ala techsource 2012 midwinter tech wrapup: marshall breeding

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TECH TRENDS FROM 2012

ALA MIDWINTER

Marshall Breeding

Director for Innovative Technology and ResearchVanderbilt University Library

Founder and Publisher, Library Technology Guides

http://www.librarytechnology.org/

http://twitter.com/mbreeding

ALA TechSource WebinarJanuary 30, 2012



The ILS continues to Dominate

Many have ongoing needs for solid automation

solutions for their physical collections

But for an increasing number of libraries, digital

and electronic resources dominate: access to

scholarly articles via subscriptions, digital

collections, e-books. Investments in print materials inrapid decline.



Related announcements

Virtua from VTLS now live in Hong Kong PublicLibrary

Busiest public library in the world: 67 million annual

circulation transactions Polaris 4.1 released, including Polaris Discovery

Suite with single search box that includes licensedresources

New version of AGent VERSO for Auto-Graphics.Company gaining traction among larger groups of(mostly small) libraries.



Open Source ILS

Equinox Software: support for Evergreen and Koha

ByWater Solutions: support for Koha

PTFS ² LibLime: support for LibLime Koha andLibLime Academic Koha



Integrating Social technologies

SirsiDynix Social Library: first native Facebook app.

Catalog search and other services delivered

through library·s Facebook page

BiblioCommons: first time to exhibit at ALA.



Increasing interest in E-Books and E-

content

BiblioCommons integrates e-book lending into discoverylayer without hand-off to Overdrive site

Overdrive ² currently the dominant vendor

3M Cloud Library: 3M Cloud Library app, 3MDiscovery Terminals and 3M eReaders.

The Library Corporation offers new service for rapiddelivery of MARC records to Overdrive subscribers

SirsiDynix announces eResource Central: one-click accessto electronic resources for users, more unifiedmanagement for library personnel



RFID and related technologies

Many products for self-check and automated

materials handling:

Lingsoe, EnvisionWare, 3M, TechLogic (others?)

Some exploring new business opportunities outside

physical materials:

3M: Cloud Library

TechLogic: MediaSurfer station for self-check of tabletcomputers



The Demise of the ILS??

Especially for Academic libraries, the current models of

automation no longer meet current and future needs

A new genre of systems emerging with much different

assumptions: Management of print, digital, and electronic resources

Unified workflows across material types

Highly shared data models / Knowledgebase approach

Designed for multi-tenant software as a service deployment

New product category: Library Services Platform



Related Announcements

OCLC: recent branding to WorldShare

Management Services

Some libraries now in production

Recent release of WorldShare License Manager

Serials Solutions: new system will be called Intota

Ex Libris: Close to production release of Alma



New on the Discovery front

Ongoing battle for more content in the centralized index Summon ² Primo Central ² EBSCO Discovery Service ² WorldCat

Local

Encore Synergy: article integration based on real-time Web

services Discipline scoped searching and customizable search

widgets for Summon

Full text search of HathiTrust in Primo Central, Summon,WorldCat Local, and EBSCO Discovery Service

EBSCO: integration of EDS with EBSCO A-Z and LinkSource Open Discovery Initiative: New NISO working group to

develop best practices related to index-based discoveryservices

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