1. Rethinking Resource Sharing: Getting What You Want Candy Zemon for Gail Wanner, Chair of Interoperability Group of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative LITA National Forum, October 28, 2006

2. Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative – Brief History White paper Feb. 2005 “It’s Time Again to Think About Resource Sharing” Two National Forums (Chicago November 2005 and Denver February 2006) Updated White paper March 2006 Initiative solidified under formal leadership Next national forum planned April 2007, Chicago

3. Initiative’s Vision Create a new global service framework that allows individuals to obtain what they want based on factors such as cost, time, format, and delivery. This framework will encompass promoting and exposing library services in a variety of environments.

4. Initiative Perspective Focus on users not enhancing staff tasks Vendor neutral Global context Broad definition of resource sharing  ILL  Consortial borrowing  Reference  Digital services

5. ILL vs Resource Sharing Request to fulfillment to return Presumption of scarcity Presumption of controlling policies Presumption of sole supplier Process is within the library Discovery to delivery Presumption of abundance Presumption of user- controlled options Presumption of being one of many suppliers Process may start or end outside the library

6. Three Initiative Subgroups Interoperability (NISO?)  Leapfrog today’s interop issues User Needs (RUSA STARS)  Evaluate user expectations, needs, behavior Policies and Culture (RUSA STARS)  Lower barriers, change policies

7. Resource Sharing Models Traditional Model Discover Locate Request Deliver Today’s Model Find Get New Web Model Get It

8. Interoperability Group Decided on a pilot project to demonstrate a user-centric tool

9. The Get-It Button Project Modular plug-in for web browsers (Firefox #1) Extensible Open source, cross-vendor Unveiling at MidWinter ALA 2007 Functionality  User downloads plugin & enters location, preferences  Parses web pages to identify published materials  Displays button  User clicks to see matrix of options, cost, delivery

10. Targeted Functionality Examples of identifying published materials Numeric match points ISBN ISSN OCLC  Citation elements Author Title Web pages first then Adobe PDF & other formats

11. Get-It Diagram Internet GET-IT Search Results Options & Terms Sources Profile

16. Next Steps for Interoperability and Get-It Project Continue development of pilot project  Preview (Midwinter ALA January 2007)  Testing  Marketing  Evaluation  Package/Release Possibly form new NISO committee for Resource Sharing Framework User studies

17. Thank You More information on Rethinking http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/ stars/starssections/committeesa/rrscomm/rrscomm.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/ stars/starssections/committeesa/rrscomm/rrscomm.htm Gail Wanner gail.wanner@sirsidynix.comgail.wanner@sirsidynix.com Candy Zemon candy.zemon@polarislibrary.com candy.zemon@polarislibrary.com