Start Date
12-4-2011 9:00 AM
End Date
12-4-2011 10:45 AM
Description
Presentation and discussion will explore the cultural and economic shifts influencing libraries to rethink their services model. Drawing upon experience in the University of California’s Next Generation Technical Services initiative, Ms. Hruska will describe the process of building consensus and an action agenda on a system-wide level. Now in an environment where expectations and resources have changed dramatically from the time the project began two years ago, she will outline the organizational thinking currently shaping next steps and how it furthers the basic principles on which the project started. These include thinking more broadly about the Libraries’ infrastructures in terms of content and interdependencies to improve the users’ experiences.
The Next Generation Library is Now: The Process of Transforming UC's Library Technical Services
Presentation and discussion will explore the cultural and economic shifts influencing libraries to rethink their services model. Drawing upon experience in the University of California’s Next Generation Technical Services initiative, Ms. Hruska will describe the process of building consensus and an action agenda on a system-wide level. Now in an environment where expectations and resources have changed dramatically from the time the project began two years ago, she will outline the organizational thinking currently shaping next steps and how it furthers the basic principles on which the project started. These include thinking more broadly about the Libraries’ infrastructures in terms of content and interdependencies to improve the users’ experiences.