[net-gold] LIBRARIES: RESEARCH LIBRARIES : RISK : REPORT: OCLC Report Suggests Research Libraries Face Major Risks
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- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:26:25 -0400 (EDT)
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LIBRARIES: RESEARCH LIBRARIES :
RISK :
REPORT:
OCLC Report Suggests Research Libraries Face Major Risks
OCLC Report Suggests Research Libraries Face Major Risks
Some could be mitigated by cooperative action, but others require big
changes
Norman Oder
Library Journal
4/15/2010
<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6726433.html>
A new report, Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Change, from OCLC
Research describes several threats to the future of such libraries,
include a reduced sense of relevance; lack of prepared staff; the cost of
collections; the development of new technology; and the uncertain grip on
intellectual property.
The report suggests that numerous risks may be mitigated by ongoing
changessuch as shared infrastructure and restructured workflow. But it
suggests that the first risk category, an uncertain library value
proposition, may be met only via collective new strategies and services.
Meanwhile, a second risk category may be met with a new generation and
type of professional, not necessarily from an LIS background.
Of 26 risks, ten (38%) were judged to have a high potential impact and
likelihood, a sign, according to the reports authors, that the heat is on
and its intense.
The report suggests major changes: a shift from print; library systems
that better support the transition to digital content; and a greater
attention to evaluating current services.
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Topics Discussed in This Article:
Methodology
Impact on OCLC
Value Proposition
Human Resources
Durable Goods
Legacy Technology
Intellectual Property
Mitigation strategies
Residual high risks: collective action and cultural change
Libraries coming around
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OCLC
<http://www.oclc.org/us/en/default.htm>
OCLC Public Purpose
<http://www.oclc.org/us/en/about/purpose/default.htm>
OCLC is a worldwide library cooperative, owned, governed and sustained by
members since 1967. Our public purpose is a statement of commitment to
each otherthat we will work together to improve access to the information
held in libraries around the globe, and find ways to reduce costs for
libraries through collaboration.
Our public purpose is to establish, maintain and operate a computerized
library network and to promote the evolution of library use, of libraries
themselves and of librarianship, and to provide processes and products for
the benefit of library users and libraries, including such objectives as
increasing availability of library resources to individual library patrons
and reducing the rate-of-rise of library per-unit costs, all for the
fundamental public purpose of furthering ease of access to and use of the
ever-expanding body of worldwide scientific, literary and educational
knowledge and information.
Online Computer Library Center
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center>
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is "a nonprofit, membership,
computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public
purposes of furthering access to the worlds information and reducing
information costs".[2] It was incorporated on July 6, 1967 as the
not-for-profit Ohio College Library Center.[3] More than 72,000 libraries
in 86 countries and territories use OCLC services to locate, acquire,
catalog, lend and preserve library materials.[2] The organization was
founded by Fred Kilgour, and its head office is located in Dublin, Ohio,
U.S.
Contents
1 Services
2 Online database
3 Regional service providers
4 Company acquisitions
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
OCLC provides bibliographic, abstract and full-text information to anyone.
OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain
WorldCatthe OCLC Online Union Catalog, the largest online public access
catalog (OPAC) in the world. WorldCat has holding records from public and
private libraries worldwide. WorldCat is available through libraries and
university computer networks. The Open WorldCat program makes records of
library-owned materials in OCLC's WorldCat database available to Web users
on popular Internet search, bibliographic and bookselling sites.
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