This document provides a bibliography of 29 reports about the future of academic libraries. It includes reports on topics such as how readers navigate to scholarly content, college students' perceptions of libraries, sustainability models for online academic resources, and preserving digital content. The reports were published between 2006 and 2009 by organizations like Ithaka, OCLC, and EDUCAUSE. The bibliography also lists several blogs and articles discussing trends in library design, the future of research libraries, the role of metadata and semantics, and other current issues in libraries.

1. WMLA Presentation Bibliography
UBC Library Strategic Plan
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/planning/
From John Dupuis’ Blog
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Twenty-nine reports about the future of academic libraries
1. Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in
Higher Education
2. How Readers Navigate to Scholarly Content: Comparing the changing user
behaviour between 2005 and 2008 and its impact on publisher web site design and
function
http://www.sic.ox14.com/howreadersnavigatetoscholarlycontent.pdf
3. College Students' Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm
4. Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World http://www.oclc.org/reports/
sharing/default.htm
5. Generations Online in 2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Generations-Online-in-2009.aspx
6. The Future of the Internet III
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/The-Future-of-the-Internet-III.aspx
7. Networked Workers: Most workers use the internet or email at their jobs, but they
say these technologies are a mixed blessing for them
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Networked-Workers.aspx
8. Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Use-of-Cloud-Computing-
Applications-and-Services.aspx
9. 2009 Horizon Report
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf
10. Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes from the
Literature and Implications for Library Service Development
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2009/2009-02.pdf
11. National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data
http://data-donnees.gc.ca/docs/NCASRDReport.pdf

2. 12. Agenda for Developing E-Science in Research Libraries
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/ARL_EScience_final.pdf
13. Sustainability and Revenue Models for Online Academic Resources
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/strategy/sca_ithaka_sustainability_report-
final.pdf
14. Skills, Role & Career Structure of Data Scientists & Curators: Assessment of
Current Practice & Future Needs
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitalrepositories/dataskills
careersfinalreport.pdf
15. Semantic Enrichment: The Key to Successful Knowledge Extraction from STM
Literature
http://www.scopeknowledge.com/Semantic_Processingnew.pdf
16. No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
17. Preservation in the Age of Large-Scale Digitization A White Paper
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub141/pub141.pdf
18. A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States
http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub143abst.html
19. Library as Place: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Space
http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub129abst.html
20. Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication: Results of an Investigation
Conducted by Ithaka for the Association of Research Libraries
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf
21. The Next Generation of Academics: A Report on a Study Conducted at the
University of Rochester
http://hdl.handle.net/1802/6053
22. Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of
Rochester
http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-4436
23. The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008
http://www.educause.edu/ers0808
24. Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the
costs and benefits
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2009/economicpublishingmodelsfinalre
port.aspx

3. 25. Institutional Data Management in Higher Education
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/InstitutionalDataManagementinH/191754
26. Our Cultural Commonwealth: The report of the American Council of Learned
Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social
Sciences
http://www.acls.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/Programs/Our_Cultural_Common
wealth.pdf
27. Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
http://www.educause.edu/ECAR/CyberinfrastructurefortheHuman/163575
28. Transformational Times:. An Environmental Scan Prepared for the ARL Strategic
Plan Review Task Force
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/transformational-times.pdf
29. Finding Context: What Today’s College Students Say About Conducting
Research in the Digital Age
http://www.projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_ProgressReport_2_2009.pdf
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12 Major Trends in Library Design [Stephen's Lighthouse]
http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/440251-12_Major_Trends_in_Library_Design-full.php
Ryerson U. Plans 21-Story Library in Downtown Toronto [Chronicle]
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Shop-Talk-Friday-February-12/21228/?
sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Libraries of the Future "in Plain English"
http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/libraries-of-the-future-in-plain-
english-02-16-10/
Yesterday's libraries, tomorrow's libraries - 12 differences [Doug Johnson] http://doug-
johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2010/3/2/yesterdays-libraries-tomorrows-libraries-12-
differences.html
A New Vision for University Libraries: Towards 2015 [VALA2010]
http://www.vala.org.au/conferences/vala2010/vala2010-programme/190-vala2010-session-2-
booth
Denmark ponders the future of the research library [The Book of Trogool]
http://www.bibliotekogmedier.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/bibliotek/indsatsomraader/p
artnerskaber/DEFF/The_Future_of_Research_and_the_Research_Library.pdf
Report on The Future of Research and the Research Library
http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=62&M=News&PID=10&NewsID=78

4. Toronto Public Library Website User Experience Results and Recommendations
http://www.slideshare.net/ryanfeeley/toronto-public-library-website-user-experience-results-and-
recommendations
Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Meet 21st Century Skills [Library Cloud]
http://libguides.ashland.edu/eTech2010
Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections [DIY Learning]
http://onlineuniversityrankings2010.com/2010/open-edu-top-50-university-open-courseware-
collections/
Horizon Report 2010 - Changes to Come?
http://www.allanslibrary.com/2010/02/horizon-report-2010-changes-to-come.html
Open Source Integrated Library Systems [The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog]
http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/open-source-integrated-library-
systems-03-02-10/
Data, data everywhere -- A special Economist report on managing information
http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557443&fsrc=rss
Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata [ALA]
http://www.alatechsource.org/library-technology-reports/understanding-the-semantic-web-
bibliographic-data-and-metadata
University of Michigan Library to bid farewell to card catalogs [AnnArbor.com]
http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-library-to-bid-farewell-to-card-catalogs/
Metadata in repositories: An overview
http://www.wrn.aber.ac.uk/objects/metadata_overview/index.htm
New Report from JISC: Usability Inspection of Digital Libraries
http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/new-report-from-jisc-usability-inspection-of-
digital-libraries-02-25-10/
Avoiding a Digital Dark Age - Data longevity depends on both the storage medium and the
ability to decipher the information [American Scientist] http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/
pub/2010/3/avoiding-a-digital-dark-age
Millennials Portrait of a Generation Next
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf
Transformational Times: An environmental scan
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/transformational-times.pdf
Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2009/2009-07.pdf

5. The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship – A call to
Action February 2009
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/disseminating-research-feb09.pdf
ACRL 2009 Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/future/acrlguide09.pdf
Commissioned Report: Researchers’ Use of Academic Libraries and their Services http://
www.rin.ac.uk/files/libraries-report-2007.pdf
Washington Research Library Consortium
Trends in Shared Library Storage and Shared Collection Management:
ARL Presentation 2008
https://staffinfo.library.ubc.ca/projects/current/planning/2010-2015/planningResources/Tr
ends%20in%20Shared%20Library%20Storage%20ARL%20presentation%2008.pdf
What to Withdraw?: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization
What to Withdraw?: Print Collections After Digitization
Academic Digital Libraries of the Future: an Evironmental Scan
Academic Digital Libraries of the Future: An Environmental Scan.pdf
Report of a Study of Faculty and Graduate Student Needs for Research and Teaching
NYU 21st Century Library Project: Designing a Research Library of the Future for New
York University
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Canadian Virtual Health Library
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Canadian_Virtual_Health_Library_/_Biblioth
%C3%A8que_virtuelle_canadienne_de_la_sant%C3%A9_(CVHL_/_BVCS)
Report of a National Review of NHS Health Library Services in England: From
knowledge to health in the 21st Century
http://www.library.nhs.uk/aboutnlh/review
Charting the Course for the 21st Century: NLM's Long Range Plan 2006-2016
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrpdocs.html
Hooker, D. Social Media Adoption, Policy and Development
http://blogs.ubc.ca/dean/2009/12/paper-social-media-adoption-policy-development/
Lindberg DAB, Humphreys BL. 2015 — The Future of Medical Libraries. NEJM,
352(11) 1067-1070, 2005.
Rossall H, Boyes C, Montacute K, Doherty P. Developing research capacity in health
librarians: a review of the evidence. Health Information & Libraries Journal 25(3):
159-174, 2008.

6. Saw G, Todd H. Library 3.0 Where art our skills? World Library and Information
Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council. 19-23 August 2007, Durban,
South Africa
http://ifla.queenslibrary.org/IV/ifla73/papers/151-Saw_Todd-en.pdf
Shearer, K. Research Data: Unseen Opportunities. An Awareness Toolkit commissioned by
the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). 2009.
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/about/working_groups/pdf/data_mgt_toolkit.pdf
Wesch M. Anti-Teaching: Confronting the Crisis of Significance. Education Canada, 48
(2):4-7, 2008.
Greg Rowell
March 26, 2010