The Life Cycle of a Library Book

The Life Cycle of a Library Book IFLA Satellite Meeting, Kuopio 9.8.2012 Ari Muhonen Helsinki University Library Viikki Campus Library www.helsinki....
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The Life Cycle of a Library Book IFLA Satellite Meeting, Kuopio 9.8.2012 Ari Muhonen Helsinki University Library

Viikki Campus Library

www.helsinki.fi/yliopisto

23.8.2012

The good old library CLIENTS LIBRARY LOCAL SERVICES

COLLECTION SERVICES acquisition, collection management

KNOWLEDGE RESERVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES databases

circulation, local information, premises, equipment

INFORMATION SERVICES user support

CLIENTS

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Current library CLIENTS LIBRARY LOCAL SERVICES

COLLECTION SERVICES ACCESS

ACCESS

KNOWLEDGE RESERVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES databases, bibliometrics etc.

INFORMATION SERVICES ACCESS

CLIENTS

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Paradigm shift • The good old library • the bigger collections and circulation the better ‒ “just in case”

• lots of storage, local services, ILL

• Changes • exponential increase of information • economic situation (costs, budget cuts) • Internet (OPACs, electronic materials)

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New paradigm • Clients want it all, for free, one way or the other • •

library can’t buy everything; focus resource sharing

• From ownership to access (“just on time”) • New focus on library work •

from “card catalogues” to services

• New library space • • •

learning environment for students sound zones optimization of the space for shelves

• New services for the University • •

bibliometrics research data storage

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The life cycle of a library book Repository Main library

Faculty library

Research group

The best location for a book is a shelf where it has the biggest possibility to be found by a user.

Ranganathan: - every reader a book

Academic

- every book a reader

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Case Aalto University Library

NRL

Campus library

Research group or faculty reference collection

Academic’s own bookself

- The long tail

- Circulation; large reference collections - Archival collections - Collection management expertise

- Books taken from academics’ rooms - For local use only, not a public collection - Library helps with maintenance

- All books which are needed frequently - Deposits, long term loans, but with a due date - Library helps with maintenance

Maintenance tools: •Rules for placing the books to right shelves •RFID technology •Agreements with the faculties •Staff expertise

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Benefits and challenges • Benefits • academics have the books they really need

• controlled collection management • library staff meets faculty members regularly • space optimization

• Challenges • co-operation with the academics • staff resources

• book ownership • technology Viikin kampuskirjasto

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National collection policy • Life cycle of a book in a wider sense • why not use the strengths of the collections of each library (including the NRL) ‒ they could even be improved by donations

• we have to rely on each other

• Nationwide (or area) agreement • based on the collection policy of each library ‒ common rules for resource sharing

• circulation collections are open also for resource sharing • suitable software needed, patron initiated ILL

• logistics has to be fast and reliable

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International co-operation, repository library level • Network of repository libraries • even the biggest libraries have problems with space • bi- or multilateral agreements

• Repository libraries as national resource sharing centers • wide connections all over the globe • research sharing expertise

• Challenges • money (payments) • logistics (speed of delivery)

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Future vision • One request button for clients ”I need this” • library locates the item and decides the way to get it ‒ sent from local collections ‒ acquisition ‒ ILL

• 48 hour service

• Cost savings • Collection management expertise

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Conclusion • Needs of the clients are endless • they don’t care where they get the needed information as long as they get it fast

• No library can afford all the needed materials • We have to optimize our collections and access to materials • We have to utilize technology as much as possible • We need to trust each other

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