National Monographs Strategy - Project Overview

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NMS webinar – 18th October 2013

National Monograph Strategy Ben Showers (Jisc)

Ben ShowersProgramme Manager:Digital Infrastructure

b.showers@jisc.ac.uk

@benshowers

1. Backgrou

nd A brief history of

the project

2. ApproachMethodology and

work so far

Outline

3. Next steps

Project outputs and next phase

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BackgroundHistory/Aims/Principles/

Governance

Background Approach Next steps

Co-design pilot with SCONUL and RLUK (until December 2013)

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/research/funding

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Aims to explore the potential for a national approach to the collection, preservation, supply and digitisation of scholarly monographs

http://bit.ly/nmsabout

Background Approach Next steps

http://bit.ly/nmsabout

Background Approach Next steps

http://bit.ly/expertnms

Expert advisory panel

Librarians, publishers, researchers, funders, sector bodies.

Background Approach Next steps

http://bit.ly/nmsabout

Outputs

1. Landscape study

2. Problems report

3. Solutions report

Background Approach Next steps

http://bit.ly/nmsprinciples

Project Principles:1. Think in the open2. Community led3. No solutions (until

November)4. Evidence based5. Iteration, not repetition6. Deliver benefits for T, L &

R

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ApproachUnderstand/Imagine/Create

UnderstandImagine: Problems

Imagine: Solutions

http://bit.ly/nmsmapping

Mapping user lifecycles and stakeholders

Background Approach Next steps

Mapping the monographs landscape (with help!)

http://bit.ly/nmslandscape

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Exploring the problem space

http://bit.ly/nmsproblems

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Exploring the solutions space

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http://bit.ly/nmsabout

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Next Steps…Workshops/Final

Report/Strategy/Pilots

Background Approach Next steps

• Co-design the draft report (with SCONUL and RLUK)

• Deliver final report - 31st December

Background Approach Next steps

This is just a small part: The beginning.

Background Approach Next steps

Drafting the strategy

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Prototyping and piloting

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http://bit.ly/nmsgetinvolved

Keep in Touch…

The blog: http://monographs.jiscinvolve.org

Twitter: @benshowers

Via SCONUL and RLUK

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