The network rewrites the library: supporting research and learning Lorcan Dempsey Solinet annual meeting Atlanta, May
2 Overview Footnotes to what Roy said
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4 The network rewrites behaviors
5 Consolidation Brand and attention Diffusion Flow
6 Consolidation Brand and attention Diffusion Flow
7 Database > website > workflow
8 Prefabricated (e.g. CMS) Self assembled digital identity
9 ~18 months old No FaceBook, MySpace Library?
10 URL? Just use Google.. Why isn’t the library in Wikipedia
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15 Susan Hollar - Inside the Course at Michigan Diane Dallis - Inside the Course at IndianaInside the Course at Michigan Inside the Course at Indiana Sakaibrary: Michigan Indiana
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19 Get into the flow Disclose into other environments Now: The library must build its services around user workflow Then: The user built workflow around the library
20 Consolidation Brand and attention Diffusion Flow
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22 No website is the sole focus of a user’s attention
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24 Competition for attention Now: Attention scarce, resources abundant Then: Resources scarce, attention abundant
25 Brand is network real estate The rich get richer!
26 The long tail: manage attention? Impact? Systemwide efficiences Aggregation of supply Unified discovery Low transaction costs Aggregation of demand Mobilize users Brand
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37 University of Washington on WorldCat.org (screen shot)
38 Holdings: Local, Group, Global Summit collections Univ Washington collections WorldCat
39 Detailed record – item held by UW
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43 library User environments Management environment Licensed Bought Faculty& students Digitized Aggregations Resource sharing … Institutional Workflow Portals, CMS, IR, … Personal Workflow RSS, toolbars,.. Network level workflow Google, OhioLink, … Integrated local user environment? Library web Presence, …
44 Takeaways Increase impact and improve efficiences Diffusion Build services around workflow Syndicate services and data to where the user is Disclose resources to major discovery hubs Consolidation Scale matters: reduce fragmentation and remove clicks Brand matters: capture attention in consolidated services