1. GIL User Group Keynote
Presentation
GALILEO at the Crossroads
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2. • Introduction
• The Role of Libraries
• OIIT Strategic Plan
• The Road Ahead
• Questions, Answers, a Conversation
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3. Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet “Creating A More Educated Georgia”

4. Where I retired from
the Army
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5. $12 Million of
furnishings to
support student
collaboration areas.
These collaboration
areas are the most
popular student
facility at West Point.
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6. Special collections
where:
• Major General
Custer’s demerit list
is stored
• “If silicon had
been a gas I would
be a major
general”.
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7. The Changing Role of Libraries
– Libraries as collections (print, electronic,
resources)
– Libraries as places
– Libraries as value-added
– Libraries as trusted navigators
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8. OIIT Strategic Plan
– Critical involvement of RACL in development
– Critical role of libraries as a component of
collaborative learning
– Strategic roadmap forward
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9. “The worst times
are the best times to prepare
for the good times.”
• Universal Discovery Tools
• Mobile Applications
• Physical Repository
• Knowledge Repository Pilot
• Distance Education
• Much, Much More!
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10. QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, A
CONVERSATION
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