NextGen Acquisitions Systems: Seeking A Paradigm Shift for a New Era Kelly Smith EKU Libraries November 6, 2009 Charleston Conference
ILS Acquisitions Serials check-in Circulation The ILS Today Goal 1: Inventory (really??) IR Hosted ? Locally generated? Special Collections Finding guides & lists Others… Journal A-Z List Hosted? Locally generated? Usually just “e” Databases A-Z List Hosted? Locally generated? +
Goal 2: Discovery (sort of) Cataloging /Classification The OPAC The ILS Today + “Discovery Tools” More $ Federated Search More $ OpenURL Link Resolver More $ Subject Guides More $ Search boxes embedded in library websites Numerous vendor platforms Open Web Other…
Characteristics Local “siloed” DB Lack of interoperability (with campus accounting systems, other vendor products, etc.) Static catalog - works better for “owned” vs. “accessed” Labor intensive Duplication of effort in multiple interfaces The ILS Today
Inventory
Cornell Library Technical Services
Cornell Library Technical Services
Cornell Library Technical Services
Master Record Changes: Libraries worldwide that own item: 1746 Local Record Changes: ? Local Records updated after master records changed?? Current Library Acquisitions & Cataloging Model
Model for a “NextGen” ILS
Discovery
Changing Needs
Changing Needs
Traditional ILS keyword search for “library history”…
Traditional ILS catalog display (Voyager)…
“Discovery tool” catalog keyword search for “library history”…
“The perfect search engine…understands exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what you want.“ Google co- founder Larry Page
The ‘Google Effect’ at JSTOR
2% start search at library website 89% start search at web From 2005 OCLC Study: "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources“
Google Book Search keyword search for “library history”…
Going to the user
Embracing Webscale Environments