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The new role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes (Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) Briefing paper No 3). Ken Chad & Helen Anderson. To be published June 2017 Sign up for your free copy <http://helibtech.com/Briefing+Papers> http://helibtech.com/Briefing+Papers Students in many countries, especially the US and UK are concerned that the growing cost of higher education is not delivering good value. Excellence in teaching and a focus on measurement and assessment of learning outcomes have become entrenched in higher education policy and the strategies of academic institutions. As a result library leaders around the world will need to become more strategic in articulating value propositions based around a more holistic view of library/learning resources. The value of data analytics will be a key driving force. Data from reading list systems and digital textbook platforms combined with information from other institutional systems will allow powerful insights to emerge. Such analytics will be invaluable to institutions, publishers and intermediaries as they look at new ways to deliver content. All this suggests a trend for library technology and educational technology to merge. There looks to be the beginning of shift away from a narrow conception of *library* systems, the *library* supply chain and *library data*. Conventional integrated library systems (ILS) and even the new generation of library services platforms (LSPs) remain wedded to an outdated view of library learning resources and will have to change significantly or be integrated or subsumed into a new generation of learning services platforms. ****** Very Best Ken Ken Chad Consulting Ltd <http://www.kenchadconsuting.com/> http://www.kenchadconsulting.com Tel: +44(0)7788727845 Twitter: @kenchad | Skype: kenchadconsulting |Linkedin: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenchad> www.linkedin.com/in/kenchad Researcher IDs: * Orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-6898 * ResearchGate: <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ken_Chad> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ken_Chad