“Library Needs, Faculty Expectations”
“Library Needs, Faculty Expectations”
Lilian A. Barria, Ph.D Professor
Lilian A. Barria, Ph.D Professor
“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library. The library is the
University.”
---Shelby Foote, 1993
“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library. The library is the
University.”
---Shelby Foote, 1993
What should a Library be in the 21
stCentury?
What should a Library be in the 21
stCentury?
• A Library is still vital to institutional development and growth
• Provide , share and generate knowledge
• Move from material focus to people focus
• Support learning, teaching, research and community-building
• A Library is still vital to institutional development and growth
• Provide , share and generate knowledge
• Move from material focus to people focus
• Support learning, teaching, research and community-building
Learning and Teaching Learning and Teaching
• Tutoring services
• Training session
• Computer labs
• Cyber literacy: good sources and navigate databases
• Tutoring services
• Training session
• Computer labs
• Cyber literacy: good sources and navigate databases
• Research strategy assistance
• 24/7 online answers
• Study time
• Research strategy assistance
• 24/7 online answers
• Study time
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one”.
–Neil Gaiman, 2010
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one”.
–Neil Gaiman, 2010
Research Research
• E-resources and printed resources
• Access to scholarly journals
• Inter-library loans
• Build collections
• E-resources and printed resources
• Access to scholarly journals
• Inter-library loans
• Build collections
Community-Building Community-Building
• Travelling collections
• Digitalization of resources
• Quiet reading space
• Office space for visitors
• (Temporary ) University services
• Travelling collections
• Digitalization of resources
• Quiet reading space
• Office space for visitors
• (Temporary ) University services
“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.”
---Harold Howe, 1967
“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.”
---Harold Howe, 1967
