{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,2]],"date-time":"2025-08-02T17:52:07Z","timestamp":1754157127770,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":15,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,20]],"date-time":"2009-11-20T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1258675200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,20]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper sets out to explore the shifts in roles evident in the research library community, with illustrative case studies from the University of Minnesota Libraries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The approach takes the form of a review of environmental forces that are fueling changes in research methodologies and scholar behavior. Changes in research library roles are explored in the context of three case studies, highlighting new forms of engagement with the scholar community.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Three University of Minnesota Libraries' initiatives illustrate: the use of behavioral data to design a customized discovery environment for scholarship, new organizational constructs to engage the community in issues related to control of scholarship, and strategies to develop a virtual community in the field of bioethics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper presents the original perspective of a University Librarian of a large research library and draws on earlier analyses of research behaviors, technology, and research library roles.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/07378830911007718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,5]],"date-time":"2009-12-05T07:09:58Z","timestamp":1259996998000},"page":"610-623","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The diffuse library revisited: aligning the library as strategic asset"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Wendy","family":"Lougee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b1","unstructured":"Dempsey, L. (2007), \u201cLorcan Dempsey's Weblog\u201d, 16 September, available at: http:\/\/orweblog.oclc.org\/archives\/001430.html (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b2","unstructured":"Fowler, K., Persily, G. and Stemper, J. (2009), \u201cDeveloping a scholarly communication program in your library\u201d, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC, available at: www.arl.org\/sc\/institute\/fair\/scprog\/index.shtml (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b3","unstructured":"Friedman, T. (2007), The World Is Flat, Picador\/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b4","unstructured":"Hanson, C., Nackerud, S. and Jensen, K. (2008), \u201cAffinity strings: enterprise data for resource recommendations\u201d, Code{4}Lib Journal, No. 5, 2008\u201012\u201015, available at: http:\/\/journal.code4lib.org\/articles\/501 (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b5","unstructured":"Kuhn, T.S. (1962), The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b6","unstructured":"Lougee, W.P. (2002), \u201cDiffuse libraries: emergent roles for the research library in the digital age\u201d, Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC, available at: www.clir.org\/pubs\/reports\/pub108\/pub108.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b7","unstructured":"National Science Foundation (2008), \u201cBeyond being there: a blueprint for advancing the design, development, and evaluation of virtual organizations\u201d, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, available at: www.ci.uchicago.edu\/events\/VirtOrg2008\/VO_report.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b8","unstructured":"Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online (2009), Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online, Oxford University Press, Oxford, available at: www.oed.com\/ (accessed 11 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b9","unstructured":"Palmer, C.L., Teffeau, L.C. and Pirmann, C.M. (2009), \u201cScholarly information practices in the online environment: themes from the literature and implications for library service development\u201d, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, OH, available at: www.oclc.org\/programs\/publications\/reports\/2009\u201002.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b10","unstructured":"Smith, A. (2008), \u201cThe research library in the 21st century: collecting, preserving, and making accessible resources for scholarship\u201d, No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century, Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC, pp. 13\u201020, available at: www.clir.org\/pubs\/reports\/pub142\/pub142.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b11","unstructured":"Surowiecki, J. (2004), The Wisdom of Crowds, Random House, New York, NY."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b12","unstructured":"University of Minnesota Libraries (2006a), \u201cA multi\u2010dimensional framework for academic support: a final report\u201d, Minneapolis, MN, available at: www.lib.umn.edu\/about\/mellon\/UMN_Multi\u2010dimensional_Framework_Final_Report.pdf and http:\/\/www.lib.umn.edu\/about\/mellon\/UMN_Multi\u2010dimensional_Framework_Final_Report_Appendices.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b13","unstructured":"University of Minnesota Libraries (2006b), \u201cScholarly communication, collaborative charge\u201d, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN, available at: https:\/\/wiki.lib.umn.edu\/ScholarlyCommunicationCollaborative\/Change (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b14","unstructured":"University of Minnesota Libraries (2007), \u201cUnderstanding research behaviors, information resources, and service needs of scientists and graduate students\u201d, Minneapolis, MN, available at: www.lib.umn.edu\/about\/scieval\/Sci%20Report%20Final.pdf (accessed 5 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022020819460374800_b15","unstructured":"Unsworth, J. (2000), \u201cScholarly primitives: what methods do humanities researchers have in common, and how might our tools reflect this?\u201d, Symposium on Humanities Computing: Formal Methods, Experimental Practice, King's College, London, 13 May, available at: http:\/\/jefferson.village.virginia.edu\/\u223cjmu2m\/Kings.5\u201000\/primitives.html (accessed 5 April 2009)."}],"container-title":["Library Hi Tech"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/07378830911007718","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/07378830911007718\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/07378830911007718\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T23:33:37Z","timestamp":1753400017000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/lht\/article\/27\/4\/610-623\/266343"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"M.","family":"H\u00f6ppner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"editor","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,20]]},"references-count":15,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,20]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/07378830911007718"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/07378830911007718","relation":{},"ISSN":["0737-8831"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0737-8831"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,20]]}}}