Download - Library Catalogs at the Network Level
Roy Tennant
Then: Users built workflow around libraries Now: Library must build
services around user workflow
Discovery happens elsewhere Disclosure
The Way It WasThe Way It Was
Carddistributionservice
Local card catalog
Catalogers
Bibliographicrecords
Added value
The Way It BecameThe Way It Became
Bibliographicutility
Bibliographicrecords
Local catalog
Catalogers
Added value
The Way It Can BeThe Way It Can Be
Union catalog,Locally tailored and skinned
Bibliographicrecords
Catalogers
Added value
Benefits accrue to all!
Benefits of ConcentrationBenefits of Concentration Search results ranking
Holdings data Usage data (e.g., display, circulation)
Recommendations of related books User contributed content can be
shared User contributed content can be made
better Attention can be attracted and
redirected
Benefit of Concentration:Ranking based on numberof holding libraries
Benefit of Concentration:More data to mine
Benefit of Concentration:Ability to make user-contributed data better
From: Social Classification and Folksonomy in Art Museums: early data from the steve.museum tagger prototype a paper for the ASIST SIG-CR workshop on Social Classification, November 4, 2006, by Jennifer Trant
Benefit of Concentration:Ability to perform “switchingservice” for all participants
Benefits of DiffusionBenefits of Diffusion Library holdings syndicated into
places where people are found (e.g., Google)
Small libraries can play in big spaces The more paths there are, the easier
it is for people to reach you
Benefit of Concentration:Exposed in spaces wherepotential users are found
ConcentrationA webscale presenceMobilize data
DiffusionDisclosure of links, data and services