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Sunday, 2nd May 2010

Florida Columnist: Libraries Must Find New Ways to Stay Relevant

A new column by Bill Maxwell in the St. Petersburg Times

The column begins with some stats from the recent ITHAKA S+R Faculty Survey and then includes some comments by Carol Hixson, dean of the University of South Florida Nelson Poynter Memorial Library in St. Petersburg.

Hixson Says:

"They must provide them the means of making that content available over time through trusted digital archives that adhere to international standards, promote long-term access, and enable broader discovery. They must help them publish their work through institutional repositories and other means; they must help them navigate the increasingly complex world of intellectual property in the digital era."

To remain viable, she said, libraries will have to go beyond their traditional roles of merely providing reference, circulation and interlibrary loan services.

"We have to get out to where our users are and provide services in new ways, whether that be texting, instant messaging, e-mail, on-site services in academic units or in spaces where students congregate. We will have to help faculty research and write grants and develop curricula that make good use of information resources. Sometimes, we will have to co-teach. The types of services will vary from campus to campus and will be dependent on the resources available."

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