Key national organisations in the library field are to collaborate on a
major programme of consultation to help shape the future of the academic
library. The full story will be covered in SEN on Friday 12 December
JISC, SCONUL, RLUK, the British Library and the Research Information Network
(RIN) are to work together on a major strategic initiative which will
explore the substantial challenges facing academic libraries as they respond
to a period of unparalleled change in the external environment.
Workshops, studies and a combination of partnership and advocacy with key
stakeholders in the higher education arena will build on existing work to
develop a transformative agenda that will help ensure the continuing
relevance of libraries to the communities of information creators and users
they serve. In particular the study will explore what is best done locally
and what is best done through co-operation at national or international
level.
The initiative will run over a period of two years and regular briefings and
outputs will enable wider engagement. A steering group made up of senior
representatives from each organisation will oversee the programme and invite
experts to the workshops to consider the issues and to reach positions that
will help to shape directions for academic libraries. In addition, a full
communications strategy will be developed by the steering group which will
include the use of Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis and blogs to ensure
wider consultation.
Michelle
Michelle Koster
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