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Marie-Pierre Détraz Executive Secretary Bristol University, June 2002

curl Consortium of University Research Libraries Research Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation. Marie-Pierre Détraz Executive Secretary Bristol University, June 2002. curl Consortium of University Research Libraries Research Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation.

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Marie-Pierre Détraz Executive Secretary Bristol University, June 2002

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  1. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Marie-Pierre Détraz Executive Secretary Bristol University, June 2002

  2. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation A bit of History • CURL founded in 1983 • 7 founder members • Cambridge • Edinburgh • Glasgow • Leeds • London (Senate House) • Manchester • Oxford • Focus on shared bibliographic database

  3. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation CURL - The Company • Company set up in 1992 - Charitable status • A broader mission: ‘To promote, maintain and improve library resources for research in universities’ Memorandum of Association, June 1992 • Part-time Assistant Secretary • Full-time Executive Secretary since 1997

  4. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Membership • 25 full members Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, British Library, Cambridge, Dublin (TCD), Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London (ULL), LSE, Imperial College, KCL, UCL, Manchester, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick • 1 associate member: Wellcome Library • 1 partner: School of Advanced Studies • Different rights and responsibilities (see http://www.curl.ac.uk/members/rights.html

  5. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Directors Member institutions’ head librarians Meet twice a year Board 8 members – elected by the Directors Meet five times a year • Tom Graham (Chair) Newcastle • Paul Ayris UCL • John Hall Durham • Michael Hannon (Treasurer) Sheffield • Clare Jenkins Imperial College • Ian Mowat Edinburgh • Frances Thomson Liverpool • Jan Wilkinson Leeds

  6. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Secretariat The University of Birmingham • Executive Secretary – Marie-Pierre Détraz m.detraz@bham.ac.uk 0121 415 8106 • Database Officer / Deputy Secretary – Mike Mertens m.j.mertens@bham.ac.uk 0121 415 8107 • Administrative Assistant - Joy West j.a.west@bham.ac.uk 0121 415 8108

  7. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Role of the Secretariat • Executive Secretary is responsible to the Board for: • the executive oversight of CURL’s initiatives • all aspects of CURL’s formal company business • liaising with CURL Member Representatives and their staff • providing a coordinating and reporting mechanism for all groups that CURL might want to establish etc. • Database Officer / Deputy Secretary is responsible for: • Matters to do with the CURL’s record retrieval service & COPAC • Assisting in implementing CURL’s initiatives • Assisting in publicising the work of the Consortium etc.

  8. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation RD&D and Task Forces • Resource Description & Discovery Steering Group (John Hall, Chair) • Task Forces • Resource Management (Jan Wilkinson, Convenor) • Scholarly Communications (Paul Ayris, Convenor) • Staffing Resources (Frances Thomson, Convenor) • Teaching and Learning (Ian Mowat, Convenor) • To implement the Strategic Plan as defined by the Members and the Board

  9. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Strategic Plan • To provide strong leadership and opportunities for innovations • To provide researchers with physical and virtual access to the shares resources of all the CURL libraries • To develop a strategic business plan for CURL’s future directions • To consider CURL’s mission and membership in the light of cross-sectoral and cross domain developments nationally • For more details see http://www.curl.ac.uk/members/strategic00-04.html

  10. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (1) – RD&D CURL Database & COPAC Developments CURL Database for Record Retrieval • Data loading programme for new members and members with new systems; • Over 10 million records from the BLPC (only for members) (in all ca. 35 million records) • Records of Bristol, NLW and NLS to be loaded when the database has been converting to MARC 21 • Possible CURL-BL joint marketing strategy

  11. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (2) – RD&D CURL Database & COPAC Developments COPAC for Resource Discovery (1) • 23 CURL libraries contribute (inc. Wellcome Library and SAS) • BLPC records available via Z39.50 • Still to be loaded: KCL, Bristol, NLW, NLS • Live circulation data of half of the libraries • (http://www.copac.ac.uk)

  12. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (3) – RD&D CURL Database & COPAC Developments COPAC for Resource Discovery (2) • NLW & NLS records available via COPAC V3 • COPAC V3 to be finalised in Autumn 02 • MIMAS to work on the Clumps Projects • COPAC – building block for UK NUC?

  13. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (4) – RD&D CURL Database & COPAC Developments Archives Hub – http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk • 7,682 records available by 8 May 02; • Ca. 20,000 by August 03 • Ongoing work on distributed model • Proposal to JISC to turn it into service SUNCAT • Possible joint bid with MIMAS?

  14. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (5) – Resource Management Collaborative Collection Management Issues (1) Brief of the Task Force To look at possible collaborative ways of tackling: • Acquisition • Retention • Preservation • Digitisation • Access

  15. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (6) – Resource Management Collaborative Collection Management Issues (2) Why Collaborate? • No longer possible for each library to do everything • Expectations of users keep raising • Lack of space Opportunities • Rapid developments of C&IT and e-publishing • Opportunities for a joint strategy with the national libraries

  16. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (7) – Resource Management Collaborative Collection Management Issues (3) Barriers to Collaboration • See RSLP project: Barriers to Collaboration Among HE Libraries at http://www.rslp.ac.uk/circs/: • No deep resource sharing • Deep resource sharing: when library gives up ownership • Librarians and academics tend to be ‘risk averse’ • Devolved library budgets to faculties • Competition between universities • CURL: need to explore further

  17. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (8) – Resource Management Collaborative Collection Management Issues (4) Two Main Initiatives • Pilot project to explore deep sharing (COCOREES+?) across the 5 areas • Feasibility study to explore business models for a UK-wide inter-lending framework in close cooperation with the BL (neither BLDSC nor CURL-SHARES are sustainable)

  18. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (9) – Resource Management CEDARS (1) CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives • Project over period April 98 – March 02 • Funded by JISC • Part of the eLib Programme • The only eLib project on digital preservation • Partners: Cambridge, Leeds and Oxford

  19. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (10) – Resource Management CEDARS (2) CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives Disseminated Outcomes 5 CEDARS Guides: • Preservation Metadata • IPR • Collection Management • Technical Strategies • The Digital Archiving Prototype See http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cedars/

  20. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (11) – Resource Management CEDARS (3) CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives Some of the Issues • Preservation decisions need to be considered at the time of acquisition; • What standards to apply? See, e.g., recommendations of the OCLC/RLG Preservation Metadata Working Group; • What digital data need to be preserved? • Who will do what? Should legal deposit libraries bear most of the responsibility? Should some of the responsibility lie with the publishers? What about institutional electronic records? • IPR should include the right to do what needs to be done to ensure that the data remain intelligible (because of constantly changing technology)

  21. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (12) – Resource Management CEDARS (4) CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives Some of CEDARS Assumptions • Preservation to be organised on collaborative basis • All institutions will need to manage the digital objects they create • Ultimately, a relatively small number of trusted digital repositories will undertake long-term preservation on behalf of others

  22. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (13) Teaching & Learning • Project looking at students’ information seeking behaviour in CURL institutions • Consortial testing of OCLC QuestionPoint • Compilation of a CURL wish list for the content of NetLibrary Staffing resources • CURL conferences and events • Staff Development Focus Group

  23. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (14) Scholarly Communications (1) Main Issues • Spiralling costs of journals • Need for new pricing models for ejournals • IPR: why do researchers give it away to publishers for free? • Alternative journals (SPARC & SPARC Europe) • E-print / open archives

  24. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (15) Scholarly Communications (2) Main Initiatives • Advocacy Campaign Feb. – April 02 • SPARC EUROPE • SHERPA • International Scholarly Communication Alliance (ISCA)

  25. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (16) Scholarly Communications (3) Advocacy Campaign • 14 CURL institutions took part • Events included sessions on SPARC • 526 people attended • 225 were academics; 18 university senior managers • Academics concerned with possible loss of peer review with OAIs • Senior managers particularly concerned with IPR issue

  26. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (17) Scholarly Communications (4) SPARC • http://www.arl.org/sparc • Director of SPARC Europe to be soon appointed (based in Oxford?) • Aim to encourage the setting-up of alternative titles to undermine the monopoly of large journal publishers • Need for campaign to mobilise European research libraries and academics • SPARC usually welcome, but with degree of scepticism

  27. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (19) Scholarly Communications (6) SHERPA • Just under £300,000 from JISC • To create a corpus of research papers from 7 research institutions by establishing e-print archives (OAI servers) • To comply with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Metadata Harvesting Protocol • Using eprints.org software

  28. curlConsortium of University Research LibrariesResearch Libraries of the British Isles in co-operation Current Activities (20) Scholarly Communications (7) International Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA) http://www.curl.ac.uk/about/latest.html THE END

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