Moving to the Network Level: Libraries, Readers and Applications

Lorcan Dempsey

ORBIS Cascade AllianceRetreatUniversity of Washington12-14 April 2006

3 ages

1. Resource sharing and cataloging2. A&I and e-journals3. Move to the network level:

Consolidation around network platforms ..

Moving to the network level

StorageAmazon S3

ComputationSun Grid

ApplicationSalesforce.com

DataRefworksShared catalogingJSTORGoogle

Some context for abeginning

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

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Mobilize - to put into action

Workplace applications - points of need

Profiles

• Local service• Local added value• Local context• Local knowledge

Robin Murray

Synthesise, Local

CSUSM, David Walker

Synthesise, network

Specialize, Local

Mobilize, Local

‘2 clicks to full-text’Integrate ‘find articles’ service with other services‘Variety of pathways’Metasearch appropriate databases from course pages

Innovative Uses of Metasearch: Rethinking Metasearch for a Better User ExperienceDavid Lindahl & Jeff Suszczynski, U Rochester

Looking to synthesize, specialize, mobilize

Library servicelandscape

URL is the currency of the web

The library and the library network

Impact

Systemwide efficiencies

Cat/Resource sharingJournal lit

The long tail

Impact?

Systemwide efficiences

Aggregation of supply•Unified discovery•Low transaction costs

Aggregation of demand

Synthesize-specialize-mobilize

Libraries and the long tail dynamic

Aggregate supply?

1.7% of circulations are ILLs

(60% of aggregate G5 collection owned by one library only)

Aggregate demand?

20% of collection accounted for 90% of use

(2 research libraries over ~4 years)

Each reader his/her book

Each book its reader

Collaboratively sourced approaches

Libraries AustraliaCRLIthakaOCLCRLGDEF

OhioLinkSummitCalifornia digital libraryJISCPines

Google Scholar

At what level?

Space and Consumer environments Collections Discovery to deliveryBusiness intelligence

Space &consumer environments

OCLC adaptation of Liz Lyon

Database > website > workflow

Prefabricated (e.g. CMS)

Self assembled digital identity

Gather – create - share

Raymond Yee

URL is the currency

Conversation and evidence

Mobilize the edge of user contributionMobilize resources in user spaces

Integrity and authenticityVersioning

Citing

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Collections

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BooksJournalsNewspapersGov. 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?

Licensed resources Libraries have selected from a published

resource: scholarly record. A global knowledge base? Complete digital and print runs – at what

level? Growing interest in audio, video, … Mobilize: Gather, create, share?

Digitized special collections Relevance to local research and learning

needs? Primary materials. Specialise: support the curriculum/research needs Mobilize: integration with learning materials

Aggregation and higher level services … at what level?

Web Harvest and curate Integrity: Versioning and citation State/government docs/websites Specialize:

Collect websites for a particular course

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, … Special collections of the future? New institutional content: podcasts, TV,

Blog/Wiki record, …

Collections

Outside in: traditional

Inside out: new challenge

Discovery to

delivery

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?

Synthesise discovery Metasearch Consolidation?

Specialize discovery?Synthesize and specialize location

Service router = resolution

Locked within end to end systems where the ends are in the wrong places!

Fragmentation: major discovery ad transaction costs

Losing the competition for attention.

Businessintelligence

Measurement

Assessment Marketing Reflexive product adaptation

Business intelligence

To think about:Consolidated holdings?Consolidated usage data?Consolidated circ data?Consolidated resolution data?Consolidated download data?….

Moving to thenetwork level

From vertical integration …

… to collaboratively sourced approaches

Libraries AustraliaCRLIthakaOCLCRLGDEF

OhioLinkOrbis Cascade AllianceCalifornia digital libraryJISC

Google Scholar

At what level: Institutional (single, California Digital Library) Regional/State (OhioLink, Pines, Orbis

Cascade Alliance) National (JISC, DEFF, Libraries Australia, …) International (Google Scholar, worldcat, JStor)

Multilevel approach to …

Collections Shared offsite storage Aggregate and analyse

digital collections Institutional repository Digital storage and

preservation

Social and consumer environments

Social networking services: tagging, reviews, recommendations

Share mobilizing approaches

Virtual reference

D2D Consolidated discovery Knowledge base Resolution - Service

routing – fulfilment

Business intelligence Synthesize and mobilize

shared usage data Recommendation,

management decisions Digitization and offsite

storage

A new resource sharing …

UncertaintyThe collective collectionService development

Concentrate expertise and share outputs E.g. developing specialized and mobilizing services

Bank Access to materials, innovation, …

Share everything … a pattern for more efficiently allocating resources within bigger units

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