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Are We Reconfigured Yet?US Research Libraries: Priorities, Trends, Directions

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Jim MichalkoVice President

With thanks to and borrowings from Bruce Crocco, Lorcan Dempsey, Constance Malpas, Tito Sierra, Wendy Lougee

An OCLC Research Library Partnership Webinar14 February 2013

The world’s libraries. Connected.

Place of the Library in University

Why do Universities have libraries?

• It was more economical to have a physical collection than to send researchers or students to the information.

• It was useful to locate all the needed information resources for research and learning physically close to the work.

• Local collections were assets and contributed competitively to scholarly output

Consider the town squarein the United States…


The network changes everything

• The network has reconfigured whole industries

• Travel, News, Book Retailing

• The network is now the first option for researchers and learners

• Impact on the university library

• changed the value of physical book collections and library space

• changed the relevance of the library assets and services to the University’s outputs

We do not yet know what it will mean to reconfigure the library within the University


The Context – the current library environment

Information environment is increasingly flat

• academic collections increasingly alike

• discovery is increasingly done outside of library

• information fulfillment comes to the desktop from many sources

Libraries value is challenged

• reduce investment in redundant operations

• redirect resources to a renovated library service portfolio

Library place is less about collections

More about client support and research engagement


OCLC Market Surveys


Top three priorities by country: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

#1 Across All: e-collections/e-books

Germany: •The future of education and the library•Collection visibility

Netherlands: •Digitization projects•Collection visibility

United Kingdom: •The future of education and the library•Facilities

United States: •The future of education and the library•Facilities

OCLC Research Library Partners - priorities and directions


Background –Research Library Partner Interviews

• Purpose

• Listen and synthesize

• Top of Mind

• Long-term trends and forces

• Input to Research Agenda

• Inject in OCLC enterprise discussions

• What is Top of Mind represents Points of Engagement


Partners interviewed (66)

American Antiquarian Society British Library California Digital Library Chemical Heritage Foundation Cleveland Museum of Art Columbia Cornell Duke East Carolina U. Frick Art Reference Library Getty Research Institute Hagley Museum and Library Indiana University, Bloomington Keio University Kimbell Art Museum La Trobe University Linda Hall London School of Economics Metropolitan Museum of Art Miami U. (Ohio) Minnesota Historical Society Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Modern Art National Library of Australia National Library of Scotland Natural History Museum National Archives and Records Administration (US) New School New York Public Library New-York Historical Society Northwestern Ohio State Philadelphia Museum of Art Rockefeller University Saint Louis Art Museum Smithsonian Institution St Andrews Swiss National Library Trinity College Dublin U. Auckland U. Calgary UC Los Angeles U. Delaware U. Edinburgh U. Florida U. Hong Kong U. Houston U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign U. Kansas U. Leeds U. Leicester U. Montréal U N. Carolina - Greensboro U N. Texas U. Notre Dame U. Oregon U. Oxford U. South Florida U. Tennessee, Knoxville U. Texas, San Antonio U. Utrecht U. Warwick U. Washington U. Wyoming Wellcome Library Western Kentucky


Research Library Partner Interviews

Area Studies

Born Digi ta l

Col laborative Col lection Development

Col lection Analys is

Community Engagement

Curriculum Integration

Data Management

Digi ta l Aggregations

Digi ta l Humanities

Digi ta l Selection

Distinctive Services

Discovery Layer

E-resources

Embedded Librarians

Metadata Management

Partnerships Col laboration

Research Support

Shared Print

Shared Services

Socia l Media

Space Usage

Specia l , Archival Col lections

Staff Real ignment, Development

Technology Infrastructure

User Studies Other; Notes

American Antiquarian Society X X XBritish Library X X X X System-wide change

California Digital Library X X X XChemical Heritage Foundation X X X X Specifi cal ly, digi ta l scholarship and research data management

Cleveland Museum of Art X X XColumbia X X XCornell X X X X X X Technology infrastructure: Specifi cal ly, l inked data

Duke X X XEast Carolina U. X X X XFrick Art Reference Library X X X X Specia l/hidden col lections

Getty Research Institute X X* XHagley Museum and Library X X* X Digi ta l preservation

Indiana University, Bloomington X X X XKeio University X X X* XKimbell Art Museum X X Mtgs at ARLIS

La Trobe University X X XLinda Hall X X X* X Open access publ ishing

London School of Economics X X X X*Metropolitan Museum of Art X X XMiami U. (Ohio) XMinnesota Historical Society X X X Data Management: "digi ta l asset management"

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston X X X*Museum of Modern Art X X X Data Management: "digi ta l asset management"

National Library of Australia X X* X* X Shared services : supra-institutional ; tech infrastructure: mobi le technologies

National Library of Scotland X X X X Col laboration: "new forms of col laboration"

Natural History Museum X X X X Digi ta l Selection: "coordinated digitization"

New School X X X Patron-driven acquis itions

New York Public Library X X X X X Work processes

Northwestern X X XOhio State X X X X X* XPhiladelphia Museum of Art X X X X* Discovery layer: "integrated discovery"

Rockefeller University X X X XSaint Louis Art Museum X X X* X Resource sharing

Smithsonian Institution X X X X Expertise databases . NB: Spcia l col lections = "mainstreaming specia l col lections"

St Andrews X X X*Swiss National Library X X X Technology infrastructure: Specifi cal ly, l inked data

Trinity College Dublin X X X X*U. Auckland X X X X XU. Calgary X* X X Student experience

UC Los Angeles X X X X Data Management: Personal Research Col lections

U. Delaware X X X X X E-resources : Specifi cal ly, E-science

U. Edinburgh X X X XU. Florida X X X X XU. Hong Kong X X XU. Houston X X X XU. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign X X X XU. Kansas X X X XU. Leeds X X X XU. Leicester X X X* XU. Montréal X X XU N. Carolina - Greensboro X X XU N. Texas X X Focus on visual materia ls in specia l col lections

U. Notre Dame X X Data Management: "digi ta l asset management"

U. Oregon X X XU. Oxford X X X XU. South Florida X X X X Library value

U. Tennessee, Knoxville X X XU. Texas, San Antonio X X XU. Utrecht X XU. Warwick X X XU. Washington X X X XU. Wyoming X X XWellcome Library X X X*Western Kentucky X X X XTotals 3 5 3 5 7 3 25 4 6 4 6 3 3 4 2 8 16 19 5 5 13 42 19 5 3 10


Michalko for OCLC Research. 2013.


Top of Mind (25)

High Concern Medium Low

• Special & Archival Collections

• Data Management

• Shared Print Management

• Staff realignment, development

• Research Support

• Space Usage

• Partnerships Collaboration

• Community Engagement

• Digital Humanities

• Distinctive Services

• Born Digital

• Collection Analysis

• Shared Services

• Social Media

• Technology Infrastructure

• Area Studies

• Collaborative Collection Development

• Curriculum Integration

• Digital Aggregations

• Digital Selection

• Discovery Layer

• E-resources

• Embedded Librarians

• Metadata Management

• User Studies


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Top of Mind (25)

High Concern Medium Low

• Special & Archival Collections

• Data Management

• Shared Print

• Staff realignment, development

• Research Support

• Space Usage

• Partnerships Collaboration

• Community Engagement

• Digital Humanities

• Distinctive Services

• Born Digital

• Collection Analysis

• Shared Services

• Social Media

• Technology Infrastructure

• Area Studies

• Collaborative Collection Development

• Curriculum Integration

• Digital Aggregations

• Digital Selection

• Discovery Layer

• E-resources

• Embedded Librarians

• Metadata Management

• User Studies


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Priorities

Connected to support for new forms of scholarship in the humanities

Concerns

• Discoverability• Not properly described or not indexed in search engines

• Digitization• Scale is a challenge • No standard infrastructure

• Usability locally • Support for a global audience

1. Special Collections and Archives


Priorities

2. Research Support Services

3. Data Management

• Provide expert services• Text and data mining• Global Positioning expertise• Virtual Research environments

• Liaison Librarian• Proactive outreach to the faculty and departments

•Products of research •Preserved and maintained for re-use•Issues of storage, classification, skills•Infrastructure


Priorities

4. Shared Print Management

5. Space – renovation and re-use

• Rely on central shared print repositories• Leverage digital versions of texts• Issues of what to keep and discard• Policies, politics, services, fulfillment

• Expensive, desirable central space • Repurpose for people not collections• Group and collaboration spaces• Leverage for partnerships with departments and faculty


6. Staff Re-alignment and development

Type of Job Responsibility

Job Role Newness to the Organization


Tito Sierra, MIT Libraries ARL Fall Forum 2012


Job Titles: New Role

Tito Sierra, MIT Libraries ARL Fall Forum 2012


New Jobs - Titles

• Digital Jobs

• Digital Humanities Librarian (x2)

• Librarian for Digital Research and Scholarship

• Digital Humanities Technology Consultant

• Digital Records Archivist

• New Technology Jobs

• Digital Humanities Technology Consultant

• Director of Scholarly Technology

• Innovation and User Technology Research Librarian

• New Data and E-Science Jobs

• Data Management Planning Consultant (x2)

• Data Curation Librarian

• E-Science Librarian (x3)Tito Sierra, MIT Libraries ARL Fall Forum 2012


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Progress?

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Total ARL Staff ca. 26, 800Total ARL Professional Staff ca. 9,750

Replacement rate of 0.9% or 2.4%


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The new rules

http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/mmproceedings/160mm-proceedings.shtml#collsWendy Lougee at the 4 May 2012 ARL Membership Meeting Chicago, IL

http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/mmproceedings/160mm-proceedings.shtml


Shared CollectionsCooperative Governance

Network Disclosure

Local CollectionsLocal Stewardship

Local Discovery

Warehouse of booksPreservation of what is ‘mine’

Local ILS

Collaboration spacesJoint stewardship of what is ‘ours’‘Cloud-based’ management svcs

Collection sizeGate countSatisfaction

Support for research processesManagement of institutional IP

Impact

Metrics

Infrastructure

Library Organization

supported by

assessed with

defined by

20th Century 21st Century

Malpas for OCLC Research


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Thank you.


Where is OCLC Research active and investing?

•Special & Archival Collections • ArchiveGrid, Survey work, Past Forward, Born Digital

•Data Management• Model policy elements, criteria for selection, acq, deaccession

(archival), how-to guide and toolkit for LMD, sustainability recommendations

•Shared Print Management• print archives disclosure project, management at mega-scale,

•Staff realignment and development

•Research Support• names and identifiers (VIAF, ISNI, Registering Researchers)

•Space Usage


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