KŌTUI Leading the way in Cooperative Automation

Marshall BreedingIndependent Consultant, Author, andFounder and Publisher, Library Technology Guideshttp://www.librarytechnology.org/http://twitter.com/mbreeding

Kōtui breakfast: LIANZA Conference 201225 Sept 2012

Abstract• Marshall Breeding will focus on trends involving ever larger

groups of libraries coming together to share automation and resource-sharing infrastructure.  In many geographic areas  library automation environments are consolidating into ever larger systems.  Multiple established consortia are merging together and new consortia are emerging.  Interest in state-wide and nation-wide infrastructure for library automation continues to grow.  Library management systems, both the established ones and the new-generation products, seem well able to scale up to the largest conceivable implementation, with organizational and political issues imposing more constraint than the capabilities of the technology.  But in times of ever constrained resources and interest in the strongest resource sharing possibilities, these large consolidated library automation implementations seem to be an important and mostly positive trend.

Increased interest in Cooperation Lowered automation costs Opportunities for resource sharing

Direct Consortial Borrowing Increase collection materials available to

library patrons Collaborative Collection Development Options for shared technical services

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Public Libraries in New Zealand 69 Library Services 324 facilities

NZ Public Libraries by ILS

Auckland City Libraries 7 separate

library services merged in2010

Illinois Heartland Library Consortium

LargestConsortiumin US by Number of Members

Orbis Cascade Alliance 37 Academic Libraries Combined enrollment of 258,000 9 million titles 1997: implemented dual INN-Reach systems Orbis and Cascade consortia merged in 2003 Moved from INN-Reach to OCLC Navigator /

VDX in 2008 Current strategy to move to shared LMS

based on Ex Libris Alma

Oribs Cascade Alliance strategy Want to press the limits of deep collaboration

among independent institutions Collectively build collections, selective areas of

strength Shared or distributed technical processing Shared infrastructure path to effective

collaboration Challenges: diverse organizations, coordination

among many governance boards, accommodate policies, identity, and issues of local control

Previous arrangements impeded collaboration

Mandate to Cooperate Trend toward shared automation Better leverage for library collections Savings in automation frees resources

for other strategic services Provide stronger resources together than

possible by each library independently Shared automation is just the beginning

of a broader set of collaborative possibilities