The document outlines the strategic directions of Virginia Tech Libraries. It discusses how the libraries support the university's mission of knowledge discovery and dissemination through four main areas: 1) teaching, learning and literacies, 2) learning spaces, 3) collections access, and 4) research and curation. The libraries aim to develop students' diverse skills through problem-based learning and various literacies, and provide spaces, tools and training to support different types of student work. The libraries will also move more collections online, develop digital repositories, and partner with researchers on data management and scholarly communication initiatives.

1. Virginia Tech Libraries:
Strategic Directions
Tyler Walters
Dean, University Libraries
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2. VT’s Mission is
our Mission…
• Discovery and dissemination
of new knowledge are central
to its mission…
• University creates, conveys,
and applies knowledge…
Why?
• expand personal growth and opportunity,
• advance social and community development,
• foster economic competitiveness,
• improve quality of life

3. The Libraries are integral to
the lifecycle of information
Promote Create &
& re-use produce
Manage &
Disseminate
preserve
Process
Use, Product
integrate

4. Research Library as Table:
The Four Legs
Library programs center on:
• Teaching, Learning & Literacies
• Learning Spaces
• Collections Access
• Research and Curation

5. WHAT DO STUDENTS PRODUCE TODAY?
HOW DO STUDENTS GAIN THESE SKILLS? WHAT
SPACES ,TOOLS, TRAINING DO THEY NEED?
•Developing websites
• Editing videos
• Painting, drawing, sketching
• Constructing 3D models
• Coding algorithms Complex &
• Writing business plans diverse range of
• Presenting survey findings assignments
• Manipulating data
courtesy of Brian Mathews

6. PROBLEM-
SERVICE
BASED
LEARNING
LEARNING
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
BEYOND INFORMATION LITERACY
LITERACY LITERACY
VISUAL SCHOLARLY
LITERACY COMMUNICATION
CULTURAL DATA LITERACY &
LITERACY MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL CRITICAL
CITIZENSHIP THINKING
courtesy of Brian Mathews

7. Learning Spaces
Information services in a mixed environment:
• Writing Center
• Communications Lab
• Media production studio… and more

8. Study Zones

9. Group Study Zones &
Media Production Studios

10. Presentation Zones

11. Getting You Information:
Collections Access
Move to electronic…
• Shared collections
• New discovery systems
• Demand-driven acquisition
• Mobile devices
• Book delivery service
• Print on demand services

12. Research and Curation:
Digital Repositories
• Scholarship
• Reports
• Research data
• Multimedia /
Learning objects
• Archival, images
• Audio/Video
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http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu

13. Research Data:
Planning & Management
Library Perspective:
1. A primary source: available to
support, advance research
2. Extension of scholarly pubs:
linked data to articles, papers
Challenges to Researchers:
• Policies: Need data mgmt. plans
• Need data curation tools,
interoperable technologies
• Lack of best practices
• Researcher – Library – IT
Partnerships

14. Scholarly Communication
Systemic Collaborations
Needed:
• Create, manage, & use
information resources in
new, different ways
Digital Publishing &
Production
• eJournals / eBooks
• eConference
proceedings
• Digital Humanities
projects
Libraries, Academic Units, Scholarly
• Web sites Societies, etc.
• Virtual community
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15. Thank you…
Tyler Walters
Dean, University Libraries
Virginia Tech
540-231-5595
tyler.walters@vt.edu
tywalters1 (Skype)
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