for these two types of press we have captured the take-up, reasoning and characteristics of these initiatives, as well as future plans. The report concludes with a series of recommendations to help support and foster new developments in this space, to share best practice and collaboration and to identify the tools and services that will facilitate further innovation. Jisc supports universities and researchers in the provision of new digital services and innovation. We will work with the community and stakeholders to decide how we can take forward some of the recommendations listed in this report for the benefit of our members and the research community

Model Kepemimpinan Digital Kepala Sekolah di Era Teknologi

Currently, transformation has occurred so quickly, the Industrial Revolution Era was one of the eras of very rapid technological development. With the rapid development of technology, various knowledge, new skills, and new leadership have been born in realizing the competitiveness of an educational institution. This article aims to describe the leadership of school principals in the technological era. The writing of this article uses a qualitative descriptive approach (library research), by conducting a careful review of some material and leadership theory. The results of the study show that: 1) a leader or leaders in the technological era in order to bring a team to a better realm, must master 10 (ten) skill models namely complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, management ability, coordination, emotional intelligence , making policies/decisions, service orientation, negotiation, and cognitive flexibility; 2) There are digital leadership characteristics that exist in a school principal in the Technology Age, including: responsibility and innovation in order to direct the organization to transform towards digital; 3) The implementation of digital leadership in educational institutions, of course, must be carried out by a Principal with several stages, namely: The emerging, implementing, instilling and transforming stages, and 4C, namely; critical in thinking and able to generate solutions, communication, collaborative, as well as creative and innovative

Latin American profiles of public policy instruments in research and innovation and the role of the SDGS

Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Perfiles Latinoamericanos de instrumentos de política pública en investigación e innovación y el papel de los odsThis documentary analysis of financial instruments for research and innovation by state agencies at national level (Latin American and Caribbean), and at state provincial levels (Mexico and Brazil) provides an overview of research and innovation orientations proposed as general public guidelines within the fields of science, technology and humanities. Suggested categories derived from data analysis are broken down in various ways, for instance into innovation systems according to the proportion of funding instruments offered, and the size of absolute R&D investment. Four types of systems can be identified: consolidated, in the process of consolidation, emerging, and in the process of formation

Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2011-2012

This year\u27s issue highlights some of the ways the SJSU School of Library and Information Science is being a catalyst for global innovation, explores the tools SJSU SLIS master\u27s students and faculty use to interact in our innovative online learning environment, and describes some of the exciting career pathways our alum are pursuing.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/innovate/1000/thumbnail.jp

Open Access Metadata for Journals in Directory of Open Access Journals: Who, How, and What Scheme?

Open access (OA) is a form of publication that allows some level of free access to scholarly publications. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a repository to which OA journals may apply and upload content to increase discoverability. OA also refers to metadata that is freely available for harvesting. In making metadata open access, standards for schemes and protocols are needed to facilitate interoperability. For open access journals, such as those listed in the DOAJ, providing open access metadata in a form that promotes interoperability is essential for discoverability of their content. This paper investigates what standards exist or are emerging, who within journals is creating the metadata for DOAJ journals, and how are those journals and DOAJ sharing the metadata for articles. Moreover, since creating metadata requires specialized knowledge of both librarians and programmers, it is imperative that journals wanting to publish with OA metadata formulate plans to coordinate these experts and to be sure their efforts are compatible with current standards and protocols

The Right Place at the Right Time: Creative Spaces in Libraries

Purpose This essay explores the recent trend in libraries: that of the establishment of spaces specifically set aside for creative work. The rise of these dedicated creative spaces is owed to a confluence of factors that happen to be finding their expression together in recent years. This essay examines the history of these spaces and explores the factors that gave rise to them and will fuel them moving forward. Design/Methodology/Approach A viewpoint piece, this essay combines historical research and historical/comparative analyses to examine the ways by which libraries have supported creative work in the past and how they may continue to do so into the 21st century. Findings The key threads brought together include a societal recognition of the value of creativity and related skills and attributes; the philosophies, values, and missions of libraries in both their longstanding forms and in recent evolutions; the rise of participatory culture as a result of inexpensive technologies; improved means to build community and share results of efforts; and library experience and historical practice in matters related to creativity. The chapter concludes with advice for those interested in the establishment of such spaces, grounding those reflections in the author’s experiences in developing a new creative space at Virginia Commonwealth University. Originality/value While a number of pieces have been written that discuss the practicalities of developing certain kinds of creative spaces, very little has been written that situates these spaces in larger social and library professional contexts; this essay begins to fill that gap

Transforming Library Service Through Information Commons: Part 1 - Introduction

An introduction to the concept of the Information Commons in libraries