“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

GIL User Group Keynote Presentation

GALILEO at the Crossroads

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

• Introduction• The Role of Libraries• OIIT Strategic Plan• The Road Ahead• Questions, Answers, a Conversation

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

Where I retired from the Army

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

$12 Million of furnishings to support student collaboration areas.

These collaboration areas are the most popular student facility at West Point.

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

Special collections where:

• Major General Custer’s demerit list is stored

• “If silicon had been a gas I would be a major general”.

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

The Changing Role of Libraries– Libraries as collections (print, electronic,

resources)– Libraries as places– Libraries as value-added– Libraries as trusted navigators

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

OIIT Strategic Plan– Critical involvement of RACL in development– Critical role of libraries as a component of

collaborative learning– Strategic roadmap forward

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

“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!

“Creating A More Educated Georgia”Galileo, GeorgiaBest, GeorgiaFirst, GeorgiaonMyLine, GeorgiaView, GIL, PeachNet

QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, A CONVERSATION