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Developing science & technology
information strengths through
consortia and international
cooperation.
The University Library of the 20th Century
SNBU 2000; XIth National Seminar for University Libraries
Johann van Reenen, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, USA
OUTLINE
1. The Innovation Club
Partnering among science and technology equals
2. The Connectivity Club
Partnering among disparate organizations for the greater benefit of
science and technology
3. Why join a science and technology connectivity club?
4. How to become a successful partner
“Advice from a slow learner”
LIBRARY SERVICES ALLIANCE
OF NEW MEXICO
* New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Library
* New Mexico State University Library
* Air Force Research Laboratories: Phillips
4
* Sandia National Laboratories Technical Library
billion
* Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
in
scitech
* University of New Mexico Libraries
- Centennial Science & Engineering Library
1999= 218 million
funding
p.y.
From - Library Services Alliance of New Mexico
to - Alliance for Innovation in Science &
Technology Information
* Library Linkages Project of the Ibero-American Science & Technology Education
Consortium (ISTEC)
* Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
* NASA's National Scientific and Technical Information Program
* Naval Research Laboratory
* University of Nevada: Las Vegas & Reno campuses
* Santa Fe Institute
* New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas
* UNM Health Sciences Library
Products and Services
* Passport Program & Rapid Document Delivery
* Consortium Database Contracts
Soc.SciSearch & SciSearch®@LANL
INSPEC@LANL
Engineering Information Village, etceteras
Linked
to
* Fulltext journals
Academic Press IDEAL
AIP, IOP, Elsevier, Kluwer, etceteras
* Single Intuitive User-interface
Plus enhancements: Local holdings, Alerts,
Links to e-contents
* Collaborative tool sets that facilitate scientific communication
and provide insights into knowledge creation and discovery
Changing Visions
Buyers club
1998
To be a world-class
information provider to
our primary communities,
while enhancing the
scientific and technical
research competitiveness
of New Mexico.
Innovation club
1999
To be an innovative
leader in cyber sci/tech
information, producing
new models of scholarly
communication.
New Vision
* Sample strategic actions
* Community of scientists
* Active recommendation systems
* Cross database searching
* SFX aware databases
* XXX and the Universal Preprint Service
* VxInsight / SciSearch application
INTERCONNECTIVITY
2000
Mission Statement
• ISTEC is a non-profit organization comprised of
educational, research, and industrial institutions
throughout the Americas and the Iberian
Peninsula. The Consortium has been
established to foster scientific, engineering, and
technology education, joint international
research and development efforts among its
members, and to provide a cost-effective
vehicle for the application of technology
• 12/4/90
Obstacles Identified
• Lack of current information for planning and
developing technology
• Lack of expertise in the use of information
• Lack of international cooperation in developing the
critical mass needed for projects and joint efforts
• Lack of interaction (lack of confidence and
sometimes lack of information) between universities
and industries
HISTORY OF ISTEC
EXPLORED
OPPORTUNITIES
IDENTIFIED
OBSTACLES
DEVELOPED
RECOMMENDATIONS
CREATED
ISTEC MISSION
The ISTEC Network - Initiatives
Library Linkages (LibLink)
Los Libertadores
Information Technology
&
Telecommunications
R&D Laboratories (R&D)
•
Advanced Continuing
Education (ACE)
ACE Initiative
GOAL: upgrade of human
resources and curriculum
development through onsite training, distance
learning, and nontraditional exchange
programs.
TECHNOLOGY: on-site
training, web-based
education, video courses,
satellite delivery, and
“sandwich” graduate
programs.
STATISTICS: 6 satellite courses to 250
institutions with ATEI. Short courses for
Motorola. 196 scientists trained in DIP
with OAS support. Over 30,000 ftp
grabs of web DIP course. “Sandwich”
programs with Spain, Brazil, Argentina,
Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Mexico.
R&D Laboratories Initiative
GOAL: design and
installation of modular,
flexible, and expandable
laboratory facilities for
education, training, and
R&D (link with productive
sector).
TECHNOLOGY: Motorola
microprocessors (680XX),
microcontrollers (68HC11)
and DSPs (56XXX, 96000).
Nortel Networks, Fluke,
VeriBest.
STATISTICS: to date 29 Motorola
facilities; planned expansion to 58.
Approximately 20,000 users trained
since 1991. 9 facilities with Nortel
Networks, 2 with Fluke and 1 with
VeriBest. Expansion to 12 facilities
with VeriBest.
Los Libertadores Initiative
GOAL: network of Centers
of Excellence equipped
with the latest
telecommunications and
computer technology to
provide real-time access to
a world-wide system of
expertise and knowledge.
TECHNOLOGY: creation of
the Ibero-American
academic and R&D Internet
backbone. A partnership
among industries and
governments.
STATISTICS: technical assistance in
telecommunications and S&T
legislation in Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Participation in IADB’s Informatics
2000 Conference and its Strategy for
IT&T.
LatinChip™
• LatinChip™ is a semiconductor
processing facility by Motorola SPS
(APRDL), USP and UNICAMP
• LatinChip™ was launched
officially on March 18, 1999
• LatinChip™ will be open to all
Latin American universities for
educational and R&D projects
• LatinChip™ is the core capability
of the Program for Information
Systems Integration (PROISI) at
USP and UNICAMP
• Technology equipment valued at
$ 1.2M has been donated by
Motorola in 1998
1998
Clean room
Equipment
Process
Prototypes
1999
2000
Library Linkage Initiative
GOAL: design and
implementation of
innovative, international
Science and Technology
information-sharing
services.
TECHNOLOGY:
Internet services and
connectivity. Search and
Push engines. Ariel and
Randex software. Seed
funding from Nortel
Networks.
STATISTICS: annual compound
growth rate of 200% since 1995.
Over 27 libraries in 19 countries
connected in real-time.
Development of on-line scientific
journal, and database on S&T in the
region.
Projects within LibLink
• Connect libraries for Information Transfer
• Train librarians & researchers in search and
retrieval of information
• Expand services to more countries
• Open other collections - especially Latin
American collections - for scholars (e.g. LigDoc
and PrEBi)
• Develop software for information sharing
Projects within LibLink
•
•
•
•
Push & search engines
Plan and carry out workshops
Expand to other library types and services
NDTL in Ibero-America (Networked Dissertation/Thesis Library
Grant w. IDB, UNESCO, World Bank for pilot with VTU and U.Rio)
• Provide mechanism for data base
exchange of information
• Provide interaction method for ACE, R&D
• Electronic journal (MOU with Virginia tech)
Library Linkages
RECENT ACCOMPLSHMENTS
- Increase in LibLink membership
and volume of requests
- Training for librarians and distance
educators in Porto Allegre, Brazil.
During 1998 -99 we focused on outreach in
Mexico
Expanding Services: Mexican Case Study
* Spring 1998: ISTEC Technology specialist visited 7 Mexican
SciTech institutions (Juan Larranaga)
OUTCOME: New members and more information about capacity
* Summer 1998: ISTEC representative participates in NSF /
CONACyT computer Sciences Workshop. Identifies Digital
Libraries initiatives and researchers; initiate a DL group (Johann)
OUTCOME: Critical mass of Computer scientists linked to ISTEC
* Fall 1998: Receive CONACyT funding for a DL conference in
Albuquerque and wrote grant for NSF funding. (Ramiro Jordan
& Johann v.R.). Funded in Spring 1999.
Expanding Services: Mexican Case Study
* Summer 1999: DL Workshop in Albuquerque
(ISTEC and UNM Library workers)
OUTCOME: Mexican DL workers, librarians & funding agencies
brought together to plan future Mexican National DL Project.
OAS participation and sponsorship of other Latin American
representatives.
* Late Summer 1999: ISTEC representative toured Mexican
SciTech libraries. Begin discussions to create a Mexican LibLink
office. (Jorge Garcia)
OUTCOME: Critical mass of Mexican SciTech librarians linked to
LibLink.
Expanding Services: Mexican Case Study
* Fall 1999: First meeting of Mexican Computer Scientists
and Librarians from the above initiatives in Cuernavaca,
Mexico (Jorge, Enedina,Ramiro, Johann)
OUTCOME: Establish a Mexican LibLink office and a
SciTech Library Network: REBIDIMEX
STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
• In 1998-99 UNM/CSEL supplied 4,660
documents electronically to LibLink
members. If standard document delivery
charges were applied, the cost would have
been US$ 116,500 for a 20K investment.
STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
• - In 1997 UNM/CSEL supplied 86.5% of
the scitech articles requested internationally
for LigDoc.
• LigDoc is an association of Brazilian
scitech libraries modeled after LibLink.
• During the same period the British Lending
Library supplied only 13.5%.
21st Century Challenges
Why join a connectivity club?
• For a nation to achieve world-class competitiveness
– It must utilize state-of-the-art technology
– It must create new and modify existing programs of study
– It must improve its R&D capabilities
– It must promote joint national and international R&D
programs
– It must upgrade existing or acquire new information
technologies
– It must permit real-time access to information
– It must develop training programs
IT&T Trends and Needs
• Does not depend on a specific region
• Demand for IT&T personnel far outstrips supply
• Shortage is dead weight for the economy
• Potential job openings for IT&T workers are
450,000
• CE graduates:
– US industry needs 198k per year
– US universities produce only 35k (1/6th)
IT&T Trends and Needs
• Teledensity
(telephone lines per 100 inhabitants)
– Industrialized nations is over 48
IT&T
MARKET SHARE
– Middle-income nations around 10
– Least advanced countries is about 1.5
– World average is 11.5
REST OF
USA
WORLD
35%
• Informatics gap
21%
(PC ratio per 100 inhabitants)
JAPAN
15%
– Industrialized nations is over 18
EUROPE
– Middle-income nations around 2.3
29%
– Least advanced countries is about 0.01
IT&T Trends and Needs
• Web based training
– 1997: $197 million
– 2002: $6 billion
• Brazil and Costa Rica are the only countries in Latin America
with greater than 1% investment of GDP in R & D.
– Japan 2.7%
– Germany 2.4%
– United States 2.0%
– Brazil 1.3 %
– Russia Less than 0.5%
New Reality
The most profitable product for the future is:
– INFORMATION + MANIPULATION OF IT =
TELECOMMUNICATION + COMPUTATION
– Large competitive pressures on non-information
related industries.
– Increase world dependence on information
products.
What works in regional cooperation and
networks ?
* Integrate Library initiatives into larger regional projects
* Regional projects succeed if they:
- show economic/industrial benefits
- meet unmet needs
- serve under-served peoples and regions
- educate and train
- involve IT (information technology) at a basic level
* Start with a few high-profile organizations
VALUED CHARACTERISTICS IN
CONSORTIAL MEMBERS
Relationships is everything!
Letting go. Try to prepare yourself for the dismantling of long
held beliefs and cherished protocols and procedures.
Learn from the experience, without feeling persecuted.
Learn to manage your anxiety
Improvise. Change is generally without precedent, thus we
must, at all times, be prepared to improvise.
Accept ambiguity and uncertainty, and the lack of closure.
Curiosity. Be curious about, rather than fearful of, the
unknown.
Pool your potential. We need to pool everyone's ideas, insights,
knowledge, and experience to find creative solutions and fresh
approaches.
Advice from a slow learner
HELPFUL PERSONAL BEHAVIORS BACK AT WORK
- "Behave as if you are in business for yourself *,
and/or act as if you own the organization.
- Do not depend on your past contributions - only the value you are
currently adding, really counts.
- Be a problem solver where others point fingers.
- Learn to make decisions when you don't have the complete
information.
- Make decisions about customer service on the spot even if you do not have the authority.
- Be a risk taker. "Learn to fail fast, fix it, and race on." *
- Surrender control and welcome the unexpected.
* (Pritchett, 1996)
Contact Information
• ISTEC
• www.istec.org
• ALLIANCE
• http://lib-www.lanl.gov/alliance/lsanm.htm
The ISTEC Network - Initiatives
Library Linkages (LibLink)
Los Libertadores
Information Technology
&
Telecommunications
R&D Laboratories (R&D)
•
Advanced Continuing
Education (ACE)
HOW FAR FROM CERTAINTY ARE WE WHEN WE HAVE TO ACT ?
HOW FAR FROM AGREEMENT ARE WE ?
FAR FROM
AGREEMENT
C R EAT I V I TY S PAC E :
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING
INTUITION. TRUST.
MUDDLING THROUGH JUDGEMENT
ANAR C HY:
DISINTEGRATION
UTTER CONFUSION
TRUE CHAOS
RATIONAL
PLANNING.
CONTROL
IDEOLOGY
VISIONS
MISSIONS
CLOSE TO
AGREEMENT
CLOSE TO CERTAINTY
FAR FROM CERTAINTY
Adapted from: Ralph Stacey. "How can complexity theory help us navigate the future? - A dynamic
perspective." Lecture. Skandia Future Centers, 27-28 January, 1997.
http://www.skandia.se/koncern_intellektuell/navigate_the_future.htm
21st Century Network
Sociopolitical
Technological
Information Technology
&
Telecommunications
Business Factors
Legislative
Regulatory