The Future of Libraries Digital Resources in Collection
The Future of Libraries: Digital Resources in Collection Development Future Shock Digital Assessment Team April Dain, Jacob Longshore, Paul Naxer
Emerging Trends
Emerging Trends � Historical shift is happening now in libraries � Increased usage for most types of libraries � E-books and electronic resources are on the � Budgets are getting better but not fast enough rise � Consortial membership continues to grow
Emerging Trends Library Survey Responses – Past / Current/ Future Budget Trends 45% 40% 35% 30% 2009 -2010 -2011 25% 2011 -2012 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Decreased more than 10% Decreased 1 -10% Flat Up from The Current Budget Environment and its Impact on Libraries, Publishers, and Vendors
Emerging Trends: Academic Libraries � Open access � Decline � Rage of print against the big dealers � Pricing models � Usage statistics � Social media � Mobile access
Emerging Trends: Public Libraries �Transition from print to online, driven by user needs �Deliberate financial planning and reallocation of funds �Continual utilization of data for collection development decision making
Twenty-Year Outlook: 2033
Twenty-Year Outlook: 2033 �Be prepared for good and bad budgets – plan! �The development of the digital resource business model – fight for it! �Our mission is changing because information is changing – are you ready?
2033: Academic Libraries �Consortial �Open membership access �Institutional repositories
2033: Academic Libraries �Less print, more e-reading �Digitizing �More unique collections engagement with scholarly processes
2033: Public Libraries Variables in libraries now: � Rising costs • Cost inflation • Revenue stagnation � Changes � User in technology expectations � Library environment * From Bosch, (2012) Coping with the Terrible Twins.
2033: Public Libraries �Participation �Nearly in consortia is critical. resolved issues: • Awareness • Technical issues �Ongoing issues with E-books: • Price • Selection
2033: Public Libraries Public Library E-book Circulation / Usage 50000 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 * from 2012 E-book Usage in U. S. Public Libraries, Library Journal Report
2033: Public Libraries � Other issues to consider: � What makes a digitally inclusive society? • Access? • Digital literacy skills? � Technological � Reduction training for staff and patrons in funding for school libraries * From Public Libraries and the Internet 2012
2033: Public Libraries Increased Use of Electronic Resources 70, 0% 60, 0% 58, 2% 50, 0% 49, 8% 45, 6% 40, 0% 30, 0% 20, 0% 10, 0% * From Public Libraries and the Internet, 2012
2033: Public Libraries � In the last 5 years, public libraries report increases in the availability of the following services: � Licensed databases (increase from 87. 7% to 99. 2%) � E-books (increase from 51. 8% to 76. 1%) � Audio content, such as podcasts and audiobooks (increase from 71. 2% to 82. 9%)
Librarians Today: The Fallout
Librarians in Today’s Future �Customer service is more important than ever �Delivering richer and more targeted resources to constituencies �Be set willing to change and adapt your skill
Today’s Future: Academic Libraries � PATRONS – ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED • E-book usage varies among disciplines • Not everyone literate regarding e-books Publishers – Issues to be addressed • Business models not established • Trust between providers and libraries not yet established
Today’s Future: Academic Libraries LIBRARIANS – ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED � Librarians want perpetual access to titles � Faculty and librarians uncomfortable with deaccessioning print � What would be proper conditions for deaccession?
Today’s Future: Public Libraries PATRONS – ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED PUBLISHERS – ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED • Limited availability of • Friction between libraries titles • Long wait times • Complicated downloading processes and vendors • E-books to libraries at a reasonable price
Today’s Future: Public Libraries LIBRARIANS – ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED � Continual assessment of user needs � Continual analysis of circulation data � Reallocation of budget from print to electronic resources as determined by data Percentage of public library acquisitions budgets spent on electronic resources 2011 2012 Less than 10% 58% 53% 11%-25% 22% 30% 26%-50% 2% 5% More than 50% 0% 0% Not sure 18% 12% From The Rise of the Digital Public Library
Today’s Future: Academic & Public Libraries Future relies on: � Proactive connection between • librarians and researchers • community and stakeholders � Communicating our value to our respective communities � Programming centered on • literacies, data curation and analysis • literacies, storytelling, lifelong learning, and culture � Planning a strategic focus for library services � Providing community collection development opportunities Adapted from Frail, Fatal, Fundamental: The Future of Public Libraries
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