Discovery Tools and Music Library 2.0 Integrated Library Systems October 12, 2007 Paul Soderdahl

Prologue: Predicting the Future

“It is unlikely that the typical university library staff of 2005 will employ any mechanical devices which are not already in existence.” Haynes McMullen, 1955

“There may be a limit to the amount of speed and efficiency faculty members will accept.” Haynes McMullen, 1955

“It cannot make much difference to him if the librarian is able to assemble and to present him with the materials he needs within a period of two days instead of a period of two weeks.” Haynes McMullen, 1955

Discovery Tools and Music Library 2.0 Integrated Library Systems October 12, 2007 Paul Soderdahl

Discovery Tools and Music Library 2.0 Integrated Library Systems October 12, 2007 Paul Soderdahl

October 12, 2007 Paul Soderdahl Discovery Tools and Music Library 2.0 Integrated Library Systems Predicting the Present October 12, 2007 Paul Soderdahl

Chapter 1: Lessons from Google

Google is not in the information business

Core business: Search and advertising Ben Bunnell, Google

70/20/10 rule Ben Bunnell, Google

“No constraints” Ben Bunnell, Google

Things not to worry about 1. CPU 2. Power 3. Storage 4. Bandwidth 5 Things not to worry about 1. CPU 2. Power 3. Storage 4. Bandwidth 5. Monetization 6. …

“If we can innovate, the money will follow.” Ben Bunnell, Google

“They are completely unafraid of scale.” Mark Sandler, CIC

26 million results are no big deal

Google Web Lesson 1: With good relevance ranking, recall trumps precision

Google Book Search

Google Book Search Lesson 2: Just scan it all and get it over with

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Lesson 3: Just get all the data and index it once

Google Labs

Google Labs Lesson 4: We can’t worry about the “tyranny of the perfect

Good enough is just that

Good enough is just that Quality Staff effort

Good enough is just that Quality Staff effort

Chapter 2: Integrated Library System

Chapter 2: Library Management System

Digital library and digital asset management systems Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials

Digital library and digital asset management systems Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve

Cataloging Acquisitions OPAC Circ Serials ILL E- Reserve Digital library and digital asset management systems Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System OPAC Circ Digital library and digital asset management systems Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System OPAC Circ Digital library and digital asset management systems Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Proxy OPAC Digital library and digital asset management systems Proxy Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems E-resource mgmt Proxy Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems E-resource mgmt Proxy Link resolver Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems E-resource mgmt Proxy Federated search Link resolver Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems Institutional repository E-resource mgmt Proxy Images and multimedia Federated search Link resolver Local digital collections Full text Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems Library portal Institutional repository Web services E-resource mgmt Proxy Images and multimedia Federated search Link resolver Local digital collections Full text Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources

Infrastructure Cataloging Acquisitions Library Mgmt System Digital library and digital asset management systems Library portal Institutional repository Web services E-resource mgmt Proxy Images and multimedia Federated search Link resolver Local digital collections Full text Library Mgmt System Acquisitions Circ Cataloging OPAC Serials ILL E- Reserve Infrastructure System Administration & Networking Public Workstations Desktop Support New systems supporting access to library resources ◄◄◄ Integrations ►►►

The integrated library system isn’t so integrated anymore

“Disintegrated library system” Betsy Friesen, U of Minnesota

Chapter 3: Smart Search

Chapter 3: Smart Search Beta

Ex Libris Primo

May 2007 – Sept. 2007

Primo Implementation Plan

P.I.P.

P.Imp.

“Pimp my OPAC”

Extract Abstract the data

Harvest Deposit it to repository

Normalize Accommodate disparate data

Enrich Add value

Process • De-dupe • FRBRize • Build index • Create facets • … Black Box

D2D Discovery to Delivery

Epilogue: Getting in the Flow

“Get in the flow of what they do, don’t pull them into ours.” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

“Incorporating the network means a shift from database to website to workflow …” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

“… from institutional workflows to personal workflows to network-level workflows.” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

Course management systems Student portals “… from institutional workflows to personal workflows to network-level workflows.” Google RSS aggregators Toolbars MySpace Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

“Think about how machines are consuming your content.” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

“The library web site is not the front door anymore “The library web site is not the front door anymore. Painting it and putting ornaments on it is of limited use.” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

“The library web site is not the front door anymore “The library web site is not the front door anymore. Painting it and putting ornaments on it is of limited use.” Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

Challenge How do we get there?

Challenge How do we get here?

Separating the front end from the back end

Separating asset management from the resource discovery

• New tools for the front end • Better tools for the back end • And tools to tie them together

It’s almost as if… What we really need is an integrated library system

Paul Soderdahl paul-soderdahl@uiowa.edu Questions? Paul Soderdahl paul-soderdahl@uiowa.edu