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4 pictures and a conclusion: the third age of libraries in a network environment
Lorcan Dempsey
Taiga Forum28 March 2006
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40 pictures and no conclusion
Lorcan Dempsey
Taiga Forum?? March 2006
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3 ages
1. Resource sharing and cataloging2. A&I and e-journals3. Consolidation around network
platforms ..
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Some context for a beginning
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Synthesize - to combine often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole.
Synthesize
Web services
Patron services
Content
Policies
Registries
Forward knowledge
Fulfillment services
Mobilize
Specialize - involve specific knowledge in order to serve a particular purpose; to apply or direct to specific end or use.
Specialize
…
Mobilize - to put into action
Workplace applications - points of need
Profiles
• Local service• Local added value• Local context• Local knowledge
Robin Murray
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Library servicelandscape
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URL is the currency of the webSynthesize-specialize-mobilize
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The library and the library network
Impact
Systemwide efficiences
Cat/Resource sharingJournal lit
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The long tail
Impact?
Systemwide efficiences
Aggregation of supply•Unified discovery•Low transaction costs
Aggregation of demand
Synthesize-specialize-mobilize
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Libraries and the long tail dynamic
Aggregate supply?
1.7% of circulations are ILLs
Aggregate demand?
20% of collection accounted for 90% of use
(2 research libraries over ~4 years)
(60% of aggregate G5 collection owned by one library)
Each reader his/her book
Each book its reader
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… to collaboratively sourced approaches
Libraries AustraliaCRLIthakaOCLCRLGDEF
OhioLinkCalifornia digital libraryJISC
Google Scholar
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At what level?
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Collections Discovery to deliverySpace and Consumer environmentsBusiness intelligence
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Collections
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View from the hill
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OCLC adaptation of Liz Lyon
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View from closer in
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high low
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stewardship
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ssBooksJournalsNewspapersGov. docsCD, DVDMapsScores
Special collectionsRare booksLocal/Historical newspapersLocal history materialsArchives & Manuscripts, Theses & dissertations
Research and learning materials •ePrints/tech reports•Learning objects•Courseware•E-portfolios•Research data
Freely-accessible web resourcesOpen source softwareNewsgroup archives
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Print books Preservation turn: Cost of management and
preservation of print collection? Mass digitisation: converting sharable
materials to licensable materials? Mass digitization and off-site storage present
similar issues: selection and shared capacity move to network level?
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Licensed resources Libraries have selected from a
published resource: scholarly record. A global knowledge base? Complete digital and print runs – at
what level?
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Digitized special collections Relevance to local research and
learning needs? The biomedical question … Aggregation and higher level services
… at what level?
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Web Harvest and curate Integrity: Versioning and citation
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Institutional research and learning outputs Differently motivated (coordinated asset
management, scholarly communications, reputation management, disclosure, preservation, ..)
Domain specialties (high acronymic density) Diversity: big data, e-portfolios, learning materials, … Integrity: versioning and citation Special collections of the future?
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Some questions aboutcollections
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Structures, budgets, skills, routine systems ….… are organized aroundthe ‘upper left’.
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What is the scholarly record?
Who is securing the scholarly record?
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At what level?
Inside out and outside in.
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Discovery to delivery
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Use
RequestLocateDiscover Deliver
Example: aggregate supply: transaction costs
Each arrow is a potential added cost:In terms of attention or technical, policy, business or service gaps.Amazon? Google?
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Challenges: find it?
Discovery:
Fewer unified resources?
Metasearch? Where the user wants:
RSS, search engine, CMS, ….
Location:
Service router Resolvers
E-commerce sites Library Services on items
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Challenges: find it?
Request:
Service router Place hold Place ILL request Initiate purchase
request, ….
Deliver:
From multiple sources
Shared physical and digital collections?
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Locked within end to end systems where the ends are in the wrong places!
Aggregate supply and demand at the network level.
Gravitational pull and smooth working.
Competition for attention.
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Uncertainty about:
Service linesProcess modelService/product architecture
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Space and Consumerenvironments
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Database > website > workflow
Prefabricated (e.g. CMS)
Self assembled digital identity
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Gather – create - share
Raymond Yee
URL is the currency
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Conversation and evidence
Mobilize the edge of user contributionMobilize resources in user spaces
Integrity and authenticityVersioning
Citing
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Businessintelligence
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Measurement
Assessment Marketing Reflexive product adaptation
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Business intelligence
To think about:Consolidated holdings?Consolidated usage data?Consolidated circ data?Consolidated resolution data?Consolidated download data?….
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Moving to thenetwork level
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Trajectory: from vertical integration …
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… to collaboratively sourced approaches
Libraries AustraliaCRLIthakaOCLCRLGDEF
OhioLinkCalifornia digital libraryJISC
Google Scholar
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Collectively strategiseCollectively specify (ERMI)Collaboratively source
Solutions Products
Synthesise-specialise-mobilize