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Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Library Collections and Services in the Digital Environment

Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Library Collections and Services in the Digital Environment. Dianne McCutcheon Chief, Technical Services Division NLM, NIH, HHS PNC/MLA Annual Meeting October 19, 2009 . Overview . Setting the Stage Trends Collection Building Preservation

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Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Library Collections and Services in the Digital Environment

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  1. Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Library Collections and Services in the Digital Environment

    Dianne McCutcheon Chief, Technical Services Division NLM, NIH, HHS PNC/MLA Annual Meeting October 19, 2009
  2. Overview Setting the Stage Trends Collection Building Preservation Access and Resource Sharing Issues and Concerns Opportunities?
  3. Setting the Stage
  4. NLM Mission “Acquire and preserve books, periodicals, prints, films, recordings, and other library materials pertinent to medicine.” “Make available, through loans, photographic or other copying procedures, or otherwise, such materials.”
  5. Disruptive Technology vs. Sustaining Technology Disruptive Technology: New ways of doing things that disrupt or overturn the traditional businessmethods and practices. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/disruptive-technology.html Sustaining Technology: Incremental improvements to an already established technology. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci945822,00.html
  6. New model for libraries From a ‘Just in Case’ to ‘Just in Time’ information management model – which fits the needs of a 21st century university library Moving from the Papyrocentric* era to the Post-papyrocentric** era *Stevan Harnad (1994) is generally credited with the invention of this term. ** Dianne McCutcheon (2009) coined this term!
  7. Collection Building
  8. Trends to consider: Publishing Licensing (Ownership vs. Access Model) Proliferation of e-journals Hybrid model of publishing (part in print, part online) Availability of journal backfiles online Open Access Public Access mandates – NIH, Howard Hughes Institute, Wellcome, Autism Speaks “Interactive” publications Institutional repositories
  9. Trends to consider: Library Collections Cancellation of print in favor of electronic versions Licensing vs. purchasing Increasing due to economic situation NLM’s serial “collection” becoming increasing electronic-only (over 5% as of 9/09) Weeding of print collections because of space
  10. Issues/Questions: Collection Definition of “collection” in the electronic environment - What is a “collection” if we don’t have control over the materials? How does NLM fulfill it’s mission to acquire (and preserve) the biomedical literature if we can’t own it? Licensed resources can limit ability to share
  11. Preservation
  12. Trends to Consider: Preservation of Journals Libraries don’t “own” e-journal content like they did with print Emergence of centralized preservation options PMC LOCKSS Portico/JSTOR Shared print collections Weeding of print collections
  13. Issues/Questions : Preservation of Journals How to overcome technical, financial and legal challenges in the preservation of electronic materials NLM’s role in the preservation of e-journals that are not part of PubMed Central NLM’s role in conjunction with third-party preservation efforts such as Portico and LOCKSS/CLOCKSS What’s not getting preserved? How many print copies are needed?
  14. Access and Resource Sharing
  15. Trends to Consider: Access E-journal licensing provides access to more resources (for some institutions) Open Access articles in journals PMC availability including public access manuscripts/articles Pay-per-view from publisher sites Institutional repositories Mass Digitization -potential availability of books online for little/no cost Link Resolvers
  16. Trends to Consider: Resource Sharing ILL from licensed electronic versions may place limits upon: Method of Delivery (fax, Ariel, e-mail, post-to-web) Type of Library receiving ILL (non-profit, hospitals) Geographic Location (only libraries in same region) What can be loaned (embargoes) DOCLINE requests decreasing since 2002 Down 30% in network Down 20% at NLM
  17. Issues/Questions: Access and Resource Sharing How might we re-think traditional ILL activities (which are based on print) to make better connections between users and the information they need? What technologies are needed to make these connections? Are there ways to provide more direct access for users to online materials? More consortial licensing opportunities Pay-per-view options Improved access to free versions of articles (open access, institutional repositories)
  18. Moving forward in a “Disrupted” Environment Identify our goal – providing information – and be open to thinking outside the box in how to build new collaborations and use new technologies Take advantage of new ways to access electronic information Find ways to ensure even the small libraries and unaffiliated users can get access to information in the new environment Act collaboratively to ensure preservation of print and electronic materials
  19. Thanks for listening to my thoughts! What are your ideas?
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