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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
- No paradigm exists for the 21st century library
- Context and talk focus
- Student library visits fall 20 per cent in a decade
- A new world
- The black swan
- A new approach to strategy
- Library space is strategic
- Be unhappy
- Embrace uncertainty
- Be imaginative
- Imagining change
- Keys to developing strategy
- Desired attributes of the study centre
- What is happening with learning
- Motivation & engagement - important components
- What is changing
- What has not changed
- The creative class
- The experience economy
- Spaces can make us happier
- Spaces can 'speak to us'
- Environment has an impact
- Environment impact may have remarkable effects
- Environment may have emotional effects
- Environment would always have emotional effects
- Design is a tool for promoting changes
- Buildings and spaces speak to us
- JISC on learning space
- 21st century learning space
- All learning starts with conversation
- The learner learning - the conversational framework
- Conversation equals thinking
- Informal settings are powerful
- Key trends: open flexible (agile) space
- Key trends: technology rich space
- Key trends: semi private space
- Key trend: service remodelling
- Key trend: Interior design - not architecture
- Key trend: creating experiences
- What makes a good building are the ideas in it
- The undesired library
- The desired library
- Important factors in designing a library
- From space to place
- The library is a "third place" for it's users
- Strategy: the whole story
- We create the future
- On campus space
- Thank you
Topics Covered
- Dealing with uncertainty
- Importance of creativity and conversation in 21st century learning
- Importance of experiences and emotions in space design
- The power of informal settings
- Key features in new library developments
- Place not space
Talk Citation
Watson, L. (2013, January 17). Library as place? [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 31, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/AJQO8090.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on January 17, 2013
Financial Disclosures
- Mr. Les Watson has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
 
       
    


















