I want to thank the branch librarians for the opportunity to join them at
their meeting this week. I really enjoy
hearing first-hand about the initiatives underway throughout UK Libraries. Our branch libraries have been going through
major transitions the past several years but remain essential to the overall
mission of UK Libraries. Reducing and
consolidating branch libraries are allowing the remaining libraries to provide
more expanded service and a reduced cost.
For those academic areas within the university without a branch library,
our academic liaisons continue to play a key role in assuring that we are
providing the collections and the service that our students and faculty need
across the campus.
This week I also had the opportunity
to attend the UKIT Cyber Infrastructure Symposium. UK recently received a grant to significantly
enhance the university’s high-performance computing capacity. UKIT is an important partner with UK
Libraries as we work together to provide students and faculty the latest
technology for accessing the information they need. We are planning for the preservation of, and
access to, the incredible amount of data generated daily by UK faculty and
students during the course of their research.
The University Senate Library
Committee has been charged with assessing open access issues at the University
of Kentucky. We have several initiatives
underway at UK Libraries, including UKnowledge, to help UK faculty move toward
adoption of an open access policy.
Just last week the faculty at Georgia
Tech University overwhelmingly voted to adopt an Open Access policy. The new policy takes effect Jan 1, 2013 and
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