report on the rethinking resource sharing initiative
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Report on the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative
Tanner Wray, University of Maryland Libraries
NELINET Annual Resource Sharing
Spring Meeting, New London, NH
June 6, 2008
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Introductions
• Library type
• Job function
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Overview
• A Little Background on Why to Rethink• Goals of the Initiative• Key Projects
– Policies Committee– Manifesto– Innovation Awards– Interoperability Committee– GoGetter– Marketing Committee– User Needs Committee– Delivery Committee– Forum III – 2007– ALA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Preconference 2008
• Discussion
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What is the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative?
an ad hoc group
that advocates
for a complete rethink
of the way libraries
conduct resource sharing
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What’s different?
• Internet has changed user expectations
• Everyone manages information differently
• More people work outside the library context
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Mission
Rethinking Resource Sharing
Inspiring Libraries
Empowering People
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Strategies
• Focus on user needs
• Put services on websites
• Offer services outside the library
• Look for useful models outside the library
• Use fees when free service isn’t possible
• Measure user satisfaction
• Remain vendor neutral
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Partner Organizations
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Policies Committee
• Purpose
• Housed within ALA/RUSA/STARS
• Finalized the Manifesto for Rethinking Resource Sharing– What is it?– 7 principles
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/stars/starssections/committeesa/rrscomm/rrscomm.html
http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/manifesto.html
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Manifesto
1. Fewer restrictions– Imposed only as necessary– Lowest possible barriers to fulfillment
presented
“Restrictions shall only be imposed as necessary by individual institutions with the goal that the lowest-possible-barriers-to-fulfillment are presented to the user.”
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Manifesto
2. Users can choose from options– delivery format– method of delivery– fulfillment type
• loan, copy, digital copy, and purchase
“Library users shall be given appropriate options for delivery format, method of delivery, and fulfillment type, including loan, copy, digital copy, and purchase.”
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Manifesto
3. Global access– Use both formal and informal networking
agreements – Goal is lowest barrier to fulfillment
“Global access to sharable resources shall be encouraged through formal and informal networking agreements with the goal towards lowest-barrier-to-fulfillment.”
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Manifesto
4.Share resources from all types of cultural institutions– Libraries– Archives– Museums– Expertise of all types utilized
“Sharable resources shall include those held in cultural institutions of all sorts: libraries, archives, museums, and the expertise of those employed in such places.”
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Manifesto
5. Reference service facilitates sharing– Use reference expertise to aid fulfillment– No findable object should be totally
unattainable
“Reference services are a vital component to resource sharing and delivery and shall be made readily accessible from any initial "can't supply this" response. No material that is findable should be totally unattainable.”
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Manifesto
6. Offer service for a fee rather than refusing service– Strive to achieve services that are not more
expensive than commercial services
“Libraries should offer service at a fair price rather than refuse but should strive to achieve services that are not more expensive than commercial services, e.g. bookshops.”
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Manifesto
7. Everyone a library user– Registration should be as easy as signing up
for commercial web services
“Library registration should be as easy as signing up for commercial web based services. Everyone can be a library user.”
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Manifesto Endorsements• ALA/RUSA/STARS Executive Committee, Jan
2007 • ALA/RUSA/STARS Rethinking Resource
Sharing Policies Committee, Jan 2007 • Rethinking Resource Sharing Steering
Committee, Feb 2007 • IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing
Standing Committee, May 2007 • MAILL (Maryland Interlibrary Loan), Oct 18,
2007
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Policies – Next Steps
• Endorsement of the Manifesto by state library associations and state library agencies
“…. by affirming the Manifesto, {state} libraries agree to uphold the principles by doing these things…. 1. 2. 3. …. ”
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MAILL (Maryland Interlibrary Loan*)
• October 18, 2007– Affirmed the Manifesto– Affirming means…
• 2008– Challenging members to move beyond
affirming and put solutions into practice
*http://www.maill.sailorsite.net/
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Policies Committee
• Facilitators Guide– Posted online (RRS website)– Use to Inform a local discussion
http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/docs/facil-guide.doc
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Next Steps
• Collect examples for each of the 7 points in the Manifesto for Rethinking Resource Sharing
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Other Policy Ideas (Some Radical!)
• Floating collections
• Purchase on demand & give to requester
• User purchases & donates to library
• Direct delivery to patrons from lending library
• 7-day/week deliveries
• No due dates, no overdues
• Automatic renewals unless requested
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2008 RRS Innovation Awards
• Recognizing and honoring individual or institution for changes they made to improve users’ access to information through resource sharing in their library, consortium or state.
• $1,000 cash awards in 2008 sponsored by Alliance of Library Networks
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RRS Innovation AwardsFactors
• Impact on users
• Scalability
• Sustainability
• Ability for other libraries/consortia to replicate the idea
• Initiative and risk taking
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2008 RRS Innovation Award Winners
• North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) program. Streams video files to member library users wherever they are on the web
• New York Reference and Research Resources Councils (NY3Rs). Nine multi-type library networks serving all libraries in New York State. IDS (Information Delivery Services) Project
http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation.html
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Interoperability Committee
• GoGetter (GetIt) plug-in Project– Open-source– Offers options to get information
• Seeking additional committee members
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Status of GoGetter
• Interoperability Committee– Completed the GoGetter prototype– Updated the functional specs– Worked with RRS Marketing Committee for
name/branding– Developed base-level documentation– Awaits OCLC to complete the open source
licensing
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Marketing Committee
• Branding of the GetIt Prototype = GoGetter• Created RRS logo design• Designed stickers for distribution• Tracked
– Articles, including Interface v. 30, no. 1 http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclapubs/interface/currentedition/currentedition.cfm
– Presentations, including http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/
• Seeking additional committee members
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User Needs Committee
• Gain insight into the needs of the common user inside and outside the library environment
• Need a chair for the committee
• Need committee member volunteers
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Delivery Committee
• Physical and virtual delivery of materials is important
• Brainstorm of ideas– Give users multiple options for delivery– Use partnerships outside the library– Download articles to PDAs
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Delivery Committee
• Pick up at lockers outside the library and non-library locations
• ILL floating collection
• State-wide or national courier service
• Need additional committee members
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Finance Committee
• Will identify sources of funding for implementing Initiative activities
• New Committee
• Chair and Members Needed
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Learning More About RRS
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2007 RRS Forum IIIApril 19-20, 2007
• Michael Stephens, Dominican University and blogger for Tame the Web: Libraries and Technology, “Technology Trends 2007: Sharing Data, Sharing Experience”
• Linda Frueh, Washington, D.C. Regional Director, Internet Archive and Alexis Rossi, Project Leader Internet Archive “Rethinking Resource Sharing: The Internet Archive Perspective”
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ALA 2008 Preconference
• Friday June 27, 2008 Anaheim CA
• “Throw off your policies and expose your resources: Rethinking resource sharing”
• ALA RUSA STARS Preconference
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/stars/starsevents/starsevents.cfm
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ALA 2008 PreconferencePresenters
• Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix
• Gina Persichini, Idaho State Library
• Jim Meyers, Orange County Public Library
• Perry Willett, University of Michigan
• Interactive sessions
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ALA 2008 PreconferenceSponsors
• Emerald
• OCLC
• Rapid
• Relais
• SirsiDynix
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IFLA Satellite Meeting
• August 5-7, 2008, Boston, MA
• “Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving perspectives on information content and delivery”
http://www.bcr.org/rethinkingaccess/
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IFLA Satellite MeetingPresenters
• Steven Abrams, SirsiDynix
• Brenda Bailey-Hainer, BCR
• Patrick Danowski, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Germany
• Catherine Davidson and Mary Lehane, York University, Canada
• Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC
• Poul Erlandsen, National Library of Education, Denmark
• Rose Goodier, John Rylands University Library, Manchester, UK
• Amy Greenberg, Scholars Portal, Canada
• Sharon Karasmanis, & Alison Bates, La Trobe University, Australia
• Robert Krall, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
• R. David Lankes, Information Institute of Syracuse, and Syracuse University
• Sarah McHugh, Montana State Library
• Barbara Preece, Boston Library Consortium
• Pentti Vattulainen, National Repository Library, Finland
• Gail Wanner, SirsiDynix
• Keith Webster, and Heather Todd, University of Queensland, Australia
• Lynn Wiley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Bodil Wöhnert, Esbjerg Public Library, Denmark
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Become Involved with RRS
• Join the RRS listserv
http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/involve.html
• Change things in your library or consortium
• Attend the STARS ALA Preconference in June or IFLA meeting in August
• Volunteer to be on a committee
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Next Steps
Start a Discussion:
Today at 1pm! – At Your Library!
Take Action - Start a Revolution
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Resources/Links
Rethinking Resource Sharinghttp://www.RethinkingResourceSharing.org
Rethinking Policies Committee http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/
stars/starssections/committeesa/rrscomm/rrscomm.html
[email protected] Listservhttp://bcr-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/rethinking
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Contact Information
Tanner Wray, MLS, AHIP
Director of Public Services
University of Maryland Libraries
McKeldin Library Room 4119
College Park, MD 20742 USA
301-405-9251
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Thank You!
Anne Beaubien
University of Michigan
Wendy Dobson
Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Rethinking Resource SharingInspiring Librarians
Empowering People
http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/