Transcript Collection directions ACCUL meeting, OCLC, March 27 2003 Lorcan Dempsey, VP Research, OCLC http://www.oclc.org/research/

Collection directions
ACCUL meeting, OCLC, March 27 2003
Lorcan Dempsey, VP Research, OCLC
http://www.oclc.org/research/
Environment
 Changing patterns of
behavior – research,
learning, cultural
engagement
 Creating value
 Funding envelope?
 The scholarly and
cultural record in a
digital environment?
 Look at:
– Special collections
– Research and
learning
– Wide open web
– All the other stuff
• Books, journals, A&I !!
Reclaiming the ‘special’
The Archival Research Center is a direct outgrowth of the belief that primary
resource materials should be a major focal point of instruction and research. ….
However, traditional access to these materials is cumbersome and labor-intensive
and most institutions do not allow copying. …Digitizing these materials keeps
them alive and relevent for modern users … (ARL report)
The return of the special
 There is growing appreciation among libraries that
unique or rare materials
– are valuable research and learning resources
– have been underutilized.
 There is a growing interest in digitizing cultural
heritage materials
– as it offers opportunities for releasing their value in new
ways
– as a way of disclosing the memory and identity of
communities.
The engagement with research and
learning
“Creative knowledge you can put in your pocket”
Biomedical informatics
Source: http://medicine.osu.edu/informatics/
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) Motion Capture Lab
Source: http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/mocap/mocap_info.htm
Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
Source: http://swamp.ag.ohio-state.edu/ichart/index.html
Knowledge bank – OSU – in planning
April 26 2002. A proposal for the development of an OSU knowledge bank
Research and learning
 Research and learning behavior is
increasingly entering the network space
– Library resources need to be available at the
appropriate stage within the learning or research
environment
– New forms of engagement and support.
– Research and learning outputs will present major
management and curatorial issues
– Institutions and faculty are interested in
‘disclosing’ research and learning materials as
part of the scholarly enterprise (OAI)
Books, journals, …
 Rich business apparatus. Commodity?
 Ease of access – D2D
• Discovery <> locate <> request <> Delivery
• New directory services? Portal utilities.
 Reduce costs
 Increased interest in management information for collection
development, collection management, …
 Increased interest in outsourcing?
 ‘Vanilla’ Collections?
 Emphasize service
Licensed materials
“Like many libraries, the UW Libraries has struggled with how to
effectively and efficiently manage its growing licensed resources
such as e-journals, A&I databases, and full-text services. We were
using a mix of locally developed and maintained files and
databases (in file cabinets, on our intranet, etc.) to manage our
electronic resources. In a highly distributed workflow and service
provision environment, the UW Libraries sought a way to integrate
this information with our local system and streamline our
processes.”
Univ. Washington response. ARL survey.
Licensed resources
 Commodity?
– Streamline discovery to
delivery process
provider perspective
• Rights and linking
– Streamline management
of licenses
 Portalization?
– Visibility and integration
– Value
user perspective
Bought resources
 Provider
– Reduce cataloging cost
– Enhance records
– Streamline discovery to
delivery process
• Resource sharing
arrangements; purchase
– Get better management
information for resource
sharing, collection
management, collection
development, …
 User
– Richer access to
wider resource
Wide open web
 Ongoing interest in mediating access to
high-quality Internet resources linked
to other resources and interests of
users
 Multiple local and shared initiatives
Collections grid
stewardship
high
Books
Journals
low
high
Special
collections
Freely-accessible
web resources
uniqueness
uniqueness
Newspapers
Gov. docs
CD, DVD
Maps
Scores
low
Rare books
Local/Historical
newspapers
Local history materials
Archives & Manuscripts,
Theses & dissertations
Open source software
Newsgroup archives
Research and learning
materials
•ePrints/tech reports
•Learning objects
•Courseware
•E-portfolios
•Research data
Collections grid
 Manage commodity materials and services.
 Streamline discovery to delivery for print (bought)
and digital (licensed) materials
 Management intelligence – collection management
and analysis
 Portal utilities (rights, directories)
 Digital content management/preservation
 Diverse metadata creation practice (hierarchical
description, multiple standards and practices)
 Harvest of metadata?
 Extend knowledge organization approaches?