Collaborative library networks in the United States

Negotiating strategies for print, digital

and future collections

James Simon ���Director, International Resources

Center for Research Libraries

5es Journées professionnelles du CTLes

23 June 2014

Presentation Outline

•  CRL and its programs

•  Print Archiving Networks •  Cooperative Collection Development

Center for Research Libraries

1949

Collections

Collections

Collections

Collections

Collections

Collection Building Programs

•  Purchase Proposal Program

•  Demand Purchase Program

•  Electronic Resource Offers

Cooperative Preservation Programs

•  Area Materials Projects – Africa – Latin America – Middle East – South Asia – Southeast Asia – Eastern and Central Europe

Cooperative Preservation Programs

•  Area Materials Projects – Africa – Latin America – Middle East – South Asia – Southeast Asia – Eastern and Central Europe

Center for Research Libraries

2000s

“GRN 2014”

1.  Expand electronic access to primary materials

2.  Ensure continuous, long-term access to “last-copy” paper and microform

3.  Support informed investment in collections

Global Resources Partnerships

•  Four major domains – News – Law and Government – Agriculture – Science, Technology, Engineering

Global Resources Partnerships

•  Four major domains – News – Law and Government – Agriculture – Science, Technology, Engineering

•  “Holistic” approach – Electronic access – Print preservation component

Print Archives @ CRL - History

•  2001 – JSTOR print archive

•  2003 – Preserving America’s Print Resources

•  2006-09 – Strategic planning / forums

•  2010 – Collaborative Print Archives by domain

•  2013 – “GRN 2020”

Shared Print Programs in N. America

US Shared Print Initiatives

Features: centralized vs. distributed archives

CIC Shared Print Repository

ASERL/WRLC Scholars Trust

Members 10 33

Archive facilities Centralized repository (InU)

Distrib. libraries and storage facilities

Selection STM from Elsevier, Springer, Wiley

Library-nominated

Scope 250,000 vols. 300,000 vols.

Ownership Original Owner Original Owner

Retention 25 years 25 years (to 2035)

Access Digital preferred ILL available

At owning library’s discretion

Business Model Share upfront costs of ingest AND ongoing retention

No cost sharing, libraries absorb own costs

Discoverability Title list, OCLC Title list, OCLC, PAPR

Archiving by Domain

•  CRL-coordinated Activities – Agriculture [USAIN] – Law [LLMC] – STE [Linda Hall Library]

– Government Documents [ASERL]

Print Archives - Monographs

•  Space issues •  De-selection is costly (low yield per decision) •  User expectations are different •  Physical delivery a larger factor

Print Archives - Monographs •  Maine Shared Collection Strategy •  Michigan Shared Print Initiative (MI-SPI) •  California State University LOFT •  Connect New York •  Tri-University Group (Ontario) •  Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative •  Washington Research Library Collection

(WRLC) •  FLARE (Florida), GWLA, SCELC •  Northeast Regional Library Print Management

Project

Print Archives - Monographs

•  Hathi Trust Print Monographs Archive – Collaboration with member repositories – Financial support to maintain agreements –  (?)

Planning for National Infrastructure

Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) http://papr.crl.edu

•  Data on print archiving programs, content – 30 print archive programs or collections – 58,000 bibliographic records from 12 print

archives or shared print programs/collections and 87 institutions

– 14,500 CLOCKSS & PORTICO records •  Statistical reports, collection comparisons, other

collection analysis tools

Print Archive Network

•  Community forum, list, site •  Semi-annual meetings to discuss key

issues

•  http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/print-archives/forum

Collection Development Strategies

•  Coordinated Collections – Borrow Direct Consortium

– South Asia Cooperative Collection

Development workshop

Collection Development Strategies

•  Cooperative management of collections – 2CUL Partnership

– TRLN / YBP e-books

Collection Development Strategies

•  Cooperative Resource Development – World Newspaper Archive

– LLMC-Digital

– CRL/LHL shared collections

Collaborative Programs

•  CRL Global Resources Projects – Digital South Asia Library – German-North American Resources

Partnership – Collaborative Initiative for French Language

Collections – Latin Americanist Research Resources

CIFNAL French Pamphlets Project

Networking  at  Scale  +  

Common  Interests  =  

Coopera7on?  

Opportuni7es  

Thank You

CRL  Global  Resources  www.crl.edu  

 jsimon@crl.edu  

 Thanks  to  Lizanne  Payne,  Amy  Wood,  Marie  Waltz  for  their  work,  

informa7on,  and  slides.