This document discusses the potential for new research related to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new cataloging standard. It outlines RDA and the future of cataloging being collaborative and web-based. It then lists various potential research topics around RDA, including linked data, library system redesign, interoperability, and studying user tasks in catalogs. Other topics mentioned include encoding standards, historical studies on cataloging rules, and the boundaries of library catalogs. It also briefly discusses RDA implementation in Poland.
This document discusses right-scaling stewardship of shared monographic collections in research libraries. It addresses the shifting center of gravity for core library operations to above-institution scales for activities like cataloging, selection, and collection stewardship. Examples of shared print efforts emerging at regional scales in the US are provided. The optimal scale of collaboration for book collections versus journal collections is debated. The importance of differentiating collections is emphasized, moving beyond just commoditized collections to highlight distinctive, high-value assets. Metrics for evaluating distinctiveness beyond scarcity alone are needed. Subject and identity-based centers of distinction are areas to surface for reputation management. The focus going forward is described as being less about de-selection and more about re-selection
Print Management at Mega-Scale: Focus on Academic LibrariesConstance Malpas
This document summarizes an OCLC Research webinar on print book management at regional scales. The webinar discussed opportunities for cooperation across North American library consortia and "mega-regions", defined as large geographic areas with high economic integration. Presenters Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas explored how print book holdings are distributed across mega-regions and library types. They found that while academic libraries hold the majority of print books, their capacity for long-term stewardship is uncertain. Cooperative infrastructure across consortia could maximize coverage of the print book collection and enable more sustainable stewardship models.
Rightscaling stewardship: a multi-dimensional perpsective on OSU & CIC print ...Constance Malpas
Presentation at March 2014 symposium on shared print, summarizing findings from an analysis of print book collections of academic libraries in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation/Big 10.
This document discusses the critical role of research libraries in supporting international education through their collections. It notes that while the amount of non-English content in WorldCat has grown significantly, coverage of important languages remains limited and unevenly distributed across institutions. In particular, the Title VI National Resource Centers that support area studies have wide disparities in their coverage of global resources. The document calls for greater coordination across libraries to improve discoverability and access to distributed collections, as well as priorities investments to expand digital access to materials in targeted languages and regions.
Measuring Uniqueness in System-wide Book Holdings: Implications for Collecti...Constance Malpas
A summary of research on uniquely-held titles in ARL libraries, prepared for discussion at ALA Chief Collection Development Officers meeting, January 2008
This document discusses the potential for new research related to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new cataloging standard. It outlines RDA and the future of cataloging being collaborative and web-based. It then lists various potential research topics around RDA, including linked data, library system redesign, interoperability, and studying user tasks in catalogs. Other topics mentioned include encoding standards, historical studies on cataloging rules, and the boundaries of library catalogs. It also briefly discusses RDA implementation in Poland.
This document discusses right-scaling stewardship of shared monographic collections in research libraries. It addresses the shifting center of gravity for core library operations to above-institution scales for activities like cataloging, selection, and collection stewardship. Examples of shared print efforts emerging at regional scales in the US are provided. The optimal scale of collaboration for book collections versus journal collections is debated. The importance of differentiating collections is emphasized, moving beyond just commoditized collections to highlight distinctive, high-value assets. Metrics for evaluating distinctiveness beyond scarcity alone are needed. Subject and identity-based centers of distinction are areas to surface for reputation management. The focus going forward is described as being less about de-selection and more about re-selection
Print Management at Mega-Scale: Focus on Academic LibrariesConstance Malpas
This document summarizes an OCLC Research webinar on print book management at regional scales. The webinar discussed opportunities for cooperation across North American library consortia and "mega-regions", defined as large geographic areas with high economic integration. Presenters Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas explored how print book holdings are distributed across mega-regions and library types. They found that while academic libraries hold the majority of print books, their capacity for long-term stewardship is uncertain. Cooperative infrastructure across consortia could maximize coverage of the print book collection and enable more sustainable stewardship models.
Rightscaling stewardship: a multi-dimensional perpsective on OSU & CIC print ...Constance Malpas
Presentation at March 2014 symposium on shared print, summarizing findings from an analysis of print book collections of academic libraries in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation/Big 10.
This document discusses the critical role of research libraries in supporting international education through their collections. It notes that while the amount of non-English content in WorldCat has grown significantly, coverage of important languages remains limited and unevenly distributed across institutions. In particular, the Title VI National Resource Centers that support area studies have wide disparities in their coverage of global resources. The document calls for greater coordination across libraries to improve discoverability and access to distributed collections, as well as priorities investments to expand digital access to materials in targeted languages and regions.
Measuring Uniqueness in System-wide Book Holdings: Implications for Collecti...Constance Malpas
A summary of research on uniquely-held titles in ARL libraries, prepared for discussion at ALA Chief Collection Development Officers meeting, January 2008
Libraries Catalogs and Global Information StructureOCLC LAC
1) Libraries are collaborating globally through tools like WorldCat to provide access to catalog records and collections.
2) WorldCat allows libraries worldwide to share metadata and resources, with over 100 million records from over 69,000 libraries in 112 countries available through the OCLC cooperative.
3) National libraries are exposing their collections through WorldCat, and libraries are working to make their collections more visible to users on the web through partnerships and tools that integrate library data into search engines and social media platforms.
Collections unbound: collection directions and the RLUK collective collectionlisld
A presentation given to RLUK Members' meeting at the University of Warwick.
The library identity has been closely bound with its collection. However this is changing as research and learning behaviours evolve in a network environment. There are three interesting trends. First, atttention is shifting from a library-centric view of a locally owned collection to a user-centred view of a facilitated collection in places where the library can add value. Second, there is growing emphasis on support for creation, for the process of research, as well as for the products, the article or book. And third, we are seeing a changing perspective on the historic core, the print book collection. Increasingly, this is being seen in collective ways as institutions manage down print, or think about its management in cooperative settings, or retire collections as space is reconfigured around research and learning experiences. This presentation also provides preliminary findings for the analysis being carried out by OCLC Research of the RLUK collective collection.
Library Stewardship and the Evolving Scholarly Record: A Ten Thousand Foot V...Constance Malpas
This document discusses the evolving landscape of library collections and stewardship. It notes that the scholarly record is growing in volume and complexity, and stewardship models are evolving in response. Responsibility for collections is becoming more distributed, and there is a trend toward greater coordination and resource sharing between institutions. This includes the development of shared print repositories and initiatives where groups of libraries commit to long-term stewardship of portions of collections. The value of local collections is shifting from depth and breadth to facilitating system-wide access and curation of print collections through collaboration at different scales.
Descubrimiento, entrega de información y gestión: tendencias actuales de las ...innovatics
Explora el ámbito de los servicios de descubrimiento basados en índices, orientado al ámbito de las bibliotecas académicas, incluyendo Primo de Ex Libris, Summon de ProQuest, Discovery Service de Ebsco y Discovery Service de OCLC WorldCat.
Se aborda la Iniciativa Open Discovery y la reciente tendencia hacia una mayor participación por parte de los proveedores de contenidos. Se discute acerca de las tecnologías más adecuadas para las bibliotecas que tienen mayor preocupación por la participación del usuario, sobre el acceso a los libros impresos y electrónicos, con menos restricciones para los artículos académicos que se encuentran en Descubrimiento. Se presenta el papel de las interfaces de descubrimiento de código abierto tales como VuFind y Blacklight. Se aborda el estado de la nueva generación de plataformas de servicios de la biblioteca. La presentación ofrecerá los aspectos más destacados de la industria de automatización de la biblioteca global, con especial atención a los protagonistas y tendencias en América Latina. Basado en el "Informe 2014 de los Sistemas de Bibliotecas" http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Abstract
Discovery, delivery, and management: the current wave of new library technologies and industry trends
Explore the realm of index-based discovery services oriented more to academic libraries, including Ex Libris Primo, ProQuest Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, and OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service. An update on the Open Discovery Initiative and the recent movement toward more participation by content providers. Discuss technologies better suited for public libraries that have more concerns for customer engagement, access to print and electronic books, with less stringent requirements for article-level discovery of scholarly resources. The role of open source discovery interfaces such as VuFind and Blacklight. The status of the new generation of library services platforms. The presentation will provide highlights of global library automation industry, with a focus on the players and trends in Latin America Based on “Library Systems Report 2014” http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Presentation at: Webinar Open Book Metadata. OASPA-Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association. 10 February 2021.
Video of webinar: https://oaspa.org/webinar-open-book-metadata/
Presentation from CLACSO (Dominique Babini) at OASPA-Open Scholarly Publishing Association Webinar "Open Book Metadata", February 10th., 2021.
Video of Webinar: https://oaspa.org/webinar-open-book-metadata/
The document summarizes an organizational structure and workflow presentation about cataloging at Ohio State University and Urbana University. It discusses their organizational structures, cataloging tools and standards used, and issues with current library catalogs from the user perspective. It also explores potential future directions for catalogs, including FRBR, Open WorldCat, and Web 2.0 inspired "Cataloging 2.0".
Creating better user interfaces for libraries catalogues: how to present and ...Tanja Merčun
Elag2013 slides and report for workshop "Creating better user interfaces for libraries catalogues: how to present and interact with (FRBR-based) bibliographic data?" by Tanja Merčun and Maja Žumer
The document discusses the shift from print to online scholarly journals and the implications for digital preservation. It summarizes a 2006 study that evaluated 12 digital preservation initiatives across criteria like mission, rights, services, and organizational viability. While options for preservation are emerging, coverage is uneven and much scholarly content remains at risk without access to trusted third-party archives. The document concludes by recommending libraries submit content to certified archives like LOCKSS and Portico and consider further studies on archiving their own core journal collections.
This document summarizes an OCLC presentation about its member-driven community and shared innovative products and services that ensure access to knowledge. It discusses OCLC's global network of over 16,000 member libraries in 120 countries and how it shares metadata, supports resource sharing and discovery, provides management tools, and undertakes research to advance libraries. The presentation highlights OCLC's role in cooperative cataloging and tools like WorldCat, Tipasa ILL management, and CONTENTdm for special collections.
To make the most of your library’s acquisitions budget, you need precise data that reveals your library's subject-matter strengths, gaps, and overlaps. OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database. Attend this session to learn how you can: evaluate your library’s collections thru peer comparisons, use the new Circulation Analysis to see how your collection is being used, use the ILL analysis tools to evaluate your borrowing and lending activities, and produce detailed reports with spreadsheets and graphs.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
Presented at Industry Symposium, IFLA, 14 August 2008. Describes a new environment of global information services using metadata, taxonomies, and knowledge organization. Makes the case that these changes will permanently affect what it means "to catalog" materials for the purpose of connecting citizens, students and scholars to the information they need, when and where they need it.
Library Catalog Analysis is a useful tool in studies of Social Sciences and H...Torres Salinas
This document discusses library catalog analysis (LCA) as a tool for evaluating research performance in social sciences and humanities. LCA involves compiling data on books from library catalogs to create indicators like number of catalog inclusions and diffusion rates. The authors analyze a database of over 70,000 economics books from various libraries. Key findings include that English and Spanish books dominate, major publishers have higher inclusion rates, and analysis of institutions like the University of Navarra can be done by comparing results to country baselines. Issues with field delimitation and library coverage are also discussed.
Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.
The document discusses cataloging and defines key terms related to cataloging such as original cataloging, copy cataloging, bibliographic description, and subject analysis. It explains that cataloging involves creating bibliographic records and entries for library catalogs to describe materials and help patrons find relevant resources. Standard rules and practices like ISBD and AACR2 aim to make catalog records consistent and readable regardless of language.
The document provides an overview of cataloging, including its goals and importance. It defines original and copy cataloging, and describes the key elements included in a bibliographic record like author, title, and subject headings. Tools for cataloging like AACR2, MARC, and subject heading lists are also outlined.
Maja Žumer: Library catalogues of the future: realising the old vision with n...ÚISK FF UK
The document discusses the future of library catalogs and metadata, noting that catalogs need to change to meet new user needs and expectations by making data more intuitive to explore, exposing relationships between works and other entities, and fully utilizing the quality of library metadata. It also reviews the history and conceptual models for bibliographic data like FRBR, FRAD, and FRSAD, which aim to present bibliographic information in a more user-oriented way. Libraries will need new systems built on these conceptual models to improve user tasks like finding, identifying, selecting, and exploring materials.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Christa Burns from OCLC about updates and new developments. It notes that OCLC has over 69,000 member libraries in 112 countries. It then summarizes some of the new initiatives and programs discussed, including the new governance structure, WorldCat Local pilot program, increased ebook offerings, and partnerships to share library data with Google and load national library records from countries around the world into WorldCat. It concludes by emphasizing OCLC's goal of further connecting the world's libraries through more collaboration, members, countries, and innovation.
University Futures, Library Futures: institutional and library directions in ...Constance Malpas
The document summarizes a presentation given by Constance Malpas at the OhioLINK Directors Meeting on university and library futures. Malpas discussed a collaboration between OCLC Research and Ithaka S+R examining how the increasing diversification of US higher education impacts academic libraries. As universities invest in different areas like teaching, learning, or research, libraries may shift from a collection-centric model to one that supports each institution's distinctive needs. Malpas presented a model for classifying institutions based on their research, liberal education, or career preparation focus. She noted libraries need to consider how their services align with different institutional types and priorities like student success.
Libraries Catalogs and Global Information StructureOCLC LAC
1) Libraries are collaborating globally through tools like WorldCat to provide access to catalog records and collections.
2) WorldCat allows libraries worldwide to share metadata and resources, with over 100 million records from over 69,000 libraries in 112 countries available through the OCLC cooperative.
3) National libraries are exposing their collections through WorldCat, and libraries are working to make their collections more visible to users on the web through partnerships and tools that integrate library data into search engines and social media platforms.
Collections unbound: collection directions and the RLUK collective collectionlisld
A presentation given to RLUK Members' meeting at the University of Warwick.
The library identity has been closely bound with its collection. However this is changing as research and learning behaviours evolve in a network environment. There are three interesting trends. First, atttention is shifting from a library-centric view of a locally owned collection to a user-centred view of a facilitated collection in places where the library can add value. Second, there is growing emphasis on support for creation, for the process of research, as well as for the products, the article or book. And third, we are seeing a changing perspective on the historic core, the print book collection. Increasingly, this is being seen in collective ways as institutions manage down print, or think about its management in cooperative settings, or retire collections as space is reconfigured around research and learning experiences. This presentation also provides preliminary findings for the analysis being carried out by OCLC Research of the RLUK collective collection.
Library Stewardship and the Evolving Scholarly Record: A Ten Thousand Foot V...Constance Malpas
This document discusses the evolving landscape of library collections and stewardship. It notes that the scholarly record is growing in volume and complexity, and stewardship models are evolving in response. Responsibility for collections is becoming more distributed, and there is a trend toward greater coordination and resource sharing between institutions. This includes the development of shared print repositories and initiatives where groups of libraries commit to long-term stewardship of portions of collections. The value of local collections is shifting from depth and breadth to facilitating system-wide access and curation of print collections through collaboration at different scales.
Descubrimiento, entrega de información y gestión: tendencias actuales de las ...innovatics
Explora el ámbito de los servicios de descubrimiento basados en índices, orientado al ámbito de las bibliotecas académicas, incluyendo Primo de Ex Libris, Summon de ProQuest, Discovery Service de Ebsco y Discovery Service de OCLC WorldCat.
Se aborda la Iniciativa Open Discovery y la reciente tendencia hacia una mayor participación por parte de los proveedores de contenidos. Se discute acerca de las tecnologías más adecuadas para las bibliotecas que tienen mayor preocupación por la participación del usuario, sobre el acceso a los libros impresos y electrónicos, con menos restricciones para los artículos académicos que se encuentran en Descubrimiento. Se presenta el papel de las interfaces de descubrimiento de código abierto tales como VuFind y Blacklight. Se aborda el estado de la nueva generación de plataformas de servicios de la biblioteca. La presentación ofrecerá los aspectos más destacados de la industria de automatización de la biblioteca global, con especial atención a los protagonistas y tendencias en América Latina. Basado en el "Informe 2014 de los Sistemas de Bibliotecas" http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Abstract
Discovery, delivery, and management: the current wave of new library technologies and industry trends
Explore the realm of index-based discovery services oriented more to academic libraries, including Ex Libris Primo, ProQuest Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, and OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service. An update on the Open Discovery Initiative and the recent movement toward more participation by content providers. Discuss technologies better suited for public libraries that have more concerns for customer engagement, access to print and electronic books, with less stringent requirements for article-level discovery of scholarly resources. The role of open source discovery interfaces such as VuFind and Blacklight. The status of the new generation of library services platforms. The presentation will provide highlights of global library automation industry, with a focus on the players and trends in Latin America Based on “Library Systems Report 2014” http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/library-systems-report-2014
Presentation at: Webinar Open Book Metadata. OASPA-Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association. 10 February 2021.
Video of webinar: https://oaspa.org/webinar-open-book-metadata/
Presentation from CLACSO (Dominique Babini) at OASPA-Open Scholarly Publishing Association Webinar "Open Book Metadata", February 10th., 2021.
Video of Webinar: https://oaspa.org/webinar-open-book-metadata/
The document summarizes an organizational structure and workflow presentation about cataloging at Ohio State University and Urbana University. It discusses their organizational structures, cataloging tools and standards used, and issues with current library catalogs from the user perspective. It also explores potential future directions for catalogs, including FRBR, Open WorldCat, and Web 2.0 inspired "Cataloging 2.0".
Creating better user interfaces for libraries catalogues: how to present and ...Tanja Merčun
Elag2013 slides and report for workshop "Creating better user interfaces for libraries catalogues: how to present and interact with (FRBR-based) bibliographic data?" by Tanja Merčun and Maja Žumer
The document discusses the shift from print to online scholarly journals and the implications for digital preservation. It summarizes a 2006 study that evaluated 12 digital preservation initiatives across criteria like mission, rights, services, and organizational viability. While options for preservation are emerging, coverage is uneven and much scholarly content remains at risk without access to trusted third-party archives. The document concludes by recommending libraries submit content to certified archives like LOCKSS and Portico and consider further studies on archiving their own core journal collections.
This document summarizes an OCLC presentation about its member-driven community and shared innovative products and services that ensure access to knowledge. It discusses OCLC's global network of over 16,000 member libraries in 120 countries and how it shares metadata, supports resource sharing and discovery, provides management tools, and undertakes research to advance libraries. The presentation highlights OCLC's role in cooperative cataloging and tools like WorldCat, Tipasa ILL management, and CONTENTdm for special collections.
To make the most of your library’s acquisitions budget, you need precise data that reveals your library's subject-matter strengths, gaps, and overlaps. OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database. Attend this session to learn how you can: evaluate your library’s collections thru peer comparisons, use the new Circulation Analysis to see how your collection is being used, use the ILL analysis tools to evaluate your borrowing and lending activities, and produce detailed reports with spreadsheets and graphs.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
Presented at Industry Symposium, IFLA, 14 August 2008. Describes a new environment of global information services using metadata, taxonomies, and knowledge organization. Makes the case that these changes will permanently affect what it means "to catalog" materials for the purpose of connecting citizens, students and scholars to the information they need, when and where they need it.
Library Catalog Analysis is a useful tool in studies of Social Sciences and H...Torres Salinas
This document discusses library catalog analysis (LCA) as a tool for evaluating research performance in social sciences and humanities. LCA involves compiling data on books from library catalogs to create indicators like number of catalog inclusions and diffusion rates. The authors analyze a database of over 70,000 economics books from various libraries. Key findings include that English and Spanish books dominate, major publishers have higher inclusion rates, and analysis of institutions like the University of Navarra can be done by comparing results to country baselines. Issues with field delimitation and library coverage are also discussed.
Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.
The document discusses cataloging and defines key terms related to cataloging such as original cataloging, copy cataloging, bibliographic description, and subject analysis. It explains that cataloging involves creating bibliographic records and entries for library catalogs to describe materials and help patrons find relevant resources. Standard rules and practices like ISBD and AACR2 aim to make catalog records consistent and readable regardless of language.
The document provides an overview of cataloging, including its goals and importance. It defines original and copy cataloging, and describes the key elements included in a bibliographic record like author, title, and subject headings. Tools for cataloging like AACR2, MARC, and subject heading lists are also outlined.
Maja Žumer: Library catalogues of the future: realising the old vision with n...ÚISK FF UK
The document discusses the future of library catalogs and metadata, noting that catalogs need to change to meet new user needs and expectations by making data more intuitive to explore, exposing relationships between works and other entities, and fully utilizing the quality of library metadata. It also reviews the history and conceptual models for bibliographic data like FRBR, FRAD, and FRSAD, which aim to present bibliographic information in a more user-oriented way. Libraries will need new systems built on these conceptual models to improve user tasks like finding, identifying, selecting, and exploring materials.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Christa Burns from OCLC about updates and new developments. It notes that OCLC has over 69,000 member libraries in 112 countries. It then summarizes some of the new initiatives and programs discussed, including the new governance structure, WorldCat Local pilot program, increased ebook offerings, and partnerships to share library data with Google and load national library records from countries around the world into WorldCat. It concludes by emphasizing OCLC's goal of further connecting the world's libraries through more collaboration, members, countries, and innovation.
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University Futures, Library Futures: institutional and library directions in ...Constance Malpas
The document summarizes a presentation given by Constance Malpas at the OhioLINK Directors Meeting on university and library futures. Malpas discussed a collaboration between OCLC Research and Ithaka S+R examining how the increasing diversification of US higher education impacts academic libraries. As universities invest in different areas like teaching, learning, or research, libraries may shift from a collection-centric model to one that supports each institution's distinctive needs. Malpas presented a model for classifying institutions based on their research, liberal education, or career preparation focus. She noted libraries need to consider how their services align with different institutional types and priorities like student success.
Presentation from CNI Spring Membership Meeting 2018, describing four-part series of research reports examining university research data management services. Further information about this project can be found at oc.lc/rdm This joint presentation included a slide deck (not included here) describing research data services at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, presented by Heidi Imker.
University Futures, Library Futures: aligning aligning academic library servi...Constance Malpas
Joint presentation (with Jeff Steely) at CNI Spring Membership Meeting, examining the future of academic libraries through an application of the University Futures, Library Futures model to members of the University Innovation Alliance, with a special focus on Georgia State University libraries.
Approaching the Long-Term Preservation of Print Documentation: international ...Constance Malpas
This document summarizes a presentation on approaches to preserving print research collections through increased collaboration and shared responsibility. It discusses models from North America and Europe where print collections are concentrated in a smaller number of institutions through cooperative agreements. The benefits of shared collections include reducing duplication and risks to materials held by only one institution. National bibliographic data and consortial partnerships are seen as enabling effective coordination of print collections across organizations.
University Futures, Library Futures: re-examining academic library relevanceConstance Malpas
This presentation describes the methodology behind, and demonstrates the application of, a new typology of US higher education institutions based on IPEDs statistical indicators. Further information about the project is available here: oc.lc/libfutures
Library Roles in Research Information Management: some emerging trendsConstance Malpas
University libraries can play an important role in research information management by supporting both the institution and individual researchers. For institutions, libraries can help manage research outputs and metadata to maximize visibility, reputation, and compliance with funder mandates. For researchers, libraries can support evolving workflows and help manage professional reputation. As research assessment regimes increase globally, libraries are well-positioned to manage author and organization identifiers, metadata flows, and activity data to demonstrate institutional research impact and performance. Opportunities for Japanese libraries include extending identifier resolution, leveraging the national research output view in JAIRO, and deepening engagement with research administration and processes.
Redefining Academic Library Roles: How Trends in Higher Education are Drivin...Constance Malpas
This document summarizes a presentation about how trends in higher education are driving changes in academic libraries and library roles. It outlines trends like increasing stratification of institutions, fiscal constraints, adoption of new technologies, and more emphasis on student success. These trends are pushing libraries to adopt new roles in areas like digital scholarship, coordinated collections management, learning analytics, and facilitating adaptive and competency-based learning. New library roles and operational models will vary depending on the type of institution, with elite universities retaining distinctive services while others rely more on shared resources and commercial options.
Evolving Scholarly Record - implications for rank and reputation assessmentConstance Malpas
This document summarizes discussions from an OCLC Research Library Partner meeting about the evolving scholarly record. Key points discussed include:
- How changes in scholarly practice like evolving manuscripts and metrics like reputation and ranking will affect library services and operations. Libraries may need to reconsider which services they provide internally versus externally.
- The roles of libraries, publishers, and research administrators are shifting as boundaries around the scholarly record change. Metadata practices will need to focus on identifiers and relationships.
- Libraries should consider ways to better support researcher workflows through profiling services, guidance on tools, and selective integration of modules. They should also develop best practices for identifier assignment and prioritize metadata interoperability.
- Future directions include quantifying
Slides from OCLC Research workshop on the Evolving Scholarly Record held in San Francisco, 2 June 2015, preview of upcoming report from OCLC Research (Lavoie and Malpas).
Understanding the collective shared print collection (January 2015)Constance Malpas
Prepared for discussion by OCLC Shared Print Advisory Council, based on snapshot of data in WorldCat as of December 2014. Selections presented at OCLC Reserach Update at ALA-MW, 2 February 2015.
Collection Directions - Research collections in the network environmentConstance Malpas
1. The document discusses trends in research collections in the networked environment and directions for collections.
2. Key trends include collections as a service across a spectrum from owned to borrowed, workflow becoming the new content as researchers organize around different systems and services, and a shift from curation to creation as libraries take on new roles in research lifecycles.
3. Collection directions involve right-scaling stewardship through shared print collections and partnerships for coordination, and positioning libraries as experts that support the full research process.
Part of panel discussion at Harvard University Library Symposium on Sustainable Models for Print Storage in 21st-Century Libraries, 1-2 October 2014. Co-panelists were Bob Wolven (Columbia University) and Ivy Anderson (California Digital Library)
OCLC Research Update, ALA Annual - Evolving Scholarly RecordConstance Malpas
This document summarizes a presentation about the evolving scholarly record and the changing roles of stakeholders. As the scholarly record transitions from print to digital, its format and content are diversifying beyond traditional articles and monographs to include research data, videos, and more. This is impacting how the scholarly record is created, fixed, used, and collected. Responsibility for stewardship of the scholarly record is also increasingly distributed across different stakeholders like libraries, publishers and researchers. Moving forward, there is a need for community consultation on frameworks and models to help coordinate custody of the distributed scholarly record.
Collection Directions: some reflections on the future of library stewardshipConstance Malpas
This document discusses the changing landscape of academic libraries and their role in stewardship of the scholarly record. It notes that collections are becoming more fragmented as they shift from local to group-scale management, and libraries are redirecting resources from commodity collections to distinctive services. Academic library consortia will need to collaborate more deeply on collection management and custodial responsibilities to adequately support the evolving scholarly record across its various formats. Questions are raised about whether existing consortia represent the right stakeholders and scale to meet these collaborative stewardship needs going forward.
Understanding the Collective Collection: Canadian library resourcesConstance Malpas
- Canadian libraries hold 31% of titles and 6% of print book inventory in the overall North American print book collection. The Canadian print book resource represents a distinctive asset within the broader North American system.
- 92% of the North American print book collection is concentrated in 12 major economic regions, with 40% of Canada's print books distributed outside of these regions, posing challenges for cooperative stewardship.
- Regional consortia provide opportunities for coordination at a supra-institutional level to leverage networks and manage the collective print book collection.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
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Why investigate unique print books?
Future of library print collections is in question
We need better “management intelligence” about where
continued investment in print collections – both legacy
holdings and future acquisitions – should be directed
Uniquely-held content may be an asset or liability
Institutional assets that may be leveraged through
digitization and resource-sharing agreements
Potential preservation risks, if the content is not
adequately cared for
Size, character and distribution of aggregate
collection has broad implications
Digitization – identifying distinctive collections
Disclosure – maximizing discoverability
Distributed print archiving – sizing the need
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Who’s Involved:
OCLC Programs & Research
Constance Malpas, Program Officer
Ed O’Neill, Senior Research Scientist
Brian Lavoie, Research Scientist
RLG Partners
Arizona State University
Columbia University
Duke University
Florida State University
Harvard University
Indiana University
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
New York University
University of Alberta
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas, Austin
Yale University…
among others
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Unique vs. rare: a distinction with a difference
“Unique” = single holding attached to master
record in WorldCat describing a distinct
manifestation / edition
some uniquely held titles may be associated with
multiple local copies
“Rare” typically describes material that is in
limited supply and has special value to particular
audience
Few copies were produced
Few remaining copies available on the market
Distinctive intellectual content or artifactual features
(binding, signatures)
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Growth of Unique Holdings in WorldCat
Jan -03 Jan -05 Jan -07 Jan -08
Date of Snapshot
MasterRecords
50%
49%
42%
44%
Proportion of master records with a single holding
has increased 8% since 2003
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Background
Anatomy of Aggregate Collections (2005)
Thin duplication of book holdings across “Google Five” libraries
(~40%) and between aggregate collection and rest of
WorldCat (~30%)
Proportion of uniquely held titles decreases as publication date
advances – until 1980s
Books without Boundaries (2006)
9.5M uniquely held works representing 36% of works in
WorldCat; preservation implications
Unique titles in WorldCat represent ~2/3 of total print
production; significant collection gap
Last Copies: What’s at Risk? (2006)
“last expressions” – a conceptual model
26K unique titles at Vanderbilt; typically “old, foreign, short”
Global Resources Report (2007)
Limited redundancy in ARL holdings of non-North American
imprints (~3 to ~6 holdings per title)
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Importance of FRBR
Measuring duplication at the “work” or expression
level provides maximum measure of overlap for
intellectual content
Uniquely-held manifestations may represent
artifactual treasures
Book history – bindings, printers
Provenance – autographs, annotations
Implications for collection management
Unique works represent distinctive intellectual assets
Unique manifestations may require curatorial care
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FRBR: Group One Entities
Is
exemplified by
Is embodied in
Work
A distinct intellectual or
artistic creation
Is realized
through
Expression
The intellectual or artistic
realization of a work
Manifestation
The physical
embodiment of an
expression
Item
A single
exemplar of a
manifestation
Is
embodied in
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Goals of current last copies work
Evaluate relative proportion of unique works in a
representative and statistically significant sample
Application of FRBR
Characterize material and content types
“old, foreign, short”
Examine distribution of holdings by library-type
preservation infrastructure
Assess preservation status and circulation history
of selected titles
In 1995 study of titles published 1850-1940, 12% were
not available for study – missing, not on shelf
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Sample Characteristics
Fractional sample of 250 records representing:
January 2007 snapshot of WorldCat
74.5M bibliographic records
Master records with a single holding symbol
36.8M records
Monographic language-based titles, excluding non-print
formats (electronic resources, microforms, braille)
14.7M records
Further limits were applied to facilitate analysis:
English-language cataloging only
Common descriptive standards
Titles published before Y2000
Avoid ‘first copy’ (cataloging lag) problem
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Research Methods
Independent assessment followed by team review
Combination of machine- and manual analysis
Connexion, FirstSearch, MARCView
Level of uniqueness
work: content is not duplicated within WorldCat
expression: distinctive expression of duplicated content
manifestation: alternate editions available in WorldCat
analytic: content is part of a larger published work
duplicate record found: cataloging anomalies
Material / content types
Non-fiction books; technical reports; language /
literature; archival materials; ephemera
Theses and dissertations (baccalaureate, masters, PhD)
Government documents (national, state, local)
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Levels of Uniqueness within Sample
non-unique
unique analytics
unique manifestations
unique expressions
unique works
N = 250 records
>60% of titles in
sample represent
unique intellectual
content
cataloging shortfalls
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Content and Material Types
33%
20%
15%
10%
7%
3%
12%
Non-fiction published books
Theses and dissertations
Technical reports
Serials
Literature, poetry
Archival materials
Other (ephemera, catalogs,
manuals, direcotories, etc.)
N = 250 records
Academic and technical content predominates . . .
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Range of Unique Works by Material Type
Material types representing >5% of titles in sample
“grey literature” contains
greatest proportion of
unique intellectual content
more
manifestations
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Theses and Dissertations
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Masters Doctoral Baccalaureate
Total in sample
Unique works
Held by issuing
institution
N = 49 records
75% are unique works
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Language of Publication
Non-English publications account for
<40% of uniquely held books in sample
vs. ~75% of uniquely held books in
Vanderbilt study
N = 250 records
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Place of Publication
32%
68%
US imprint
Non-US imprint
A majority of uniquely held print books were published
outside the United States
63%
37%
5% more than print books
with multiple holdings
US
Non-US
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Subject Access
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1 2
No Subject Cataloging
Subject Cataloging
Unique works Multiple holdings
19%
9%
~20% of unique print books lack subject cataloging
NB: unique works do
not benefit from FRBR-
enhanced
discoverability; no
related manifestations
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Sample Holdings by Institution Type
54% of sample
23% of sample
Academic and
research libraries
hold the greatest
share of unique
print books
N = 250 records
Non-ARL academic libraries
have the greatest number of
aggregate holdings in
WorldCat – but are less
likely than ARL institutions
to hold unique titles
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Age Distribution of Unique Titles
N = 250 records
>70% of titles in sample
were produced after 1950
Relative proportion of
unique works increases in
post-WWII period
increased print production?
rise of scientific and technical
enterprise?
increased library collecting activity?
Date of Publication
Percentageoftitles(records)insample
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Characterizing Unique Works
Foreign, but accessible
Limited discoverability
Challenging inventory control
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In Sum . . .
Uniquely-held print books containing unique
intellectual
content are typically:
Non US imprints
English language titles
Produced after 1950
Technical, non-fiction content
Sparsely described
Short (~100 pages in length)
Held by academic and research libraries
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Preservation and circulation status
Surveyed 27 RLG partners regarding shelf status,
condition and circulation history of selected titles
from ‘only copy’ sample
Responses (to date) from:
Columbia University University of Arizona
Harvard University University of Chicago
Indiana University University of California, Los Angeles
New York Public Library University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Alberta University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas, Austin
Subset representative of larger sample:
~70% unique works / expressions
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Survey Results (to date)
Inventory control and item condition
100% of requested titles were available for examination
Multiple copies held for 3 titles in sample, all theses
None had significant condition problems
Location and status
50% housed in off-site shelving facility
Mostly transferred in the 1990s
50% non-circulating (local or off-site)
Some availability via SHARES
Use (value, discoverability?)
None requested or circulated in past 5 years
Limited usage data for non-circulating collections
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Implications
Preservation
~50% of uniquely held works are potentially at risk in on-
site, circulating collections
Limited discoverability and low-use of these titles
diminishes relative risk
Recent publications less likely to have inherent condition
problems
Access
Preponderance of recent publications, and non-North
American imprints, is likely to limit potential impact of mass
digitization
Inter-institutional access and borrowing programs (e.g.
SHARES) will test the limits of cooperative collection
management
Effective disclosure (holdings, condition, policies) may
require additional investment
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Opportunities for Joint Action
Cooperative access agreements
Increase the mobility of scarcely-held content; empower resource-
sharing networks to lend and borrow unique holdings
Distributed print archiving
Leverage existing on- and off-site storage infrastructure as
network resource
Shared digitization infrastructure
Reposition off-site repositories as digital delivery hubs
Continue to build new uniqueness into system-wide
holdings…strategically
Local collection development priorities will be trumped by
economic realities; plan accordingly.
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Short, foreign …
and competing for attention
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Questions, Comments?
OCLC Programs & Research Agenda
Managing the Collective Collection
Constance Malpas
malpasc@oclc.org
Editor's Notes
The purpose of today’s session is to share preliminary results of some recent research on unique print book titles, acknowledge the contributions that RLG partners have made to this effort, and offer attendees an opportunity to help shape the final report for this project.
Most RB collections are comprised of early printed works, volumes printed before 1850 in the Americas, and before 1775 in Europe and the other continents.
WorldCat (excluding article-level metadata) has nearly doubled in size over the last 5 years. But while global coverage has increased significantly, the total proportion of unique holdings in the database has continued to grow.
I want to start by establishing some context for our current work on unique titles. Last expressions: “the only known manifestation of specific intellectual or artistic content” Measuring duplication at the title or manifestationlevel is inadequate; must consider relative uniqueness of content
Unique can be defined in absolute terms; “rare” is relative to a particular set of curatorial interests. In the mid ’80s, Ross Atkinson proposed a “materialistic” typology of preservation priorities, each with a distinctive kind of value: Class 1 materials represented rare books and manuscripts with high economic and research value; Class 2 materials represented heavily-used content that was at risk of physical deterioration; Class 3 materials represented infrequently used content that had enduring scholarly value but little economic value
Work : A distinct intellectual or artistic creation. Modifications involving a significant degree of independent intellectual effort such as paraphrases, rewritings, adaptations for children, parodies, abstracts, digests, and summaries are considered to be different works. Expression : The intellectual or artistic realization of a work. The boundaries of an expression are defined to exclude aspects of physical form (typeface, page layout, etc.) Revisions, updates, abridgements, enlargements, and translations are different expressions of the same work. Any revision or modification, no matter how minor, is considered to be a new expression. Manifestation : The physical embodiment of an expression of a work. A manifestation represents all the physical objects that bear the same intellectual and physical characteristics. Changes in typeface, size of font, page layout, or change of publisher will result in a new manifestation. New printings are not considered to be a new manifestation unless other significant changes are also made. The same manifestation may have different binding (hardcover vs. paperback) or the type of paper (regular or acid-free) or other variations (thumb-indexed) that do not significantly printed image. Item : A single exemplar of a manifestation. All changes that occur after the manufacturing process (defacement, rebinding, etc.) are considered changes to the item and do not result in a new manifestation.
(1) Bib lvl = ‘a’ or ‘t’ (books and manuscripts) (2) rec type = ‘m’ (3) enc lvl not = ‘8’ (no cip) (4) 245 subfield h not = “microform” or "electronic resource" (5) 533 subfield a not = "microfilm", "microopaque", "micro opaque", "microfiche", "microprint", "microcard", "microform", "electronic reproduction", "electronic resource", or "braille" (6) No 856 subfield 3 (7) Published before 2000 (a) for date types e, r, s, t; date1 < 2000 (b) for date types m, q; date2 < 2000
Previous study of Vanderbilt’s uniquely held books identified ‘last expressions’ as a class of material deserving careful scrutiny. Our current project confirms that a significant number of unique holdings represent unique intellectual content, i.e. content for which a single expression exists within the aggregate collection of WorldCat libraries.
Both in absolute terms (total number of titles/records in sample)
And in relative terms, with theses/dissertation and technical reports representing the greatest proportion of unique works.
Theses and dissertations account for 20% of the titles in our sample and more than a quarter of titles identified as unique works. Most of the durable uniqueness can be attributed to masters theses, which rarely have more than a single institutional holding in any format. Theses and dissertations are of particular interest, as they represent a source of “locally produced” uniqueness for university libraries.
Books without Boundaries also found ca. 50% non-English titles in sample of uniquely held works. Language distribution for unique works vs. others not substantially different.
Nonetheless, most of the imprints in our sample were published outside of the United States.
This answers question posed in Books without Boundaries regarding the institutional distribution of unique books, confirming that institutions with a strong preservation mission hold the greatest proportion of such titles. Ranked order of institution types by total holdings in WorldCat Non-academic ARL ARL Public Special Govt School State and national
Similarly, in Vanderbilt study, more than half of the titles in sample were published after 1950 – though the relative proportion of unique titles was highest for earlier period. I.e., as Google Books analysis suggests, duplication of holdings is inversely proportional to age of book – until the 1980s, when holdings become relatively scarce again.
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