{"id":359,"date":"2007-11-09T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T12:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/09\/uwa-library-environmental-scan\/"},"modified":"2007-11-09T20:11:33","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T12:11:33","slug":"uwa-library-environmental-scan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/09\/uwa-library-environmental-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"UWA library environmental scan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.uwa.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">library<\/a> at my alma mater, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwa.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Western Australia<\/a>, is writing a strategic plan. They have generously released the preliminary environmental scan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.uwa.edu.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/11068\/Scanning_the_environment_2007_NE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Strategic Plan 2008-2010: scanning the environment<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>It is an worthwhile read and very well researched by over 21 staff in four teams who examined<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching and Learning<\/li>\n<li> Research,<\/li>\n<li>Information Resources and Users of the Future<\/li>\n<li>Information and Communication Technologies Futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interestingly, the teams discovered that many of the issues in the individual areas were the same, and they wrote a lot more convergent report than they anticipated.<br \/>\nTwo parts in particular leaped off the page at me. The first is an excerpt from<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the results of the UWA Student Services Survey of first year students (Skene, Cluett, &amp; Hogan, 2007) [which] found:<br \/>\n\u2022 95% of students surveyed have Internet access at home<br \/>\n\u2022 90% are online more than once a day<br \/>\n\u2022 96% own a mobile phone and 56% own a laptop<br \/>\n\u2022 46% used instant messaging at least once a day<br \/>\n\u2022 23% were blogging on a weekly basis<br \/>\n\u2022 74% downloaded music<br \/>\n\u2022 66% percent used You Tube<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes &#8211; that&#8217;s right &#8211; 40% more students had mobile phones than laptops. I don&#8217;t know whether the survey asked about internet enabled mobile phones. I hope that libraries who spend resources on furniture for users who bring in laptops are also looking at their websites and making sure they are mobile friendly.<\/p>\n<p>(By the way, an excellent description of  why and how to make a library website mobile friendly was presented by Cathy Slaven at QULOC in 2006 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quloc.org.au\/working_parties\/information_communication\/reports\/communicating_clients\/cathy.ppt\" onmousedown=\"return rwt(this,'','','res','1','AFQjCNFsngclLHCZMoVrBkqUii2AfscACQ','&#038;sig2=wJAcBvKTqPgHOoJBOT3B8g')\" hl_words=\"cathy slaven mobile\" pref_url=\"http:\/\/www.quloc.org.au\/working_parties\/information_communication\/reports\/communicating_clients\/cathy.ppt\" index=\"0\" class=\"l\">Designing web pages for small screen devices<\/a>) .<\/p>\n<p>The other bit that interested me was their &#8220;Developing People and Processes&#8221; in their &#8220;Key Issues&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Library must recruit, develop and retain talented staff who have exceptional skills in anticipating and responding to a quickly changing environment.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Library needs to review its operational planning process in order to respond more quickly to implementing changes relating to new technologies.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Library needs to enable timely evaluation, testing and implementation of new technologies by ensuring supporting infrastructure is flexible and has sufficient capacity for growth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like the little kid who eats only the pink jellybeans because they are her favourite, I rushed straight to the bits  that interested me &#8211; there is something to tickle your fancy if you have different library interests like planning physical spaces and resource discovery. If you&#8217;re not sure about IPV6 or 3D Printing or Green Offices, download a copy and check it out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m saving it right next to David Lewis&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/idea.iupui.edu\/dspace\/handle\/1805\/665\" target=\"_blank\">A model for academic libraries 2005 to 2025 <\/a>  and  <a href=\"http:\/\/ulatmac.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/strategic-planning-notes-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part one <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/ulatmac.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/strategic-planning-notes-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part two<\/a> of staff responses to the <a href=\"http:\/\/ulatmac.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">McMaster University Library<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ulatmac.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/25\/new-visionmission-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strategic planning<\/a> process .<a href=\"https:\/\/idea.iupui.edu\/dspace\/handle\/1805\/665\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The library at my alma mater, the University of Western Australia, is writing a strategic plan. 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