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The Future of the Special Library

The Future of the Special Library. Computers in Libraries Washington, D.C. March 16, 2005. R. James King James.King@nrl.navy.mil Ruth H. Hooker Research Library U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Disclaimer.

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The Future of the Special Library

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  1. The Future ofthe Special Library Computers in Libraries Washington, D.C. March 16, 2005 R. James King James.King@nrl.navy.mil Ruth H. Hooker Research Library U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  2. Disclaimer • These slides represent the work and opinions of the presenter and do not necessarily constitute official positions of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) or the U.S. Navy. • References to any specific commercial products by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by NRL or the U.S. Navy.

  3. “No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.” -Isaac Asimov

  4. Outline • Quick historical perspective • Description of NRL Research Library • Vision of future through three new units: • Information Resources & Services • Naval Research Results • Digital Library Development • Other future trends

  5. Evolution of Scholarly Communication • Oral teaching, students of the greats • Manuscripts to extend voice and life of teaching • Type from printing presses in 18th century to speed creation and dissemination • Digital and web to restore wide dissemination

  6. The Navy and Marine Corps’Corporate Research Facility Main Campus - Washington, D.C. 3,000 Federal Employees [1,500 Scientists & Engineers] 1,000 On-site contractors 130-acre Campus 116 Buildings Subject Focus Physics, Chemistry, Electronics, Oceanography, Meteorology, Space Sciences Remote Campuses Stennis, MS; Monterey, CA; and Office of Naval Research

  7. Innovation in the NRL Library (Pre-Web) 1960’s Punched Card Batch Circulation System 1970’s Searching of Online Databases 1981 Integrated Online Library Catalog 1983 Network/Dial-in Access to Library Catalog 1986 Automated Reports Catalog 1988 *Lending of Microcomputer Software Self-service CD-ROM searching in Library 1989 *Prototype Research Reports Imaging System 1992 *InfoNet Campus-wide Information System * = cutting edge service

  8. Innovation in the NRL Library (Web era) 1994 *Library Web site created 1995 *TORPEDO introduced w/APS journals 1996 Contents-to-Go e-mail alerts introduced *Web-based Library Catalog released 1997 All InfoNet resources migrated to Web *Web of Science released to NRLA members 2001 TORPEDO Ultra v2 and InfoWeb v2 2003 NRL Online Bibliography introduced 2005 TORPEDO Ultra surpasses 5M articles * = cutting edge service

  9. NRL Research LibraryMission & Vision The Ruth H. Hooker Research Library exists to enhance & support NRL scientists in accomplishing their research objectives across a range of ongoing Navy and DoD programs through a mix of information services. “Your Partner in Research”

  10. Information Resources & ServicesProviding access to all published information… • Journals (including digital transition) • Books & Conference Proceedings • Reference Tools • Reference Services

  11. Journal Collection Journals: • Print journals (1800-present, 1,682 titles) • Online journals (1683-present, 2,574 titles) • TORPEDO Ultra (1895-present, 2,200 titles) • Directly deal with 180 individual journal publishers with 50+ content licenses per year

  12. Journal Collection Evolution

  13. Potential Future of Journal Subscriptions • Mix of Open Access and For Fee Journals • More targeted subscriptions with fees/access based upon specific subgroups within organization • Larger consortial agreements to provide larger potential pool of titles with broader cost distribution • Archival subscription for core, shared access for important, and Document Delivery for rest

  14. Books & Conference Proceedings • Books/Proceedings – 46,000 print titles with 8,700+ eBooks • Primary conference proceedings publishers are SPIE, MRS, AIP, and IEEE • RFIDs on entire book/reference collection

  15. Reference Tools • Print reference – 3,000 titles (Who’s Who, encyclopedia, handbooks, citation indexes, Chemical Abstracts, etc.) • Online reference/databases – 3,000 titles(INSPEC, Web of Science, SciFinder, Scopus, etc.)

  16. Naval Research ResultsCapturing the NRL Research portfolio… • Research Reports • NRL Published Research Results • Reports Reference Services

  17. Research Reports • Print (unclassified and classified) – 600,000 reports • Digitized (SIPRnet) – 200,000 reports • Microfilm – 1.5M reports • Focusing on digitizing all 80k NRL reports (currently have 30k digitized)

  18. Capturing corporate knowledge • Manage a new form of information, the quasi-published corporate document • Volume necessitates a mix of automated and manual processes • Merge the unpublished and published information silos • Embed rights language into documents

  19. NRL Online Bibliography

  20. NIH Proposal • Require all NIH grant recipients to deposit final draft of article into PUBMED Central • PUBMED will make article available to public 6 months after publication unless publisher allows sooner • Zerhouni’s motivation: Research Portfolio Management

  21. Open Access • Goal: To provide free access to all scholarly literature to enhance research • Journal Focus: Changing journals to free public access through author fees or ‘brief’ embargo windows • Institution Focus: Capturing all pre-published literature created by an institution or on behalf of a funding body

  22. Digital Library Development Creating the NRL Digital Library… • Digital Content Management • Web Services Development • Infrastructure

  23. TORPEDO Ultra Digital Archive • 2,100+ journals from 13 publishers • 6,000 tech reports • 4.0M+ articles locally loaded • Full content search across journals & reports • Integrated citation linking • Convera RetrievalWare Concept Searching

  24. Sources of TORPEDO Ultra Content • Agency publications • NRL tech reports and press releases • In-house digitizing projects • Cooperative efforts with AIP, APS, OSA • Data licensed from publishers • Journals (AIP, APS, Elsevier, IEEE/IEE, IoP, Kluwer) • Conference proceedings • Standards

  25. Publishers in TORPEDO UltraLoaded or in process • Cell Press • Elsevier • IEEE/IEE • Institute of Physics • Kluwer • Materials Research Society • Optical Society of America • Wiley • Academic Press • Acoustical Society of America • American Institute of Physics • American Physical Society • American Meteorological Society

  26. Two possible paths for Integrated Library Systems • Realizing previous goal of completeness: • Source of/participation in Single Search • Easier integration/organization of digital content • Intelligent linking of content • Union and Virtual Catalogs • Continued marginalization: • Legacy repository for print-based materials • Print-based serials check in • Circulation module for print-based materials

  27. NRL Master Journal Database • Core journal info: • Title(s) and subject(s) • Formats and holdings • Full content links • Current and planned uses: • Source/engine of eJournal pages on Web • Administration of journal subscriptions • Navy-wide union catalog of journals • Foundation for linking services

  28. Navy Journal InformationManagement System (N-JIMS) • Web-based, dynamic union catalog of journal information • Expands service to be comprehensive • Simplify inter-organizational data sharing • Provides linking services

  29. Naval Knowledge Network Plans • Expansion of existing NRL products/services • Web site with Navy Library Directory • N-JIMS and TORPEDO Ultra • Table of Contents Alerting Services • Integration of various applications • Single search, intelligent linking, etc. • Web-based Subject Bibliography • N/MCI compliant Library Catalog

  30. Wireless Standards

  31. NRL RFID Implementation • Deployed 50,000+ digital tags to book and reference collection • Finished initial tagging in ~6 months • Allows shelf reading in a couple days • Checks for weeding candidates, mis-shelved, holds, and ‘missing’ material with one pass • Equipment needed: • Self-checkout upgrade • Cataloging station • Handheld reader with ‘triage’ cart

  32. NRL Wireless LAN Deployment • NRL Networking deployed ‘hot spots’ in conference center, cafeteria, and library • Will run on external network allowing access to Internet, but not to internal LAN • Library purchasing wireless-enabled laptops • Equipment deployed but not yet activated

  33. Wardriving http://www.mindshadow.net/about/wardriving/master_map.jpg

  34. The Future… Location • e911 – location information coded into all phones • OnStar – location and situation based response to emergencies • Instant Messaging – ability to know when at computer • Interactive cell phones – instant virtual interest matching service

  35. The Future… Flexible displays

  36. The Future… Convergence

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