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I wish you one moderately intelligent & awake pupil to sweeten your labour! Wittgenstein to Rush Rhees at Swansea www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

The Academic Librarian, Wittgenstein and the Pizzaiola #Gregynog 2016 Which came first the librarian or the library? Can you have a library without a librarian? www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

And now for some audience participation… Academic libraries are… www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

Academic librarians are. . . www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

Academic Libraries are … • places for learning, studying, working together and socialising. • part of a worldwide network • a strategic university asset • the beating heart of universities • the heart and soul of a university (in its widest / community sense) www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

Academic Librarians (are)… • great, informative, knowledge providers • support students and research • make a difference to my studies • the Zen centre to the chaos of the information explosion • passionate about helping individuals to achieve their goals • the key to unlocking the world of knowledge www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

The changing role of librarian What has changed in the library? – Computers – e-Journals and databases – e-Books – Learning Commons/Social learning – Increase in marketing activity and channels (social media etc) – Ebraries – OA, RDM, REF What has changed in Wales? www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

What has not changed • Space has always been an issue • There has never been enough funding • There have never been enough staff • Fantastic library staff do a fantastic job anyway. . . www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

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The phenomenology of librarian Being a librarian is deeply ground in principles of education, openness, and overall kindness. The boundary of a librarian has changed over time to encompass ICT systems, advanced marketing skills, wider information and digital literacy, noise, social/group learning, cafes, student & staff numbers growth, … www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

The boundary of the librarian has changed significantly, and while the professional literature reflects a reality, it is only the reality of today. The increasing pressure on the boundary from the environment suggests that unless the profession can find a way take back control, to release that pressure, and to lead change, a point will be reached where something will break. …expected … to see more evidence of pride in leading the revolution in information provision. www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

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Questions? EU visitors attending the NISE conference visiting the South Wales Miners’ Library Contact: Steve Williams s. r. williams@swansea. ac. uk @ISSo. DD www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

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Gregynog 2016 The library provides essential infrastructure—largely in the form of reliable and well-documented access to prior scholarship, data, the cultural record, and other research materials—that is necessary to the effective practice of scholarship… Providing the infrastructure of scholarly work was the library’s mission before the invention of the printing press, and continues to be the library’s mission in a world where making public materials that are used in scholarship is accomplished in myriad media, many of them digital. (CLIR, 2008, p. 23) Steve Williams University Librarian Head of Libraries, Archives, Culture and Arts Swansea University @ISSo. DD s. r. williams@swansea. ac. uk www. swansea. ac. uk/iss facebook. com/swanuni. iss twitter. com/swanuni_iss

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