collection directions accul meeting, oclc, march 27 2003 lorcan dempsey, vp research, oclc

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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 informaticsSource: http://medicine.osu.edu/informatics/

Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) Motion Capture LabSource: http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/mocap/mocap_info.htm

Olentangy River Wetland Research ParkSource: 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

• Rights and linking– Streamline

management of licenses

Portalization?

– Visibility and integration– Value

provider perspective

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

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Special collectionsRare booksLocal/Historical newspapersLocal history materialsArchives & Manuscripts, Theses & dissertations

Research and learning materials •ePrints/tech reports•Learning objects•Courseware•E-portfolios•Research data

Freely-accessible web resourcesOpen source softwareNewsgroup archives

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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?