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Managing the Collective Collection – print books in Maine

Right-scaling stewardship

Maine InfoNet E-Collection Summit , 24 May 2013

Constance Malpas

Program OfficerOCLC Research

@ConstanceM

With thanks to Brian Lavoie & Thom Hickey, OCLC Research


A ‘system-wide’ perspective on libraries

Shift: local group collections service provision infrastructure management strategies

• Data intensive analyses• Frameworks for decision making• Building a shared evidence base for collective action

http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/swo.html

http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/swo.html


• Core business functions of the library are moving to supra-institutional scale

• Network technologies, shift to digital accelerating this trend

• Print management functions (among others) increasingly organized at group scale

• Appropriate scale of cooperative action will vary, dependent on available infrastructure

Sourcing and scaling (Dempsey, Lavoie)


North American print book resource as of January 2011: 45.7 million distinct publications 889.5 million total library holdings

49,790,608 924,617,036

North American print book resource as of January 2013: 49.8 million distinct publications (+9%) 924.6 million total library holdings (+4%)


Distribution by library type varies across regions

43%36% 34%35%

Data current as of January 2011


ARL total holdings: 357,419,468ARL total print book holdings: 232,610,958 (65%)ARL print book titles: 33,355,216

http://www.arl.org/arl/membership/members.shtml

~73% of North American print book collection

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http://www.arl.org/arl/membership/members.shtml


Selected Public Library Coverage Regional Print Book Collections

NYPL: 21%

Georgia Public Library : 6%Dallas Public Library :

11%

Los Angeles Public Library : 12%

San Francisco Public Library: 7%

St. Louis Public Library: 5% of ‘extra-regional’ collection

Cleveland Public Library: 10%



Mega-regions & Library Consortia

Orbis-Cascade

CIC

ASERL

SCELC

MINITEXBoston

Library Cons.

NERL

OCUL

TEXSHARE

GWLA

LOUIS


Right-scaling stewardship: assessing group-scale options

Charlanta

could secure 67% of regional collection

ChiPitts

could secure 58% of regional collection

NorCalSoCal

could secure 28%-47% of regional collection


http://www.cic.net/home


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Print books in Maine:

• 1,964,419 titles (distinct editions)

• 3,691,823 Maine library holdings

• 1.88 avg. holdings per title in Maine

• 147 avg. holdings per title in WorldCat


Scope of regional print book resource (titles) has increased 3% since 2011

Size of collection (holdings) has increased 4%

Density of collection (holdings / title) has scarcely changed

Extra-regional duplication of Maine collection has decreased

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Print Books in Maine: holdings by library type

Majority of regional print book inventory is held by academic libraries

N = 3.69 M print book holdings in Maine


Print Books in Maine: institutional infrastructure

… yet, academic libraries represent a small part of regional ecosystem

N = 127 library holding symbols in WorldCat

Traditionally, stewardship responsibility concentrated here


Right-scaling Stewardship: the challenge for Maine

Few institutions with preservation capacity or mandate,

a collective collection that is widely duplicated elsewhere:

… 99% of collection is duplicated in Bos-Wash mega-region

… 68% of collection is held by >99 libraries in WorldCat

… 37% of collection is duplicated in HathiTrust Digital Library

limited options for redistribution of stewardship in state,

What part of regional resource should be managed at institution scale?

at group scale, via MSCS?

at regional scale, through partnerships with BosWash consortia?

at network scale, by leveraging Web-scale infrastructure like HathiTrust?


Scale Matters: Assessing Preservation Risk

>90% of regional resource held by <5 libraries in Maine

3% of regional resource held by <5 libraries in WorldCat


Regional resource is concentrated in a small number of libraries

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BATES COLCOLBY COL

BANGOR PUB LIBRUNIV OF SOUTHERN MAINE

PORTLAND PUB LIBRMAINE STATE LIBR

MAINE CARD SERV AG, MAINE STATE LIBRCURTIS MEM LIBR

UNIV OF MAINE AT PRESQUE ISLEUNIV OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON

UNIV OF NEW ENGLANDUNIV OF MAINE AT MACHIAS

MAINE MARITIME ACADUNIV OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA

UNIV OF MAINE AT FT KENTBANGOR THEOL SEMINARY MOULTON LIBR

HUSSON UNIVUNIV OF MAINE, SCH OF LAW

COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC UNIV COL OF BANGOR LIBR

UNIV SOUTHERN MAINE LEWISTON AUBURN COLMAINE STATE LIBR BOOK-BY-MAIL

SAINT JOSEPH'S COL LIBRCENTRAL MAINE COMMUN COL

MAINE COL OF ART LIBRSOUTHERN MAINE TECH COL LIBR

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Library Coverage of Maine Print Book CollectionN = 1,964,419 titles


MSCS institutions alone cover 1% to 34% of regional print book collection

The Right Stuff?


Print Books in Maine: cooperative infrastructure

*analysis excludes Bangor Theological Seminary (BTF)

Collective collection of 8 MSCS partners* accounts for 85% of print books in Maine

N = 1.96M print book titles in Maine

What part of this collection represents a distinctive shared asset worthy of MSCS investment?

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Who is responsible for the rest?


Cooperative Infrastructure – network scale

Data current as of May 2013

May 2011

Title – level duplication in collections


• Typically, selection for local preservation prioritizes unique or rare holdings

• Shared print preservation initiatives are an opportunity to direct investment toward ‘group-scale’ priorities

• Widely-held titles that maximize collective benefit

• Dual format titles that minimize preservation risk, maximize access

• Topical collections that represent shared institutional interests

• Cooperative print preservation should maximize coherence of shared collection

Re-selecting for shared stewardship


Where to Draw the Line (redux)

• Titles that have circulated or are likely to • Local priority / protection

Relatively low yield




• Analysis based on scope of local holdings, relative to other topics in collection, and coverage of extant literature represented in WorldCat

• Potentially useful as an indicator of shared patterns of institutional investment

• Represents content that is distinctive within institutional context, distinctive within group distinctive within system-wide context

• Preservation strategy that recognizes existing centers will minimize disruption to library system, maximize coherence of collective collection

‘Centers’ of collection strength


Places: Maine; Maine—Auburn; Maine—Bangor; Maine – Baxter State Park; Maine--Cumberland County; Maine—Hallowell; Maine—Lewiston; Maine—Pemaquid; Maine – Portland; Maine--Mount Desert Island; Barsetshire (England: Imaginary place)

Persons: DeGier, Rinus (Fictitious character); Dowling, Father (Fictitious character); Grijpstra, Henk (Fictitious character); Kelly, Homer (Fictitious character); Maitland, Antony (Fictitious character); Ramage, Nicholas (Fictitious character);

Organizations: Colby College; Maine Missionary Society; United States.--Army.--Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865); Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

Topics: Jazz

Shared strength: ‘centers’ held by 2 or more MSCS


Public libraries collect most widely in popular fiction

Local history, local publications and authors


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Library Coverage of Works related to Maine [fst01204270] N = 54,303 works

MSCS partners are the major repositories of literature related to Maine



Centers reflect institutional priorities, faculty interests

Large number of holdings related to Irish literature, specialization of Colby scholar, Prof. JF Carens

Perhaps collected to supported work of Prof CJ Weber, prominent Hardy scholar

…may represent holdings that Colby will want to protect


Centers reflect historical collecting priorities

Bangor Public Library holds large number of historical posters

…may represent holdings that Bangor & Portland Public will want to protect

Portland Public Libraryhas a significant collection of ‘altered’ artists’ books from joint project with Maine College of Art


Identifying potential partnerscooperative collection management, cataloging expertise, course development

etc.


• North American library system is loosely integrated: reliant on ad hoc resource-sharing partnerships with some cooperative governance exercised at group or consortium level

• Ongoing shift to digital formats, disintermediation of information provision are contributing to ‘dis-integration’ of traditional library organization

• Preserving, maximizing coherence of library system is key to ensuring continued vitality of library value proposition

Maximizing coherence


Thanks for your attention.

Constance [email protected]

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