http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/ This blog is intended to be a place for reflection and conversation on topics broadly related to the New Service Model (NSM) process. I'll be posting my thoughts, as well as sharing relevant ideas and conversations with others. This blog is open, so feel free to share your thoughts and observations. en Copyright 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:01:25 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss What to Withdraw: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization "analyzes the rationales for retaining some copies of scholarly journals in print format, determining that actual ongoing community needs for print materials...are significant but not unlimited." The focus here is on scholarly journals with a goal of understanding "which materials are adequately safeguarded across the system [of all research libraries] such that withdrawals can safely proceed at a local level."]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2009/11/the_future_of_print_collection.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2009/11/the_future_of_print_collection.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:01:25 -0600 future of academic libraries. The comments provide an even wider range of perspectives (from librarians, at least, not many comments from other academics thus far...). ]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2009/09/libraries_of_the_future_and_th.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2009/09/libraries_of_the_future_and_th.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:12:01 -0600 Ithaka's 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education is now available online. This white paper reports the key findings from two 2006 surveys examining the impact of new technologies on the behavior and attitude of faculty and librarians. Analyzing responses from two complementary studies, one based on a survey of faculty and the other on a survey of librarians, the Ithaka report provides insight into how the use of the use of information for research and teaching is changing in an increasingly electronic environment. The report concludes with some suggestions about how libraries and other like minded institutions might best serve faculty in a changing world.]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/09/ithaka_report_explores_librari.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/09/ithaka_report_explores_librari.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:44:38 -0600 "New Directions Intitiative" at the UC Berkeley Libraries shows some remarkable similarities to the New Service Model process here at Illinois. The timing and the pace of these change processes are almost identical, and we are touching on many of the same themes. Perhaps we can learn from each other.]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/uc_berkeley_librarys_new_direc.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/uc_berkeley_librarys_new_direc.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:06:34 -0600 No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century. One of the core topical threads in the discussion involved a fundamental dilemma: libraries are profoundly conservative institutions (as follows from their traditional mission) but it is clear that we must respond to the changes around us or face the very real danger of becoming stuck in a niche that is getting smaller and smaller. So the questions is "How do we balance the conservative risk averse nature with the need to respond to a changing environment?" (p.4). The report suggests a number of possible solutions that are explored in some depth in the essays. More broadly, the summary recommendations suggest thinking deeply about what it is we want to conserve, identifying those areas where libraries have the competitive advantage (e.g. preservation and standards), and finding new ways to engage and expand our traditional position at the center of campus and at the crossroads of disciplines.]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/the_future_of_the_research_lib.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/the_future_of_the_research_lib.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:48:40 -0600
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JoAnn ]]> http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/welcome_to_the_nsm_blog.html http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/nsm/2008/08/welcome_to_the_nsm_blog.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:36:05 -0600