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PUBLISHING AND LIBRARIESSecuring Our Future in the Brave ―Now‖ World –
―The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be‖
Society for Scholarly Publishing
31st Annual Meeting
May 27 – 29, 2009
Charles B. Lowry Ph.D.Executive Director
Association of Research Libraries
ARL www.arl.org
The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be
Transformational Times
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
TotalUS
Public
US
Private
Canadian
Academic
US
Nonacademic
Canadian
Nonacademic
Yes 55 35 1 5 3 0
No 44 24 14 5 0 1
Has your library already experienced base budget reductions/take-backs
in FY 2008-2009? Total Responses: 99
Table I
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Budget Reductions
Already Implemented
Yes
Budget Reductions
Already Implemented
No
Possible Reductions Later
Yes22 8
Possible Reductions Later
No33 36
Has your library already experienced base budget reductions/take-backs
in FY 2008-2009? Total Responses: 99
Table II
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Minimum Maximum Mean MedianStandard Deviation
.04% 10% 3% 3% .0227
If you answered yes, what was the percent impact on the total budget? Total Responses: 55
<1% 6
1 – 1.50% 7
2 – 2.50% 14
3 – 3.75% 6
4 – 4.70% 6
5 – 5.20% 3
6 – 6.70% 3
8 – 10% 3
Table III
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Impact on Staffing Only 15 31%
Impact on Operations only 8 16%
Impact on Acquisitions only 2 4%
Impact on Staffing and Operations 8 16%
Impact on Staffing and Acquisitions 5 10%
Impact on Operations and Acquisitions 3 6%
Impact on all three 8 16%
If you can, please indicate the percentage impact on Staffing, Other
Operations, and Acquisitions: Total Responses: 49
Table IV
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
2008 – 2009 Pay Increments
Merit increase only 16 34%
Flat percentage increase only 6 13%
Both Merit and Flat percentages 19 40%
Neither Merit nor Flat percentages 3 6%
Retention only 1 2%
Bonus only 1 2%
Retention and Bonus only 1 2%
Did you award staff salary increases at the beginning of this fiscal year? Total Responses = 55
Table V
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Hiring Freezes 34 68%
Eliminate vacant positions 29 58%
Staff layoffs 6 12%
Early retirement program 6 12%
Staff furlough(s) 2 4%
Give backs of salaries as charitable contributions to the
university2 4%
Salary reductions 1 2%
Other 10 20%
Please indicate which of the following staffing modifications have been
required? Check all that apply.
Table VI
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Action Number % Total
Expect Increase 9 11%
Do Not know at this time 7 9%
Expect flat budget 9 11%
Reductions expected Total: 56 69%
Yes; do not know amount 11 14%
2% - less than 5% 14 17%
5% - 10% 28 35%
Greater than 10% 3 4%
2009 – 2010 Budget Planning Total Responses: 81
Table VII
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
52%
41%
4% 3%
Best Date for 2nd Survey
May-June
July-October
November-January
later 2010
Fig. I
The Current Fiscal Landscape of Research Libraries: Report on the ARL Survey
Transformational Times
www.arl.org/bm~doc/transformational-times.pdf
Transformational Times
Transformational Times
Transformational Times
Trends – Scholarly Communication
Transformational Times - Trends
• Budget reductions will have substantial impact on library
collecting presenting opportunities as well as threats.
• ―New Model Publications‖ are beginning to move into the
mainstream.
• Libraries will begin building relationships with faculty to
promote change.
• Stronger impetus to bring dissemination back under the
auspices and control of the academy.
Trends – Scholarly Communication
Transformational Times - Trends
• Transformations in scholarly communication practices are
driving development and re-engineering of library services.
• The role and practices of scholarly communication are
becoming more embedded in research practices and cultures
placing new demands on libraries.
• Large funders are increasingly promoting cyberinfrastructure
development but are also developing requirements for
management of content (e.g., publications and data).
Trends – Public Policies
• Two issues — the economy and national security — will dominate
congressional and executive branch activities.
Transformational Times - Trends
• Congress and the administration will devote attention to review,
repeal, and/or revise government policies in a host of areas.
• There will be a renewed focus by government on technology and
innovation issues.
• Continued advances in technology will enhance search and
access.
• There will be continued focus and tension around copyright and
intellectual property issues.
Trends – Public Policies
• There will be enhanced focus by federal funders on
cyberinfrastructure developments.
Transformational Times - Trends
• There will be greater difficulties in trying to balance competing
policy interests with attendant challenges on the legislative
front.
• There will be increased efforts to allow new forms of
scholarship to emerge.
• There will be a continued focus on accountability and
assessment on the local, state, and national levels.
Trends – Public Policies
Section 108
Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA)
Fair Copyright in Research
Works Act (H.R. 801)
Federal Research Public
Access Act (FRPAA)
USA PATRIOT Act
Transformational Times - Trends
Factors
Transition to e-research
Changes to Pedagogy
Web 2.0
Reconceptualization of collection formats
Re-imagining roles
Collaboration
Downsizing and Digitization
Shifting behaviors and expectations
Assessment
Transformational Times - Trends
Trends – RTL
• Libraries to construct new forms of engagement and support.
Transformational Times - Trends
• Research library collections and collecting have new
meanings.
• Research libraries and virtual environments inhabited by
students, faculty, and researchers.
• Shifts in pedagogy affect how libraries partner with faculty to
support student learning, scholarship and productivity.
Trends – RTL
• Libraries will discover opportunities to engage non-typical
students.
Transformational Times - Trends
• As university budgets tighten, many library building programs
and new initiatives will face cutbacks and delays.
Collaboration
Transformational Times
University’s Role
• In the digital age, a wide range of campus servers host new
kinds of digital scholarship created within and disseminated
from academe—a renaissance of campus publishing has been
seeded.
Adapting the Research Library Mission
Range of Online Resources
At 46 ARL institutions, EIGHT principle types of digital scholarly
resources:
-E-only journals
-Reviews
-Preprints and working papers
-Encyclopedias, dictionaries and annotated content
-Data
-Blogs
-Discussion forums
-Professional and scholarly hubs
Adapting the Research Library Mission
Project Findings
- Digital innovations are taking place in all disciplines.
Adapting the Research Library Mission
- Digital publishing is shaped powerfully by the traditions
of scholarly culture.
- Some of the largest projects with greatest impact have
been in existence a long while.
- Many digital publications are small, niche projects.
- There appears to be a very long tail in the field of digital
scholarly publishing.
- Innovations relating to multimedia and Web 2.0 content
and functionality are encouraging the emergence of new
types of publications.
Project Findings
- Establishing credibility is not easy, but is of critical
importance.
Adapting the Research Library Mission
- Achieving sustainability – especially for those projects
with an open access mandate – is a universal
challenge.
Digital Scholarly Resources and
the University Library…
In addition to the volume of scholarly resources
distributed through traditional channels like commercial
publishers and university presses, independent
scholarly projects – often of great relevance, but
sometimes unknown outside their area of focus – crop
up in every discipline. Learning about these many niche
resources is only possible through an ongoing dialogue
with those scholars who create and use them.
Adapting the Research Library Mission
Digital Scholarly Resources
Libraries important
nexus of
communication
Valuable role for the library to play in supporting these
new digital initiatives
Promote high-quality
work build audience
for digital resources Create new
projects
Put new projects
on surer footing
Build audience for
digital resourcesOngoing interaction
between the library
and faculty =
greatness
Adapting the Research Library Mission
Integrating
Digital Scholarly Resources are good AND
libraries must also continue to play their traditional role of
planning for preservation and archiving.
Adapting the Research Library Mission
Easier Said than Done
Adapting the Research Library Mission
New Standards,
Hardware, and Operations
Migration
Traditional Roles
Questions?
Charles B. Lowry
clowry@arl.org
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