four inconsistent pictures, some questions and no answers: some notes about research libraries in...
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Four inconsistent pictures, some questions and no answers: some notes about research libraries in modern times
Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC ResearchCambridge University Library, 13 October 2008
CREDITS
• Slide 1. Picture of Sterling Memorial Library. Günter Waibel.• Slide 17. From avlxyz on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/2077892948/. License: Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
• Slide 10. eBoy foobar poster. http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/shop/EBY_FooBar_35t.png. Available from http://shop.eboy.com/.
• Slide 21. Bondi Bay. Sydney. Powerhouse Museum. On Flickr commons. http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2363539264/ Also at: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=30669. No known copyright restrictions.
SETTING EXPECTATIONS
Crude,Simplistic &Reductive
Jokes
ONE
Materials workflow and the library systems management environment
Userenvironment
Materialsworkflow
Managementenvironment
End User Access
Management
Digitised/Digital
Bought/Physical
Elctronic/Licensed
Specialcolls/
Archives
Management
Userenvironment
Library &NetworkResource
Managementenvironment
End User Access
Management
Digitised/Digital
Bought/Physical
Elctronic/Licensed
Specialcolls/
Archives
Find It
Get It
Manage It
Metadata
Content
Userenvironment
Library &NetworkResource
Managementenvironment
End User Access
Management
Digitised/Digital
Bought/Physical
Elctronic/Licensed
Specialcolls/
Archives
Find It
Get It
Manage It
Metadata
Content
ILL/CIRC LINK RESOLVER SPECIAL
SPECIALILS ERM REPOSITORY
OPAC MetaSearch Website
A-Z NxtGen
MARC DC EADA&I XXX
Maths
Catalog
TWOSome thoughts about collections
COLLECTIONS GRID
high low
low
high
Stewardship
Un
iqu
enes
s
Low-LowFreely-accessible web resourcesOpen source softwareNewsgroup archives
Low-HighBooks & JournalsNewspapersGov DocumentsCD & DVDMapsScores
High-LowResearch & Learning Materials Institutional recordsePrints/tech reportsLearning objectsCoursewareE-portfoliosResearch dataProspectusInsitutional website
High-HighSpecial CollectionsRare booksLocal/Historical NewspapersLocal History MaterialsArchives & ManuscriptsTheses & dissertations
Licensed• Purchaser• Licensed• Scholarly record?• Book content
Print (B&J)• Value
– Opportunity cost
• Systemwide– Storage– Digitization– Preservation
high low
low
high
Stewardship
Un
iqu
en
es
s
BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Archives and special collections• Mobilize in learning
and research• Digitize
The new institutional record• The outputs of
research and learning – Data – big and small– Eprints, learning
materials– A life’s work on a thumb
drive
• Records management– Podcasts, videos, …– Website, prospectus, …– Business records
high low
low
high
Stewardship
Un
iqu
en
es
s
THE NEW SPECIAL COLLECTIONS?
THREELibrary services in the new network environment
libraryUser environmentsManagement environment
Licensed
Bought
Faculty&studentsDigitized Aggregations
Resource sharing
PersonalWorkflow
RSS, toolbars, ..
Network level workflow
Google, …
Institutional WorkflowPortals,
VLE, IR, …
Integratedlocal user
environment?Library web
presenceResource sharing, …
Archives
Then: Resources scarce; attention abundant
Discovery happens elsewhere
Then: users built workflow around libraries
Now: library must build services around user workflow
Now: Attention scarce; resources abundant
A feed-based universe
Google scholar
FOURValue and risk
User experienceExpertise
CollectionsSystems and services
H&SS STM Prof
A&H SS Bio Sci Med Physci Eng Bsns Law
Coll-ections
Bought
Licensed
Inst.
UserExper-ience
Place
Network
Expert-ise
Systems &services
Apps
Infra-Struct-ure
Thank you
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