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)

1. Print and Shared Print Opportunities
A system-wide perspective on the Harvard Library
Constance Malpas
Research Scientist, OCLC Research
2 October 2014
Sustainable Models for Print Storage in 21st-Century Libraries
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2. Three Threads
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‘Systemness’ & system-wide perspective
Multi-scalar strategies
Conscious coordination

3. Bos-Wash collective collection = 27.9 M print book titles (Jan, 2013)
* largest concentration of library resources in North America
* duplicates 65-92% of other regional collections (2011)
Harvard occupies important role in larger
HE and academic library system
Map values January 2011
Harvard alone accounts for at least
25% of regional print book collection;
~15% of North American collection

4. ARL print book collection: 33M titles
~73% of North
American print
book collection
http://www.arl.org/arl/membership/members.shtm
modified to show megaregional distribution
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5. 5
Reputation Management
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29240959

6. Collections and as services
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‘facilitated access’ decoupled from local collections
patron-driven acquisitions
Harvard LibX
customized
discovery
layers
Deepening engagement with university research/teaching mission

7. smaller
larger
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A system-wide view of Harvard Library resources
40% 36%
23% 38%
more distinctive more common

8. 8
27%
duplicated in
HathiTrust
23% held by
<5 libraries
488K titles
15%
duplicated in
HathiTrust
45% held by <5
libraries
36% held by <5
libraries
14%
duplicated in
HathiTrust
1M titles
417K titles
35% held by <5 libraries
26%
duplicated in
HathiTrust
6.76 M titles
capacity to leverage economies of scale will vary

9. Brand management
‘centers of distinction’
Tozzer - Indians of North America--Antiquities
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Widener - Israel
Divinity - Unitarianism
Business - Executives--Pensions
Design - Landscape architecture
Yenching - Korea
Countway - Yellow fever
Houghton – Marbled paper
Middle class men
Music -- motets
Law - Jurisprudence
Schlesinger - Equal rights amendments
MCZ - Echinodermata Botany - Orchids

10. Multi-scalar strategy
simultaneous participation in cooperative
efforts operating a multiple scales
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M
Columbia
WEST
ReCAP
2CUL
HathiTrust
HathiTrust
HathiTrust
MARLI
HathiTrust
UC
UCLA
RLF
Harvard
HD
Widener
?

11. Conscious coordination
• Stewardship roles within and “above” the institution
• Increased reliance on data-driven decision support
• Management infrastructure emerging (slowly)
– PAPR, WEST collection analysis, WorldCat
• Whether existing, emerging consortia offer
adequate coordination capacity is still an open
question
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RESOLVED:
That the Harvard Library will be among those to
uphold a stewardship mandate for the print
scholarly & cultural record.

13. Not if, but how
• Conscious coordination of stewardship roles within
the Harvard Library system
• Multi-scalar strategy of engagement with ‘above
campus’ partners: HathiTrust, Ivies Plus, disciplinary
efforts (MedPrint, PALMprint, etc.)
• Direct consultation with faculty, students, alumni
and library staff on pace and prioritization of
preservation strategy
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14. Thanks for your attention.
malpasc@oclc.org
@ConstanceM
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