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LivingKnowledgeCustodianshipinachangingworld
AndyAppleyardHead,Opera;onsNorth
www.bl.uk 2
Bri$shLibraryloca$ons
BostonSpaYorkshire
StPancrasLondon
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LivingKnowledge
Wemakeourintellectualheritageaccessibletoeveryoneforresearch,inspira;onand
enjoyment
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EverythingwedocontributestothePurposes
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Researchbehavioursarechanging..
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LivingKnowledge
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CustodianshipattheBL
Care
Access
Growth
StorageEnvironmentConserva;onPreserva$on
MetadataStandardsCura;onNewservicemodels
Acquisi;onDigi$sa$on
SharedservicesNewcontenttypes
Linking
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CommercialStrategy
Collec$onStrategy
PartnershipStrategy
CengageGale
FindMyPast
AdamMaJhew
ProQuest
(other)
Public/PrivatePartnerships(SecondaryPublishing)
Qatar
Euro-peana
SaveourSounds
DiscoveringLiterature
Philan-thropic
OpenAccessModels(Funded/Philanthropic)
GoogleBooks
MicrosoRBooksAmazon
HybridModels
PartnershipandCommercialDigi$sa$onStrategy
CentralGovtDepts
ProfessionalSocie;esandChari;es
LocalGovt
Public/PublicPartnerships(nonBLcontent)
HigherEduca;on
(Publishers)
Public/PrivatePartnerships(Digi;sa;on)
Na;onalLibraries
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Casestudy1
FromNewspapers
toNews
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Casestudy:Newspapersto‘News’
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National Newspaper Building, Boston Spa, Yorkshire
• 24mhighbaystorage
• Automatedretrievalbycranesandconveyors
• Lowoxygen,temperature,andhumidity
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MassDigi$sa$onof“atrisk”collec$ons
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StPancras,LondonNewsroom
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• FindMyPastwebsite• OnlineaccesstoBL
Newspapercontent• Subscrip;onbased• “Free”inBri;sh
Library• Greatresourcefor
genealogicalresearch
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Casestudy2
TheBLNa;onalPrintHub
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50yearsatBostonSpa:Thesite
18May1940Construc;onstartsonthe450acresite.Purposetomanufacturemuni;ons.October194210,000workersserved4factorysta;onsandacircularrailwaycomprising25milesoftrack.April1958Produc;onceasesandthesitepurchasedonbehalfoftheNa;onalLendingLibraryforScienceandTechnology.
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BSPideallyplacedforphysicaldistribu;on.
BSPBLopera;onshighlyskilledinhandling,tracking,securityanddelivery(basedonDocumentSupplyOpera;ons)
Loca$onperfectforna$onalprintdistribu$on
Currentlythe42acresitehasonly21%buildingoccupancy;3storesareenvironmentallycontrolled,2ofwhichareautomated,highdensitystores.
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Partnership–BLandUKHigherEduca$on“UKResearchReserve(UKRR)
WHATISIT?
• Apartnership(BLandUKHE)approachforlong-termreten;on,preserva;onandaccess
tolowuseprintresearchjournals.
• Deliverscapitalsavings,opera;onalsavingsandspace(c100linearkm).
• Protec;ngandpreservingna;onalresearchcollec;ons.
• Originalaccessible(BLcandeliverwithin24hrs).
INDEPENDENTREPORT
…..speculatedthat,ifalllibrarieswereabletodisposeoftheirholdingsthatduplicated
thoseheldbytheBL,asmuchas£103millionmightbesavedinthecapitalconstruc@on
costsofstoragespaceinfuture.
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Partnership–BLandUKHigherEduca$on“UKResearchReserve(UKRR)–factsandfigures
BENEFITSandOUTCOMES
1. 92kmofHEprintcontentde-duplicated(averageof1.2metres/;tle).
2. Es;matedcapitalsavingstoHEof£25m(£1.2myearonyear)
3. Guaranteeddocumentsupplyservicein24hours.
4. Establishmentofana;onalresearchcollec;on–printjournals.
• Only3%ofwhatwasofferedtotheBLwasingested(theBLalreadyhadit)
• OfthetotaldocumentsupplyrequestsfromUK-HE–only0.2%originatedfromthe3%
donatedbyUK-HE.
• CurrentlystudyingMonographs.
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Otherpossibili$es..
OTHERMUSEUMS,LIBRARIESandARCHIVES
• Significantinterest–Na;onalHistoryMuseum,
ScienceMuseum,Bri;shMuseumetc.
• Ini;alBusinessCasesubmiJedtoHMTreasury–
inves;ga;ngcommercialpartnertoshare
investment.
OTHERPOTENTIALPARTNERS
• Na;onalHealthService(NHS)
• Central/LocalGovernment
• HigherEduca;on–Monographs
• (Commercial)
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Thevision..
• Acollabora;veprintstoragerepository–withaccessprovision.
• Jointfundedthroughpublicandprivateinvestment.
• Addi;onalservices–digi;sa;on,conserva;on,cataloguingetc.
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Thankyou
