Gosiame · Academic libraries
Is Your Library Ready for the Future?
The Library of the Future Framework helps academic libraries measure maturity across eight core areas — and see how close they are to the Digital-First threshold of 3.0.
Eight core areas vs Stage 3 threshold
Why libraries use the framework
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See your true maturity
Score eight core areas against a shared 1.0–5.0 scale and understand where you sit relative to the Digital-First threshold.
Prioritise with evidence
Gap analysis shows which capabilities need investment first — from collections and AI to people and governance.
Speak a common language
Give library leaders, IT, and university executives a shared vocabulary for transformation.
Move from insight to action
Pair your results with Gosiame’s service tiers: from a free diagnostic to a full transformation programme.
How it works
01
Complete the assessment
Answer 69 questions across eight core areas. It takes about 20–30 minutes and can be done by a leadership team.
02
Receive your maturity profile
Get an overall score, stage badge, radar chart, and gap analysis against the Stage 3 Digital-First threshold.
03
Plan the next move
Use recommendations and Gosiame services to close gaps — from a facilitated workshop to a multi-year programme.
Eight core areas
Score each area from 1.0 to 5.0. Stage 3 (Digital-First) is the minimum threshold for a future-ready academic library.
01
Collections Strategy
How collections are planned, licensed, and aligned to teaching, research, and digital-first access.
02
Services & UX
Discovery, support models, and user experience across physical and digital library services.
03
Physical Space & Infrastructure
Learning environments, accessibility, and infrastructure that enable hybrid academic work.
04
Technology, AI & Digital Infrastructure
Systems, data, automation, and responsible AI that power library operations and services.
05
Research Support & Scholarly Communication
Open research, repositories, publishing support, and research data services.
06
People, Skills & Organisational Structure
Workforce capability, roles, culture, and structures needed for a future-ready library.
07
Community Partnerships & Cultural Role
Campus, civic, and cultural partnerships that extend the library’s impact.
08
Strategy & Governance
Vision, evidence-based decision making, risk, funding, and accountability for transformation.
Built for library leaders
University Librarian
A defensible view of readiness to brief Senate, Council, and the executive.
Deputy / Associate Director
A structured way to align collections, services, space, and digital teams.
CIO / Digital Lead
Clarity on library systems, AI, and data maturity alongside campus IT strategy.
Research Office Partner
Evidence of research support and scholarly communication capability.
What leaders are saying
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“The framework gave us a language the university executive finally understood. We stopped debating anecdotes and started funding the right gaps.”
Director of Library Services
Research-intensive university (placeholder)
“Seeing eight areas on one radar chart changed the conversation. Digital was not our only shortfall — governance and people were too.”
University Librarian
Comprehensive university (placeholder)
“Stage 3 as a minimum threshold was clarifying. It helped us set a realistic 24-month target instead of an undefined ‘digital transformation’.”
Head of Digital Library
University of technology (placeholder)
Start with a free maturity snapshot
Complete 69 questions, generate a sample report, and see your gaps against Digital-First. No commitment required.
- Eight core areas on a 5-stage scale
- Radar chart and stage badge