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Next generation library systems: new opportunities and threats

Raymond BERARDABES (Montpellier, France)

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Agenda

1. Context: the current equipment of libraries2. What is a next generation system?3. The market offer4. Should we really trust vendors ?5. Impact on historical cataloguing agencies

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1. Context: the current equipment of libraries

• Background• Current situation• The market

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French LIS market: academic libraries

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2. What is a next generation system?

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2. What is a next generation system?

Why switch to cloud computing?• You save on technology• You save money• Your data is more efficient• You share innovation

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3. The market offer

• Ex-Libris: Alma• OCLC: WorldShare• Alternative solutions:– Commercial

• Serial solutions : Intota• Innovative

– Open source• Kuali OLE • Koha with BywaterSolutions • Evergreen with PTFS

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Primo Central WorldCat Local

Aleph-VoyagerSFX BxVerde

Rosetta-Digitool

URM

LBSCBS

WMSCirculation

AcquisitionsLicence management

Metadata managementILL

Discovery tools

Systems

Unified management

Technical platformInfrastructure

ALMA WMS

El Commons codeshareAmazon EC2

Datacenters in Amsterdam +

App gallery6 datacenters : USA,

Canada, UK, Australie

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4. Should we really trust vendors ?

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4. Should we really trust vendors ?

• Security• Privacy• Data quality• Licensing data• Pricing• Saving staff time• Adapting skills• Are all modules live?• How free will you be to leave your vendor?

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Estimated costs of an existing system in an average French academic library

Estimated costs of an existing system in an average French academic library

Servers : Initial costDepreciation/year(8 year cycle)

250 000 – 500 000 €31 250 – 62 500 €

Support 30 000 €

Other systems 30 000 – 60 000 €

TOTAL / year 91 250 – 152 500 €

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ABES in the cloud?Impact on historical cataloguing agencies

• Sudoc existing workflow• Potential impact– Technical– Organizational

SudocExisting workflow

Sudoc database

Local systems

FTP transfers (every night)

WinIBW Production

+ new records

+ copy cataloguing

+ holdings

General data shared by community

Private general data

InventoryCopies, subscriptions, contracts,

Financial data, acquisition &circulation transactions

Autority files

Bibliographic dataLink resolver

General contractsStatistical data

French HE consortium Library 2Library 1 Library n

Library ALibrary A

French HE consortium

Library AFrench HE

consortium Library n

French dissertations

Hub / ISTEX

IdRef

VIAF

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Credits

• Jean Bernon (ABES)• Nicolas Morin (University of Toulouse)• ENSSIB students: Sandrine Berthier, Reine Bürki,

Nicolas Di Méo, Nicolas Doux, Gaëlle Guechgache, Sonja Graimprey

• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrstitustrout/4657171444/