Cooperation in the Digital Age: Building the Library Platform

Constance MalpasOCLC Research

Biblioteklederkonferansen 2011 Mo i Rana, Norway 1-2 November 2011

NetworkedEnvironment

ReconfiguredLibraries

CooperativeInfrastructure

Biblio<TECH>

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?Mega-Regions of Europe

http://www.creativeclass.com/whos_your_city/maps/#Mega-Regions_of_Europe

Constructing a Nordic mega-region infrastructure

for the emerging creative class

* highly educated * entrepreneurial * supported by strong ICT and * logistics systems

(and libraries?)

http://www.nortrade.com/index?cmd=show_article&id=512

Os-Göte-hagen?

Data defines the networked information environment

The consumer platform . . . an addressable, self-improving knowledge-base

251 Norwegian authors [ +/-4 % ]

?

The consumer platform . . . maximizes reference-ability exposes ‘hooks’ for social interaction

The consumer platform . . . excels at aggregating and ‘sorting out’ demand

My preferences

My social network

Ranas fjell og gruver

+ Bookmarklet

Read. Review. Remember. + Remix

Social reading ‘in the flow’

GoodReadsBookSpaceKindleFindings#FridayReads etc.

Social reading … in a crowded space?

The library platform . . . excels at ‘sorting out’ supply

(29)

The library platform . . . excels at aggregating, enriching, structuring data

~150 years of publication history

The library platform . . . embodies a particular domain model

http://experimental.worldcat.org/IDNetwork/

Names matter personal, corporate, geographic uniform titles Relationships matter works, expressions, manifestations; roles Identifiers matter ISBN, LCCN, OCLC etc.

Outside in: Books, journals, DVDs, … (Bought and licensed)

Aim: to discover …

Inside out: institutional assets: special collections, research and learning materials, institutional records, …

Aim: to have discovered …(With thanks to Lorcan Dempsey)

Collections: Reconfigured

Decreasing investment in local print collection,

increasing reliance on licensed electronic

Growing emphasis on Customer Relationship Management

Source: Statistikk for arkiv, bibliotek og museum, 2009

Shift in demand – greater reliance on digital formats

Demand for print has leveled off while inventory continues to grow

Source: Statistikk for arkiv, bibliotek og museum, 2009

Collections: inside-out

Infrastructure (space & tools) for increased productivity

Library value less about ‘commodity’ collections more about support for the research process: CRISTIN DUO/NORA

A look in the rear-view mirror . . . Ca. 2006

Collections Emphasis: Outside-In

http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/High_scores_for_scientific_output_and_international_citation/1224066961722

What Changed? Priorities.

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Norske doktorgrader etter fagområde 1980–2010Humaniora Samfunnsvitenskap Matematikk og naturvitenskap Teknologi

Medisin Landbruksvitenskap og veterinærmedisin

Derived from: Nedlastbare figurer og tabeller til Indikatorrapporten 2011 (Tabell A.1.7)

Increasing national research capacity

Increased reliance on performance and

publication indicators

Growing the ‘Creative Class’: Norway’s next great natural resource?

Norway

The next generation of Norwegian researchers . . .

will require a new kind of HE environment

Source: NSD Årsmelding, 2009

Digital Residents

Digital library agenda is key to ‘virtualization’ of research enterprise: it maximizes impact in the network

#dan

*http://www.nb.no/bokhylla/om/om-bokhylla

1.5M personal names

in BIBSYS

linked data set

~250Norwegian authors in Wikipedia 450K* titles in NorBok

~250K digitized by NB.no

48K in Bokhylla+ 16K Norwegian titles in HathiTrust

National information infrastructure in a global library platform = network effects

+ 15M personal names in VIAF

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New Cooperative Infrastructure

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Shared stewardship of digitized corpus

Shared management of legacy print

~50% contribute content

http://www.nffo.no/storypg.aspx?zone=40&id=506

“I’ve been in this business for decades, but this is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen…”

http://blog.authorsguild.org/2011/10/06/authors-groups-from-u-k-canada-norway-and-sweden-join-authors-guild-australian-society-of-authors-and-quebec-writers-union-in-suit-against-hathitrust/

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Growth of HathiTrust Digital Library (Jun 2009 – Oct 2011)

Titles in HathiTrust Titles published in NorwayTitles in Norwegian

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13,761

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Library cooperation made this possible Networked information environment made it imperative

NB. <50K Norwegian language speakers in US

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HarvardYale

U Illinois, Chicago

Michigan

Princeton

Alberta

73% of university ARLs

This pool continues to shrink

Majority of research libraries shifting toward

e-centric acquisitions, service model

Shrinking pool of libraries with mission and resources to sustain print preservation as ‘core’ operation – 25?

Source: Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, 2009

If robust digital preservation and access system were available: “74% of respondents said that the withdrawal of print books would be an important strategy for their libraries in the future …A large majority of libraries (84%) said that they would be more likely to withdraw their [digitized and digitally preserved] print book collections if they could access print copies of books through a trusted sharing network.“ Source: Ithaka S+R Library Survey 2010

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Duplication of ARL University Library Holdings in HathiTrust Digital Library

Jun-09

Rank in ARL Investment Index (2007-2008)

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ed Median duplication in June 2011: 36%

Median duplication in June 2009: 19%

Median duplication in June 2010: 31%

[The network reconfigures the library]

A closing reflection. If libraries are to see themselves

‘on the map’ in the global network,in tomorrow’s knowledge base,

We must build a cooperative platform together.

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