Paper and BeyondThe impact of digitization on library services
Elsbeth Kwant, 30 january 2013 Twitter: @ElsbethK
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek
9th century: first picture of ‘Dutch’ people
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1450’s: Invention of the printing press
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1798: Foundation of the National Library
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1980: Start Library Automation
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KB webservice:1993 - 1998: Gopher
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1994 : First search engines
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KB webservice:1994 - 1998
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Google Beta 1998
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KB webservice:1998-2002
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2001: Launch of Wikipedia
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2002-2004
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2007: Introduction Iphone, 2010 Ipad
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KB webservice:2009-?
Paper and Beyond 30-1-2012Around 800: The firstmanuscripts in Dutch
1477: The first printedbook in the Netherlands
1798: Foundation of the KB
1980’s Start of LibraryAutomation
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1994: Decision to start an electronic deposit system
Preserving the records of national textual heritagePreserving the records of international science
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1995: First digitization projects2009: Decision to digitize ‘everything Dutch’
Providing maximal access to researchers and the general public
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2012: Decision to build a National Digital Library
Coordinating library efforts in the Netherlands foracademic and public libraries.
Impact on KB
* Change of focus: from a hard-copy academic librarywith a focus on the Netherlands to a Digital National Library with a focus on researchers in ten years
* We are playing a different ball-game: we plan to digitize 8 million pages this year. At such a scaleyou need a very professional organization, becausemistakes have a great impact
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Impact on front-office
* Change of focus from visitors onsite to visitorsonline
* Time spent on copyright issues and digital rightsmanagement has grown significantly
* Patron-driven acquisition means we collect referenceworks for use not for preservation
* Increased focus on value and efficiency
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Impact on services
We see services as the place where our data meetspeoples needs
* Not necessarily KB-services anymore
* Not necessarily webservices anymore (otherplatforms)
* Sharing data with third parties to be part of the network that comprises the information landscape for users
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Impact on servicesWe see services as the place where our data meets
peoples needs
* Not necessarily webservices anymore (apps)
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We aim to open up our unmediated data to third parties (Europeana, The EuropeanLibrary, researchinfrastructures)
We aim to open up ourmediated data* to thirdparties (for instancethrough widgets)
Mediated data = context
All data that have requiredhuman effort to make: selections (exhibitions, thematic selections) & edited content (articles)
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Increased focus on value
Value of services in relation to:
- Demand (Who’ll be happy if we do this?)
- Strategy (How does it fit in with our general policy)
- Cost-effectiveness (is the result worth the money)
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Increased focus on efficiency
* Not a new website for every dataset, but a cleardistinction between components:
Dataset + application + look & feel = service
* A yearly evaluation of all services
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Main goals
* Creating a national platform for full-text discovery of Dutch books and periodicals (Searching in publications, full-text)
* Letting users search for everything we can giveaccess to (searching for publications, metadata)
* Giving context and visibility to our collectionsthrough mediated content (specialized services, exhibitions, social networks)
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A Library = a library = a library?
Similarity in form does not mean similarity in function:
• Public libraries: focus on community value
• Research libaries: focus on supporting research
• Business libaries: focus on supporting business
• National libraries: focus on archiving national heritage
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A book = a book = a book?
Similarity in form does not mean similarity in function:
• Reference works
• Fiction
• Picturebooks (cookery books)
- For most types of research hard copy books will become obsolete
- For reading it depends on usability of devices
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Gartner’s Hype Cycle
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Knowledge is key to the future
* Know what makes you unique
* Stay curious about what’s happening around you
* Combine these two to find your best road ahead
* Once you’ve chosen it, don’t choose another too soon
* It’s not about the technology but about the value for your users
* Don’t try to predict the future, but make sure you can adapt to it.
Questions?
Email: [email protected] - Twitter: @ElsbethK
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