In the 21st century, ARL libraries are increasingly exploring and adopting a range of new roles in serving research institutions, researchers, scholars, and students, making the time ripe for ARL to organize a new report cluster focusing on key new roles. The series will identify and delineate emerging roles and present research on early experiences among member libraries in developing the roles and delivering services.
Each report will describe an emerging role, articulating the audience affected by the new role and the benefits various constituencies experience as a result of the new role. Reports will highlight existing work, report authors’ findings, and offer analysis of trends, best practices, and key issues. In addition to creating a report, New Roles authors will organize webcasts to promote their findings, which will be held after a report’s release.
Digital Curation for Preservation—Tyler Walters, Virginia Tech, and Katherine Skinner, Educopia Institute
Library Roles in Developing Research Services for Graduate Students—Lucinda Covert-Vail and Scott Collard, New York University
Transforming Liaison Roles—Karen Williams and Janice Jaguscewski, University of Minnesota
Repository Services—Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Transforming Print Collection Management: Clouds, Trusts, and Brokers—Emily Stambaugh, California Digital Library