Future Directions in Digital Information

David Baker has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with 19 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken worldwide at numerous conferences and led workshops and seminars. His other key professional interest and expertise has been in the field of human resources, where he has also been active in major national projects. He has held senior positions at several institutions, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management. He has also been Deputy Chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc). Until recently he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Universities of Northampton and South Wales. He is Chair of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. He is a leader in the field of library and information science. Lucy Ellis is a consultant and research associate within higher education. Her background is as a lecturer, research scientist and project development consultant. With Professor David Baker she is Editor-in-Chief for the Elsevier Major Reference Work ‘Encyclopaedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science’ and Chandos-Elsevier Series Editor for ‘Digital Information Review’ and the ‘Advances in Information’ series. Recent books in this series include Libraries, Digital Information and COVID: Practical Applications and Approaches to Challenge and Change and Future Directions in Digital Information: Predictions, Practice and Participation. She is a reviewer for Information and Learning Sciences (Wiley), Journal of British Institute of Organ Studies, British Academy grants scheme and the publisher Palgrave. Following a PhD in Experimental Phonetics she worked as a Senior Lecturer and programme leader at Plymouth Marjon University and as a project development consultant. She holds an Honorary Research Fellowship with the College of Humanities at Exeter University.

1. Future directions in digital information: Scenarios and themes Part One – Strategy and Design 2. Current research information systems and institutional repositories: From data ingestion to convergence and merger 3. Effective strategies for information literacy education: Combatting 'fake news' and empowering critical thinking 4. Designing library-based research data management services from bottom-up

Part Two – Who are the users? 5. The power of accessible knowledge: Universities, suppliers, and transparency in the information age 6. Who is the online public library user? 7. Digital culture: The dynamics of incorporation 8. Information behaviour in an online university

Part Three – Where formal meets informal 9. Mobile technology and educational games in HE 10. The evolving role of library collections in the broader information ecosystem 11. Social media as a professional development tool for academic librarians

Part Four – Applications and delivery 12. Closing the digital skills gap: Working with business to address local labour market policy 13a. 'It’s all online!' Creating digital study resources for orchestral musicians 13b. Library acquisition, delivery, and discovery for a creative university 13c. Digital transformation trends in education 14. Transforming reference work into teaching: From a librarian to an information literacy-oriented university professor

Part Five – New Paradigms 15. Envisioning Education 4.0—A scenario planning approach to predicting the future 16. Data-driven modelling of public library infrastructure and usage in the United Kingdom 17. How can the specific skills of the librarian in a digital context be used in the future? 18. The user as a data source: The advance of surveillance capitalism 19. Future directions: Emergent process; constant invention; sum total

Appendix: Delphi questions