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“Survive” is the New Thrive 

Factors  Leading Libraries to Web Scale

Durham, NC  ‐‐ November 16, 2010

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• Shared resources, but no shared catalog

AssumptionsAssumptions

1 All value is local but all (or most) locals are1. All value is local, but all (or most) locals are global

2 Budgets are down will stay down and2. Budgets are down … will stay down … and may not come back

3 A hi i ibl if d ’ h3. Anything is possible if you don’t care who gets credit

4. I’m totally optimistic about or future

Good TogetherGood Together

Better TogetherBetter Together

Web Scale … is Better TogetherWeb Scale … is Better Together

• Shared workflows for …Shared workflows for …– Collection development /identification– Acquisitions / vendor / license managementq / / g– Cataloging / metadata assignment– Discovery and resource sharingy g

• Reduced duplication / waste• Every library a research library – broadens theEvery library a research library  broadens the network

• Advantages of the choiceAdvantages of the choice 

Always about the MoneyAlways about the Money

Web Scale and SavingsWeb Scale and Savings

• Consolidated systems  lower costsCo so dated syste s o e costs– Shared costs – hardware, software, maintenance– Shared  data – reduced unique work across group– Less duplicated (wasted) time and effort

• Shared systems broadens shared networks– At discover layer AND deeper – Collection Dev!

• Consolidated systems  are greend d l l– Reduced local energy costs

What You Can Do BestWhat You Can Do Best

Rick AndersonRick Anderson

“As I get older I’m finding that I tend moreAs I get older, I m finding that I tend more and more to like things that are fundamentally sane and to dislike things that aresane, and to dislike things that are fundamentally insane …”

Rick … continuedRick … continued

“ And as time goes on more and more of… And as time goes on, more and more of the things we do in libraries seem to me to fall into the latter category ”into the latter category.

Toward Greater Sanity in Scholarly C i iCommunication

Less sane More saneLess sane

• Interlibrary loan

• Big Deals

More sane

• Article purchases (document delivery)Big Deals

– Subscriptions

– Approval plans

f / b

• Wikipedia

• Shared cataloging• Reference/Bib instruction

• Redundant cataloging

• Print runs

• Ease of use

• PDA (for books)

P i t d d• Print runs • Print on demand

Web‐scale to Improve LibrariesWeb scale to Improve Libraries

Libraries focus on Web Scale is used forLibraries focus on …

• What we’re best at

Web Scale is used for …

• What’s best crowd‐sourcedWhat we re best at

• What’s unique

• What’s local 

What s best crowd sourced

• What’s a commodity service

• What’s shared

• What ONLY we can do  • What’s outside our wheelhouse

E thi !• Everything!

SummarySummary

Web scale should be an option ifWeb scale should be an option if …

• We can take advantage of shared services

$$$• We can save $$$ 

• We can change the face of libraries

So there’s this guy …So there s this guy …

Questions / CommentsQuestions / Comments

Contact InfoContact Info

Tim RogersTim Rogers

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