Repositioning Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education

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Repositioning Information and Communication
Technologies in Higher Education

• William Dutton
• Oxford Internet Institute
• www.oii.ox.ac.uk

7th International Bielefeld Conference, 3-5
February 2004
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RECONFIGURING ACCESS
Libraries and other ICT services reconfigure
access to information, people, services and ICTs,
enabling them to play a central role in achieving
the missions of all institutions of higher
education.
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Working Assumptions

• Grasping the Information Paradox
• Visioning in a Period of Transition
• A University-Wide Vision
• The Need to Avoid Old Dichotomies

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The Old Dichotomies

• Library v. information (IT) services
• Electronic v. print - digital v. analog
• Centralized v. Distributed

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Central Themes and Assumptions

• The Problems are Critical
• Time to Act in a Period of Transition
• The Need for a University-Wide Vision
• The Need to Avoid Old Dichotomies
• Getting Out of a Budgetary Box

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Ways Forward

• Defining a Strategic Vision The USC Case

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The Case of USC

• A Strategic Plan for the University of Southern
  California (USC)
• Information Pathways to Excellence Mission
  Driven Strategies for Library and Information
  Services
• www.usc.edu/isd/strategicplan

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Ways Forward

• Defining a Strategic Vision The USC Case
• Elements of a Strategic Vision

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Elements of a Strategic Vision

• Seamless Access to User-Driven Collection
• Multi-Disciplinary Magnets
• Information Infrastructures

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Students, Power Point, VLEs, Laptops, the Web and
Wires Meet at the OII
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Elements of a Strategic Vision

• Seamless Access to User-Driven Collection
• Multi-Disciplinary Magnets
• Information Infrastructures
• A Well-Defined Federal Structure
• A Web-based Service Environment

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Access Bielefeld