Sul H. Lee is Peggy V. Helmerich Chair and Dean of the University of Oklahoma Libraries, a position he has held since 1978. His academic background is in political science, international relations and library and information science and has authored more than two dozen books in the field of librarianship.

• 1. Introduction, Sul Lee. 2. "Climbing Out of the Box and Into the Cloud: Building Web-Scale for Libraries", Jay Jordan. 3. "Why Libraries Persist: Hermits, Clouds, Confucius, Bubbles, and Hortense Foglesong", Dennis Dillon. 4. "Year 2 of the "Great Recession": Surviving the Present by Building the Future", Charles B. Lowry. 5. "Finding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Today's Research Libraries", Joan Giesecke. 6. "Advancing From Kumbaya to Radical Collaboration: Redefining the Future Research Library", James G. Neal. 7. "Repackaging the Library: What Do Faculty Think?", Kevin Guthrie. 8. "Times of Crisis Accelerate Inevitable Change", Allen Powell. 9. "From Surviving to Thriving", Carla J. Stoffle, Cheryl Cuillier.

Sul H. Lee is Peggy V. Helmerich Chair and Dean of the University of Oklahoma Libraries, a position he has held since 1978. His academic background is in political science, international relations and library and information science and has authored more than two dozen books in the field of librarianship.

• 1. Introduction, Sul Lee. 2. "Climbing Out of the Box and Into the Cloud: Building Web-Scale for Libraries", Jay Jordan. 3. "Why Libraries Persist: Hermits, Clouds, Confucius, Bubbles, and Hortense Foglesong", Dennis Dillon. 4. "Year 2 of the "Great Recession": Surviving the Present by Building the Future", Charles B. Lowry. 5. "Finding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Today's Research Libraries", Joan Giesecke. 6. "Advancing From Kumbaya to Radical Collaboration: Redefining the Future Research Library", James G. Neal. 7. "Repackaging the Library: What Do Faculty Think?", Kevin Guthrie. 8. "Times of Crisis Accelerate Inevitable Change", Allen Powell. 9. "From Surviving to Thriving", Carla J. Stoffle, Cheryl Cuillier.

Sul H. Lee is Peggy V. Helmerich Chair and Dean of the University of Oklahoma Libraries, a position he has held since 1978. His academic background is in political science, international relations and library and information science and has authored more than two dozen books in the field of librarianship.

• 1. Introduction, Sul Lee. 2. "Climbing Out of the Box and Into the Cloud: Building Web-Scale for Libraries", Jay Jordan. 3. "Why Libraries Persist: Hermits, Clouds, Confucius, Bubbles, and Hortense Foglesong", Dennis Dillon. 4. "Year 2 of the "Great Recession": Surviving the Present by Building the Future", Charles B. Lowry. 5. "Finding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Today's Research Libraries", Joan Giesecke. 6. "Advancing From Kumbaya to Radical Collaboration: Redefining the Future Research Library", James G. Neal. 7. "Repackaging the Library: What Do Faculty Think?", Kevin Guthrie. 8. "Times of Crisis Accelerate Inevitable Change", Allen Powell. 9. "From Surviving to Thriving", Carla J. Stoffle, Cheryl Cuillier.