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Risks and strategies: the view
from OCLC Research
Risks and strategies: the view
from OCLC Research
0John MacColl
European Director, RLG Partnership, OCLC
Research12 June 2009
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ThemesThemes
• Risks• Urgency• The primary purpose of digitisation• Users as co-creators• Digitisation as default• Shared digital and shared print• Where the wild users are• Specialists step forward• Aggregate to innovate• Accentuate the positive
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RisksRisks
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Recent risk analysis Recent risk analysis
• In a rapidly evolving information environment, what are the greatest risks to research libraries?• Individually – as local service providers• Collectively – as a distributed enterprise
• Which of these risks is susceptible to mitigation?• Feasibility – controllable risk?• Impact – worth the investment?
• Where should local effort be directed?
• Where can collective action make a difference?
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Risk ClustersRisk Clusters
Legacy Technology
Human Resources
Value Proposition
Durable Goods
Intellectual Property
… a reduced sense of library relevance from below, above, and within
… uncertainties about adequate preparation, adaptability, capacity for leadership in face of change
… changing value of library collections and space; prices go up, value goes down – accounting doesn’t acknowledge the change
… managing and maintaining legacy systems is a challenge; replacement parts are hard to find
… losing some traditional assets to commercial providers (e.g. Google Books) and failing to assume clear ownership stake in others (e.g. local scholarly outputs)
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UrgencyUrgency
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ConcentrationA web-scale presenceMobilise data
DiffusionDisclosure of links, data and services
Scale mattersScale matters
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Image: informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-2008-beta/
Be where the users areBe where the users are
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Discovery happens elsewhereDiscovery happens elsewhere
• People don’t discover our content by coming People don’t discover our content by coming to our lovingly crafted web sites to our lovingly crafted web sites
• We must expose our content to web search We must expose our content to web search engines and hubs like Flickrengines and hubs like Flickr
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Yale University
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We are now in a race to remain relevant to researchersWe are now in a race to remain relevant to researchers
• ‘Cataloguing is a function which is not working’
• Forget item level description• “Insanity is when you do things
the way you’ve always done them, but expect a different result” (Einstein and/or Emerson)
• ‘Good enough’ beats perfection• Accept ‘the demise of the
completeness syndrome’ (Ross Atkinson)
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The primary purpose of
digitisation …
The primary purpose of
digitisation …
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Access vs preservation …Access vs preservation …
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Access wins!Access wins!
• No one has been throwing away No one has been throwing away originals … so preservation needs are originals … so preservation needs are best served by thembest served by them
• Only by surfacing presently ignored Only by surfacing presently ignored collections can we justify their collections can we justify their preservationpreservation
• Our brave new world shows we Our brave new world shows we cancan (usually) go back and do it again(usually) go back and do it again
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Selection has already been doneSelection has already been done
• Don’t spend time selecting Don’t spend time selecting items to digitiseitems to digitise
• Capture materials as Capture materials as accessionedaccessioned• For important collections, For important collections,
capture it allcapture it all• For others, sample and For others, sample and
allow user interest to guide allow user interest to guide your choicesyour choices
• Capture on demandCapture on demand• Capture ‘signposts’ and Capture ‘signposts’ and
devote more attention devote more attention when/where warrantedwhen/where warranted
Woodcut from Sebastian Brant, “Stultifera…” The ship of fooles… 1570University of Edinburgh Library
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Handle once (then iterate)Handle once (then iterate)
• Handle incoming items Handle incoming items once once for both for both description and digitisationdescription and digitisation
• Compromise on image resolution and Compromise on image resolution and metadata as needed to achieve throughput metadata as needed to achieve throughput requirementsrequirements
• Create a single unified processCreate a single unified process• Let usage guide further effortsLet usage guide further efforts
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Have programmes not projectsHave programmes not projects
• Forget ‘special projects’ — it’s long past Forget ‘special projects’ — it’s long past time to make this a basic part of our time to make this a basic part of our everyday work!everyday work!
• Digital capture must be embedded in our Digital capture must be embedded in our basic procedures, budgeting, etc.basic procedures, budgeting, etc.
• Figure out a way to fund it yourself and Figure out a way to fund it yourself and you’ll figure out a way to do it cheaperyou’ll figure out a way to do it cheaper
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Quality vs quantity: quantity wins!Quality vs quantity: quantity wins!
• The perfect has been the enemy of the The perfect has been the enemy of the possiblepossible
• Achieving excellence can have a substantial Achieving excellence can have a substantial costcost
• Any access is better than none at allAny access is better than none at all• Instead of measuring cataloguer/archivist Instead of measuring cataloguer/archivist
output we should be measuring impact on output we should be measuring impact on usersusers
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Users as co-creators
Users as co-creators
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Engage your communityEngage your community
• Do not describe everything in painstaking Do not describe everything in painstaking detaildetail
• Start with basic description, then…Start with basic description, then…• ……allow serious researchers to contact you allow serious researchers to contact you
for more detail, and…for more detail, and…• ……engage your user community with adding engage your user community with adding
to the descriptionsto the descriptions• Encourage them to submit their content tooEncourage them to submit their content too
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January 16th 2008: LC photographs on FlickrJanuary 16th 2008: LC photographs on Flickr
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24 hours later24 hours later
Exposure
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Impact: exposureImpact: exposure
Flickr: Top 50LC: Top 6000
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Contributio
ns
How to lose control
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Go with itGo with it
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Feeding back into our workFeeding back into our work
89 records updated
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Digitisation as default
Digitisation as default
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Change in Photoduplication PolicyAs of March 17, 2008, the Ransom Center's policy regarding research copies of items from its collections will change. We will no longer furnish photocopies. For all requests received on or after March 17, our default procedure will be to make digital scans of the originals and furnish PDF files (72 dpi) either by email or on CD-ROM. For patrons who are unable to make use of PDFs, printouts will be available in lieu of digital files.
For publication purposes, high-resolution images will still be furnished on the same terms as before.
Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin
Example: Scan on demandExample: Scan on demand
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Combine approaches
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Shared digital & shared print
Shared digital & shared print
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Library storage facilitiesLibrary storage facilities
• Recommendations for current storage institutions• Aggressively archive print journals• Implement last copies policies• Disclose holdings• Explore subscription models
• Recommendations for the academic library community• Define mechanisms for disclosure
and associated services• Consider a formal print repository
network• Develop sustainable business
models
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The mechanics of shared printThe mechanics of shared print
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Registry
Transfers
Borrowing System
SharedCollections
Withdrawals
Retrievals Commitments
Holdings
Loans
Disclose
Aggregate holdings and joint commitments constitute a
shared assetenabling collaborative
management strategies
ProceduresPolicies
InfrastructureAssets
Local Collections
Off-Site Collections
ReCAP
DigitizedLibrary Collections
The ‘Cloud Library’
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Where the wild users are
Where the wild users are
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Rick Luce: ARL/CNI presentation on the future support of eResearch, October 2008
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User complexity (the circle game …)User complexity (the circle game …)
User
Domain
Institution
Data Environment
Assessment Regime
Users
Users
Users
Users
Users
Users
accessingassessingchaining
disseminatingnetworking
Interdisciplinaryprobing
translating
Humanities Sciences direct searching scanningco-authoring coordinating monitoring data-sharing
browsing collecting
re-reading assembling
consulting note-taking
Adapted from C. Palmer, L. Teffau, C. Pirmann (2009)
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Specialists step forward
Specialists step forward
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Mobilising Unique MaterialsMobilising Unique Materials
• Treasures on trucks• Rescuing orphans• What a picture!• Uncloaking archives
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Unifying fragmented memoriesUnifying fragmented memories
Organisational and service relationships in multi-type institutionsIntention: 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
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Where to invest time and money
‘Ofness’ vs ‘Aboutness’
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Aggregate to innovate …
Aggregate to innovate …
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The power of datamining
(2005)
Rareness is common …
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Knowledge Structure: structure for controlled data: metadata workflows
Knowledge Structure: structure for controlled data: metadata workflows
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Increase the gravitational power of namesIncrease the gravitational power of names
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Accentuate the positive
Accentuate the positive
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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
——Charles Charles Darwin
Image: Auckland Museum
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LAM risks and strategiesLAM risks and strategiesIm
pac
t
These risks will remain high but can be managed.
Effective network disclosure
Move new services ‘into the flow’
Articulate compelling new vision to attract a new generation of LAM professionals
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Thank YouThank YouJohn [email protected] Research