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In recent years, considerable change has affected universities and their academic libraries, and this pace of change is likely to continue. Recent and current changes affecting academic libraries include:

• Increasing client expectations, with the consequent need to maintain and enhance the student experience, including student success and attainment, student retention and progression, and employability
• Disintermediation and the danger of library support in the digital age becoming invisible
• Current and future generations of students and researchers considering themselves self-sufficient in information skills
• A decline in the importance of the library as a physical entity
• Changing user needs and working styles
• The availability of alternative sources of information for learners and researchers, with other providers as well as libraries in the digital environment
• The changing nature of universities, with new ways of working, changes in pedagogy, and increasing online delivery
• Changes in scholarly publication methods (such as open access) and the research environment
• Changing technologies, such as social media and mobile technologies
• Financial uncertainties, institutional cutbacks and an increasing pressure for accountability

https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/power-and-challenges-collaboration-academic-libraries