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

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

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Jim MichalkoVice President

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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)

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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


Partners interviewed (66)

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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

Click icon to add chartArea Studies

Born Digi ta l

Col laborative Col lection Development

Collecti on Ana lysi s

Community Engagement

Curriculum Integra tion

Data Mana gement

Digital Aggregations

Digi tal Huma niti es

Digital Selecti on

Distinctive Services

Discovery La yer

E-res ources

Embedded Librarians

Metadata Ma nagement

Partnerships Col laboration

Res earch Support

Sha red Print

Sha red Servi ces

Social Media

Spa ce Usage

Special , Archival Collecti ons

Staff Rea lignment, Development

Technology Infras tructure

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 ca ll y, digi tal scholarship and res earch data management

Cleveland Museum of Art X X XColumbia X X XCornell X X X X X X Technology infras tructure: Specifi cal ly, l inked da ta

Duke X X XEast Carolina U. X X X XFrick Art Reference Library X X X X Special /hidden collecti onsGetty Research Institute X X* XHagley Museum and Library X X* X Digi tal 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 a ccess publ is hing

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: "digital as set mana gement"

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston X X X*Museum of Modern Art X X X Data Management: "digital as set mana gement"

National Library of Australia X X* X* X Sha red s ervi ces: s upra-institutional ; tech infrastructure: mobi le technologiesNational Library of Scotland X X X X Col laboration: "new forms of col laboration"Natural History Museum X X X X Digital 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 di scovery"

Rockefeller University X X X XSaint Louis Art Museum X X X* X Res ource s haring

Smithsonian Institution X X X X Expertise databas es . NB: Spcia l collections = "mains treaming s pecia l collections "

St Andrews X X X*Swiss National Library X X X Technology infras tructure: Specifi cal ly, l inked da taTrinity 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 Res earch Collections

U. Delaware X X X X X E-resources: Specifi ca ll y, 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 vis ua l material s in special col lections

U. Notre Dame X X Data Management: "digital as set mana gement"

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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