Vision 2010 Status Meeting
Betsy Wilson
Environmental Update
October 29, 2007
Scan Update
• Global Research
Library 2020
• Graduate Education
• University of
Washington
The Library of the Future
…may predict the future
of the university
James Duderstadt
Imagine Create Realize
Conversations about the future
Global Research Library
Why GRL 2020?
"The rapid dissemination of findings, the creation
of new tools and platforms for information
manipulation, and open access to research data
have rendered the traditional institution-based
approaches to providing access to information
inadequate. In order for research libraries to play
a central role in this increasingly multiinstitutional and cross-sector environment, we
must find new approaches for how they operate
and add value to research and discovery on a
global basis."
What Would it Entail?
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Being Global
Global Infrastructure
Scholarly Communication and Peer
Review
Data, data, and more data
Global Regulatory and Policy framework
Core Values
• Information drives discovery
• The creation of public value is central
• Selection, sharing, and sustainability are core
missions as library assets transition from paper
to digital formats
• Long-term curation of content is critical, and
requires focused effort in the development of
systems and standards to support them in the
long digital future ahead.
Agreement
• Need an interoperable network of services, resources,
and expertise
• Overlapping infrastructures must be integrated and
managed within policy frameworks
• Need a staff with interdisciplinary and global skills
• Open Access and social interoperability that will be key
to improving the effectiveness of research and learning
in the developing world
• The Web has reduced separation among communities
across sectors and research libraries need to exploit
these trends by creating collaborative environments
where public, private, and governmental agencies may
find common purpose and mutual benefit.
Critical Risks
• The Divide
• Information Control and Dissemination
• Data management, infrastructure and
curation
• Do nothing
• Singular focus
Next steps
• Advocacy document to help create a
unified, coherent voice in support of the
global research library
• www.grl2020.net
Graduate Education: Backbone of
American Competitiveness
1. A highly skilled workforce operation and the frontiers of knowledge
creation and professional practice are key to healthy economies and
a safer world; also to American competitiveness and national
security.
2. Because graduate program quality is the driver of American higher
education success, efforts to evaluate and improve all aspects of it
must be advanced and supported.
3. Interdisciplinary research and education are central to future
competitiveness, innovation, and knowledge creation.
4. Expansion of U.S. citizen participation, particularly from historically
under-represented groups must be a priority. Development of STEM
careers among domestic students in general must be encouraged.
5. U.S. graduate programs must be global – attracting the best and
brightest from around the world but also creating globally competent
scholars, scientists, and citizens.
Driving Forces of Change
• Knowledge explosion
• Accountability
• 3-way partnerships between universities,
government agencies, and the private sector
• Translational research
• Professional doctorate
• Professional masters
• Millennial student values
Globalization of Graduate
Education
• Changing US demographics
• Globalization of talent market
• Increasing international partnerships
University of Washington
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Reputation Building Initiative (RBI)
Serving the State through Policy support
Fourth campus?
Interdisciplinary
Global reach
– China Office (lead with research)
• Leadership changes