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OCLC Online Computer Library Center
Place and space: Collections and access in light of changing
patterns of research and learning: a schematic view
Lorcan DempseyA community commons: libraries in the new century
142nd ARL Membership Meeting, 15 May 2003University of Kentucky, Lexington
PlaceCollectionService
PlaceCollectionService
Overview
user environmentsresource environment
lab books
exhibitions
PDAs
learning management systems
campus portal
course materialtext book
new scholarly resources
readinglists
Institutional repository
Digital collections
E-reserveCatalog Licensed
collections
Aggregations
Virtual reference
CatalogingILL
Library serviceenvironmentLibrary serviceLibrary serviceenvironmentenvironment
Overview
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stewardship
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ssBooksJournalsNewspapersGov. docsCD, DVDMapsScores
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
Some comments on the grid
• Grid is a mnemonic … placed over complicated field
• Libraries and their environments now
• 5 years time?
• Credits:– Eric Childress (OCLC), – Nancy McGovern (Cornell)
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 relevant for modern users … (ARL report)
Knowledge bank – OSU – in planning
April 26 2002. A proposal for the development of an OSU knowledge bank
Below the line
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.
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)
• Institutional immaturity – organizational models for collective activity, reducing costs, etc, in development.
• Institutional maturity – an industry and cooperative structures
• Structures under pressure
• Institutional digital content management• Immature (diverse metadata creation
practice -- hierarchical description, multiple standards and practices, diverse content management approaches)
• OAI? Shining a light on hidden resources.• Extend knowledge organization approaches?• Incentive to preserve?
• Manage commodity materials and services - cost.• Streamline discovery to delivery for print (owned)
and digital (licensed) materials• Portalization and resource sharing• Management intelligence – collection
management and analysis (print collections)• Incentive to preserve?
The example of metadata
BooksJournals
Special collections
Freely-accessible web resources
Research and learning materials
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MARC, Onix
MARC, Onix
MARC, METS, EAD, DC, TEI
MARC, METS, EAD, DC, TEI
Dublin Core
Dublin Core
DC, DDI, IEEE/LOM, FGDC, EAD, TEI, SCORM
DC, DDI, IEEE/LOM, FGDC, EAD, TEI, SCORM
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“Special collections”
Disclosure, Licensing
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stewardship
Trends
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Scholarly communication
Books,Journals
Research &Learning
Web
Specialcollections
Trends
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stewardship
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The google factor
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E-reserves
WebBooks,Journals
Research &Learning
Specialcollections
Some issues
• Different materials call forward different types of attention– Selection– Organization– Collection
management– Securing access– Preservation
• What is a collection?
• Responsibility to the scholarly record– Licensed– Below the line– Print
• Fragmentation of knowledge technologies?– Knowledge organization –
topics, places, names, educational standards, resource types
– Identifiers– etc
user environmentsresource environment
lab books
exhibitions
PDAs
learning management systems
campus portal
course materialtext book
new scholarly resources
readinglists
Institutional repository
Digital collections
E-reserveCatalog Licensed
collections
Aggregations
Virtual reference
CatalogingILL
Library serviceLibrary serviceenvironmentenvironmentLibrary serviceLibrary serviceenvironmentenvironment
lab books
exhibitions
PDAs
learning management systems
campus portal
course materialtext book
new scholarly resources
readinglists
Hub
• Create hub?
• Project services into other hubs
• Reconfigureservices –fine-grained
“Creative knowledge you can put in your pocket”