Here is a
manifesto issued by the
RLG Partnership Research Information Management Roadmap Working Group. It looks like there are some great ideas here. Each of their points are well considered, but I think these two merit special interest:
- Design flexible new services around those parts of the research process that cause researchers the most frustration and difficulty.
- Embed library content, services, and staff within researchers’ regular workflows; integrating with services others provide (whether on campus, at other universities, or by commercial entities) where such integration serves the needs of the researcher.
To accomplish these goals means a sea change in the library mind-set: creating tools that work in tandem with other tools our patrons need, instead of expecting everyone to learn the special ways of the library; and always keeping the needs of the user uppermost in mind. Libraries have always claimed to do just those things, but many of our patrons would disagree.
I would only add that there are additional needs that a library has for its internal purposes, but these should not overshadow the goals of this manifesto.
Give it a read!
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