Embracing Change Oliver Pesch Chief Strategist, E-Resources EBSCO Information Services

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 In a constant state of change progress is sometimes hard to recognize...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 We always blame the budget!

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Economic Situation Conditions are improving but still tough Past, Present, and Future Overview of Library Budgets:

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Economic Situation Journal pricing: Annual EBSCO study of publisher prices Serials price increases vs. inflation

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 But there is more to the story...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Story in The Roanoke Times by Tonia Moxley March 4,

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Story in The Roanoke Times by Tonia Moxley March 4, 2013 Selected quotes describing Virginia Tech’s Newman Library.. “Library collections are moving from paper to cyberspace” “... print books and journals are... being replaced by digital classrooms, sequestered study rooms and open areas for all kinds of group and individual work.” “Centralizing several services from around campus... make it easy for students to get the help they need to succeed.” “round-the-clock hours Sundays through Thursdays” “moving into the future requires... reconfiguring the library building, diversifying the skills of librarians... and planning for how to curate and preserve traditional print and emerging digital resources

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Embracing Change The collection: moving to electronic The library as a place (physical and virtual) Services available from the library Librarian’s role in curating and managing data sets Discovery tools and access to content How and where users can be reached Library’s role in exposing the institution’s research and knowledge assets on a world stage What’s changing?

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The collection...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Economic Situation % of librarians indicating that they employed the following strategies last year Librarians’ strategies for dealing with budget realities

North Carolina Serials Conference % Print % Electronic only 34% Print 8% 4% Electronic only Print & Electronic 17% 2011 Electronic only 63% 21% Print & Electronic Print 16% The Economic Situation Growth of e-only EBSCO’s total revenue dispersion by format: university & college customers

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Collection Some numbers ARL statistics % growth in the number of serials titles over the past 10 years

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Collection Some numbers 15 years ago: 28,000 serial titles Today: 166,485 including free More than 2 million downloads from all e-journal packages Rutgers example...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The Collection Some numbers Aggregated full text databases One subscription adds thousands of journals E-journal packages Can increase title count from a larger publisher from a few hundred titles to a thousand or more eBooks and eBook packages Subscription packages can add 10s of thousands of eBooks Content packaging affects the numbers...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 The library as a place...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Library as a place Focus is now on collaboration and learning Transforming from the traditional tables and chairs surrounded by print stacks...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Library as a place Focus is now on collaboration and learning Open study areas... Miller Nichols Library, UMKC

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Library as a place Focus is now on collaboration and learning To collaborative learning spaces... Miller Nichols Library, UMKC

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Library as a place Focus is now on collaboration and learning Fully wired private study rooms... Miller Nichols Library, UMKC

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Library as a place Focus is now on collaboration and learning Comfortable furniture... Miller Nichols Library, UMKC

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Other services found in libraries...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Other services in the library Food outlets and vending machines... Syracuse University Library Cafe

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Other services in the library Computer labs, writing centers, IT support... Computer Lab in Miller Nichols Library, UMKC

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Librarians as information specialists...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Librarians are information specialists... Assist faculty in data classification Manage Institutional Repositories Create and manage content sites Oversee university press The skills of librarians, both traditional and in new technologies, are available to the campus...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Evolution of library search s to mid 1990s OPAC Search of metadata for print books/journals, with circulation status Separate search of paper indexes to locate articles with journal issues Search of metadata for print books/journals, with circulation status Separate search of paper indexes to locate articles with journal issues Search “worked”

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Evolution of library search s to mid 1990s Mid-1990s – 2010 OPAC Full text platforms A&I platforms E-Journal platforms A-to-Z lists eBook Platforms ILS vendors attempt to add full text searching. Federated search of multiple platforms Google use proliferates ILS vendors attempt to add full text searching. Federated search of multiple platforms Google use proliferates Search fragmented Search “worked”

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Evolution of library search s to mid 1990s Mid-1990s – 2010 Present day OPAC Discovery Index OPAC Full text platforms A&I platforms E-Journal platforms A-to-Z lists eBook Platforms OPAC Full text platforms A&I platforms E-Journal platforms A-to-Z lists eBook Platforms All online resources indexed on a single platform Effective relevancy ranking Google-like experience for scholarly material All online resources indexed on a single platform Effective relevancy ranking Google-like experience for scholarly material Search “worked” Search fragmented Search works

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Discovery... Better than Google? Search is a main feature of the library web site.

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Discovery... Better than Google? Google like search Auto-suggest and synonyms built in.

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Discovery... Better than Google? Intelligent relevancy ranking Direct links to full text OpenURL support

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Advances in information discovery... Discovery... Better than Google? Limit search to full text, peer review, in library holdings, date of publication, and more.. Facets for filtering results

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Using technology to increase the library’s reach...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Technology Extending the reach of the library

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 And changes continue...

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Changes continue

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 Conclusions offering access to more content with a superior user experience transitioning the library into collaborative learning environment with added services that makes it a focal point of the campus serving more users and producing higher satisfaction scores making themselves known as the experts in data categorization, information management and publishing In spite budget pressures and technology threats that came with online content, Google, etc.; academic librarians have responded by:

North Carolina Serials Conference 2013 “It’s an exciting time!” Thank you