Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Contact:          Dr Chris Bourg (Director, MIT Libraries)

Email:              cbourg@mit.edu

More about Chris Bourg & her role at MIT Libraries: http://news.mit.edu/2014/bourg-named-director-mit-libraries-1121

Dear Dr Bourg,

Warm greetings from NTU and NTU Libraries!    Our University has recently formed a new Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services. As part of the new visioning, positioning and planning for our library’s future, several of my staff and I are planning a series of study visits to a number of libraries to learn best practices and innovative ideas to inform our future planning and directions. A task force was set up for these visits, and we have identified MIT as one we would very much like to visit and learn from.

This is an exploratory note to see if you are open to having us visit and to check on your availability. We are currently considering the week of 20 February 2017 as a possible time to visit your library. If this is unsuitable or there are specific days and times around this week that work out better, please let me know. Our team is envisaged to be a small group of three librarians plus myself.

In particular, we are most interested in your bold new vision and strategic recommendations shared in the recent Future of Libraries report. If we could meet with colleagues to discuss these initiatives in depth, we would greatly appreciate it. We are also keen to have a look at the Barker Library and your institute archives and special collections.

Thank you for considering our request. After we hear back from the libraries we would like to visit, we will be in touch to make further arrangements.

I hope you will be able to accede to our request for the visit. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours sincerely,

Schubert Foo

Harvard University

Contact:               Dr Sarah Thomas (Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian; Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

Email:                   sarah_e_thomas@harvard.edu

More about Sarah Thomas: http://library.harvard.edu/sarah-thomas

Dear Dr Thomas,

Warm greetings from NTU and NTU Libraries!    Our University has recently formed a new Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services. As part of the new visioning, positioning and planning for our library’s future, several of my staff and I are planning a series of study visits to a number of libraries to learn best practices and innovative ideas to inform our future planning and directions. A task force was set up for these visits, and we have identified Harvard Library as one we would very much like to visit and learn from.

This is an exploratory note to see if you are open to having us visit and to check on your availability. We are currently considering the week of 20 February 2017 as a possible time to visit your library. If this is unsuitable or there are specific days and times around this week that work out better, please let me know. Our team is envisaged to be a small group of three librarians plus myself.

In particular, we are most interested in your Harvard Library Objectives in Action for 2016 – 2021, and the university records management and preservation program. If we could meet with colleagues to discuss these initiatives in depth, we would greatly appreciate it. We are also keen to have a look at the Harvard University Archives and the Weissman Preservation Center Library.

Thank you for considering our request.  After we hear back from the libraries we would like to visit we will be in touch to make further arrangements.

I hope you will be able to accede to our request for the visit. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours sincerely,

Schubert Foo

Duke University

Contact:               Dr Deborah Jakubs (Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian & Vice Provost for Library Affairs)

Email:                   deborah.jakubs@duke.edu

More about Deborah Jakubs: https://library.duke.edu/about/directory/staff/1221

https://library.duke.edu/about/directory/dept/11

Dear Dr Jakubs,

Warm greetings from NTU and NTU Libraries!   Our University has recently formed a new Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services. As part of the new visioning, positioning and planning for our library’s future, several of my staff and I are planning a series of study visits to a number of libraries to learn best practices and innovative ideas to inform our future planning and directions. A task force was set up for these visits, and we have identified Harvard Library as one we would very much like to visit and learn from.

This is an exploratory note to see if you are open to having us visit and to check on your availability. We are currently considering the week of 20 February 2017 as a possible time to visit your library. If this is unsuitable or there are specific days and times around this week that work out better, please let me know. Our team is envisaged to be a small group of three librarians plus myself.

In particular, we are most interested in your Duke Link, Data and Visualization Services, TWP Writing Studio and EDGE. If we could meet with colleagues to discuss these initiatives in depth, we would greatly appreciate it. We are also keen to learn about the high density repository and also visit Centre for Instructional Technology.

Thank you for considering our request.  After we hear back from the libraries we would like to visit we will be in touch to make further arrangements.

I hope you will be able to accede to our request for the visit. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours sincerely,

Schubert Foo

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North Carolina State University

Contact:               Susan Nutter (Vice Provost & Director of Libraries)

Email:                   susan_nutter@ncsu.edu

More about Susan Nutter: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/nutter

Dear Dr Nutter,

Warm greetings from NTU and NTU Libraries Our University has recently formed a new Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services. As part of the new visioning, positioning and planning for our library’s future, several of my staff and I are planning a series of study visits to a number of libraries to learn best practices and innovative ideas to inform our future planning and directions. A task force was set up for these visits, and we have identified Harvard Library as one we would very much like to visit and learn from.

This is an exploratory note to see if you are open to having us visit and to check on your availability. We are currently considering the week of 20 February 2017 as a possible time to visit your library. If this is unsuitable or there are specific days and times around this week that work out better, please let me know. Our team is envisaged to be a small group of three librarians plus myself.

In particular, we are most interested in your James B. Hunt Jr. Library technology spaces, iPearl immersion theatre, Emerging Issues commons, Idea Alcove, Game Lab and bookBot. If we could meet with colleagues to discuss these initiatives in depth, we would greatly appreciate it. We are also keen to have a look at the Hill Library’s Special Collections Research Center and Digital Media Lab Studio.

Thank you for considering our request.  After we hear back from the libraries we would like to visit we will be in touch to make further arrangements.

I hope you will be able to accede to our request for the visit. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours sincerely,

Schubert Foo