UNLV Lied Library (LL) expansion, 2001
- expansion of services, esp. tech = advances institutional mission of being "cutting-edge" facility for UNLV community
- join Internet 2 access grid (research collab unis-gov-businesses); stay "competitive"
- attract "talent", funding
- education increasingly privatized?
- transfer
- physical: coordinate logistics (e.g. w/ regard to staff schedule, lib hours)
- data migration old unit>new unit (formats?)
- tech plan for admin
- part of advocacy
- anticipated hard/software + acquisition/maintenance budget
- how to allocate? where from?
- built-in "fault tolerance; operations continue despite flaw(s)
- distinction among users
- prioritize needs + uses of "main"; adjust as allows for community members
- possible restrictions
- space and proximity
- 1 dept, ideally one physical space
- physical separation “hinders" casual interactions (e.g. KM "tacit knowledge")
- increase staff and server space = less(er)-utilized area? how not to infringe?
- control conditions for storage (e.g. temp)
- security
- increased vigiliance in public areas? cameras? (also staff considerations)
- PC security v. malware
- equipment and software issues
- seek temp solutions
- but also train non-IT staff to better troubleshoot common issues
Future considerations
- Technology not just domain of Systems/Tech staff!
- Professional development opps?
- Funding continuing challenge (for equipment, staff, training)
- Equitable access to lib resources: balance demand for fixed PC points, but also facilitate remote access
- Network security (firewalls) + physical security (network mgmt protocol for tracking PCs)
- Library leadership: ppl @ top must also be advocates for lib services
- Cooperation/collaboration outside of UNLV
- How to stay up-to-date, relevant?
2. Carvajal, Doreen. "European libraries face problems in digitalizing." New York Times, October 28, 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/technology/28iht-LIBRARY29.1.8079170.html
European Digital Library --> Europeana
- v. Google Books
- "counteract" U.S. monopoly/arrogance
- claim "ownership" of European heritage
- but also stake on world stage
- "C" culture
- history of state (govt) aid for cultural projects
- digitization task overwhelming
- alternative funding models
- culture as capital, but also ECONOMIC capital
- "private-partnership" alliances
- but runs risk of privatizing heritage institutions, at beck and call of money; no longer democratic (i.e. "for" the people?)
3. Smith, Charles Edwards. "A Few Thoughts on the Google Books Library Project." Educause Quarterly 1 (2008): 10-11. https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0812.pdf
- Internet: a tool for collaboration
- digitization: links between past, present, future knowledge
- also ?s of accessibility
- ex: specialists in research libraries can find/get material (but not "lay" public)
- Google Books and other projects eliminating middleman? facilitating transfer of knowledge?
- info (and subsequent knowledge), not format, is key
- which info is "worth" documenting, how, and by whom?
- "digital divide" not just ? of pre-post internet, but also different, contemporaneous audiences, diversity of backgrounds/habits within "same" group (e.g. graduate students)
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