State of the Cooperative

Kate NevinsApril 22, 2010ASERL Update

Membership

• 98% retention rate through first year • Dues levels set for 2010/11

– 85% of members - dues decrease or remain same

– $600K decrease in revenue for LYRASIS

• Member visits this year: 449+• Members conferences, meetings and

forums: 57

Organizational Integration

• Operational integration: programs and staff complete

• Systems: PALINET/SOLINET systems integrated on April 1

• Final integration (integrating NELINET info/systems) by July 1.

Finances (YTD)

• membership: slight deterioration• decreased operating expenses by

12%• staffing decreased by 24%• revenue from vendor products:

stable• professional services: stable

BCR Update

• “Partners in Transition”• October 1/December 30• Critical mass• Cost control• Service expansion

LYRASIS Member Survey: Fall 2009

• Approx 6,500 survey invitations sent; 1573 replies (24% response rate)

• 2/3 respondents from academic libraries• 18% of respondents from libraries with

budgets of $5M or greater• vast majority of items listed will either

increase or stay the same: Libraries are taking on much that is new, but dropping very little.

Members’ Anticipated Changes

Members vs Staff Expectations

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Will decrease

(%) Mobile technology 73% 26% 1%Digitization of local collections 70% 28% 2%Social networking 68% 31% 1%Web site content management 66% 33% 1%Distance learner support 67% 31% 2%E-resource access systems (portals) 65% 34% 1%Virtual reference 64% 34% 2%Metadata for local digital materials 64% 34% 2%Open source software 63% 36% 1%E-resource management system 62% 36% 1%

Outcomes-based assessment 61% 37% 1%Information literacy 58% 40% 2%Cloud computing (hosted technology) 57% 41% 2%E-reserves 53% 42% 5%Cooperative collection (content) management 47% 51% 2%Document delivery (non-returnables) 47% 48% 5%Google Books 44% 53% 3%Improving facilities (new or renovated) 47% 45% 8%Intellectual property rights management 40% 59% 1%Regional catalog & resource sharing 41% 56% 3%Institutional repositories 44% 49% 7%Document delivery (returnables) 41% 52% 7%Preservation (of all formats) 40% 53% 7%Leadership development 35% 62% 3%Local integrated library system 31% 64% 5%Off-site storage of physical collections 33% 57% 10%Cataloging 19% 65% 16%

Significant increase Stay about the same Little or no change

What “Local Touch” Means

How We Are Using These Data

• Business planning: current and new services based on member interests

• New product/program implementation

• Continued member engagement

• Evaluate organizational structure and culture

New Service Implementation

• Collaborative print repository project: IMLS planning grant submitted

• Mellon-funded Open Source business analysis underway

• Introduced Safe Sound, True Serials and TLC

• Evaluating SkyRiver cataloging services

Preservation and Digitization

• Preservation: Received $450K NEH grant to continue field services

• Mass digitization: Half way to goal! Sloan subsidy to expire in early 2011.

New Board Members

• Kimberly Matthews, Director, Trenton (NJ) Free Public

Library

• John Szabo, Director, Atlanta/Fulton County Public Library

• M.J. Tooey, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of Maryland

• Kendall Wiggin, State Librarian, Connecticut State Library

Strategic Plan

• Transform libraries, operations and technologies to meet the needs of tomorrow’s library users.

• Expand the availability of content while controlling its costs.

Questions

Contact:

Kate Nevins800.999.8558

kate.nevins@lyrasis.org

www.LYRASIS.org