Trends in Academic Libraries

Prof. N.R. Satyanarayana

 God Lives In Libraries

- Dr. S.R. Ranganathan

He is not an atheist.
He is staunch believer of God.
He has deep belief in God and in his
profession.
He wanted to do full justice to his profession.
If shows his, commitment to the profession he
loves.
 His ideas are dialectical:
Changing Quantity into Quality

Thus brought revolution in Library &

Information Services.

He is a true trend setter.

LIS Professionals need to do

Full Justice to the profession.

Which is facing multiple challenges,
threatening the existence of our profession.
Librarians are bracing these problems
continuously.
They are finding solutions to these problems,
resulting in the shape of TRENDS.
Value of Academic Libraries
They have communicative value.
They must prove their value to the academic
enterprise.
There are compelling reasons, as per National
Knowledge Commission (NKC).
Libraries need better funding.
Unless better funding, we will be forced to the reality to
stop doing so.
Prof. C.N. Raos Comment on funding to the science
research is:
It is so little, marginal and comes late
It is also equally true with higher education and also
with Academic Libraries.
We must convert feeling of goodwill to articulate
libraries value to the academic community.
Recent Value Related Research

Correlation between Library material usage

& student grade point.
Relation between library and student
achievement.
How it contributes to the faculty success.
i.e., environmental value of academic
libraries.
 Trends in Information
Technology
It is greatly influencing Library and Information
services.
Influencing future thinking of academic libraries.
Changing trends in peoples desire for information.
Access to social media.
Networks: Any time Any where.
Adoption of cloud-based technologies.
New-publishing paradigm: Open content.
ALL THESE CHALLENGES ARE PLACING LIBRARIANS
UNDER PRESSURE.
Need to Evolve New Ways

Developing digital literary skills

For supporting scholarship.
It includes helping students.
Creating opportunities for authoring/
publishing and researching.
 IT Trends Related to
Libraries

Web-based discovery systems for

discipline scoped searching.
Customized widgets.
Community source Library Management
Systems.
Data Sharing and Networking

Data curation and sharing are increasing.

Evolving of more repositories and
consortia.
To share data through Information
networks.
Attempts are cloud based.
LIBRARIANS NEED TO COLLABORATE
WITH RESEARCH COMMUNITIES.
We are expected to do:

Finding new ways to communicate.

Improving skills and
Developing roles.
[WE WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
ACTIVITIES]
 Digital Preservation

Lacks long term planning for

preservation.
Needs architecture, policy, standards for
creating, accessing and preserving.
Likely to emerge in the near future.
 Mobile Environment

Mobile devices are changing the way

information is delivered.
Libraries are not providing service to mobile
devices.
Information provider have apps for i-phone, i-
pad & androids.
Mobile inter-phases are now available for
OPACs.
OCLC, Elsevier, Thompson Reuters, etc. are
providing such categories of services.
 Higher Education is in
Turmoil
Trends to watch:

Rise of distance and on-line instruction

Globalization of education

Increasing skepticism Return on

Investment
Shifts in Higher Education

Direct impact on Libraries.

Expectations for development of
collections.
Delivery of collections.
Service for both old and new readers.
How libraries add to the value to the
institution
Race of Global Universities

Western countries expanding their

footprints.
Our Institutions too are making a global
mark elsewhere
Students seeking value for their
education in terms of money (USD).
This is reflecting in strong enrolment
numbers.
 E-book Acquisition and
Libraries
Academic libraries are often criticized:
LARG COLLCTIONS OF PHYSICAL BOOKS
WITH OPEN STACKS WITH LOW
CIRCULATION.
We need to look at Patron Driven Acquisition
(PDA).
E-books facilitates simultaneous access by
many users.
Expenditure must be in line with their value
 Trends in Scholarly
Communication
Scholarly communication is changing.
Publishing models are at a faster pace.
New publishing models for books,
Journals, digital material.
Libraries are expected for expanding
publishing services.
 A Word About Staffing

Staffing issues a major concern.

Staff for new challenges-
Data Curation
Digital resource management
Digital preservation
Scholarly communication
Support for faculty instruction
Support for student learning
New sets of skills are required.
Hiring new personal and deploying them.
Retaining existing staff.
Trends in User Behavior and
Expectations
Convenience is a significant factor.
Everyday information seeking situations.
Parents, friends, colleagues, teachers are first
information sources.
Libraries are usually not the first source.
Internet and Google offers no problem in
finding information sources.
So, we need to provide immediate, seem less
access to information.
New library has to be Just in Time model.
 Therefore, We must

Make oursleves available to the students &

faculty through different channels such as :
Social media
Chat
Information management
Text references
Must also physically available at:
Academic departments
Student unions
Cafeterias
Use electronic resources by bring library to the
user at the forefront.
 Conclusion

There are many other trends.

These are most mentioned and
discussed trends nowadays.
Thank you