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The Library as a Publisher

The Library as a Publisher. Joseph Goh Director IG Publishing Pte Ltd. Date. Agenda. Changing Landscape New Users = New Business = New Rules Shaping the New Library. Professional Brief. Director of Publishing at IG Publishing (an iGroup Company)

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The Library as a Publisher

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  1. The Library as a Publisher • Joseph Goh • Director • IG Publishing Pte Ltd Date

  2. Agenda • Changing Landscape • New Users = New Business = New Rules • Shaping the New Library

  3. Professional Brief • Director of Publishing at IG Publishing (an iGroup Company) • Project and Business Development in the Library and Information Industry since 1997 • Local Hosting Projects in Thailand, Malaysia, India, and China - Medline, US Patents, etc • Commercial Hosting Projects for Electronic Journals and Ebooks • Digitization Projects • Publishers - over 15K titles • Libraries - over 20K titles (Thailand, HK, and Singapore)

  4. Forces of Change • Changing Landscape of Technology • Changing Landscape of Publishing • Changing Landscape of Buyers/Libraries • Changing Landscape of Sellers • Changing Landscape of Users

  5. New Technologies • No Physical Limitations • Tablets • Cloud • Highly Efficient

  6. Conventional Publishing Flow • Author • Publisher • Wholesaler or Distributor • Reseller • Library / End User • Inefficient

  7. New Publishing Work Flow • Multi-verse Format • Publisher Assisted or Self Publishing • Open Access Publishing • On Demand (POD or Electronic) • Electronic Rights Management

  8. Changing User Behaviors • Instant Consumption • Discoverability • Ease of Use • Portability • Social Network Factor

  9. Old vs New • Print to Electronic to Seamless • Operational to Service Oriented • Cave to Anytime Anywhere

  10. Changing Role of Libraries • Fighting for Audience • Learning Spaces • Diminishing use of Library Automation System • Curation • Information Scientist • Value-added Services

  11. Harvester of Knowledge • Library is the Gateway to Information • Acquisition - Buy, Lease, or Subscribe • Creation - Publishing • Repurposing - Digitization • Sharing of Knowledge - Get Plugged In • A Global Network of Libraries

  12. Digital Initiatives • It’s not just about Archiving • It’s more than Preservation • Unifying Knowledge

  13. The Library as a Publisher • Open Content Alliance • British Library • HKU Library • ISEAS Library • Siriraj Medical Library

  14. The Digital Publishing Process • Content Selection • Proprietary • Public Domain • Digital Mastering • E-Publish • Marketing

  15. Content Selection • Thesis / Dissertations • Student Projects • Research or Working Papers • Documentations • Old Books • Public Domain Books

  16. Discoverability • Indexing • Clustering • Taxonomy and Tagging • Curation

  17. Asian Studies Collection Project • Borneo (131) • Cambodia (45) • Korea (727) • Laos (21) • Singapore (153) • Thailand (802) • Vietnam (233)

  18. Marketing for Success • Internal Marketing • External Marketing • Collaboration

  19. Staying Relevant • Understanding the Winds of Change • Start Strategizing • Participate in the Digital Revolution or Evolution • Content Rules

  20. Thank You • joseph@igpublish.com • www.igpublish.com

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