acknowledgments technical services leads: columbia: bob wolven cornell: jim leblanc, xin li and many...
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Acknowledgments
Technical Services Leads:
Columbia: Bob Wolven
Cornell: Jim LeBlanc, Xin Li
And many more …
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Working together … or not
Perceptions and fears: I’ll lose my jobWe’ll have to do it their (crummy) wayMaybe we’ll look badMore work!
Ways and means:Wikis, conference calls, videomeetingsFace-to-face
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What gets in the way
Distance 4 hrs. separation Limits face-to-face meetings Limits collaboration on physical materials?
Structural differences Different unit definitions, job responsibilities Different administrative structures Who do I work with?
What gets in the way
Cultural differencesUnion/non-unionConsultative/DirectiveProcessing efficiency vs selector autonomy
Time
Technical difficulties
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Shared work, separate systems
Both using Voyager, but … Separate systems for ERM, link resolver,
federated search, discovery. What level of collaboration needed to
justify system migration?
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If not now, when?
Long term (5 year) vision
Near term actions
Reconciling differences
2CUL technical services in 2015
Systems Environment Single, shared system Merging print and e-resource management Drawing on centrally maintained knowledge base Potential examples:
Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment) OCLC Webscale Management System Ex Libris Alma
2CUL technical Services in 2015(as seen in 2010)
Shape of Collections Domestic books 50% e-only Foreign titles still 70%-90% print Growth of open web publication for non-profit Near demise of “print + electronic”
Methods of Purchase Most e-books in packages, based on profiles Remainder largely patron-driven Extension of approval (buying) plans
Metadata Environment in 2015
Outsourced knowledge base maintenance E-book discovery based on full-text search Need for enriched metadata for print Broad adoption of linked data More metadata from foreign sources Mixed cataloging practices New models for original cataloging
Implications and Getting There
Collaborative Print Resource Management Joint management of batch processes Collaboration on tool development Convergence of suppliers, data sources Reconciliation of differences in methods Joint documentation, training Separate shipment, physical handling?
Getting started
Tool Development Pre-order online form (POOF) Co-development of specifications Integration with local workflow
Cross-Institutional Cataloging Turkish, Korean pilots Reconciling workflow details Setting up inter-system access Leveraging offsite storage
Support for Shared Collecting Single 2CUL Slavic bibliographer Common tools, changing vendors Data to monitor remotely
Implications and Getting There
Consolidated E-Resource Management Coordinated licensing wherever possible Single (virtual) administrative unit, or Specialization by: function? type of resource? Opportunity for extended services (e.g., problem resolution)
Basic principles: Acquire once, for both Joint maintenance of data
Getting closer: new issues
One database? Two? Three?
Access to financial functions
Acting remotely whenever possible
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Business models: attributing costs
Current: memoranda of understandingSlavic librarian: % of timeKorean cataloging: expected output
Future: base on activity units estimated volume of activity collections expenditures
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Beyond 2CULDifferent issues, different solutions
Outsource: when benefits accrue to many E.g., Chinese purchase plan
Influence: when success depends on others E.g., E-journal preservation study
Incubate: when new models must be tested, proved E.g., Web archiving
Extend: when 2CUL can offer unique value to others
Questions…
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