Topic 2: Research Libraries: A View of Environmental Issues: Education, Network, Economy 第二讲：研究图书馆 : 对教育、网络及经济等环境议 题的一些看法 Lorcan Dempsey

THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: SOME THEMES Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC 1-4

Acknowledgements Some slides Thanks to colleagues Constance Malpas and Brian Lavoie for some slides Pictures Many pictures are from Wikimedia commons Others are from the websites of mentioned institutions Some are explicitly credited; some from stock library References There is a slide of references at the end

overview University libraries: 1. Some environmental issues The education space The consumer technology space The publishing space 2. Reconfiguring Organizational Boundaries in a Network Environment Framing the library question: some simple models Externalising library services: some simple models The future of services in this context

overview University libraries: 4. In the flow: resource discovery and disclosure Scale: institution, group, web Service implications Resource discovery and disclosure 3. Collection directions A collections grid Collection directions Inside out and outside in

The university library: some environmental issues HKU Libraries 9 th Annual Library Leadership Institute Bangkok, Thailand. 29 Apr – 3 May 2011 Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC 1

overview The education space The consumer technology space The publishing space

The education space

University x has.. … a university x library Yale Oberlin Columbus State CC Phoenix NYU Ohio State KAUST Shawnee State

Education.. being reconfigured High national attention Investment <> cost management Excellent Unis <> excellent system Elite universities? International ranking ‘Plugged in’ to science/research networks Changing patterns of research and learning Digital Collaborative Focus on student experience Student facilities Curriculum Globalization Internationa l ranking Multiple campuses Importance of overseas students and faculty New funding models For profit providers Development work

The consumer technology space

Context is the new content Social and Identity services Geo-location Analytics Social, real- time, mobile, appified

Facebook.... everywhere It’s all about me I see Facebook friends on the New York Times

Netflix.. search by suggestion It’s all about me

Netflix.. … tells me what it thinks I will think..

Context is the new content Social and Identity services Geo-location Analytics Just like electricity or water Cloud providers E-commerce Network level Social, real- time, mobile, appified

Context is the new content Social and Identity services Geo-location Analytics The virtual is the new real Augmented reality QR Codes Sensors Just like electricity or water Cloud providers E-commerce Network level Social, real- time, mobile, appified

/ WolfWalk NCSU

Context is the new content Social and Identity services Geo-location Analytics Multiple entry points Mobile Syndication The virtual is the new real Augmented reality QR Codes Sensors Just like electricity or water Cloud providers E-commerce Network level Social, real- time, mobile, appified

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

Beyond the mobile web. Stephanie Rieger.

IVLE NUS What is of interest?

Directions Research at network level Mendeley Arxiv, Repec, SSRN, …. Rank relate recommend Expect community features Social context Make connections around research and learning Overlapping service providers eLearning, publishing, IT, …. The website is not the main focus Multiple presences Where is the library service? Google scholar, …

Publishing space

Volume of publications will continue to grow. Format will become less important than channel: Education (text books, learning materials), Consumer (Amazon/Google/Apple), professional publishing (Pearson, Reed-Elsevier, Thomson Reuters), … Growth in public learning and research materials but concerns about how to sustain in longer term. Research and learning materials as social objects. Social will become a major element of all publishing – content will be the basis for learning and social experiences. Major issues around ‘knowledge enclosure’ through licensing which create interesting policy/service issues for libraries.

For-ProfitNon-Profit Paid Access Free Access Models of Provision for Scholarly Communication/Journals Author Pages Social Networks (e.g., Nature Network) Open Access (e.g., BioMed Central) “trad” Publishing Open Access (e.g., PLoS) ArXiv.org RePEc.org PubMed Central NARCIS ICPSR American Economic Review JSTOR Mostly experimental at this point Small but growing segment, aided by public policy support Long tradition of coexistence with commercial publishing Often enhanced with new forms of value added: e.g., bundling articles with data; semantic enrichment

For-ProfitNon-Profit Paid Access Free Access 5 years?