Transcript Go8 Librarians Best Keep Together Here The Value of Collaboration Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference Melbourne 28-29 May 2009

Go8 Librarians
Best Keep Together Here
The Value of Collaboration
Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference
Melbourne
28-29 May 2009
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Collaboration
• as guiding principle and established
practice
• Council of Australian University
Librarians (CAUL)
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Role of Go8 Librarians
• engagement with and promotion of
issues which more narrowly concern
research-intensive universities
• opportunity and opportunism
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Publishers
Consortial purchasing
• Elsevier
• Springer
Aftermath of GEC
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Elsevier
Springer
Taylor & Francis
Wiley-Blackwell
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Collections
• ‘last copy’ collection retention
strategy
• development of distributed print
journal archive
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Value Frameworks
• cost-benefit (RoI) study on value of
library-provided information
resources
• contingent valuation methodology
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Man. Some dismal accident it needs must be;
What shall we do, stay here or run and see?
Chor. Best keep together here, lest running thither
We unawares run into dangers mouth.
Samson Agonistes, ll. 1519-22
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‘run and see’
• passive/active information management
• institutional digital asset management/
publishing
• new relationships
• SII – ARROW, APSR
• NCRIS/PfC – ANDS
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Overlaps and Opportunities
Chief Financial Officers
Research Directors
Student Services Directors
Facilities Directors
and
Digital Futures Group
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Thank you
Vic Elliott
29 May 2009