Trends in Academic Libraries: The Brewing Perfect Storm

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Date: September, 21 2015
Heure: 5 :30 pm
Room: FSS6032
Trends in Academic
Libraries:
The Brewing Perfect Storm
Leslie Weir
University Librarian
BA, History, Concordia University
MLIS, McGill University
École des sciences de l’information
School of Information Studies
http://arts.uottawa.ca/sis/ | http://arts.uottawa.ca/esi/
@UO_ESIS
Researcher Biography / Biographie du chercheur
Ms. Weir, University Librarian at the University of Ottawa and a cross-appointed professor in the
School of Information Studies, has played many key roles in the Canadian library
landscape. These include having been President of the Canadian Association of Research
Libraries (CARL) from 2008-2010, Chair of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
from 2010-2012 and is currently a member of the Board of the Canadian Research Knowledge
Network (CRKN), formerly the Canadian National Site License Project (CNSLP) from 2001 – 2009
and from 2011 to the present. Ms. Weir was the Principal Investigator on the CRKN CFI-funded
project, Digital Content Initiative (DCI) for Human and Social Sciences. She is one of the
architects of the OCUL’s Scholars Portal initiative, which includes the one of the two certified
trusted digital repository in Canada, from its inception in July 2001. Ms. Weir is currently on a
number of boards including the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and has
been the President of Canadiana.org, the organization charged with digitizing Canada's
published heritage, since June 2012.
Abstract / Résumé
The talk will focus on the growing trend away from an emphasis in academic libraries on collections
and print-based services to a focus on the Library role in the university learning and research
enterprises including, but not limited to, e-learning, digitization, scholarly publishing, open access,
digital humanities, and management of research data.
École des sciences de l’information
School of Information Studies
http://arts.uottawa.ca/sis/ | http://arts.uottawa.ca/esi/
@UO_ESIS