Report for the Library of Congress: Preliminaries
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Report for the Library of Congress: Preliminaries
Karen CalhounEndUser Meeting, Chicago
April 22, 2006
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The Catalog = The First Self-Service Information Tool
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The Way We WorkedBooksJournalsNewspapersGov docsMapsScoresAVDissertations
Special collectionsManuscriptsPapersUniv records
Journal articlesConference proceedingsEtc.
Library catalogs
Archives
Abstracting &Indexing services
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From Dempsey, Lorcan et al. 2005. “Metadata switch.” In E-Scholarship: A LITA Guide (Chicago: LITA).
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LC Action Item 6.4: “Support research and development on the changing nature of the catalog to include consideration of a framework for its integration with other discovery tools.”
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Objectives
• Examine the issues broadly (in major research libraries)
• Describe current situation• Assess obstacles and feasibility• Create a vision and (actionable)
blueprint for change• Produce a report to elicit dialogue,
collaboration, and movement
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Methodology
• Interdisciplinary literature review
• Structured interviews– 23 noted library and information
science professionals
• A business perspective– Product life cycle– Competitive strategy
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The Decline of the Catalog
• Users bypassing the catalog– 89% of college students say they begin with
search engines vs 2% with library Web pages
• One piece of a fragmented library information landscape (and hard to use!)– Principle of Least Effort– Metasearch in trouble
• Cataloging practice does not scale– “Just how much do we need to continue to
spend on carefully constructed catalogs?”—Deanna Marcum, LC Associate Librarian
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The Continuing Importance of the Catalog
• Books and serials are not dead, and they are not yet digital
• ARL libraries spent the lion’s share of $665 million on books and serials in 2004
The legacy of the world’s library collections is tied to the future of catalogs
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Existing New
New
USERS
USES
Existing users,Existing uses
Existing users,New uses
New users,Existing uses
New users,New uses
Examples:-Programs for freshmen-“Push” to courseWeb pages
Examples:-Mass digitization-Large scale integration withother systems-Universal access
Examples:-Minor enhancement toexisting catalogs
Examples:-E-journal discovery-Subject pathfinders-Export to bibliographicmanagement software
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EXTEND
EXPAND
LEAD
Improve the user’s experienceGreatly enhance delivery (fast!)
Standards development/complianceRecycle and reuse catalog data
Innovate and reduce costs
Invest in shared catalogsLink pools of scholarly data
Seek partners
Masscollections& catalogs
DigitizeOpen access
Participate in the substitute industry
“Thirty-two Options &Three Strategies”—A Radical Abridgement
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NC State University’s Endeca-Powered Catalog
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CalCat
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To Learn More…
• “The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Systems”– http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf
• “Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California”– http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/BSTF/
Final.pdf
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Implications for the ILS?
• Extend strategy– “Discovery” layer with ILS back end?
• Expand strategy (shared catalogs)– Modularity: “Think in terms of linking rather than
building”– Web services (importance of standards)
• Leadership strategy– “Outward integration”-Library collections and
other scholarly information objects more visible in the user’s environment
– ILS = a service layer for supporting rights management, linking, inventory control, delivery