Presentation at Living the Future 8, April 23-24, 2012.

1. Virtual Environments at the
University of Kansas Libraries
Scott Hanrath

2. Students & Library Websites
• Use it (59%)
• Not a starting point (0%)
• Find what they need (99%)
• More trustworthy
• More accurate
Source: OCLC. Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and
Community. A report to the OCLC membership

3. Students & Search Engines
• Really use them (93%)
• Starting point (83%)
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Faster
More convenient
Easier
More reliable
Source: OCLC. Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and
Community. A report to the OCLC membership

4. Choosers vs Users
“As the people institutions are accustomed to
think of as users refashion themselves as
choosers, colleges and universities will have to
devise new ways of supporting constituencies
and looking out for institutional interests.”
Ronald Yanosky. “From Users to Choosers: Central IT and the Challenge or Consumer
Choice”. EDUCAUSE Review, Nov/Dec 2010

5. Faculty & The Gateway Function
• Gateway function declining in importance
• Gateway (59%) less important than Archive (71%) or
Buyer (90%) functions
• Disciplinary differences: Humanities, Social Sciences,
Sciences
Source: Schonfeld and Housewright. Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic
Insights for Libraries, Publishers, and Societies. Ithaka S+R, 2010.

6. Scholarly Communication
• Publishing and Repositories
• Data
• Digital Humanities

18. Environments for Discovery
vs
Discoverable Environments ?

19. openaccess.ku.edu

24. Thanks!
Scott Hanrath
shanrath@ku.edu
@rshanrath