Visioning the Library of the Future

 

 

Introduction to Exercise:  The group was challenged in this exercise to describe the library at its best (from student point of view).  Using the City on a Hill Press the group split up and worked in small groups to create headlines and lead-ins that featured the library on the cover/home page of an issue for January, 2013 from a student point of view.  We were encouraged to use the information gathered from our SWOT, STEPE, customer analysis, and other UCSC info.  As a group,  we brainstormed a “vision” of ideas and selected those significant to undergraduates, then graduates, and finally, faculty.

 

 

January 2013

 

 

The City on a Hill Press

 

Price:  $10.00

 

Sampling of the different groups headlines, and lead ins focusing on undergraduates:

 

 

(Delivered via RSS Feed)                                                                      (Link to Espanol)

 

 

-     George Blumenthal University Library Opens Next Week.

Open House Held:  President Obama Speaks.

 

-     Jesse Rodriguez Wins Award for Rare Plant Map – Credits Library

                  (link to rare plant map)

 

-     Library Announces New Archive of Student Created Videos

                  (link to one of the videos)

 

-     Tree Sitters Leave Trees – Use Library’s Shower!  Chancellor “Grateful”

                  (link to LRDP)

 

-     Student Group Raises Fees to Support Expanded “Creativity Lab.”

 

-     UCSC Alum Donates Historic Gaming Collection to the Library Booming Creativity Lab.

 

-     Find Your Grandmother’s Fan Mail; Search the Grateful Dead Archive

                  (graphic)  (link to Grateful Dead Archive)

 

-     Avoid Second Quarter Slam:  Keep Up at the Library

                  -  Start Your Mash-Up

                  -  Finish Your Video Project

                  -  Customize Your iUCSC Page

                  -  Connect with Your Study Group Over Lattes

 

-     As the Learning Center of the Campus, the Libraries Have the Best Tools to Connect with Faculty, Information Specialists and Other Students

 

-     Visit the Library Without Leaving the Student Union

                  -  The Library is Available Wherever You Are

      -  Get a Personal Introduction to the Best Sources for Your

     Global Warming Paper – Talk to a Librarian!

 

-     The Ubiquitous Library:  It’s the People, It’s the Place…From Anywhere, Anytime

 

-     Information @ Your Fingertips

 

-     Work and Play with Friends and Professors in Group Spaces, Classrooms and Quiet Study Areas

 

-     Find, Grab and Use a Wide Variety of Rich Digital and Print Content and Tools

 

-     Get Specialized Research Help Face-to-Face AND in the E-vironment

 

-     Relax and Study in the Cyber Café

 

 

What Students Say:

 

 

-     Where to Get Things Done!

 

-     One-Stop Shopping!

 

-     Fueled by Library Latte, I Got it All Done! (student facebook)

 

 

Library Says:

 

 

-     The Library is Everywhere! (link to library)

 

-     We Are Where You Are!

 

-     Satellite Services Offered 24/7

 

 

Grads:

 

 

-     Grads Credit the Library with Completing Their Dissertations on Time:  “I had access to everything I needed, where I was, for as long as I wanted”

 

-     Grad Students Start Holding Office Hours in the Library -  Quality of Papers Skyrocket

 

-     New Library Metadata Project Makes Finding Primary Sources Easier

 

-     Library Supports Online Dissertation Submissions

 

-     “I Survived Library Boot Camp” – One Researchers Account of How the Library Showed Her How to Organize for Success

 

-     Find, Grab and Use Rich Content in Your Class, Thesis or Dissertation

 

-     Meet Your Class of Section at the Library

 

Faculty:

 

 

-     Faculty Member Credits Library in Leading the Way to Success With New Journal Plos.²  

 

 

-     Faculty/Librarian Co-author Peer-Reviewed Paper and Present at a Global Forum on Information Literacy as a Human Right Issue

 

-     Synergy and Mosaic Lecture Series Inspires New Humanities/Science Course

 

 

-     Faculty-Created Content Preserved by Library

 

-     Professor Press Wins Major Teaching Innovation Award Thanks to the Library’s Integrated Supports

 

-     From Ideas, Pedagogical Planning, Technological Support, Funding Opportunities, Deliveries and Access, the Library Becomes the One-Stop Center

 

Other News:

 

 

-     Human Genome Project Data Rescued from Certain Destruction by UCSC Librarians.  Info Recovered and Preserved

 

-     UCSC Enrollment of Transfer Students Up

 

-     Award-Winning Library Attracts Best and Brightest – Transfer, Re-entry and Faculty