The Danish Digital Library
Jakob Heide PetersenHead of division, Danish Agency of Culture
NAPLE Assembly Copenhagen 2012
Contents
• The Danish library sector• Library developments• The Danish Digital Library
– The challenge– The Ting project– The solution
• Implementation• Related developments• Issues
Some Danish public library key figures
• Population 5.56 million• Local authorities 98, • 500 public libraries (main and
branches)• Total budget: 355 million euro
(64 euro per. capita) • Staff: 4.500 (2.100 librarians)• 36 million visits, 45 million
loans (8,2 loans per capita)• Population library usage:
– 1/3 frequent users (several times a moth)
– 1/3 occasional users (several times a year)
– 1/3 non-users
Act regarding library services
• Cooperation between research and public libraries
• The extended library concept (all media)
• Free access to all primary services
• Few services at a charge• Framework for the library
structure: regionalisation, inter-municipal payment
Recent library developments
• Reform of municipalities in 2006 – from 275 to 98 municipalities
• 300 service points closed from 2000 to 2008• 130 service points closed in 2007 following reform of
municipalities • Report on the public libraries after the reform of the
municipalities in the fall of 2008• Debate in parliament on the development of libraries• Commission on the Public Libraries in the Knowledge
Society
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Commission report – April 2010
Recommendations with five action lines:
1. Open libraries
2. Inspiration and learning
3. The Danish Digital Library
4. Partnerships
5. Professional development
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Use of library e-resources (20 public libaries 2011)
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Audio books
Articles
Music
E-books
Movies
Games and media
Not relevant Don't know Know but don't use Know and use
Awareness of web-based library materials
The Danish Digital Library
• The challenges– Competitive web-based library services.
– Highly visible web-based materials.
– Consolidated it-solutions
– Collaboration
• The solution– “A joint solution for digital presentation that can be used by all municipal
libraries and libraries in other sectors”
• Collaboration between Ministry of Culture and Local Government Denmark (LGDK)– Work started in spring 2011 and report published in March 2012
– Use of it consultants to evaluate existing library collaboration
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Approach
• Focus on infrastructure (not portals)• Modular and open source• Evaluation of existing initiative – TING• Focus on public libraries• Use of it consultants to evaluate existing library
collaboration• Negotiation with municipalities
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The TING project
• Open source collaboration with additional focus on open data and innovation
• Modular service oriented infrastructure• Collaboration between
– DBC (Public limited company owned by government and local government)
– Aarhus municipal library– Copenhagen municipal library
• DBC technical partner (infrastructure, data well)• Started in fall 2008• Used by a number of large public libraries
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Service Oriented Architecture
Many user interfaces
Assessment of TING
• Favourable assessment – Open source, scalable– Best practise architecture– Good experiences with
practical use
• National solution means increased need for:– Organisation – Governance– Technical integration
The Danish Digital Library
• Presentation + access to materials
• Additional technical components
• Purchasing– Consortia– Joint negotiations– Administration of the
purchasing process
Assessment by it-consultants (Devoteam)
Data wellData well
WebservicesWebservices
CMSCMS
ERMSAcquisitionPaymentAccessAdministrationStatistics
ERMSAcquisitionPaymentAccessAdministrationStatistics
Access management
Access management
CMSCMS CMSCMS
The technical solution
The Danish Digital Library
• Organisation– Multiple vendors, use of tenders – Contract management and purchaser/supplier models– Coherent infrastructure
• Technical elements– Data well that handles enriched data (user generated content,
recommendations, book covers)– Search– National and local presentation on the internet– ERMS– Access and rights management
Development and presentation
It-developmentPurchasing
Secretariat
Coordination group
Steering Committee
Organisation
Implementation
• Budget– National government: 2,3 million euro – Local government: max. 3,7 million euro (max. 0,69 euro pr.
capita)
• Membership– Implementation costs estimated at 3,75 million euro in 2-3 years– Voluntary for the individual municipality– Goal: within three years 80-90 % of the population should be
covered by the solution – The implementation should result in net savings for the individual
library (positive business case)
Related developments
• National tender of library system– Not an OPAC– Open modular service oriented system– Focus on transactions and administration– Mediation and user interface to be handled by CMS– Almost all municipalities participating
• E-books– National service started in November 2011– Huge success
• Mobile platforms– A lot of projects on apps and mobile solutions
Issues
• Opportunities– New service delivery strategies (channel migration) from printed books
to e-books
– Joint thematic presentations
– Other sectors school libraries, research libraries
– Partnerships and international collaboration
– Library advocacy
– Mandate to act as representative for all public libraries
• Challenges– Equal access
– Transaction based or relation based services
– Free commercial services (e.g. music, YouTube, Google Books)
Questions?
• [email protected] • Presentation available on www.slidehare.net • The Ting project: http://ting.dk/ and
http://www.slideshare.net/hernvall/tingconcept-elag-conference-presentation-20100609
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