RLUK17 | Marginal gains or big bang? Driving innovation & change Glasgow - William Nixon, UoG
Channel: ResearchLibrariesUK
Date: 22/03/2017

MARGINAL GAINS OR BIG BANG? DRIVING INNOVATION AND CHANGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW LIBRARY

Research libraries are in a state of perpetual beta, the shifting sands of the political, technical and research landscapes mean that by necessity they must innovate and drive change to maintain their edge and their relevance. Is it a ‘big bang’ in investment which can best deliver new services and infrastructure or are there ‘marginal gains’ which can be made to drive innovation and change? This presentation will explore both these approaches through the recent experiences of the University of Glasgow Library’s completion of a major £3.5M refurbishment programme (a ‘big bang’) and updates in our repository to highlight the REF/Open Access compliance status of publications (a ‘marginal gain’).