1. Print & Digital Preservation: Current Status, Future Opportunity
Amy Greenberg, Scholars Portal,
& John Barnett, Ontario Council of University Libraries

2. Who we serve 21 university libraries in the province of Ontario
20 provincially funded; 1 federally funded
Combined student FTE >476,000
From small (~1,500 FTE) to very large (>83,000 FTE) and in between
2 bilingual universities (Ottawa, Laurentian) and 1 with a French-language campus (York)
FTE numbers as of Aug 2017

3. Collaborate, innovate, deliver
E-resource collections
Resource sharing
Scholarly communications
Professional development/training
Scholars Portal digital/technology infrastructure
Collaborative Futures shared library services platform

4. Scholars Portal OCUL’s digital/technology infrastructure
Provided via the University of Toronto Libraries
Digital preservation (journals, books)
Research data management
Geospatial data
Cloud storage
Accessible library materials
Resource sharing
Virtual reference
Always something new on the horizon!

5. Collaborative Futures
Next generation, shared library services platform
Shared cataloguing system
Discovery layer
Electronic resource management
Print management and preservation
13 of 21 member libraries participating initially
Represents a different way to work together
Encourages a shared approach to our work
We don’t have to do the same thing 13+ times
Frees time for local needs and specializations

6. Timing is everything In discussion since 2014
Procurement process in 2017
Anticipating signed agreement in near future
Implementation to be scheduled but likely in
Additional 4 libraries may join after initial implementation

7. Digital preservation
Scholars Portal Journals – trusted digital repository for OCUL (and perhaps nationally?)
Scholars Portal Books – a TDR in progress
Research data
Historical topographic maps digitization project
In the meantime…
Books TDR status: framework for preservation workflow in place; have reviewed most licenses; awaiting development capacity. After development we would look to update the TDR documentation as well, which could also occur in the context of the proposed CRKN TDR project.

8. Print management & preservation
Back burner (we can’t do everything!)
There’s interest … but need?
So far, not as pressing for OCUL
Tri Universities Group (aka TUG: Guelph, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier)
Likely to change as libraries have more space demands
Collaborative Futures may put this on the front burner

9. A Way Forward: Revisiting Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Agreement ( )
Agreed upon at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Low-use and last copy print materials
Initial focus: Coordinated print journal retention & collaborative storage
Distributed model desirable
Challenges
Costs
No shared system
Not all holdings in OCLC

10. To wrap up...

11. What’s happened since @Risk North
CRKN: National TDR, merger with Canadiana.org
HathiTrust Canadian Members
University of Alberta opened a new facility
Discussions among U5
LAC-CARL Working Group on Canadian Collective Print Strategy (a direct result of North meeting)

12. New directions Two main directions we would like to take:
Link activities in Canada with CRL, EAST, and other shared print initiatives
Commit to connecting print & digital preservation

13. Thank you! Caitlin Tillman caitlin.tillman@utoronto.ca
Doug Brigham
Amy Greenberg