Roy Tennant

Then: Users built workflow around libraries Now: Library must build services around user workflow Discovery happens elsewhere Disclosure

The Way It Was Card distribution service Catalogers Bibliographic records Local card catalog Added value

The Way It Became Bibliographic utility Bibliographic records Catalogers Local catalog Added value

The Way It Can Be Union catalog, Locally tailored and skinned Bibliographic records Catalogers Added value Benefits accrue to all!

Benefits of Concentration Search results ranking Holdings data Usage data (e.g., display, circulation) Recommendations of related books User contributed content can be shared User contributed content can be made better Attention can be attracted and redirected

Search results ranking

Holdings data

Usage data (e.g., display, circulation)

Recommendations of related books

User contributed content can be shared

User contributed content can be made better

Attention can be attracted and redirected

Benefit of Concentration: Ranking based on number of holding libraries

Benefit of Concentration: More data to mine

Benefit of Concentration: Ability to make user- contributed data better

From: Social Classification and Folksonomy in Art Museums: early data from the steve.museum tagger prototype a paper for the ASIST SIG-CR workshop on Social Classification , November 4, 2006, by Jennifer Trant

Benefit of Concentration: Ability to perform “switching service” for all participants

Benefits of Diffusion Library holdings syndicated into places where people are found (e.g., Google) Small libraries can play in big spaces The more paths there are, the easier it is for people to reach you

Library holdings syndicated into places where people are found (e.g., Google)

Small libraries can play in big spaces

The more paths there are, the easier it is for people to reach you

Benefit of Concentration: Exposed in spaces where potential users are found

Concentration A webscale presence Mobilize data Diffusion Disclosure of links, data and services