Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://libraries.mit.edu

http://web.mit.edu

(77 Massachusetts Avenue. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA)

Future of Libraries https://future-of-libraries.mit.edu

Task Force Preliminary Report (Full) (24 Oct 2016)

Task Force Preliminary Report (Executive Summary)

Ideas Bank

Digital collections – images, media, maps, etc.

4 themes; 10 strategic recommendations

Barker Library

Institute archives and special collections

Harvard University

http://www.harvard.edu

http://library.harvard.edu

(Smith Campus Center. 30 Dunster Street. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA)

Harvard Library Objectives in Action for 2016 – 2021

University records management and preservation program.

Preservation Program

University Records Management

Harvard University Archives

Weissman Preservation Center Library

Duke University

https://www.duke.edu

http://library.duke.edu

(411 Chapel Drive. Durham, NC 27708, USA)

Duke Link (Teaching & Learning Centre)

Data and visualization services

TWP Writing Studio

The Edge (The Ruppert Commons for Research, Technology, and Collaboration)

High density repository

Centre for Instructional Technology

Depart from Singapore

Arrive in Boston (same day)

[Accommodation: Boston]

21 Feb (Tue)

Visit State Library of Massachusetts

Visit Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library or Turfs University’s Tisch Library

[Accommodation: Boston]

22 Feb (Wed)

Visit MIT Libraries; meetings with MIT Libraries colleagues

[Accommodation: Boston]

Visit Harvard Library; meetings with Harvard Library colleagues

Domestic flight from Boston to North Carolina (Raleigh Durham)

[Accommodation: North Carolina]

Mid-morning to mid-afternoon programme

DL6279@1955hrs

Visit Duke University Libraries; meetings with DUL colleagues

Domestic flight from North Carolina (Raleigh Durham) to Boston

[Accommodation: Boston]

Early morning to afternoon programme

DL6237@2005hrs

25 Feb (Sat)

Visit MIT Museum Feb Fest – National Engineers Week

Depart from Boston

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

University of Toronto

https://www.utoronto.ca

https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca

• University of Toronto Archives Web Collection (sites created by the University community in the utoronto domain as well as sites created by campus and student groups)
• Assignment Calculator (helps break down assignment or project into manageable steps, and direct user to useful guides & services (particularly the Library and Writing Centres)
• MyMedia (media archive which is open to all faculty, staff, and students to stores their videos and sound files, and they are made publicly accessible or restricted)

Found a useful document Library Resources for Faculty

THE ranking: 22; QS ranking: 32

University of British Columbia

https://www.ubc.ca

http://www.library.ubc.ca

• Archives (Library has a very strong archival program) https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives

• Museum of Anthropology  (supported by the library and archives) http://moa.ubc.ca/library-archives

• Library school (SLAIS at UBS – strong archival and records management program) http://slais.ubc.ca/programs/degrees

MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://libraries.mit.edu

http://web.mit.edu

• Future of Libraries https://future-of-libraries.mit.edu
• Task Force Preliminary Report (Full) (24 Oct 2016)
• Task Force Preliminary Report (Executive Summary)
• Ideas Bank
• Digital collections – images, media, maps, etc.
• 4 themes:
  • Community & Relationships
  • Discovery & Use; Sustainability & Use
  • Stewardship & Sustainability
  • Research & Development
• 10 strategic recommendations

Harvard University

http://www.harvard.edu

http://library.harvard.edu

• Preservation Program
• University Records Management
• Strategic Objectives & Priorities

Stanford University

http://www.stanford.edu

https://library.stanford.edu

• Emerging Technologies Team
• linked data environment for improving discovery and navigation
• Bibliopedia, a platform for organizing, visualizing, sharing, and searching archives
• Digital humanities – Çatalhöyük Living Archive
• Special projects (large scale, high quality image digitization programs at Libraries, Archives and Museums, Digital Forensics, Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture series)

Full list

The University of Chicago

https://www.uchicago.edu

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/mansueto

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu

• Automated Storage and Retrieval System
• Glass Dome
• Preservation Laboratories
• Data and Software for Open Science project
• Advancing digital scholarship
• Embedded librarians – hospital, classroom, business, legal clinics.

This library is focusing a lot on digital and open scholarship and is being a bridge between different schools and its faculty. They also provide services on data interoperability.

THE ranking: 10; QS ranking: 10

North Carolina State University

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary

• BookBot – Automated Book Retrieval System
• Visualization, Immersive Display, Simulation, and Virtual Environments
• Gaming, Interactive Computing, Programming
• Prototyping, Engineering, Making, Modeling
• Conferencing, Capture, Streaming, Broadcast

There are couple of libraries in this institution (Hunt and Hill Library). They seem to be strong in providing technology for learning and they also have strong industry partners.

THE ranking: 201-250; QS ranking: 27

Illinois Institute of Technology

http://web.iit.edu

IIT Paul V. Galvin Library http://library.iit.edu

• Archives
• Digital Collections
• The Exploration Space (makerspace)
• Random book generator (sounds interesting)

University of Nevada, Reno

http://www.unr.edu

DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library https://library.unr.edu/DeLaMare/Index

Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Centre http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu

• Technology Lending
• Dynamic Media Lab
• 4k Suite
• DataWorks, an analysis & visualization lab
• VR

Other Interesting Places (non academic libraries)

• Exploratorium & Tinkering Studio, San Francisco, CA

http://www.exploratorium.edu

http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu

• Idea Box at Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL

http://oppl.org/events-classes/idea-box

• Chicago Public Library, Maker space & YouMedia, IL

http://youmedia.org

http://www.chipublib.org

• New York Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)

http://www.nypl.org/locations/sibl