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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
- Papal bull of foundation, 1413
- Early history
- King James library
- 'Elegant and luminous'
- Library history (1)
- The 'old library'
- The 'new library'
- Library history (2)
- Transformation no. 1
- Transformation no. 2
- Content in the cloud
- Our contemporary main university library
- Location
- St Andrews cathedral ruins
- Main Library environment
- Digital transformations in research universities
- JISC banding scheme
- Holdings and access
- St Andrews university library e-resources
- The 'online library' arrives
- From the online to the digital library
- From scarcity to abundance
- Scale leaps forward
- Open access repository
- Special collections blog
- Special collections at St Andrews
- Financial investment
- Acknowledgments
Topics Covered
- Ancient and mediaeval universities
- Scottish ancient university libraries
- University library history
- Digital resources
- The digital revolution
- Cloud libraries
- From library 'holdings' to licensed content
- Publisher pricing policies
- Scholarly journals
- From 'the online library' to resources on the web
- Open access repositories
- Hybrid libraries
- Special collections
- Rare and unique materials
- University archives
- Scale developments in library operations
- History of legal deposit
- National and international library cooperation
- Global competition in higher education
- Cataloguing of special collections
- Digitization of special collections
- Contrast with US research university libraries
- Library branding
Talk Citation
MacColl, J.A. (2012, March 29). Transforming a mediaeval university [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 31, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/YDQY7046.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on March 29, 2012
Financial Disclosures
- Mr. John A. MacColl has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
 
       
    


















