Beyond Print Summit : TRLN History, Context, and Motivations

Greg Raschke

North Carolina State University/TRLN

August 23, 2011

Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

A Brief History of Time

Began collaborative development of research collections in 1930’s

Expanded in 1950’s Formalized in 1980’s with MOU

and Principles of Cooperation Governance structure, formal

committees, and central staffing/funding

“to marshal the financial, human, and information resources of their research libraries through cooperative efforts in order to create a rich and unparalleled knowledge environment that furthers the universities' teaching, research, and service missions.”

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Value Equation Value drives collaboration One collection In our DNA – budget,

structure, culture, staffing, etc.

Services – direct borrowing, joint catalog, etc. to enable along with geographic proximity

Statistics

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Extending the Value Equation Scaling to digital

environment with collaborative licensing (e-journals, e-books, databases, and all variety of content)

Joint catalog – scales up and beyond

Incorporate special and locally managed digital collections – move into the cloud as partners (LOCKSS, Hathi, etc.)

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Short Story and the Vexing Challenge of E-books

No sharing

Sharing

Profit

No profit

Copyright

DRM

Mechanisms to loan e-book

Leakage

Revenue streams

Economic transferenceDemand-driven

Short-term loans

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From Anecdote to Data

From Anecdote to Data, cont.

From Anecdote to Data, cont.

Shaping the Future

Spearhead new models – shape evolving models to: enable scholarship, re-distribute funds more

effectively, leverage the benefits of e-

content, and re-position resource sharing in

hybrid/ e-book environment

Shaping the Future, cont.

Contradiction of personal apps/devices and open resources

Bet on numbers of Amazon, Google, and Apple

Embrace nuances and connections of print and electronic

Holistic e-book strategy for TRLN – to get out-front

All We Want… All he benefits of e-books

with traditional benefits of print Pay the same for e-books

as we do for discounted paper print versions

No DRM Unlimited ILL/resource

sharing Full ownership and

archiving rights

No new taxes Now – let’s negotiate!