RLG Programs and International Collaboration

RLG Programs and International Collaboration

RLG Programs and International Collaboration

Living the Future: Transforming Libraries Through Collaboration

Nancy Elkington, OCLC Programs & ResearchMay 2, 2008Tucson. Arizona

Living the Future7 – May 2, 2008RLG Programs

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Areas for focusAreas for focus

• Now that they have gone…

• RLG – then and now

• Relationship management

• Value and choice

• Project sampler


Now that Peter and Rick have goneNow that Peter and Rick have gone

• Behaviors and expectations

• Social networks

• Technology drivers

• Degrees of complexity


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Behaviors and ExpectationsBehaviors and Expectations


Traditional Social Networks - ThenTraditional Social Networks - Then


Traditional Social Networks - NowTraditional Social Networks - Now


Technology Drivers for NetworkingTechnology Drivers for Networking


Degrees of ComplexityDegrees of Complexity


RLG – Then and Now RLG – Then and Now

• 1970’s – sharing

• 1980’s – cooperation

• 1990’s – international collaboration

• 2000’s – collective action


Collaboration is…Collaboration is…

A. An unnatural act

B. A defining characteristic and an essential operational tactic of RLG Programs

C. Woven into the fabric of the social web

D. A preferred business strategy for web-scale organizations


Transnational CollaborationTransnational Collaboration

Egypt and UAE

Japan

US and Canada

Europe

United Kingdom France

Ireland Italy

Germany Spain

Netherlands Switzerland

Australia

New Zealand


Building New RelationshipsBuilding New Relationships

• Cultures

• Languages

• Values

• Funding

• Expectations

• Challenges


Sustaining Thriving RelationshipsSustaining Thriving Relationships

• Value drivers

• Metrics

• CRM system

• Networking


RemediationRemediation


RLG Programs and OCLC ResearchRLG Programs and OCLC Research


Programs and Research Work AgendaPrograms and Research Work Agenda


Managing the Collective CollectionManaging the Collective Collection

RLG Programs worked with the New York Art ResourcesConsortium to supply the art museum libraries with the business intelligence they need to make informed decisions about the nature of their collaborative efforts.

Data Mining



Shared Print Program

Collectively enable research institutions to enact cooperative print management schemes

Duplication RateDuplication Rate

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Circulation by SubjectCirculation by Subject

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Computer SciencePsychology

SociologyPhysical Education and Recreation

MedicineAnthropologyMathematics

Art and ArchitecturePerforming Arts

MusicChemistryEducation

Engineering and TechnologyBiological Sciences

Philosophy and ReligionPhysical Sciences

History and Auxiliary SciencesAgriculture

Language, Linguistics, and LiteratureBusiness and Economics

Political ScienceGeography and Earth Sciences

Library Science, Generalities, and ReferenceLaw

Figure 1. Duplication rates have remained stable since the mid 1970s. Figure 2. Circulation activity varies by subject; shelf-status (reserves;closed stacks) may be a factor.



Harmonizing Digitization

While the mass digitization partnerships have focused largely on published works, our approaches to special collections will have to evolve to make a significant contribution.


Supporting New Modes of ScholarshipSupporting New Modes of Scholarship

Organizational and service relationships

Bring about greater collaboration among libraries, archives and museums by surfacing models for sharing data, services and expertise.

Smithsonian Institution

Yale UniversityEdinburgh University

V&A Museum

Princeton University


Renovating Descriptive & Organizing PracticesRenovating Descriptive & Organizing Practices

Prototype an Identities Resource


WorldCat IdentitiesWorldCat Identities


WorldCat IdentitiesWorldCat Identities


Renovating Descriptive & Organizing PracticesRenovating Descriptive & Organizing Practices

VIAF: The Virtual International Authority FileThe Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France,and OCLC are jointly conducting a project to match and link the authority records for personalnames in the retrospective personal name authority files of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (dnb), the Library of Congress (LC), and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF).


Measurements and BehaviorsMeasurements and Behaviors


Operating in the CloudOperating in the Cloud


RegistriesRegistries


Modeling New Service InfrastructuresModeling New Service Infrastructures

Contribute to the development of a Registry of Copyright Evidence

The work undertaken by RLG Partner institutions for this project was an early step in contributing to the development of the Registry of Copyright Evidence. This registry will ultimately lead to the creation of a consistent, accepted process for libraries, archives and museums to gain permission to provide access to high-risk or specialcollection materials.



Terminology Services

A team at OCLC Research is putting the finishing touches on an experimental web services environment for controlled vocabularies that will support: search for a concept/heading in a controlled vocabulary; retrieval of a single vocabulary record by its identifier; return of search results in vocabulary records in HTML, MARC XML, Zthes 1.0, and SKOS; search using SRU CQL syntax.



Grid Services


OutputsOutputs

• Prototypes

• Usability tests

• Surveys

• Reports, articles and white papers

• Podcasts and webinars

• Blogs about our work


Lorcan Dempsey’s WeblogLorcan Dempsey’s Weblog


hangingtogether.orghangingtogether.org

CategoriesArchitecture and standards (10)

Archives (40) Digital Preservation (32)

LAM (Libraries, Archives, Museums) (57) Libraries (27)

Managing the Collective Collection (42) Measurement and Behaviors (11)

Miscellaneous (91) Modeling new services (13)

Museums (34) Renovating Descriptive Practice (46)

RLG Programs (45) Searching (27)

Supporting Scholarship (11) Visual Resources (7)

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