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              - Introduction
- Management Issues
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                                3. Convergence- Ms. Anne Poulson
- Mr. Gary Horrocks
 
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                                4. Supporting research: new opportunities for 'subject librarians' and other staff- Mr. Antony Brewerton
 
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                                5. Library as place?- Mr. Les Watson
 
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                                6. Customer value discovery- Dr. Sue McKnight
 
- Content
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                                7. The future of university medical librarianship- Ms. Beverly Murphy
 
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                                8. From here to there: library content in the digital age- Mrs. Wendy Evans
 
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                                9. Institutional repositories- Dr. Alma Swan
 
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                                10. Ensuring continuity of access to resources for scholarship- Mr. Peter Burnhill
 
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                                11. Social web and libraries- Mr. Brian Kelly
 
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                                12. Vendor supplied MARC records for online collections- Ms. Catelynne Sahadath
 
- Services
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                                13. E-learning and the digital library- Prof. Andrew McDonald
 
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                                14. Research services- Ms. Liz Chapman
 
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                                15. Introduction to systematic reviews for librarians- Ms. Lindsey Sikora
 
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                                16. Libraries in a digital age: access- Dr. Simon Ball
 
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                                17. What color is your paratext? trust metrics- Mr. Geoffrey W. Bilder
 
- Case Studies
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                                18. Transforming a mediaeval university- Mr. John A. MacColl
 
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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                                19. Scenario planning for libraries- Mr. Steve O'Connor
 
Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Scenario planning for libraries
- Perception matters more than reality
- Value that is not valued is not valuable
- Patrons do not need librarians as much
- The cool eye of the future
- The rear vision view
- The future is not linear
- Planning is an essential element of success
- Choices
- Make change your friend
- Receiving different messages
- Path tunnel gets narrower
- What is scenario planning?
- Imagination and stories
- Future files
- Extinction summary
- Development of imagination
- Principles of disruption
- Disrupted models
- At the crossroads...
- Principle: Focus on the user
- User focus
- Principle: Strengths?
- Digital and physical libraries
- Dwell on what we think that we are good at
- Predictions
- Other dimensions
- Inevitability?
- Future focus and Strategic thinking
- Service organisations challenges
- Creating a preferred scenario
- Publishing cycle
- Creating a scenario
- Creating a scenario - outsourcing example
- Avoid group thinking
- Re-conceptualising: Search
- Re-conceptualising: Content
- Re-conceptualising: Organisations
- Re-conceptualising: Skill
- Does not need to be spanking new!
- Plan not for tomorrow
- Imagine your library's future
- Do not dismiss opportunities
- Information exponentials
- Thank you
Topics Covered
- Pressure for change in libraries globally
- Analysis of the environment of the digital information world
- Disruptive forces on technology
- Digital information
- Scenario planning
- Application of scenario planning to libraries and publishing environments
- Development of scenarios
- Future options
Talk Citation
O'Connor, S. (2012, March 29). Scenario planning for libraries [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 31, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/FGPJ1904.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Mr. Steve O'Connor has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
 
       
    


















