Critical Knowledge Forum with Keith Webster: Designing the Library of the Future
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In this presentation, Keith Webster will situate the future of the academic library in the context of the fourth industrial revolution and the expansion of the scholarly record to indulge data, code, and reproducibility studies.
He will also explore issues of openness, including the adoption of data sharing mandates by major research funders, and the development of new forms of open access agreements by major commercial and society publishers. He will also consider the future of the physical library, presenting it as the primary non-classroom academic space on many campuses.
Speaker Bio
Keith Webster
Keith Webster was appointed Dean of University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University in July 2013 and was additionally appointed as Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives in July 2015. He also has a courtesy academic appointment at the University’s H. John Heinz III College. Previously, Keith was Vice President and Director of Academic Relations and Strategy for the global publishing company John Wiley and Sons. He was formerly Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at the University of Queensland in Australia, leading one of the largest university and hospital library services in the southern hemisphere. Earlier positions include University Librarian at Victoria University in New Zealand, Head of Information Policy at HM Treasury, London, and Director of Information Services at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London.
Keith has held professorships in information science at Victoria University of Wellington and City University, London. He is a Chartered Fellow and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK), and has served on government advisory boards, journal editorial boards, and as an officer in professional and learned societies around the world. He was Chair of the National Information Standards Organization 2018-2019.
Keith’s professional interests include research evaluation, learning space design and trends in scholarly communication. He is a regular speaker on topics such as the future of research libraries and the impact of open science on publishing and libraries.
For more information, please contact:
Cara Terzulli
cterzulli@adelphi.edu
Violeta Ilik
vilik@adelphi.edu