Impact of Cyberinfrastructure on Large Research Libraries Grace Baysinger

Stanford Universitygraceb@stanford.edu

2006 ACS National Fall Meeting

How Library Collections are Changing Migrating from print to digital

Moving print copies to storage

Buying digital versions of new and old materials

Linking to open access resources digitized by others

Digitizing public domain and special collections materials

Digital Collections @ Stanford CA Legislative Journal

Appendixes Corporation of

Foreign Bondholders Douglas Menuez

Photography Collection

GATT Digital Library Joint Committee on

Atomic Energy Medieval and Modern

Thought Through Text Digitization Project

R. Buckminster Fuller Collection

Stanford Geological Survey Collection

Stanford Historical Photograph Collection

Stanford University Publications

SULAIR Books in the Public Domain

Survey of Race Relations

Collections in Major Research Libraries Both/AND – Both Print AND Digital

Subjects and languages: broad range to support programmatic needs

Document Types: text, images, data, maps, scores, geospatial, multimedia, databases, etc.

Content Providers: all countries, full range of content providers, including locally produced resources

Collections in Major Research Libraries Quality: highly-curated, peer-

reviewed, compiled, predicted

Access: desktop, onsite, storage, restricted, single-/multi- institution, open access

Importance: unique, core, important, useful, on-demand

Preservation: high, medium, low

Collection Development/Management During Transition Period Primary functions of library: acquire,

organize, make accessible, preserve

Print: acquire/pay, catalog, access control, shelve, provide long-term access, usage data from circulation statistics

Digital: acquire/pay, catalog, level of access, conditions of use and IP rights, ingest/link, and store, preserve and/or refresh, usage data from many sources

Collection Development/Management During Transition Period

Paving the road as we drive on it…

Digital Infrastructure Needed Digital Repository

Content Management System

Digital Preservation Program

Discovery and Analysis Tools

Personalization and social software tools

Users

User Behavior & Needs Shifting Broad spectrum of user skills but

increasingly savvy Increased competition for time Learn at point of need E-only – anytime, anywhere Interdisciplinary research Collaboration Grid computing

Resources and Tools

Social software

Portals or Channels

Personalization

KM Tools

Staff Wiki via Confluence

Bioresearch Portal @ Med Lib

Bioresearch Portal @ Med Lib

Bioresearch Portal @ Med Lib

NYAS Science Alliance

NYAS Channels

Resource Discovery Quick and easy vs. comprehensive

Interfaces “smart” and adaptive

Federated searching vs. easy transfer of query from one engine to another

Locally stored vs. remote access

Visualization/data-mining of results

Columbia University eResources

NCSU Library Catalog via Endeca

NCSU Library Catalog via Endeca

NCSU Library Catalog via Endeca

NCSU Library Catalog via Endeca

Databases – Integrated Search

Graphical Interfaces

Integrated Searches

Federated Searches

CAS’ SciFinder Scholar

Search Plus via LANL

Search Plus via LANL

Search Plus via LANL

Search Plus via LANL

Search Plus via LANL

Search Plus – Active Graph

Search Plus – Active Graph

MDL DiscoveryGate

The Library as Place

“The library should be a gathering place that fosters a sense of community, fosters collaboration among students and faculty, and support discovery and retrieval of information resources, both print and digital. It should also allow instruction and discussion opportunities, provide quiet, comfortable individual and group study space and areas where users can socialize.”

Michael Keller, SULAIR Library Director

Library Collections & Services Acquire materials to support

educational and research needs Archive Materials in Institutional

Repository Offer circulation, course reserves, and

document delivery services Provide training and assistance in using

resources Develop subject portals and other

finding aids Provide access to computers, printers,

scanners, etc. Support remote users

Skills Needed by Professional Library Staff Subject expertise (degree and

knowledge of the literature). Masters in Library Science degree or equivalent experience.

Ability to successfully integrate digital information resources, technologies, and services in research library programs.

Ability to contribute to the planning and implementation of new and improved services and resources.

Skills Needed by Library Staff Demonstrated supervisory and

management expertise.

Project planning and implementation skills.

Strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Key Goals Collaborate with and understand

the academic enterprise

Develop digital library collections and services and assemble and implement support systems for them

Redefine staff roles to operate effectively in the “both/AND” world of academic information resources