Challenges in the

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• Challenges in the
• University Libraries
• Presentation to the
• Penn State Board of Trustees
• Nancy L. Eaton
• Dean of University Libraries
• January 21, 2005

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A Brief Historical Perspective

• Pre-WWII
• The growth years for higher education, research,
  and research library collections and facilities
  (60s 80s)
• Contraction begins (80s present)
• Aging buildings new space needs
• Growth of big science and scientific publishing
• Commercial conglomerates shareholders
• Consortia and resource sharing increase
• Networking and digital alternatives evolve
• User focus and customization

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Pattee Library and Paterno Library A New Century
Begins

• Dedication on September 8, 2000
• Ranked 13th in North America
• 4.5 million volumes
• PSUL comprises 36 libraries at 24 locations
  throughout the Commonwealth

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Penn State University Libraries
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Students

• Open houses
• Approximately 3000 students introduced to the
  Libraries each semester

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Instructional Support

• Subject-based collection development, reference,
  instruction
• Support for Angel and World Campus
• Support for Freshman Seminars
• Increased course-related instruction
• Online tutorials
• Online reference

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FacilitiesLibrary as Place

• Post-2000 buildings
• SALA Library
• PAMS Library
• Harrisburg
• Berks
• York
• Altoona
• Wilkes-Barre
• UP Repository Building (2007/08)

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Repository Building (planned)

• All facilities at 100 capacity again
• Will provide 15 years growth and can be expanded
• Lowest per sq. foot construction cost available
• Serves all 36 libraries at our 24 locations

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Collections
Traditional Materials
E-Books

• 16 million/year for collections and electronic
  resources
• Added 1 million volumes since 1997
• 25 spent on online resources
• Access to remote collections as important as
  local collections

Historical Collections
Databases
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PSUL Shifting BudgetResources
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PSUL E-Books

• Over 57,500 e-books have been made available to
  PSUL patrons during the past two years.
• Average purchase price per book 1.54

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Technology

• New generation of technical platforms
• Web for ubiquitous access
• Metadata
• Wireless
• Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing
• New security challenges

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The New Challenge

• How do we sustain this progress and position
  ourselves in an increasingly technical and global
  information environment?

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The Issues

• Shrinking public support for higher education
• Changing role of the library in a technological
  environment and speed of technological change
• Information as a commodity and higher cost of
  information
• Retirements in the profession and competition for
  librarians and staff
• Cultural shifts among users in an increasingly
  pluralistic society
• Increasing emphasis on lifelong learning
• Space needs and quality of library as place

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PSUL Random STMJournal Renewals
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PSUL projection
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Trends

• Regardless of perceived value, the funding will
  not sustain current publishing model
• Libraries will buy a smaller and smaller of
  total publishing output
• As libraries purchase less and less of output,
  lack of access will begin to erode scholarship
  and faculty will be more willing to consider
  alternatives
• New tools and models are emerging to support
  digital scholarly communications
• Networking and new software critical to providing
  alternatives
• Some disruption in access to be expected during
  transition

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Future Directions

• Open access movement
• NIH pending legislation
• Letter from Nobel laureates to Congress
• Repository models (DSpace,Fedora)
• Monograph software (Greenstone,DLXS)
• Serials DPubS (Cornell/PSUL Mellon Project)
• Image software (ContentDM)
• E-archiving technologies standards evolving
• New library/publisher partnerships

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New Strategic Plan

• Articulates the changing role of the University
  Libraries

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Mission

• The University Libraries is a leader in advancing
  intellectual discovery, information literacy, and
  lifelong learning. The Libraries connects
  students and scholars to the world of information
  and ideas. As an active participant in the
  worldwide community of scholars, it fosters the
  teaching, research, service, and outreach goals
  of Penn State. It selects, creates, organizes,
  and facilitates access to resources that are
  relevant to the Universitys programs and
  pursuits.

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Vision

• The Libraries will be a national leader in the
  integration of intellectual content, services,
  and technology within the larger world of ideas
  and knowledge.

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Values

• The Libraries is committed to excellence in
• Intellectual freedom
• Equitable access to resources
• Leadership
• Service
• Diversity
• Collaboration
• Stewardship of collections and resources

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Goal 1 User-Centered

• We will enhance the users experience with the
  Libraries by becoming a more user-centered and
  responsive organization

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Goal 2 Information Literacy

• We will advance information literacy and lifelong
  learning

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Goal 3 Advance the Creation of NewKnowledge

• We will enrich and advance Penn States
  contributions to the worldwide community of
  scholars

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Goal 4 TechnologyChange

• We will collaborate to create and manage a
  technological infrastructure that is responsive
  to the changing needs of the Libraries users
  and of its employees

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Goal 5 Diversity

• We will foster diversity

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The Future?

• Changing role for the Libraries in an
  increasingly complex environment.
• We look forward to the challenge!