Boyce, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-040X, Greenwood, A., Haworth, A. et al. (5 more authors) (2019) Visions of value : leading the development of a view of the University Library in the 21st century. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45 (5). 102046. ISSN 0099-1333
Abstract
Over the course of 2018 the University of Sheffield Library conducted a series of interviews and workshops with stakeholders as part of a strategic project to reflect on the value of the university library in the 21st century. Using a mixed methodology, participants were asked to reflect upon the future Higher Education (HE) environment for the university and, for academic participants, their discipline. In this context participants were also asked to reflect upon the future value of the University Library in a series of questions designed to elicit value statements using a tool which the project group have called the ‘Wheel of Value’. The resulting reflections upon the future environment have been grouped into four categories reflecting the drivers for change; Digitalisation, Student Experience, Diversification and Collaboration recognizing that there is considerable overlap and interconnection between these. The reflections on the future value of the library are presented by Wheel of Value higher order categorization. This approach proved useful in eliciting responses from participants in the face of recognized difficulty in getting beyond current views of the library and the approach is recommended to other universities looking to carry out a similar project. The results of this research will be used to inform the development of a view of the library for the purpose of engaging with our university community and key partners.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Administrative Services (Sheffield) > Library (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Professional Services (Sheffield) > Library (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2019 15:05 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2019 15:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102046 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148932 |