This document summarizes a presentation about implementing a resource list management system (RLMS) at Nottingham Trent University. The presentation discusses how the university transitioned from managing reading lists to managing multi-format resource lists through the Talis Aspire RLMS. It describes the challenges this posed for libraries and how key decisions were made during implementation regarding list creation, existing data migration, and training support. Metrics on adoption rates before and after implementation are provided. The workflow for populating, reviewing, acquiring, and making available resources on lists is examined along with ongoing challenges for libraries.
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) implemented a new
commercial Resource Discovery Service at the same time as it
changed to the Koha Open Source Library Management System. In doing so it moved away from using Google Scholar, as its main platform, at a time when many universities are deciding to only use Google Scholar. Hear about the debate between commercial and non-commercial services and why UH made the decisions it did. After 18 months was it the right decision? What has been the impact on library services and library users?
About the Webinar
In Part 1 of this two-part webinar, speakers will address a variety of licensing issues. A key component to the discussion will be a focus on the critical pieces of a license, including privacy, accessibility, preservation, migration, and the negotiation process between a library and a vendor.
For the second half of this two-part series, speakers will focus on staffing issues at different types of libraries and how staff manages integration of e-resources into workflows, as well as a discussion about whether or not to execute a reorganization.
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Lessons Learned by Rethinking E-resource Management in Academic Libraries
Meg Manahan, Associate Director for Collection Management and Services, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
- co-presenting with -
Nathan Putnam, Head, Metadata Services, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland College Park
Try, Try Again
Jennifer J. Leffler, Technical Services Manager, University Libraries, University of Northern Colorado
Transforming library collections and supporting student learning with collect...NASIG
This presentation discusses how the use of collection mapping transformed outdated and unbalanced print collections at Florida SouthWestern State College into collections directly supporting student learning. A collection map is a data driven picture of specific areas of library collections. This approach differs from past approaches to collection development as it doesn't focus on a breadth of subject areas striving to develop a large collection of many volumes that students could possibly find useful, but rather, considers various factors including program enrollment figures, reference interactions, and course content to develop a collection that contributes to the quality and integrity of academic programs. The presenter will explain methodologies used, including the creation of collection maps, and share results the project has yielded for FSW's Rush Library.
Since October 2015 Stockholm University Library has managed
their journal subscriptions without using a subscription agent.
Instead they renew directly with each publisher. During this
breakout session they will share their experience of doing it
themselves. What are the pros and cons of not using an agent?
Are there cost savings to be had? What about the working hours
spent? And what’s the difference between the first and the second time renewing without an agent?
The Power of Cross-unit Data Sharing: Nontraditional Uses for ILLiadNASIG
also serves as a data center which can be used to inform and improve the work done in other areas. This session will provide two examples of how ILLiad, an interlibrary loan software, was used to collect and share data with other units to improve workflows and services. At Austin Peay State University, ILLiad data was used to gain a holistic understanding of the information needs of various patron groups, which led to projects like purchasing digital access to resources requested by distance students, identifying collection gaps, purchasing titles repeatedly requested by students, and implementing a faculty buy-not-borrow policy. Similarly, ILLiad was used at Louisiana State University to report electronic resource access issues to the newly hired Electronic Resources Librarian. A year’s worth of data revealed the most common types of access issues impacting LSU’s electronic resources, training opportunities for ILL staff, and most significantly, the revelation that ILL staff and troubleshooters engage in many of the same procedures to carry out their work, prompting her to wonder if the intersection of ILL request processing and troubleshooting present an opportunity for restructuring. Time will be allotted for questions from audience members.
Megan Lounsberry, Louisiana State University NW
Nicole Wood, Resource Management Librarian, Austin Peay State University
Slides from Thomas. H. Teper's presentation at the "Looking to the Future of Shared Print" session held at the ALA Annual Conference on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) implemented a new
commercial Resource Discovery Service at the same time as it
changed to the Koha Open Source Library Management System. In doing so it moved away from using Google Scholar, as its main platform, at a time when many universities are deciding to only use Google Scholar. Hear about the debate between commercial and non-commercial services and why UH made the decisions it did. After 18 months was it the right decision? What has been the impact on library services and library users?
About the Webinar
In Part 1 of this two-part webinar, speakers will address a variety of licensing issues. A key component to the discussion will be a focus on the critical pieces of a license, including privacy, accessibility, preservation, migration, and the negotiation process between a library and a vendor.
For the second half of this two-part series, speakers will focus on staffing issues at different types of libraries and how staff manages integration of e-resources into workflows, as well as a discussion about whether or not to execute a reorganization.
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Lessons Learned by Rethinking E-resource Management in Academic Libraries
Meg Manahan, Associate Director for Collection Management and Services, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
- co-presenting with -
Nathan Putnam, Head, Metadata Services, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland College Park
Try, Try Again
Jennifer J. Leffler, Technical Services Manager, University Libraries, University of Northern Colorado
Transforming library collections and supporting student learning with collect...NASIG
This presentation discusses how the use of collection mapping transformed outdated and unbalanced print collections at Florida SouthWestern State College into collections directly supporting student learning. A collection map is a data driven picture of specific areas of library collections. This approach differs from past approaches to collection development as it doesn't focus on a breadth of subject areas striving to develop a large collection of many volumes that students could possibly find useful, but rather, considers various factors including program enrollment figures, reference interactions, and course content to develop a collection that contributes to the quality and integrity of academic programs. The presenter will explain methodologies used, including the creation of collection maps, and share results the project has yielded for FSW's Rush Library.
Since October 2015 Stockholm University Library has managed
their journal subscriptions without using a subscription agent.
Instead they renew directly with each publisher. During this
breakout session they will share their experience of doing it
themselves. What are the pros and cons of not using an agent?
Are there cost savings to be had? What about the working hours
spent? And what’s the difference between the first and the second time renewing without an agent?
The Power of Cross-unit Data Sharing: Nontraditional Uses for ILLiadNASIG
also serves as a data center which can be used to inform and improve the work done in other areas. This session will provide two examples of how ILLiad, an interlibrary loan software, was used to collect and share data with other units to improve workflows and services. At Austin Peay State University, ILLiad data was used to gain a holistic understanding of the information needs of various patron groups, which led to projects like purchasing digital access to resources requested by distance students, identifying collection gaps, purchasing titles repeatedly requested by students, and implementing a faculty buy-not-borrow policy. Similarly, ILLiad was used at Louisiana State University to report electronic resource access issues to the newly hired Electronic Resources Librarian. A year’s worth of data revealed the most common types of access issues impacting LSU’s electronic resources, training opportunities for ILL staff, and most significantly, the revelation that ILL staff and troubleshooters engage in many of the same procedures to carry out their work, prompting her to wonder if the intersection of ILL request processing and troubleshooting present an opportunity for restructuring. Time will be allotted for questions from audience members.
Megan Lounsberry, Louisiana State University NW
Nicole Wood, Resource Management Librarian, Austin Peay State University
Slides from Thomas. H. Teper's presentation at the "Looking to the Future of Shared Print" session held at the ALA Annual Conference on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
This webinar will provide an introduction to managing, purchasing and promoting eBooks within an academic context. It will also provide an overview of the key elements of eBook accessibility with reference to the recent HE eBook accessibility audit. With opportunities for questions and to feedback.
Finding the time and resources to do all the ongoing authority work you'd like to do is nearly impossible! Join our co-presenters to hear about their local best practices for developing sustainable authority work processes.
Supporting Students: OER and Textbook Affordability Initiatives at a Mid-Size...NASIG
Presented by Jennifer L. Pate.
With support from the president and provost of the university, Collier Library adopted strategic purchasing initiatives, including database purchases to support specific courses as well as purchasing reserve copies of textbooks for high-enrollment, required classes. In addition, the scholarly communications librarian became a founding member of the OER workgroup on campus. This group’s mission is to direct efforts for increasing faculty awareness and adoption of OER. This presentation discusses the structure of the each of these programs from initial idea to implementation. Included will be discussions of assessment of faculty and student awareness, development of an OER grant program, starting a textbook purchasing program, promotion of efforts, funding, and future goals.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
At a time of rapid change in scholarly communications, it
can be challenging for publishers and libraries in the not-forprofit
sector to keep up with our customers’ needs and with
our competitors’ offerings. This session will explore what two
university presses and a library are doing to support their
researchers and authors and how they make those decisions
when money is tight. Is it best to build, buy or partner? How
can innovation be balanced with fulfilling more traditional
customer expectations and managing legacy products or
services? To what extent can and should libraries and not-forprofit publishers accommodate the plethora of new scholarly
and educational tools and services?
Although library collaboration is common and many libraries collaborate through many organizations, it is a relatively unexamined aspect of library work. Many descriptions exist, but little from the point of view of organization and motivation. We will present a framework for thinking about library collaboration and draw out some of the challenges successful collaborations face. We will also consider how collaboration is evolving and how trends may be accelerated. We will emphasize that collaboration is a set of strategic and tactical choices, that it is very influenced by people and politics, and that collective action poses problems.
These dynamics are very much alive in questions around collective collections. We will look at collections as an example of the consolidation vs autonomy dynamic we observe in consortia generally. We also try and provide some guidance about how a collective collections initiative would be shaped – to identify points where decisions and commitments need to be made. We consider retrospective collection coordination (digitization, resource sharing, shared print) which currently tends to be layered over relatively autonomously developed collections, optimized at the institutional level, and prospective collection development (where libraries work together to optimize at the system level through collaborative collection development, licensing and so on). We consider some different dynamics with licensed and purchased materials, as well as institutionally created materials (research outputs, …).
Adopting and Implementing an Open Access Policy: The Library's RoleNASIG
The faculty at Allegheny College are on the verge of adopting an open access policy. The library has been influential in its creation and will be integral in its implementation. The first part of this presentation will introduce the College’s open access policy. It will discuss the faculty’s concerns and final decision making process. The library’s role in the formation of this policy will be analyzed. The second part of this presentation will focus on implementation, especially the library’s institutional repository (IR). Allegheny’s IR is a ‘dual-purpose system’. It includes content available to all users (e.g., digitized manuscripts) and content available only to Allegheny affiliated users (e.g., classified administrative documents). This approach has been beneficial, affirming the importance of IRs to the campus and scholarly communications. Such duality, however, may pose new obstacles for carrying out Allegheny’s open access policy. Additional implementation issues will be considered.Presenter: Brian Kern, Allegheny College
Rediscoverying discovery: three general exampleslisld
Presented at CNI virtual meeting, an overview of some trends in library discovery. Considers how libraries are considering how to present a more holistic experience online.
Librarians and faculty members now have the opportunity, through open access publishing, to work together to make faculty-produced scholarly content available to the entire academic community, not just to those scholars or institutions privileged enough to afford it. The University of South Florida Libraries have been working with bepress’ Digital Commons platform to create a substantial institutional repository that includes open access journals, conference proceedings, and data sets, among other materials. Publication of open access journals at USF officially began in 2008 with the launch of Numeracy from the National Numeracy Network. Library staff members are currently involved in a variety of activities, including negotiating memorandum of understandings, loading backfiles, registering DOIs with CrossRef, designing layout, doing final publication steps, and assisting with technical issues. In 2011, our institutional repository, Scholar Commons @ USF, went live, allowing the library to pull fragmented collections previously hosted on other platforms into a single system with improved discoverability. This session will discuss some of these efforts, what is involved, how we have retrained existing and new staff, and plans for future directions.
Simple, secure access to digital resources increases engagement and evidence indicates increased use of library resources leads to better outcomes. But there is a tension between ease of access, security, privacy and good user design. The RA21 initiative has reviewed the common tools available and will set standards for libraries and publishers to follow to deliver the best possible user experience. This session will look at some of the tools that can help set these standards
Using computing power to replace lawyers-advances in licensing and accessNASIG
Students and researchers need access to more content than ever before. However, the demise of the big deals and the rise of new purchasing models have added complexity to licensing and legal frameworks. The iTunes model has shown that most users prefer an easy purchase/access method to piracy, and advances in computing power are using smart rules-based systems to replace lawyers. Learn how to get the most out of your licensed content and how to provide simplified access for coursepacks and library reserves. Learn how to reduce your legal liability through license integration with your LMS. Let’s get the lawyers out of the picture, so that professors and students can access content quickly and efficiently.
Presenters:
Tim Bowen
Director, Academic Products & Services, Copyright Clearance Center
Tim Bowen is the Director of Academic Products & Services at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in Danvers, Massachusetts. He joined Copyright Clearance Center in 2003 and is responsible for the development and management of CCC's pay-per use and annual licensing services for academic institutions as well as CCC’s newest product, Get It Now. Mr. Bowen has over 20 years of product management, product marketing, and channels marketing experience. Previously, he worked at Genuity, Cabletron Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Nashua Corporation. He holds a BS in business administration–marketing from Plymouth State University and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University.
Mimi Calter
Assistant University Librarian & Chief of Staff, Stanford University Libraries
library.stanford.edu/people/mcalter
I manage copyright issues for the Stanford University Libraries, including our annual copyright reminder to all students and faculty. I also supervise our facilities department, so I wear a lot of hats. When I'm not at work (and occasionally even when I am), I'm a birder. I'm looking forward to exploring the avifauna of Buffalo.
Franny Lee
Co-Founder, SIPX
Franny is Co-Founder and VP, University Relations and Product Development of SIPX, Inc. (formerly the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange). Originally a composer and jazz musician, Franny Lee was drawn to the fields of copyright and digital communication by experiencing firsthand its effect on the music industry. She has worked on these complex issues from many perspectives for over 10 years. Franny is a lawyer in the US and Canada, and litigated digital rights and Internet questions in the entertainment, media and communications industries. Her work included creating national copyright royalty tariffs before specialty copyright courts, and litigating decision appeals to higher courts. Franny clerked for the Copyright Board of Canada in copyright collective certification proceedings and orphan works applications, and consulted for the Board on research issues, policy initiatives and administration of copyright collecting societies. She holds a Master of Laws degree in Law,
In autumn 2013 the University of Derby Library launched its
discovery service – Library Plus – exclusively for HE students.
Two years later the Library launched a second discovery service
– Discover – for FE and Access students. This presentation will
describe the creation of Discover, the problems encountered
during implementation, and the successes and lessons learnt
from introducing a discovery tool in an FE institution. Discover
presented the Library with new opportunities to look at the
functionality of Library Plus, and how to promote it more
effectively to HE students. It also highlights the challenges of
maintaining two similar but altogether different systems for the
needs of an increasingly diverse student body.
Challenges and opportunities in providing course content within changing instructor and student behaviors
NISO/BISG 9th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Access or Ownership: Evolving Business Models and Your Institution
Franny Lee, SIPX
This webinar will provide an introduction to managing, purchasing and promoting eBooks within an academic context. It will also provide an overview of the key elements of eBook accessibility with reference to the recent HE eBook accessibility audit. With opportunities for questions and to feedback.
Finding the time and resources to do all the ongoing authority work you'd like to do is nearly impossible! Join our co-presenters to hear about their local best practices for developing sustainable authority work processes.
Supporting Students: OER and Textbook Affordability Initiatives at a Mid-Size...NASIG
Presented by Jennifer L. Pate.
With support from the president and provost of the university, Collier Library adopted strategic purchasing initiatives, including database purchases to support specific courses as well as purchasing reserve copies of textbooks for high-enrollment, required classes. In addition, the scholarly communications librarian became a founding member of the OER workgroup on campus. This group’s mission is to direct efforts for increasing faculty awareness and adoption of OER. This presentation discusses the structure of the each of these programs from initial idea to implementation. Included will be discussions of assessment of faculty and student awareness, development of an OER grant program, starting a textbook purchasing program, promotion of efforts, funding, and future goals.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
At a time of rapid change in scholarly communications, it
can be challenging for publishers and libraries in the not-forprofit
sector to keep up with our customers’ needs and with
our competitors’ offerings. This session will explore what two
university presses and a library are doing to support their
researchers and authors and how they make those decisions
when money is tight. Is it best to build, buy or partner? How
can innovation be balanced with fulfilling more traditional
customer expectations and managing legacy products or
services? To what extent can and should libraries and not-forprofit publishers accommodate the plethora of new scholarly
and educational tools and services?
Although library collaboration is common and many libraries collaborate through many organizations, it is a relatively unexamined aspect of library work. Many descriptions exist, but little from the point of view of organization and motivation. We will present a framework for thinking about library collaboration and draw out some of the challenges successful collaborations face. We will also consider how collaboration is evolving and how trends may be accelerated. We will emphasize that collaboration is a set of strategic and tactical choices, that it is very influenced by people and politics, and that collective action poses problems.
These dynamics are very much alive in questions around collective collections. We will look at collections as an example of the consolidation vs autonomy dynamic we observe in consortia generally. We also try and provide some guidance about how a collective collections initiative would be shaped – to identify points where decisions and commitments need to be made. We consider retrospective collection coordination (digitization, resource sharing, shared print) which currently tends to be layered over relatively autonomously developed collections, optimized at the institutional level, and prospective collection development (where libraries work together to optimize at the system level through collaborative collection development, licensing and so on). We consider some different dynamics with licensed and purchased materials, as well as institutionally created materials (research outputs, …).
Adopting and Implementing an Open Access Policy: The Library's RoleNASIG
The faculty at Allegheny College are on the verge of adopting an open access policy. The library has been influential in its creation and will be integral in its implementation. The first part of this presentation will introduce the College’s open access policy. It will discuss the faculty’s concerns and final decision making process. The library’s role in the formation of this policy will be analyzed. The second part of this presentation will focus on implementation, especially the library’s institutional repository (IR). Allegheny’s IR is a ‘dual-purpose system’. It includes content available to all users (e.g., digitized manuscripts) and content available only to Allegheny affiliated users (e.g., classified administrative documents). This approach has been beneficial, affirming the importance of IRs to the campus and scholarly communications. Such duality, however, may pose new obstacles for carrying out Allegheny’s open access policy. Additional implementation issues will be considered.Presenter: Brian Kern, Allegheny College
Rediscoverying discovery: three general exampleslisld
Presented at CNI virtual meeting, an overview of some trends in library discovery. Considers how libraries are considering how to present a more holistic experience online.
Librarians and faculty members now have the opportunity, through open access publishing, to work together to make faculty-produced scholarly content available to the entire academic community, not just to those scholars or institutions privileged enough to afford it. The University of South Florida Libraries have been working with bepress’ Digital Commons platform to create a substantial institutional repository that includes open access journals, conference proceedings, and data sets, among other materials. Publication of open access journals at USF officially began in 2008 with the launch of Numeracy from the National Numeracy Network. Library staff members are currently involved in a variety of activities, including negotiating memorandum of understandings, loading backfiles, registering DOIs with CrossRef, designing layout, doing final publication steps, and assisting with technical issues. In 2011, our institutional repository, Scholar Commons @ USF, went live, allowing the library to pull fragmented collections previously hosted on other platforms into a single system with improved discoverability. This session will discuss some of these efforts, what is involved, how we have retrained existing and new staff, and plans for future directions.
Simple, secure access to digital resources increases engagement and evidence indicates increased use of library resources leads to better outcomes. But there is a tension between ease of access, security, privacy and good user design. The RA21 initiative has reviewed the common tools available and will set standards for libraries and publishers to follow to deliver the best possible user experience. This session will look at some of the tools that can help set these standards
Using computing power to replace lawyers-advances in licensing and accessNASIG
Students and researchers need access to more content than ever before. However, the demise of the big deals and the rise of new purchasing models have added complexity to licensing and legal frameworks. The iTunes model has shown that most users prefer an easy purchase/access method to piracy, and advances in computing power are using smart rules-based systems to replace lawyers. Learn how to get the most out of your licensed content and how to provide simplified access for coursepacks and library reserves. Learn how to reduce your legal liability through license integration with your LMS. Let’s get the lawyers out of the picture, so that professors and students can access content quickly and efficiently.
Presenters:
Tim Bowen
Director, Academic Products & Services, Copyright Clearance Center
Tim Bowen is the Director of Academic Products & Services at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in Danvers, Massachusetts. He joined Copyright Clearance Center in 2003 and is responsible for the development and management of CCC's pay-per use and annual licensing services for academic institutions as well as CCC’s newest product, Get It Now. Mr. Bowen has over 20 years of product management, product marketing, and channels marketing experience. Previously, he worked at Genuity, Cabletron Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Nashua Corporation. He holds a BS in business administration–marketing from Plymouth State University and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University.
Mimi Calter
Assistant University Librarian & Chief of Staff, Stanford University Libraries
library.stanford.edu/people/mcalter
I manage copyright issues for the Stanford University Libraries, including our annual copyright reminder to all students and faculty. I also supervise our facilities department, so I wear a lot of hats. When I'm not at work (and occasionally even when I am), I'm a birder. I'm looking forward to exploring the avifauna of Buffalo.
Franny Lee
Co-Founder, SIPX
Franny is Co-Founder and VP, University Relations and Product Development of SIPX, Inc. (formerly the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange). Originally a composer and jazz musician, Franny Lee was drawn to the fields of copyright and digital communication by experiencing firsthand its effect on the music industry. She has worked on these complex issues from many perspectives for over 10 years. Franny is a lawyer in the US and Canada, and litigated digital rights and Internet questions in the entertainment, media and communications industries. Her work included creating national copyright royalty tariffs before specialty copyright courts, and litigating decision appeals to higher courts. Franny clerked for the Copyright Board of Canada in copyright collective certification proceedings and orphan works applications, and consulted for the Board on research issues, policy initiatives and administration of copyright collecting societies. She holds a Master of Laws degree in Law,
In autumn 2013 the University of Derby Library launched its
discovery service – Library Plus – exclusively for HE students.
Two years later the Library launched a second discovery service
– Discover – for FE and Access students. This presentation will
describe the creation of Discover, the problems encountered
during implementation, and the successes and lessons learnt
from introducing a discovery tool in an FE institution. Discover
presented the Library with new opportunities to look at the
functionality of Library Plus, and how to promote it more
effectively to HE students. It also highlights the challenges of
maintaining two similar but altogether different systems for the
needs of an increasingly diverse student body.
Challenges and opportunities in providing course content within changing instructor and student behaviors
NISO/BISG 9th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Access or Ownership: Evolving Business Models and Your Institution
Franny Lee, SIPX
Personal understanding and publically useful knowledge in Social SimulationBruce Edmonds
There are two different ways in which social simulation can help a researcher - by honing their intution about how certain models and mechanisms (roughly what Polanyi meant by "Personal Knowledge") and in demonstrating hypotheses that might be interesting and relevant to other researchers in the field (roughly what Popper meant by "Objective Knowledge"). Both are valid goals and useful, indeed I would argue both are essential to real progress in social simulation. However, too often, these are conflated and confused, to the detriment of social simulation. This talk aims to clearly distringuish between the two modes, including the different ways of obtaining them, their different (and complementary) uses as well as when and how these are appropriate to communicate to others. In short a "model" of simulation usefullness is outlined with implications for the method of social simulation.
What is "Personal Knowledge Management" and what skills, tools and literacies do I need to ensure I remain relevant in today's fast-moving and sometimes chaotic environment,
Presentation 11.-13.6.2014 the 14th EAHIL Conference: Divided we fall, united we inform.
The associated paper: http://www.iss.it/binary/eahi/cont/76_Mari_Elisa_Kuusniemi_Full_text.pdf
Open to Opportunity: Possibilities for libraries in open education Sarah Cohen
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
New Roles for Librarians: The Blended ProfessionalElaine Martin
Lamar Soutter Library Director Elaine Martin reviews the training initiatives, e-science developments, and questions that are being asked as librarians move from bounded to blended professional roles.
Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to ResearchLynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research.” Presented at the Update on Value of Academic Libraries Initiative (ACRL) at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 25.
Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to ResearchOCLC
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research.” Presented at the Update on Value of Academic Libraries Initiative (ACRL) at the ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 25.
Resource Lists and the Ex Libris application suite, By Richard Cross (Notting...iancorns
This presentation was written by Richard Corss (Nottingham Trent University), and presented at the 2010 Conference of the Ex Libris User Group, United Kingdom and Ireland (EPUG-UKI), held at the British Library Conference Centre, London on 1-2 November
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This session will demystify (generative) AI by exploring its workings as an advanced statistical modelling tool (suitable for any level of technical knowledge). Not only will this session explain the technological underpinnings of AI, it will also address concerns and (long-term) requirements around ethical and practical usage of AI. This includes data preparation and cleaning, data ownership, and the value of data-generated - but not owned - by libraries. It will also discuss the potentials for (hypothetical) use cases of AI in collections environments and making collections data AI-ready; providing examples of AI capabilities and applications beyond chatbots.
CATH DISHMAN, CENYU SHEN,
KATHERINE STEPHAN
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
Christina Dinh Nguyen, University of Toronto Mississauga Library
In the world of digital literacies, liaison and instructional librarians are increasingly coming to terms with a new term: algorithmic literacy. No matter the liaison or instruction subjects – computer science, sociology, language and literature, chemistry, physics, economics, or other – students are grappling with assignments that demand a critical understanding, or even use, of algorithms. Over the course of this session, we’ll discuss the term ‘algorithmic literacies,’ explore how it fits into other digital literacies, and see why it as a curriculum might belong at your library. We’ll also look at some examples of practical pedagogical methods you can implement right away, depending on what types of AL lessons you want to teach, and who your patrons are. Lastly, we’ll discuss how librarians should view themselves as co-learners when working with AL skills. This session seeks to bring together participants from across the different libraries, with diverse missions/vision/mandates, to explore ways we can all benefit from teaching AL. If time permits, we may discuss how text and data librarians (functional specialists) can support the development of this curriculum.
David Pride, The Open University
In this paper, we present CORE-GPT, a novel question- answering platform that combines GPT-based language models and more than 32 million full-text open access scientific articles from CORE. We first demonstrate that GPT3.5 and GPT4 cannot be relied upon to provide references or citations for generated text. We then introduce CORE-GPT which delivers evidence-based answers to questions, along with citations and links to the cited papers, greatly increasing the trustworthiness of the answers and reducing the risk of hallucinations.
Cath Dishman, Cenyu Shen, Katherine Stephan
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
This plenary panel will discuss the problems of “predatory” publishing and what, if anything, publishers, our community and researchers can do to try and help minimise their abundancy/impact.
eth Montague-Hellen, Francis Crick Institute, Katie Fraser, University of Nottingham
Open Access is a foundational topic in Scholarly Communications. However, when information professionals and publishers talk about its future, it is nearly always Gold open access we discuss. Green was seen as the big solution for providing access to those who couldn’t afford it. However, publishers have protested that Green destroys their business models. How true is this, and are we even all talking the same language when we talk about Green?
Chris Banks, Imperial College London, Caren Milloy, Jisc,
Transitional agreements were developed in response to funder policy and institutional demand to constrain costs and facilitate funder compliance. They have since become the dominant model by which UK research outputs are made open access. In January 2023, Jisc instigated a critical review of TAs and the OA landscape to provide an evidence base to inform a conversation on the desired future state of research dissemination. This session will discuss the key findings of the review and its impact on a sector-wide consultation and concrete actions in the UK and beyond.
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver, Jason Price, SCELC Library Consortium
As transformative agreements emerge as a new standard, it is critical for libraries, consortia, publishers, and vendors to have consistent and comprehensive data – yet data around publication profiles, authorship, and readership has been shown to be highly variable in availability and accuracy. Building on prior research around frameworks for assessing the combined value of open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide, we will address multi-dimensional perspectives to the challenges that the industry faces with the dissemination, collection, and analysis of data about authorship, readership, and value.
Hylke Koers, STM Solutions
Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) launched in 2020 with the objective of streamlining discovery and access of scholarly content in the many tools that researchers use today, such as Dimensions, Semantic Scholar, Mendeley, and many others. It works equally well for open access content as it does for subscription-based content, providing researchers with recognizable buttons and indicators to get them to the most up-to-date version of content with minimal effort. Currently, around 30,000 OA articles are accessed every day via GetFTR links.
Gareth Cole, Loughborough University, Adrian Clark, Figshare
Researchers face more pressure to share their research data than ever before. Owing to a rise in funder policies and momentum towards more openness across the research landscape. Although policies for data sharing are in place, engagement work is undertaken by librarians in order to ensure repository uptake and compliance.
We will discuss a particular strategy implemented at Loughborough University that involved the application of conceptual messaging frameworks to engagement activities in order to promote and encourage use of our Figshare-powered repository. We will showcase the rationale behind the adoption of messaging frameworks for library outreach and some practical examples.
Mark Lester, Cardiff Metropolitan University
This talk will outline how a completely accidental occurrence led to brand new avenues for open research advocacy and reasons for being. This advocacy has occurred within student communities such as trainee teachers, student psychologists and (especially) those soon losing access to subscription-based library content. Alongside these new forms of advocacy, these ethical example of AI use cases has begun to form a cornerstone of directly connecting the work of the library to new technology.
Simon Bell, Bristol University Press
The UN SDG Publishers Compact, launched in 2020, was set up to inspire action among publishers to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, asking signatories to develop sustainable practices, act as champions and publish books and journals that will “inform, develop and inspire action in that direction”.
This Lightning Talk will discuss how our new Bristol University Press Digital has been developed as part of our mission to contribute a meaningful and impactful response to this call to action as well as the global social challenges we face.
Using thematic tagging to create uniquely curated themed eBook collections around the Global Social Challenges, Bristol University Press Digital responds directly to the need to provide the scholarly community access to a comprehensive range SDG focussed content while minimising time and resource at the institution end in collating content and maintaining collection relevance to rapidly evolving themes
Jenni Adams, University of Sheffield, Ric Campbell, University of Sheffield
Academic researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to make data and software FAIR in order to support the sharing and reuse of non-publication outputs. Currently there is still a lack of concise and practical guidance on how to achieve this in the context of specific data types and disciplines.
This presentation details recent and ongoing work at the University of Sheffield to bridge this gap. It will explore the development of a FAIR resource with specialist guidance for a range of data types and will examine the planned development of this project during the period 2023-25
TASHA MELLINS-COHEN
COUNTER & Mellins-Cohen Consulting, JOANNA BALL
DOAJ, YVONNE CAMPFENS
OA Switchboard,
ADAM DER, Max Planck Digital Library
Community-led organizations like DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), COUNTER (the standard for usage metrics) and OA Switchboard (information exchange for OA publications) are committed to providing reliable, not-for-profit services and standards essential for a well-functioning global research ecosystem. These organizations operate behind the scenes, with low budgets and limited staffing – no salespeople, marketing teams, travel budgets, or in-house technology support. They collaborate with one another and with bigger infrastructure bodies like Crossref and ORCID, creating the foundations on which much scholarly infrastructure relies.
These organizations deliver value through open infrastructure, data and standards, and naturally services and tools have been built by commercial and not-for-profit groups that capitalize on their open, interoperable data and services – many of which you are likely to recognize and may use on a regular basis.
Hear from the Directors of COUNTER, DOAJ and OA Switchboard, as well as a library leader, on the role of these organizations, the challenges they face and why support from the community is essential to their sustainability.
CAMILLE LEMIEUX
Springer Nature
What is the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the scholarly publishing community? It's time to take a thorough look at the 2023 global Workplace Equity (WE) Survey results. The C4DISC coalition conducted the WE Survey to capture perceptions, experiences, and demographics of colleagues working at publishers, associations, libraries, and many more types of organizations in the global community. Four key themes emerged from the 2023 results, which will be compared to the findings from the first WE Survey conducted in 2018. Recommendations for actions organisations can consider within their contexts will be proposed and discussed.
Rob Johnson, Research Consulting
Angela Cochran, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Biochemical Society
Since 2015, the number of self-published learned societies in the UK has decreased by over a third, with the remaining societies experiencing real-term revenue declines. All around the world, society publishers are struggling with increased competition from commercial publishers and the rise of open access business models that reward quantity over quality. We will delve into the distinctive position of societies in research, examine the challenges confronting UK and US learned society publishers, and explore actionable steps for libraries and policymakers to support the continued relevance of learned society publishers in the evolving scholarly landscape.
Simon Bell, Clare Hooper, Katharine Horton, Ian Morgan
Over the last few years we have witnessed a seismic shift in the scholarly ecosystem. Three years since outset of the COVID pandemic and the establishment UN Publishers Compact, this is discussion-led presentation will look at how four UK Universities Presses have adopted a consultative and collaborative approach on projects to support their institutional missions, engage with the wider scholarly community while building on a commitment to make a meaningful difference to society.
This panel discussion will combine the perspectives of four UK based university presses, all with distinct identities and varied publishing programs drawn from humanities, arts and social sciences, yet with a shared recognition and value of the importance to collaborate and co-operate on a shared vision to support accessibility and inclusivity within the wider scholarly community and maintain a rich bibliodiversity.
While research support teams are generally small and specialist in nature, an increased demand of its service has been observed across the sector. This is particularly true for teaching-intensive institutions. As a pilot to expand research support across ARU library, the library graduate trainee was seconded to the research services team for a month. This dialogue between the former trainee and manager will discuss what the experience and outcomes of the secondment were from different perspectives. The conversation will also explore the exposure Library and Information Studies students have to research services throughout their degree.
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Resource lists and e-resources –discovery and management challenges
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Enhancing life-long learning, teaching and research through
information resources and services
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Resource lists and e-resources –
discovery and management challenges
Dr Richard Cross, Resource Discovery and Innovation Team Manager
Libraries and Learning Resources, Nottingham Trent University
UKSG Conference 2012
3. Abstract
• In the academic sector the concept of the multi-format resource list is
rapidly displacing the notion of largely book-bound, print-bound reading
lists. This opening up of the notion of the resource list has, as a result,
expanded the pedagogic opportunities for academics and the learning
options for students. For libraries charged with running a web-based
resource list management system (RLMS) on behalf of a learning institution,
the challenges raised by the need to ‘resource the resource lists’ can be
profound. This presentation will assess the impact that the introduction of
the Talis Aspire RLMS has had on the resource discovery and resource
management practices of Libraries and Learning Resources at Nottingham
Trent University, with particular focus on electronic serials, e-books and
other online resources. The results will be of interest to any academic
librarians involved in the selection, acquisition and discovery of electronic
resources whose library service is considering the implementation of a
resource list solution.
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Agenda
• Resource Lists vs. Reading Lists
• Implementing a Resource List Management System (RLMS) at
Nottingham Trent University
• What the adoption of RLMS has meant (staff, students, librarians)
• The ‘library review’ process – resourcing the resource list
• Challenges for the library
• Simple innovations to support library’s work
• Future developments
5. Nottingham Trent University and the RLMS
• Information Systems
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Shibboleth
Libraries and Learning Resources
Information Resources
Acquisitions
Metadata services
Document supply and digitisation
Technical services
Customer Services
Front-line support for students
Academic liaison
Information literacy
Advocacy and promotion
6. My role in NTU Resource List project…
• Lead Resource Discovery and Innovation
Team within Information Resources
• Technical lead for the Resource List
project group
• Administrator of NTU’s Talis Aspire
Tenancy
• Member of the RLMS management team
• Manage the team responsible for resource
list ‘link checking’
• Liaison between LLR and VLE team
• Liaison between LLR and Information
Systems (including Shibboleth)
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What is the difference between a Reading
List and Resource List?
Reading List Resource List
• Books
• Journal articles
• Books / eBooks
• Journal / eJournal articles
• Web sites
• Learning materials
• Surveys, quizzes and tests
• Blogs, wikis, social media
• Photos and illustrations
• Online video and audio
• Statistics and data sets
• Search strategy guidance
• And more…
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What is the difference between a Reading
List and Resource List?
Reading List Resource List
• Lists of materials
• Groups chronologically or
thematically
• Prescriptive
• Collections, selections,
groups, sub-groups,
groups-within-groups of
materials
• Dynamically sortable and
filterable
• Ranking and weighting
• Embedded guidance and
pedagogic context
• Prescriptive and open &
indicative
10. Resource lists and information skills at NTU
• Raising information and literacy skills – an increasing priority
• Key aims: facilitate development of the ‘independent learner’; and
support ‘directed study’ through access to information resources
• Student feedback reported failings in delivery of ‘direct reading’
“I can’t find the things my lecturer told me to
read”
•Existing resource/reading list management was not up to task
“I can’t find a list of things from my lecturer
that I ought to read”
11. How were reading lists being ‘managed’?
• No guarantee to the student: no certainty that course offerings
would provide the learner with a reading list; experiences differed
• No consistent ‘format’: not physical format; nor structure; nor
extent; nor over reach and range of materials
• No single point of student discovery: some lists were held in the
VLE database; some as VLE documents; some as print-only
• No consistent method for library discovery: library sought to
acquire as many lists as possible, but only accessed a small
percentage (circa 20%, at the very best)
• No rigorous workflow: lists were not seamlessly processed from
the academic, through the library service, to the student
• No fully supportive policy framework: to underpin service
13. New Resource List solution had to deliver
• For students….
– Consistent, good quality Resource Lists with (much) improved availability
– Clearer guidance on different types of material (Core, Recommended, etc.)
– Simple access to the lists (primarily through the learning space in the VLE)
• For academic staff…
– Easy population of lists from the library discovery systems and other sources
– Required resources ‘on shelves’ (actual, virtual) quicker, with less effort
– Fewer complaints from students!
• For library staff…
– Resource acquisition with a proven correlation to learning and teaching need
– Support for real-world library workflows (without being prescriptive or fixed)
– Fewer complaints from students!
14. Resource List Management System project
• Project team set up, with full backing of the university, to
implement a RLMS; beginning with a procurement process
• Selected the Aspire product (from Talis) – new generation product,
in use at a growing number of UK universities
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15. Key implementation decisions
• RLMS service: a centralised or devolved resource list environment?
• List creation: a mediated service or direct academic creation?
• Existing data: import legacy data or fresh start?
• Launch: targeted pilot or big bang?
• Library contract: strong and explicit or limited and secondary?
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16. Key implementation decisions: at NTU
• RLMS service: a centralised resource list environment
• List creation: direct academic creation
• Existing data: import legacy data (where existed) and fresh start
(where needed)
• Launch: big bang
• Library contract: strong and explicit
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17. Implementation plan
• Target live date – September 2010
• Parallel strands to implementation process
Deliver technical aspects
Securing policy environment
Providing training to academics
Preparing library to underpin live service
• Went live to students in September 2010!
• Now in second full academic year of RLMS – first list set has been
‘rolled over’ for the new session
18. Resource lists - students
• Delivering resource lists to
students, across disciplines and at
all levels;
• Populated, authored and owned
by academics;
• Integrated with VLE (1-to-1
match: module to list)
• Materials are validated (metadata
and linking) by the library
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19. Resource lists - academics
• Own, author, populate and revise resource lists
• Benefit from automatic and dynamic association with modules
• Utilise a variety of methods for capturing resources (‘bookmarks’)
• Have access to training and support when-and-where needed
• Recognise ‘contract’ with the library to resource lists
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20. Resource lists – library service
• Resource list management now central to
library activity
• Front facing teams working with academics;
supporting students
• Back-of-house teams working with list
validation and acquisitions processing
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21. Take-up and adoption
Prior to implementation of Aspire RLMS
• Library service was aware of <20% of
potential reading lists
• Student discovery of list materials was ad-
hoc and unmanaged
With the implementation of Aspire RLMS
• Library service now working with >68% of
potential resource lists
• Students benefit from managed, integrated,
QA-ed discovery
Adoption target: 100%
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23. Populating a resource list with items
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• A JavaScript based web browser plug-in enables metadata to be
auto-extracted from online resource records
‘Bookmark’ items online – from
the library discovery system,
and elsewhere
Populate lists with items –
arrange, organise and annotate
as required
• Academics (or librarians) create lists through a two stage process
24. Adding citation data to a bookmark library
• Range of citation and reference
management applications offer
automated or part-automated metadata
extraction from electronic resources
• Aspire utilises a range of similar
technologies to read-in metadata
• Pulling ‘recognisers’ web page code
• Reading in OpenURL and COinS data
• Leveraging look-ups from CrossRef,
OpenLibrary
• Augmenting metadata from local
catalogue sources
• Accepting RIS (Research Information
Systems) file loads
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28. The library discovery system preference
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• A list author begins a search on Amazon, bookmarking an Item…
29. • Aspire extracts ISBN values from the Amazon record; checks for a
match in the LMS; if it finds a match, it sources data from the
library system; if not, it pulls data from Open Library
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30. The Bookmark browser plug-in
Any web location can be Bookmarked:
Extracts page title and URL
• Minimal metadata
• URL may not be persistent or authentication-aware
Web locations configured for the Bookmark plug-in:
Extracts identifiers to perform an additional look-up (LCN, ISBN, DOI)
Returns far richer metadata
Enables more appropriate linking (without need for intervention)
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Resource List – preparing the student view
• Adding and organising items – authoring (direct or mediated)
• Item priority status – set by list author
• Item annotation – added by list author
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Resource List – Item view (physical stock)
• Item data – extracted from library discovery system record
• Library availability – a live holdings look-up
• ‘View in library catalogue’ – a LCN deep-link
• ‘Other formats/editions’ – a Title/Author search (or alternative)
34. Resource List – Item view (electronic book)
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• Item data – extracted from library discovery system record
• Link – $856 URL presented in Resource List record
35. Resource List – Item view (journal article)
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• Item data – CrossRef and OpenURL resolver integration
• Article/Journal – presents ‘is part of/has part’ elements
36. Resource List – Item view (YouTube video)
• Embedded object (auto-extracted when bookmarked from YouTube)
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40. The Library Review of Resource Lists
• Academics submit completed resource lists for Library Review
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41. Meeting the challenges of RLMS support
No single set of ‘correct’ how-to responses
The individual library service’s response depends on…
• The institutional momentum of the RLMS project
• The nature of the library’s contract with academics
• Synergies or conflicts with wider teaching and resourcing strategies
• Library resources: budgetary and staffing
42. Nature of the contract with academics at
Nottingham Trent University
• “The RLMS is the tool which enables you
to deliver the university’s
expectation over resource list
provision”
• “The library will resource the resource
lists”
• “The library will operate an e-preference acquisition model by
default”
• “The priority status of items matters: directly impacting on
provision”
• “To expedite acquisition, simple formulas (matching module
numbers against relative priority) will inform purchase decisions”
43. Contract with academics: challenges
• Lists are visible to students (‘list publication’) independent of ‘library
review’
• Commitment to resource the lists is non-conditional (in principle)
• Encouraging consistent good resource list practice (in terms of
length, material balance, estimated cost)
• Working with a recognition of resource lead times
• Instances of lecturer reluctance (‘The line of list resistance’)
44. Review of lists:
Academic Liaison
Team
Processing of Lists:
Information
Resources
Making
resourced lists
available to
students
The processing of resource lists under review
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• An opportunity to rethink and refashion existing workflows
• Aim to deliver the most efficient and timely resourcing of lists
• Profound impact on existing ways of working – for all teams involved
45. The Information Resources workflow
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Link
checking
Digitisation
Acquisitions
• Researching e-availability
• One-touch ordering, whenever possible
• Updating the RLMS and LMS in parallel
• Improving quality of descriptive metadata
• Updating electronic links to be persistent
• Ensuring access available from any location
• Processing items marked for digitisation
• Enabling linking through the RLMS
• Supporting delivery through VLE
46. Acquisitions – challenges
• Promoting RLMS adoption whilst managing
expectation
• RLMS support and collection development –
balancing the two needs appropriately
• Weighing the benefits of discretion against the
gains of automation
• Limits to the availability of materials in
electronic format
• Edition vs. format tensions
• Academic interest in out-of-print titles
• Mapping workflows new acquisition models
Make
available
Acquire
Describe
47. Acquisitions challenges – Patron Driven
Acquisition
• Large PDA records sets can
be found by academics in
discovery systems
• Materials can be added to
resource lists that the library
service does not yet own
• PDA resourcing needs to
allow for end of process
acquisition
48. Linking validation – challenges
• Varied quality of electronic resource
bookmarks
• Bookmarked links can include
unwanted values – which break links
• Lack of support for deep-linking on
some information resources
• “The things academics find on the
interwebnet…” (which raise
provenance, copyright,
appropriateness, et al issues)
• Which librarians fix this stuff?
(systems team, eResource team,
metadata team)
49. Linking challenges – full-text services
• Referencing of full-text materials in aggregator packages (potential
impact of cancellation)
• Post-cancellation legacy access for direct electronic subscriptions?
• Aggregated collections are typically dynamic – content profiles change
50. Digitisation – challenges
• Academic requesting vs. library identification
of need
• Lead times for satisfying digitations requests
differ (hint – they’re rarely shorter)
• No capacity to store (or authenticate access
to) materials within Aspire – so the RLMS will
need to point to some managed,
authenticated environment
51. Resource list review – and LLR’s processes
• Launch of RLMS has led to significant realignment
of staff resources
• Funding has been realigned to meet the RLMS
commitment
• All stock management and collection development
processes have had to become RLMS-aware
• Training for staff; revisions to existing workflows;
embedding new processes – needs to be
accounted for in rollout planning
• “If your library service goes for a ‘big bang’ RLMS
launch you probably won’t get every library
management process right from the off…”
53. Local technical and service innovations
• Relic – Resource List Item Checker (using an Aspire API)
• http://www.urko.org.uk/library/rlms/relic/index.php?type=doi&sear
ch=10.1177/0309132509105004
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54. Local technical and service innovations
• SlyFox (SFX OpenURL generator) and CatNip (Catalogue DLG)
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55. Local technical and service innovations
• LLR developed an SFX-
RLMS bookmarking
service
• Uses the Bookmarking
API for Aspire (now
supports OpenURL)
• Enables any OpenURL
supporting service to
become a bookmarking
source
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• Any metadata received by SFX can be sent to Aspire
• Several other customers have deployed this target service
57. Aspire enhancements anticipated by LLR
• Extending the bookmarking tool (to
improve quality of item records)
• Better Management Information
reporting (especially self-service)
• Acquisitions workflow extension
(enabling LLR to bring more processing into
Aspire)
• Improving RefWorks integration (moving
to selective, direct export)
• Synchronisation API VLE-to-Aspire (to
dispense with manual processes)
• Improved digitisation management
58. RLMS goals at Nottingham Trent University
• 100% adoption of resource lists for all taught courses
• Evidential increase in student satisfaction with resource list
provision
• Academic buy-in built on: (a) ease of use of the RLMS system; (b)
recognition of the value of the library contract; (c) proven student
satisfaction
• Library demonstrates the ability to support resource lists in agile,
timely, consistent and efficient ways
• For the library service, the positive momentum of a resource list
management system delivers: (a) a better collection; (b) improved
consultation with the library over the implications of course design
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Questions or comments?
NTU Resource Lists
http://resourcelists.ntu.ac.uk
Richard Cross
Resource Discovery and Innovation Team Manager
Libraries and Learning Resources, Nottingham Trent University
richard.cross@ntu.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
Project group set up to procure a software solution
Business specification document drawn up
‘Expression of interest’ sought from software providers
Talis Aspire – short listed
Purchase confirmed at end of July 2009
“Early adopter” status agreed
Several months of active, co-operative development and specification (working with Talis to secure the essential components of the RLMS – pre-requisites to launching the live service)