This presentation discusses issues and challenges related to current and future trends in STEM librarianship. This includes strategies and discusses directions which would lead to a strong, effective STEM library team for the STEM libraries and community.

1. Trends & Teams
for Strong Libraries
Kimberly M. Hoffman
kmhoffman56@gmail.com

3. Previous slide image source: http://www.stm-assoc.org/standards-
technology/resources/tech-trends-2020/
➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

4. This work is reflective:
Ferguson, C. L. (2016). Textbooks in academic libraries. Serials Review.
doi:10.1080/00987913.2016.1207480
Gamer, A. K. (2016). The Aspen institute - Libraries in the Exponential Age: Moving From the Edge
of Innovation to the Center of Community. Retrieved from
http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/Dialogue-on-Public-Libraries
Jennifer L Marill. (2016). Journal selection at the national library of medicine: A new process for
challenging times. Technicalities, 36(4), 1.
Lewis, D. W. (2016). Reimagining the academic library. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-
SYUslsVfg
Schonfeld, R. C. (2016). Organizing the work of the research library. Retrieved from
http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/organizing-the-work-of-the-research-library/

5. “library as place” - Ray Oldenburg
The Aspen Institute - Libraries in the Exponential
Age: Moving From the Edge of Innovation to the
Center of Community
● Superconnectivity
● America’s Civic Square
● App-Library
http://www.pps.org/reference/roldenburg/

6. ➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

7. The Acceleration of Open Access by Barbara Fister
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/acceleration-open-access
➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

8. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46826/title/Even-More-Preprints/
https://osf.io/preprints/

9. “Open access repositories are usually
managed by universities, government agencies,
or nonprofit associations. Affiliation with a larger
institution (with a public service mission)
means that repositories are likely to be around
for a long time.
They often employ librarians and data specialists
who specialize in ensuring long term archiving.”
University of California. Office of Scholarly Communication
http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-
access-repository/

10. Open Science Framework
SHARE
CHORUS
ORCID
➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

11. 101 Innovations in
Scholarly Communication
from FORCE 2015
https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/

12. ➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

13. ➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding
SEE: The Future of Academic Library Materials Expenditures: A Thought Experiment
https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/6110
This work proposed by David L. Lewis, 2016.

14. Science Libraries
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries
➔ Context Collections Open Access Digital Scholarship Funding

15. The Future Engineer
of 2020
http://www.raisethebarforengineering.org/future-engineer

16. Challenges in the 21st century
Provide energy from fusion
Develop carbon sequestration methods
Manage the nitrogen cycle
Provide access to clean water
Restore and improve urban infrastructure
Advance health informatics
Engineer better medicines

17. Challenges in the 21st Century con’t...
Reverse-engineer the brain
Prevent nuclear terror
Secure cyberspace
Enhance virtual reality
Advance personalized learning
Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

18. “The world needs…
engineering professionals
with both a breadth and depth of
knowledge, strong leadership,
and a dedication to the public good.”
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries
http://www.raisethebarforengineering.org/future-engineer

19. ➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries
SEE: Graph - Academic Library Workforce 1998-2025
SEE: Graph – Projection of Academic Librarian by Generation
David L. Lewis - p. 63 in Reimagining the Academic Library

20. “Academic library administrators must be more sensitive to the
diverse background, interests, aspirations, and “hunger” of the
new professional staffing realities. They must commit
to a more “ferocious” staff orientation and training
commitment, and seek out creative opportunities for
employees to “pack” together more routinely. They must
provide more effective training for managers in working
with more ambiguous definitions of professional and
more blended staff participation.”
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries

21. ● Build teams with purpose
● Teaching & Consulting
New services
Grants
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries

22. TEAM Strategies
1. Team with a mission
2. Leadership & training/continuous improvement
3. Tackle complex issues collaboratively
4. Empower employee ideas
5. Listen and respond to feedback
6. Be intentional and consistent
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries

23. My Strategies
1. Mentor
2. Partnerships
3. Leadership team
➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries

24. https://www.etsy.com/listing/259472366/engineer-t-shirt-someone-who-solves

25. “Can the library become the center for engagement on campus,
with liaisons providing critical human support and analysis
that cuts across technology, disciplines, hierarchies, social
norms, and institutional and cultural contexts? By focusing on
the process rather than the role, appreciating the unevenness of
change, bridging the last mile, measuring impact and
success, and moving upstream and outward, liaisons will
reconfirm that not only is the library the place to go when you
don’t know, it’s also the place to reengage with each other.”
Kenney, Anne R. "From Engaging Liaison Librarians to Engaging Communities." College & Research
Libraries 76.3 (2015): 386-91. http://crl.acrl.org/content/76/3/386.full.pdf+html

26. ➔ Demographics Organization/Teams STEM Librarians STEM Libraries
Look beyond the University environment - Educators,
Publishers, R&D, Entrepreneurs, Policy Advocates - where
communities of scholars can be super connected, community
based and steeped in technology.

27. Thank you!
Kimberly M. Hoffman
kmhoffman56@gmail.com
Digital Scholarship @ CUA
http://www.lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/category/digital-scholarship/
Just Do Good Work http://justdogoodwork.com/
Twitter @KMH_nowinVA

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