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Dealing with the stuff: the library policy-maker’s
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Hazel WoodwardCranfield University
Presentation to the eLib conference ‘ Information Ecologies’ 2-4 December 1998, York
The issues
information technology budgets/economic models use and usage skills, training, awareness teaching and learning
environments archiving
Information Technology
IT infrastructure• converged services• collaboration with Computing
Services• library hardware/software budgets• space for equipment• impact on library service• IT provision/campus/remote
MISSION MISSION AND AND
STRATEGIC PLANSTRATEGIC PLAN
INFORMATION INFORMATION STRATEGYSTRATEGY
TEACHING AND TEACHING AND LEARNING LEARNING STRATEGYSTRATEGY
RESEARCH RESEARCH STRATEGYSTRATEGY
INFORMATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGYSTRATEGY
INFORMATION INFORMATION SERVICES SERVICES STRATEGYSTRATEGY
HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGYSTRATEGY
Information Strategies
Library budgets
CURL 42%(B) 50%(S) 8%(E)
Old 36%(B) 52%(S) 12%(E)
New 45%(B) 41%(S) 14%(E)
Cranfield 24%(B) 41%(S) 35%(E)
Library budgets
cost of electronic products - where does the money come from?
purchasing options:• local/national site licences (e.g.NESLI)• consortia purchasing (International Coalition
of Library Consortia - ICOLC) keeping up the pressure/informing publishers
(e.g.JISC PA Working Groups)
Library budgets
‘baskets’ and ‘bundles’ - lack of flexibility single-article delivery v. subscription extended access for small additional cost (PSLI,
NESLI)• are we interested?• can we afford it?
VAT changing the economic model of scholarly
communication (e.g. Harnad, IOPP, SPARC)
Use and usage
opportunity to improve measurements of use
privacy and confidentiality collection of data: number of
searches; number of menu selections; number of items examined
Use and usage
ICOLC Guidelines for Statistical Measures of Usage of Web-based Indexed, Abstracted and Full Text Resources
http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/webstats.html
Skills, Training and Awareness
a deep gap in our knowledge how do users search for information? Cranfield AIM-UK project - 400
aerospace engineers and scientists• 78% experienced some difficulty in
identifying relevant material• 60% felt they missed significant information• 25% spent between 21-40% of their time
searching for information
Skills Training and Awareness
JISC Committee on Awareness, Liaison and Training (CALT)• staff development - C & IT skills• networked learning - students
experiences• communication skills: text based, voice-
based, video-conferencing teaching & learning environments
Archiving
legal deposit legislation role of publishers; individual libraries role of national libraries CEDARS Project (CURL Exemplars in Digital Archives)
• long-term preservation interim access archiving
• primary resources; e-journals; online databases etc.
• JISC/CEI Interim Preservation Strategy
