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The Long Tail in Research Collections: Moment of Need Meets Discovery Speed
John LawVice President Discovery
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest Company
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HELPING YOUR LIBRARY BE THE
BEST PARTNERFOR RESEARCH
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“What is the likely shape of the library of the future?And how do we build collections for it?”
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Shape of the library of the future
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What used to keep us awake at night?
Increasingly library resources being sidelined
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New report from the Ithaka longitudinal study…
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Source: Housewright, R., & Schonfeld, R. (Aug2008).
• The importance of the role of the library as a gateway for locating information has fallen over time
• The library is increasingly disintermediated from the actual research process
Aug-2008 Ithaka report by Housewright and Schonfeld
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Pew Internet & American Life Project
Vast majority of researchers turn to web search engines to meet their information needs
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OCLC Perceptions Study
80+% of researchers begin their research with web search engines (rather than the library)
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Outsell info industry analyst firm
• Annual study showing steady increase in use of web search engines by professionals for their research needs
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Scary with regards to future of library for research
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Primary Research
• Observational research of student researchers• 70+ sessions across 8
universities, 2 continents
• Online focus groups with end-user researchers• 9 groups, 80 participants
(multiple demographics) • Focus group sessions with librarians• 7 groups, 47 librarians
• Surveys of end-user researchers• 10,463 respondents across
diverse demographics
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Primary Research
• Observational research of student researchers• 70+ sessions across 8 universities and 2 continents
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More Primary Research
• Online focus groups with end-user researchers• 9 groups, 80 participants (multiple demographics)
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More Primary Research
• Focus group sessions with librarians• 7 groups, 47 librarians
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More Primary Research
• Surveys of end-user researchers• 10,463 respondents across diverse demographics
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Conference theme – Reinventing collections
• Digitized collections are highly valuable
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The superior source for quality, credible content
Preferred for academic research and course assignments
Libraries Have an Edge
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Rather than reinventing – Reframe the problem
• Finding their audience is highly challenging• The long tail
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The Long Tail
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Library is the king of the long tail
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Scott’s The Paradise of Choice
“We are entering an era of unprecedented choice. And that’s a good thing.”
You are creating an era of unprecedented choice –breadth, depth, coverage
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Columbia University Study
“Knowing what you want versus discovering what you want”
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The easiest place to start the research process
What’s the experience in libraries
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“Offer customers abundant choices, but also help them search.”
I’m pro choice, Forbes article
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Long Tail – Digital distribution and your special collections
• Two effects:• Widens the field of possible customers and shortens the
search time• Over time this will increase usage and expand the
library’s customer base
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Bringing the Researcher Back to the Library
“We’re facing challenging budget years ahead. It’s essential that we raise the profile of the library and demonstrate real value.”
John ShippUniversity Librarian at the University of Sydney
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Value Gap Emerges: ARL expenditures vs. perceptions of library value as gateway
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Online Catalogs
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Building ROI through Discovery: Leveraging the Value of the Library Collection. Tenopir,C. (2009).
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One search box… your library discovered
Enables quick discovery of library resources• Deep searching of a single unified index • Pre-harvesting of content versus federated search• Available to users without authentication barriers
web-scale discovery
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Growing list of Summon libraries
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• Arizona State University• Arlington Heights Memorial Library• Bucknell University• Claremont Colleges• Colby College• College of William and Mary• Cranfield University• Cyprus University of Technology• Dartmouth College• Davidson College• Drexel University• Edith Cowan University Library• Erasmus University• Florida Atlantic University• Florida Institute of Technology• Glasgow Caledonian• Grand Valley State University• Griffith University• James Cook University• La Trobe University• Maine Statewide Library• Missouri University of Science and Technology• National College of Ireland• National Defense University• North Carolina State University• Northumbria University• Oklahoma State University• Oregon State University• Phoenix Public Library
• Queensland University of Technology• Rollins College• Royal Holloway University of London• Simon Fraser University• Southern Methodist University• University of Adelaide• University of Calgary• University of Canterbury• University of Central Missouri• University of Cyprus• University of Dundee• University of Houston• University of Huddersfield• University of Liverpool• University of London Research Library Services• University of Manitoba• University of Missouri at Kansas City• University of Missouri-Columbia• University of Montana• University of Queensland• University of Saint Thomas• University of South Australia• University of Southern California• University of Sydney• University of Texas at San Antonio• University of Victoria• University of Western Sydney• Villanova University• Western Michigan University• York College of Pennsylvania
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Web-scale discovery at work in libraries
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Seeing is Believing at GVSU
Check it out on your ownhttp://gvsu.edu/library
View it on your mobile devicehttp://tiny.cc/summon
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Worldwide RaveWorldwide Rave……
From University of South Australia• “Summon is great!!! Best source to find
everything I need and really easy to use!”From Claremont College • “I love this program! It’s so easy now, I don’t
have to go to different databases just to find what I’m looking for.”
From Edith Cowan University• “Wow… what an improvement. I can actually
find journal articles.”
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-- Ellis P.Ph.D. candidate
University of Liverpool
“I’ve only been using [Summon] for a few hours, but I have found it to be a fast, convenient method of searching for information for my dissertation.
“… superb one-stop-shop for results which makes other search applications … seem laborious and almost antiquated.”
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GVSU: Web-scale Discovery delivers results
Increased usage of databases*• JSTOR +146% • Academic Search Premier +92%• PsycArticles +91%• IEEE +40%• Wiley +49%• Sage +36%• LexisNexis +642%
* Fall 2009 GVSU analysis of database usage
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Return on Investment in Collections
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““Our goal is to open the gates to the Our goal is to open the gates to the wealth of information and resources wealth of information and resources that we can offer.that we can offer.””
Tom HickersonVice Provost and University Librarian
University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources
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University of Calgary: Local Digital Collections
• Institutional repositories and local collections celebrate the uniqueness of an institution, as shaped by its founders and contributors
• Summon provides integrated access to a diversity of resources, while exposing research assets beyond the reach of physical walls
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Special collections already indexed by Summon
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Institutional repositories indexed Summon today
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Examples
http://wmich.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=addFacetValueFilters%28ContentType,Newspaper+Article:t%29&s.q=%22university+of+michigan%22+%22hockey+player%22
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Examples
http://claremont.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=map+of+san+pedro%2C+california
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Examples
http://gvsu.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=president+gerald+ford+AND+lubbers
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Examples
http://smu.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=gardens+inside+the+Sultan%27s+palace%2C+Rabat%2C+September+1943
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Goodbye Sleepless Nights!
One search box…
YOUR LIBRARY’s COLLECTIONS DISCOVERED
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"I have seen the future of how libraries will provide access to information, resources, and collections. It's called "Summon" by Serial Solutions and it can become equally important as Google in everyone's everyday information seeking and use.”
Mike EisenbergDean Emeritus & ProfessorUniversity of WashingtonInformation School
"I have seen the future of how libraries will provide "I have seen the future of how libraries will provide access to information, resources, and collections. access to information, resources, and collections. It's called "Summon" by Serial Solutions and it can It's called "Summon" by Serial Solutions and it can become equally important as Google in everyone's become equally important as Google in everyone's everyday information seeking and use.everyday information seeking and use.””
Mike EisenbergDean Emeritus & ProfessorUniversity of WashingtonInformation School
“…“… equally important as Google equally important as Google in everyone's everyday in everyone's everyday information seeking and use.information seeking and use.””
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