1. LIBRARIES IN 2002 1.LOCAL LIBRARY REMAINS DOMINANT 2.WWW INVERTS MEANS OF DELIVERY 3.GROWTH OF RESEARCH CONTINUES 4.COSTS INCREASE BECAUSE OF BOTH VOLUME AND MARKET FORCES 5.RESEARCHERS LOOK ON WORLD-WIDE 6.IS NOT PROVISION OF RESEARCH INFORMATION A KEY NATIONAL REQUIREMENT?

2. THE OPTIONS? 1.INVEST AT RATE >> INFLATION 2.OUTSOURCE PROVISION OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE 3.TRANSFER COSTS OF PROVISION FROM LIBRARY TO RESEARCHER 4.EXPLOIT POWER OF THE COOPERATIVE & FUND VIA NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

3. THE UK’S EXPERIENCES 1.CURRENT LIBRARY PROVISION GOOD BUT FUTURE UNCERTAIN 2.LIBRARY AND IT COOPERATIVE VENTURES STRONG & SUCCESSFUL 3.UNIVERSITIES COMPETE STRONGLY 4.GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE 5.LIBRARIANS AWARE OF PROBLEMS, LEADING TO RSLG (REPORT NOV 2002)

4. RESEARCH LIBRARIES SUPPORT GROUP 1.INVOLVES UNIVERSITIES, THEIR GOVERNMENT FUNDERS & BRITISH LIBRARY 2.REMIT “TO DEVELOP NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING COLLABORATION AND INTEGRATION OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, THEIR LONG- TERM MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT RESEARCH”

5. CONSULT THE CUSTOMERS 1.RESEARCHERS - “EVERYTHING” IN LOCAL LIBRARY OR ON-LINE! 2.SHIFT TOWARDS ELECTRONIC WORLD BUT PAPER ESSENTIAL 3.LIBRARIANS SEE MORE COLLABORATION BUT “DEEP RESOURCE SHARING” DIFFICULT. STRONG SUPPORT FOR “NATIONAL E-LIBRARY SOLUTIONS”

6. THE NATIONAL APPROACH 1.OCLC, BL’S DSC, SuperJANET 2.E-LIB +DNER 3.FRAGMENTATION & INEFFICIENCIES, UNDERUTILISE NETWORK, NO “NATIONAL” STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 4.PUSH FROM UNIVERSITIES NOT STRONG 5.CONCLUSION: REQUIRE A STRONG COOPERATIVE AND LEADERSHIP (C.F. VANILLA COLLABORATION!)

7. RESEARCH LIBRARY NETWORK 1.MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH MACHINERY FOR 2020. 2.SMALL BODY BUT WITH CLEAR LEADERSHIP. START MODESTLY 3.INVOLVE ALL KEY PLAYERS 4.STRATEGIC & ACADEMIC ROLE 5.EMBEDDED WITHIN NATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE 6.REMEMBER, IT’S THE RESEARCHERS.

8. FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL BODY 1.DISCOVERY TOOLS – CATALOGUES TO SEARCH ENGINES 2.BROKERING ACCESS TO CONTENT 3.CREATING CONTENT 4.DIGITISATION & PRESERVATION 5.COLLECTION MANAGEMENT 6.SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION 7.INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS