James Mouw The University of Chicago Library mouw@uchicago.edu

1. The Library in a New Age of Enterprise and Community Collaboration: New opportunities and challenges James Mouw The University of Chicago Library mouw@uchicago.edu

2. Cooperation and Collaboration A change of attitude and approach Based on trust and openness Continual communication essential Mutual vision Mutual benefit Clear understanding of scope, expectations, level of investment and outcomes “Skin in the game” Open Source or Community Based products ideal for cooperative projects Virtual world lends itself to cooperation Need for periodical review and adjustment Ongoing commitment to projects essential Upfront investment for long-term gain

3. Areas to Explore Developing a new technical infrastructure for managing and delivering Library resources Refocusing and improving our virtual presence Communication, sharing, collaboration, and cooperation with partners Rethinking our libraries’ physical presence

4. Technical infrastructure for managing and delivering Library resources Current systems inadequate ILS Monolithic and proprietary Maintenance fees don’t result in real developments we require Completely ignore large areas where we require technical support Many separate systems maintained for specific needs – at great expense A “library” solution, not an enterprise solution Largely focused on individual libraries, don’t encourage cooperation and sharing Develop overall vision, blueprint, and roadmap Ideally, a group process Must be part of a larger solution – not a new ILS – at both the enterprise and consortial level Must reflect our current critical needs, not only traditional areas. Must allow sharing and collaboration First step? Engage in broad discussions of what this new infrastructure should be – OLE?

5. Refocusing and improving our virtual presence Revamp virtual presence using existing work as foundation where appropriate Does each library’s website need to be hand tooled or are there ways that the CIC can leverage work to all benefit Should the individual websites be tooled to take advantage of shared collections and activities

6. Communicating, sharing, collaborating, and cooperating with partners Identify trusted peers (both within our own campuses and among library partners) and explore greater cooperation with them Use open-source, community-based solutions whenever possible Engage in group discussions on issues related to scholarly communication institutional repositories use of Hathi Trust Mass digitization (Google, etc.) Bamboo Changes in the FDLP and opportunities for shared collections Direct consortialborrowing among CIC institutions Course management systems Cooperative collection Look for non-traditional opportunities, where Libraries can collaborate with partners Be prepared to move on if something isn’t working

7. Libraries’ Physical Presence Environmental changes open new opportunities Decreased emphasis on physical object Interest in shared repositories Need to free space for new types of research and collaboration

8. A role for CIC? Some Potential areas for collaboration Open Access initiatives Cooperative Collection Development Shared virtual presence Mass Digitization (Google, etc.) Bibliographic control Cooperative archiving - Hathi Trust – beyond text into data sets etc. FDLP OCLC policy, and the potential impact on sharing resources Joint technical infrastructure Scholarly communication Institutional repositories Direct consortial borrowing Course management systems