OCLC Research Libraries Partnership: Three Easy PiecesOCLC Research Libraries Partnership: Three Easy Pieces

Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program OfficerOCLC Research

RoadmapRoadmap

[OCLC Research]

• Special Collectionswith an emphasis on digitization

• Scottish collections and defining a global library resourceas an example of slicing and dicing WorldCat

• Research Information Managementwhat are library services beyond collections?

OCLC Research: what we do OCLC Research: what we do

Special focus on libraries in research institutions:

in US, libraries supporting doctoral-level education account for <20% of academic libraries;>70% of library spending

changes in this sector impact library system as a whole; collective preservation and access goals, shared infrastructure, &c.

Supports global cooperative by providing internal data and process analyses to inform enterprise service development (R&D) and deploying collective research capacity to deepen public understanding of the evolving library system

OCLC Research and the OCLC Research Library PartnershipOCLC Research and the OCLC Research Library Partnership

How do research libraries redefine their role as the nature of access to information shifts?

• Shift in emphasis on print in collections

• Shift from collections to services

OCLC Research: who we areOCLC Research: who we are

• ~45 FTE with offices in Ohio, California and (soon) Leiden

• Sponsored by OCLC and a partnership of research libraries around the world that share:

• A strong motivation to effect system-wide change

• A commitment to collaboration as a means of achieving collective gains

• A desire to engage internationally

• Senior management ready to provide leadership within the transnational research library community

• Deep and rich collections and a mandate to make them accessible

• The capacity and the will to contribute

Unique materialsUnique materials

Mobilizing Unique Materials: Big issuesMobilizing Unique Materials: Big issues

• Ensuring accessibility and discoverability

• Digitization of content

• Born-digital content

Shared Uncertainties Community Solutions

Taking Our PulseSurvey

Well-IntentionedPractices

Good Terms

Capture and Release

Sharing SpecialCollections

Rapid Capture

Shifting Gears

Scan and Deliver

Making Special Collections Less Special and More Accessible

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OCLC Research: Mobilizing Unique MaterialsOCLC Research: Mobilizing Unique Materials

Well-intentioned practicesWell-intentioned practices

• Recognition that strict adherence to copyright inhibits broad and democratic access to collections

• Promotes a risk management approach to digitization

• Reliance on fair use, good take down policies

• Cameron: Review panel focused on “Intellectual Property and Growth”how will this impact the HFE sector?

Rapid Capture:Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special CollectionsRapid Capture:Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections

Coming soon!

OCLC Research: current portfoliosOCLC Research: current portfolios

Characterizing a national presence in theglobal library resource

Characterizing a national presence in theglobal library resource

Global Library

Resource(GLR)

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Some questions …• How does the national research collection align with GLR?• What is the national contribution to/presence in GLR?• How is contribution/presence diffused through GLR?

OCLC Research: using Scotland as case study to explore these questions

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Collective collection of

libraries around the

world

National research collectionNational research collection

• Participating institutions: Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St. Andrews; National Library of Scotland

• Collective collection: ~6.6 million distinct materials

• Analysis:• Characterized and compared institutional and

collective holdings (e.g., size, age, number of languages, etc.)

• Characterized cross-institutional holdings overlap• Compared collective holdings to peer institutions &

groups (British Library, ARLs), and global library resource (WorldCat)

• Paper forthcoming soon

Coming soon!

National contribution/presenceNational contribution/presence

Characterize Scottish presence in GLR …… from Scottish presence in WorldCat

Publishedin Scotland

AboutScotland

Createdby Scots

Including materials …

DiffusionDiffusion

• How has the Scottish presence diffused throughout the global library resource?• Where are the largest concentrations of Scottish materials outside Scotland?

• How has the global diffusion of Scottish works tracked patterns of Scottish diaspora?• What are the “core” Scottish works (i.e., heavily collected outside Scotland)?

GoalsGoals

• From Scottish case study, develop generalized methodologies that can be applied to any country

• Identify patterns of analysis that can:

• Inform collection development strategies

• Aid digitization decision-making

• Provide “gap analysis” for national library collections

• Assess “collection strength” in regard to materials related to particular countries

• Highlight opportunities for cross-institutional collaboration

Research Information ManagementResearch Information Management

Research Information ManagementResearch Information Management

The support that researchers need to meet their goals is not currently provided by the typical research library, --- and the gap between what they need and what is provided is growing wider

Scholar; Scopus; WoK; WorldCat; Oaister; CiteSeer; Google Books; datasets; databases; EEBO/ECCO; VREs; repositories; etc

Self-assessment (Netherlands; Nordic)Funding-based (UK, Australia)Tenure based (US)PR and institutional reputation (all)

Comfort zone, but withcompetition issues

Large research-oriented (tend toward STEM)Smaller research-oriented (tend toward humanities)Tenure issuesFunding issues

JISC NamesISNIResearcherIDPeople AustraliaDAICooperative ID Hub?

The Research Information Management UniverseThe Research Information Management Universe

User

Domain

Institution

Data Environment

Assessment Regime

RLG Research Information Management ActivityRLG Research Information Management Activity

• Report on Scholarly Information Practices

• WRAP consultancy

• Joint investigation with RIN

• Supporting Research Dissemination

accessingassessingchaining

disseminatingnetworking

Interdisciplinaryprobing

translating

Humanities Sciences direct searching scanningco-authoring coordinating monitoring data-sharing

browsing collecting

re-reading assembling

consulting note-taking

Patterns of Convergence in Scholarly PracticePatterns of Convergence in Scholarly Practice

Adapted from C. Palmer, L. Teffau, C. Pirmann (2009)

Workflows in Research Assessment Program (WRAP) ConsultancyWorkflows in Research Assessment Program (WRAP) Consultancy

• Survey library roles in research assessment data-gathering regimes within research universities in:

• UK

• Netherlands

• Denmark

• Republic of Ireland

• Australia

• Describes the assessment regimes, placing them on a spectrum from high- to low-intervention, noting national characteristics.

Joint project with UK Research Information NetworkJoint project with UK Research Information Network

Investigate methods of managing places of intersection around research support on campus

Coming soon!

Thanks for your attention.Thanks for your attention.

Comments, Questions?

proffitm@oclc.org