The Big Picture

<i>This presentation was given during the OCLC Research Library Partnership Rep, Rank & Role meeting "Reputation Management: Libraries in the Mix" plenary that took place in San Francisco 3-4 June 2015. </i><div><br></div><div>In this presentation, Dean Webster talks about the research assessment and impact agenda, various stakeholders—the government, the research funders, the research institutions and individual researchers; resource discovery—how our institutions secure research funding, attract the best researchers and find the best collaborators; open science and the evolving scholarly record; the changing role of the librarian; and concludes with observations on what success might look like.</div

Open Scholarship for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers--Closing Remarks

<p>Closing remarks given by Keith Webster, Dean of the University Libraries.</p

The Evolving Scholarly Record and The Utility of OCLC Research Models

A presentation to the OCLC Research Library Progra

Curating the Scholarly Record: Data Management and Research Libraries

This presentation was given at the 6th annual National Data Service Conference "New Frontiers in Data Discovery: Collaboration with Research Libraries.", Pittsburgh, 20 October 2016.<p></p

The Library Space as Learning Space

It is fitting that this E-Content column is being published in the EDUCAUSE Review issue immediately following the E-Content column written by David W. Lewis.1 Much of the work I am discussing here had its starting point in a model developed by Lewis—a model that depicted a compelling vision for academic libraries over the next twenty years.2 In seeking to protect the library's role as a vital part of scholarship, Lewis argued that a number of strategies were available to those charged with library funding and administration. Broadly, his thesis recognized that libraries would continue to be heavily used by students, though largely independent of print collections, and that librarians' roles would become much more grounded in teaching and research enterprises, frequently outside the confines of the library building.</p

UQ’s Biological Sciences Library

The article focuses on the Biological Sciences Library built by the University of Queensland at its Saint Lucia campus. It describes the design, layout and interior of the library, which was designed by Wilson Architects. It cites the efforts by Wilson Architects to maximise the benefits of the Queensland climate by replacing the library's concrete walls with glass and creating an outdoors study area.</p

The evolving role of libraries in the scholarly ecosystem

<p>This chapter outlines the ways in which libraries have been transformed by advances in scholarly publishing, by new patterns of student and researcher information behaviour, and by the emergence of new approaches to scholarly communication. It reviews the development of research collections over the past 20 years, and the emergence of online journals and books. The impact of government and research funder policies on libraries is discussed, with specific reference to research assessment, open access and data curation. Finally, consideration is given to the impact of new players in the scholarly information landscape.</p

Quo Basis? The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication

Presentation on the changing relationships between research libraries, publishers, researchers and technology, and the impact of government policy on scholarly publishing and open access

Building the Library of the Future

This article was published in the <i>Analysis and Opinion</i> section of <i>Research Information</i> on March 24, 2017

Serials Crisis: Can data help treat this chronic condition?

Slides from a panel presentation at the 2020 Charleston Library Conferenc