JISC launched a new campaign called “Libraries of the Future” at the 2008 JISC Conference this week – and invites involvement from the higher and further education community- both online and in person – in events, and in responses to publications and podcasts over the coming months.
JISC campaigns aim to initiate conversations and debate about issues that are emerging as central to the sector, and will provide Web 2.0 tools for community participation, and links to resources and research that can inform the debate.
You can follow the campiagn via the Libraries of the Future blog or visit the Libraries of the Future website - and look out for a special Guardian supplement on the campaign on Tuesday April 22nd.
Topics for debate include: Digitisation; Licensing; e-Books; Resource Discovery; Library Management Systems; Repositories; and Library Spaces.
Key organisations supporting the initiative include the British Library, SCONUL, Research Libraries UK and the Research Information Network.
“Libraries of the Future” offers a great opportunity to get your views heard in a high-profile, national arena. Intute staff will be supporting debate on resource discovery and information literacy in particular, as we believe that the dramatic increase in user-created content on the Web is making these issues more critical than ever for academic practice.
With its origins in the JISC eLib Programme over 10 years ago, Intute is a good example of the academic library community taking a long-term pioneering role in the Internet information environment, and I’m sure that many librarians will see this JISC campaign as another opportunity to influence future developments for academic libraries.
So let’s take up the invitation from JISC and “let the debate begin“!
Andrew says: April 17, 2008 @ 9:40 am
“Is this the library of the future?”
“Yes”
“Can I borrow the year 2012?”
“Okay. This item is very popular, so I’m afraid it’s only a two day loan.”
“Then I’d also like to borrow this Saturday.”
Emma Place says: April 17, 2008 @ 10:38 am