Kentucky Fried Libraries - UMD
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Kentucky Fried Libraries:Battered and Chewed Up in the
Digital Marketplace
Mark Sandler
University of MarylandDecember, 2014
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Committee on Institutional Cooperation
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A-maizing libraries
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Marylanders get busy
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And beautiful libraries
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So the provost sent money
And the vendors swarmed around the libraries
And the farmers came to read and learn.
Librarians are builders too
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Omnis Sed Pessimus Litteraturae
Size Matters Used to Matter
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Splendid Isolation
Meteora, Greece
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Isolated
Protected
Orthodox
Monopolistic
Expensive
Sacred
Autonomous
A shrine to knowledge
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Back in Black…and doing the lord’s work
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“You see, this phone system consists of a multibillion‐dollar matrix of space age technology that is so sophisticated even wecan't handle it. But that's your problem, isn't it? So, the next time you complain about your phone service, why don't you try using two Dixie cups with a string? We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company”
One Ringy Dingy, Two Ringy Dingy
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Library
Disintermediation hurts
• Amazon• Google• Google Scholar• HathiTrust• JSTOR
• Early Journal Content• Register and Read
• YouTube• Wikipedia• DeepDyve• Blogs• Twitter• Facebook• arXiv• P2P Filesharing• Vouchers
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Are libraries toast?
Probably not…
…but they are feeling the HEAT
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• Collection size Current subscriptions• Unique items Local systems• Perfect metadata More staff• Bigger buildings Bigger budgets
Who benefits from bigger library budgets?
Libraries don’t need more money….
THEY NEED MORE USER UPTAKE AND GREATER USER ENGAGEMENT
Perverse Incentives
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Out of the Red
Costs Benefits
Failure Success
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Follow the money
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Check it out!
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What provosts want
Crank up the benefits
Clamp down on costs
Eliminate operational inefficiencies
Reduce back-office expenditures
Divest of low-value standards and
services
Seek out “at scale” opportunities to
manage operational functions
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Build partnerships
Shed operational costs through investments in shared infrastructure
Eliminate redundancy
Scale up and out
Shift cost at every opportunity from low-value, back-office activity to customer-facing activities
Imitate, assimilate, and aggregate
Get small locally by going big nationally
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CIC-CLI
Google DigitizationDocuments DigitizationHathiTrustLicensingLarge-Scale AcquisitionsShared Print RepositoryResource SharingScholarly Communication
More generally:• Return savings• Leverage unique resources• Seed innovation• Amplify CIC voices
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Kentucky Fried Libraries
Independence and autonomy are not our friends
Differentiation—in most areas—is not our friend
FranchisesChainsMergers and acquisitionsBuyer’s coopsPartnershipsWholly owned subsidiaries
Hatching new models for library management
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An “At-Scale” Library Vision
Shifting gears—and resources— to more centralized work groups
Think of ourselves as part of a national infrastructure for managing scholarly resources
Replace local practice with integrated standards
Cataloging? Publishing? Preservation? Information Technology?Archiving? Digitization?Selection? Licensing?
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A One-Two knockout punch
Differentiate in delivering services
Team up to cut costs
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Libraries are for users
Turn non-users into users
Turn users into super users
Every staff member is about getting users to act and act NOW!
et out of the scriptorium…
o and save souls
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Where are we going?
• Libraries• Books• Reading• Research• Information Literacy• GET SMARTER• GET A’S• GET PUBLISHED• GET TENURE• EARN ACADEMIC RESPECT• MANAGE PERSONAL FINANCES
Market to the insecurities of your customers
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SelectorsSubject SpecialistsOutreach librariansLiaisonsEmbedded librariansCampus engagement
Libraries manage campus outreach with allthe sophistication of a Girl Scout cookie drive
“I’m here on a mission of mercy”
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Brushing Out the Blemishes
Make the Library the cosmetics counter of the campus
Prime space
Expert staff
High touch services
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High Touch, High Value Services
• Publishing agent• Dissertation counseling• Tenure mentoring• Academic Success Center• Test preparation• Job counseling• Instructional technology
support• Presentation consulting• Data management/analysis• Grant seeking/management• Financial literacy
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• Specialty brands• High margins• Service oriented• Store brand
conveys value to the inventory
“Dumb Pipe”
• National brands
• Low margins• Self-service• Brands carried
convey value to the store
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Libraries need to compete for users
Libraries are great and useful
institutions, but they are only
“useful” to the extent that they are ACTUALLY USED.
Go forth and create USERS!
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Everyone lives by selling something
Embrace the role—make yourselves irresistible to users
Team up with your suppliers
Measure and celebrate successes
Fix the failures
Our products are content and services. Our goal is help our customers succeed.
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• Define a customer-centric mission:e.g., ensure that campus constituents achieve their academic aspirations
• Set measurable goals:e.g., increase use of pre-1996 STEM journal backfiles by 5%
• Convert librarians from buyers to sellers
• Redirect dollars from acquiring stuff to acquiring customers
• Revisit librarian skills, management, incentives and accountability in the context of customer satisfaction
Cleaning House—some needed fixes
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That Championship Season
Score points with users
Guard against unnecessary costs
The secret to winning librarianship:
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Your turn… finally!
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