4. Last 20
years have
seen
The traditional role of
research libraries declining
as an essential element of
academic research
Information becoming
accessible remotely, on
campus and worldwide
New types of research
resources evolving
5. Nature of
research is
changing
Research is increasingly multi-
disciplinary in order to address
today’s Grand Challenges for
science and society
this approach does not align
with the customary discipline-
based organization of library
services
6. But in
the last 5
years
The changing nature of
research increasingly requires
new means of functional
support, some of which has
emerged in libraries
11. The 2015
Study
Disciplines included
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Environmental Design
Geography
Geology
History
Military, Security and Strategic
Studies
Political Science
Public Health
Real Estate Studies
Urban Planning
12. Findings
Most Commonly Identified Needs
Collaborative spaces
Data and repositories
Digitization
Expertise
Funding for collaboration
Metadata
Rights management and
dissemination
Skills training
Visualization
15. Project
Goals
Develop a research platform
comprising a suite of common
services, technical infrastructure,
and expertise to leverage
economies-of-scale and
strengthen scholarly capacity
Enhance campus-wide
partnerships
Reposition libraries within the
research enterprise
16. DigitizationData Curation & Sharing
Collaborative Spaces
Analytics andVisualization
Rights Management &
Dissemination
Metadata Services
This Platform will be a constellation of
services developed and implemented as an
integral part of real-time research projects
17. Process
Competitive grant proposals chosen from
Smart Cities, Arctic Studies, and Cultural
Discourse
Advisory committee of senior scholars and
research administrators from the University
of Calgary to advise on the structure, format
and process
Two evaluations by external expert
reviewers after the completion of each grant
cycle to consider outcomes and impact
18. Process
Internal granting competition
2 rounds of grants, each round totaling
$200,000
Round 1
May 2017: Call for Letters of Intent
July 2017: Invitation to Full Proposal
Sept 2017: Subgrants awarded
Round 2 will start Summer 2018
Adjudication criteria
40% Concept
30% Alignment with Library Platform
30% Methodology, Feasibility and
Budget
20. Five
Projects
Funded
Open Data for a Smarter City
Mapping Urban
Healthscapes
PaperTraces in Digital
Environments
Digitally Preserving Alberta's
Diverse Cultural Heritage
ArcticSensorWeb
21. Open Data for a Smarter City:
Creating a Data Infrastructure Pilot Initiative
Ryan Burns, Anthony Levenda,Victoria Fast, Byron Miller
Dean Curran, Steve Liang, EliotTretter, AlexWhalley
Geography, Geomatics Engineering, Economics
Smart
Cities
• Create collection of grassroots open data
from community associations, non-profits,
and researchers
• Work with library to launch a web portal
complementary to Open Calgary portal
• Develop infrastructure for other
data collections
22. Mapping Urban Healthscapes:
BringingTogether Big Data and Empathic
Cultural Maps in a KnowledgeTransfer and
Exchange Project
Suzanne Goopy, Tanvir Chowdhury, Mary O'Brien,
Gavin McCormack, Jonathan Chapman, Irina Charania,
Carla Ferreira
Nursing,Cumming School of Medicine,Werklund School of
Education, Languages, Linguistics, & Cultures
• Craft interactive tools and data targeted for
urban planners, health experts, and
community members
• Local unique case studies for education
• Bridge big data & cultural probe insights
Smart
Cities
23. Stefania Forlini, Uta Hinrichs
English,Computer Science
• Examine relationship between early Science
Fiction (SF) literary content and paper types
• Expanding SF metadata with material
information and computer generated
text-analysis
• Digital access to collection and metadata
PaperTraces in Digital Environments:
Enhancing Analysis & Representation of Content
and Materiality in Digitized Print Collections
Cultural
Discourse
24. Digitally Preserving Alberta's
Diverse Cultural Heritage
Peter Dawson, Derek Lichti, Denis Gadbois, Richard Levy,
Alireza Forrokhi
Anthropology & Archaeology, Geomatics Engineering,
Fine Arts, Environmental Design,Alberta Culture &Tourism
• Create a prototype open access archive for
Alberta's digital heritage
• Virtual reality content for education & outreach
• Building information model (BIM) of the
Brooks aqueduct
Smart
Cities
Cultural
Discourse
25. ArcticSensorWeb: A Research Platform
for Real-Time Dissemination of Arctic Data
Brent Else, Maribeth Murray, Steve Liang, Shawn Marshall,
ShannonVossepoel, James Badger
Geography, Anthropology & Archaeology,Arctic Institute of
North America, Geomatics Engineering
• Real-time web access to arctic sensor data
• Support for future data streams
• Data visualizations for Northern
communities to use the data
Arctic
Studies
26. The
External
Review
Panel
Larry Alford, University Librarian, University of Toronto
Charles Eckman, Dean and University Librarian, University of Miami
Lorcan Dempsey, Vice-President and Chief Strategist, OCLC
Harriette Hemmasi, University Librarian, Brown University
Meghan Meredith-Lobay, Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Analyst, Advanced
Research Computing, University of British Columbia
Shan Sutton, Dean of Libraries, University of Arizona
27. External
Reviewer
Commentary
Following presentations by faculty project leads,
library staff, and research administrators, the
External Reviewers gave a public presentation
focusing on the implications of the work underway
at Calgary for their own institutions.
Video at: https://library.ucalgary.ca/mellon-external
28. Review
Focal
Points
Strong support for the model employed
Critically important to convey depth and
breadth of library services and expertise to
today’s researchers
New models for collaboration are both
library-to-researcher but also essential
among library staff
Openness shown by librarians to redefining
their understanding of researcher needs
Work with research administrators to
incorporate this redefinition of the library’s
role throughout the research life cycle
Issues of scalability and sustainability
29. ‘Calgary
Model’
Distinctive
Elements
Library functional teams working
with researchers from proposal
stage through project execution
Library functional teams
collaborating with each other to
ensure an integrated set of services
Project Coordinator, supported by
a core team of advisors from the
Library and the Research Services
Office, facilitating the work of all
project participants
30. Next
Steps
RoundTwo of Sub-Grants and Faculty
Projects
Draw on external reviewers’
evaluation to enhance effectiveness
Share findings and stimulate other
libraries’ initiatives employing similar
methodologies
Contribute to a broad-scale
redefinition of the role of research
libraries
31. A profession-
wide
redefinition
is underway
New ARL membership
criteria were adopted
unanimously at the Spring
2018 membership meeting
including several
specifically addressing
the role of research
libraries in the research
ecosystem
32. This redefinition of the
Library’s role in
research is essential to
our continuing
Relevance