Moving Shared Print to the Network Level Emily

Transcript:Moving Shared Print to the Network Level Emily:
Moving Shared Print to the Network Level Emily Stambaugh ALA Annual Conference Las Vegas, NV June 27, 2014 “Looking to the Future of Shared Print” Shared Print Colloquium Sponsored by Maine Shared Collections Strategy and Center for Research Libraries Definitions Network level = above existing consortia, existing trust networks, existing operations infrastructure (but within OCLC WorldCat and U.S. copyright regime) Extending shared print efforts to the network level and to higher risk, higher opportunity materials. Higher risk material = print only, not digitally available, not digitally preserved. Higher opportunity material = general research publications, not special collections, not instructional materials, not odd formats, not likely mass digitization or publisher backlist candidates Aggregate Print Collections Higher risk, higher opportunity Contents Benefits and important aspects of distributed, regional shared print programs The vision question for monographs Creating a user imperative for shared print Business model principles and elements for regional vs network level shared print program Benefits of distributed, regional shared print programs Shared responsibility, shared stewardship Effective collection management and space planning strategy Informed, responsible retention and deselection decisions, now or in the future Regional coordination and distribution of responsibilities and program management provides economies of scale Opportunity for non-archive holders to contribute financially … May foster other forms of collaboration in the future Important aspects of Distributed, Regional Shared Print Programs Collections Model Include publications in all stages of digital availability and digital preservation; work on multiple risk categories in parallel Ongoing collection analysis and retention decisions; create archiving cycles with expectations for completion and retention disclosure by a specific date Types of Collections Analysis Planning analysis Group decision-making about “what to archive next?” Local decision-making about Retention commitments Deselections relative to archived holdings Common policies and standards Disclosure policy Retention period Validation standards Resource sharing policy Common infrastructure Union catalog (WorldCat) Disclosure in OCLC using OCLC Symbols, LHRs, 561 and 583 to support resource sharing, group and local collections analysis Group access catalog to support resource sharing Areas for improvement Discovery – SP has reached scale For users For librarians, lists by archiving program for export For librarians, routine and ad hoc deselection support Quality assurance Membership Scale Important tension between non-archive holders and archive holders; around potential future demand on fewer retained copies For monographs perhaps focus on developing incentives for retention at scale and subsidies for demand (delivery) Roles Changing landscape of stewardship; mid-tier institutions important players;