From: David Shumaker <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:30:55 -0400

Joe--

I have a couple comments:

1. Academic librarians will continue to strengthen their engagement in the
teaching mission of the university -- applying their unique
information-related competencies, collaborating with the subject faculty,
and providing various forms of guidance, consultation, and mentoring to
students at all levels.

2. Librarians will have various roles in the research and publication
process, from data management to publishing and repository management. The
exact nature of these roles will evolve with the publication system itself.
Heather Joseph has characterized this future as librarians working "inside
out" -- exposing the institution's knowledge to the outside world -- a
reversal of the traditional librarian's "outside-in" focus, collecting the
world's information for the benefit of the institution. See my interview
with her published last year in Information Today:
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Librarians-
Working-Inside-Out-An-Open-Access-Week-Interview-114311.asp .

3. Jim O’Donnell has shared some key strategic directions at Arizona State
in my recent interview with him, at http://newsbreaks.infotoday.
com/NewsBreaks/Everything-for-Everybody-Everywhere-A-
Conversation-with-James-ODonnell-119466.asp

--Dave Shumaker

Catholic University of America