The changing information landscape Lorcan Dempsey The virtual

OCLC library reach Total 2002 Thousands of libraries Total Libraries* OCLC Libraries* 220 1100

Trends • The virtual library – A shared network space • Changing patterns of

Grid stewardship Special collections Rare books Local/Historical newspapers Local history materials Archives & manuscripts

Organization stewardship high Freely-accessible web resources technical services Special collections high uniqueness low Books

Metadata standards stewardship high Books Journals uniqueness low MARC, Onix MARC, METS, EAD, DC,

Preservation The intellectual and cultural record learning materials cultural materials research materials Books Journals

Discovery-to-Delivery - D 2 D Institutionalized? catalog Books Journals Disclosure – e. Prints –

Scholarly communication high unique low stewardship high low Disclosure, Licensing “Special collections”

The recombinant library lab books PDAs campus portal learning management systems exhibitions course material

The ‘recombinant’ library User environment – – Resource environment • Resource environment Distributed Heterogeneous

Interoperability as recombinant potential • Disaggregating scholarly publishing – Linking, Identifiers • ‘Play’ learning

Recombinant organization • Existing – Shared cataloguing – Resource sharing – Shared access to

Overview • Libraries serve research and learning – Scholarly communication – Fold resources into

“…libraries will become more deeply engaged in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and

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The changing information landscape Lorcan Dempsey The virtual library Brussels October 15 2002

OCLC library reach Total 2002 Thousands of libraries Total Libraries* OCLC Libraries* 220 1100 330 200 1000 300 180 270 900 160 800 240 140 700 210 120 600 180 100 500 150 80 400 120 60 300 90 40 200 60 20 100 30 0 00 Europe, Canada Asia Pacific United States Latin America Middle East & the Caribbean & Africa OCLC PICA incl. Total All Countries *excluding schools

Trends • The virtual library – A shared network space • Changing patterns of research and learning • Reconfiguration of services – new institutional structures?

Grid stewardship Special collections Rare books Local/Historical newspapers Local history materials Archives & manuscripts Theses & dissertations high Books Journals Newspapers Government docs Albums Maps Scores uniqueness low high low Freely-accessible web resources Open source software Newsgroup archives Institutional repositories • e. Prints • Learning objects/materials • Research data

Organization stewardship high Freely-accessible web resources technical services Special collections high uniqueness low Books Journals low subject specialists special collections digital libraries Routinized? Research and learning materials

Metadata standards stewardship high Books Journals uniqueness low MARC, Onix MARC, METS, EAD, DC, TEI Routinized? high Special collections low Dublin Core DC, DDI, IEEE/LOM, FGDC, EAD, TEI, SCORM Freely-accessible web resources Research and learning materials

Preservation The intellectual and cultural record learning materials cultural materials research materials Books Journals Special collections Community issue Freelyaccessible web resources Institutional issue Research and learning materials

Discovery-to-Delivery - D 2 D Institutionalized? catalog Books Journals Disclosure – e. Prints – cultural heritage – local history – learning objects gateway –Learning or recommend? rights and resolution Freelyaccessible web resources search engines Special collections Research and learning materials new discovery services

Scholarly communication high unique low stewardship high low Disclosure, Licensing “Special collections”

The recombinant library lab books PDAs campus portal learning management systems exhibitions course material text book new scholarly resources user environments resource environment library shared cataloging, ILL Harvest licensed collections archiving virtual reference Content aggregation Resolution

The ‘recombinant’ library User environment – – Resource environment • Resource environment Distributed Heterogeneous Recombinant Interoperability becomes very real Modular services • Library Channels – e. g. Question. Point in Web. CT • Metadata for everything • Standards-based – – Distributed Heterogeneous Recombinant Interoperability becomes very real

Interoperability as recombinant potential • Disaggregating scholarly publishing – Linking, Identifiers • ‘Play’ learning objects – Packaged • Federated searching – Fusing metadata • Processing content • Ingesting content • ‘Plugging in’ services • Examples – Can I add a document to a repository? – Can I add a repository to a distributed query? – Can I fuse metadata from one repository with another? – Can I aggregate these resources into a learning package?

Recombinant organization • Existing – Shared cataloguing – Resource sharing – Shared access to journal literature • Emerging – – Tiered catalog access Archiving Collection mapping Collaborative collection assessment, consolidation, development – Resolution – streamlining access to the commodity literature – Virtual reference – Harvesting

Overview • Libraries serve research and learning – Scholarly communication – Fold resources into learning • Organizational and institutional development • New cooperative, service, and technical patterns • • Federation/Portal Institutional repository Resolution – D 2 D Learning management

“…libraries will become more deeply engaged in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and become essential collaborators with the other stakeholders in these activities. ” Wendy Pradt Lougee August 2002 Questions?