Starting a new library in the Google age

Starting a new library in the Google age

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  Starting a NewLibrary in the Google Age Internet Librarian 2012 22 October 2012 Ronald Snijder Amsterdam University Press / OAPEN Foundation 24/10/2012
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  Ronald Snijder • AmsterdamUniversity Press: project manager digital publications • OAPEN Foundation: technical coordinator • Background: libraries and IT 24/10/2012
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  Agenda • Why bother? • Start with a good platform • Search engines are not easy • Get connected • Branching out with DOAB • Usage • Future developments 24/10/2012
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  The OAPEN Library 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? • Collection • Number of books, publishers, languages • Way to enhance usage for monographs • Platform for publishers 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? • Collection: – Monographs – mainly in humanities and social sciences – Quality controlled – Open Access: “Free to read” or “Free to share” 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? • Numberof books, publishers, languages: – 1000+ titles – 35 publishers – 11 languages 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? • Wayto enhance usage for monographs: – Declining sales • Library purchases go down from 1500 (70’s) to 200-300 Greco & Wharton (2008) • Print runs & sales go down from 2000-3000 (70’s) to < 750. Half sells less than 500 Thompson (2005) – Result of ‘serials crisis’ 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? Serial costs Serial Expenditures (+402%) 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? Serial costs Serial Expenditures (+402%) vs. Monograph costs Monograph Expenditures (+71%) Monographs Purchased (10%) 24/10/2012
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  Why bother? • Platformfor publishers: Showcase their books 24/10/2012
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  Start with agood platform • XTF, by California Digital Library • Standard functions • Extra functions • On top of repository database 24/10/2012
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  Start with agood platform • XTF, by California Digital Library: – eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) – Open Source software – http://xtf.cdlib.org/ 24/10/2012
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  Start with agood platform • Standard functions: – Enables serendipity: combination of searching and browsing – Full text search 24/10/2012
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  Start with agood platform • Extra functions: – Multi lingual search – Export in RIS format: EndNote, Mendeley – Social media 24/10/2012
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  Start with agood platform • On top of repository database: – Institutional Repositories platform – Exchange (meta) data using OAI PMH 24/10/2012
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  Search engines arenot easy • OAPEN not always on first results page • Google Scholar or Books? • Technical measures 24/10/2012
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  Search engines arenot easy • OAPEN not always on first results page: – Compete against Amazon, publishers – Content is mainly PDF, indexing is not great 24/10/2012
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  Search engines arenot easy • Google Scholar or Books? – Google Scholar does not index books – Google Books requires uploading books through publishers 24/10/2012
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  Search engines arenot easy • Technical measures: – Site map – based on www.sitemaps.org protocol – www.schema.org model for books 24/10/2012
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  Get connected Data Aggregators Academic Search libraries engines 24/10/2012
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  Get connected • OAPENis about usage, regardless of the platform • Metadata • Get connected • Diversify: DOAB 24/10/2012
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  Get connected • Metadata: – Daily updated – Several types: CSV, MARC, Excel optimized, ONIX – CC zero license 24/10/2012
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  Get connected • Getconnected: – BASE (Bielefeld University Library) – Aggregators • Serials Solutions (ProQuest) • Primo Central (ExLibris) • EBSCO Discovery Service – Libraries • Union catalogue of the GVK-GBV, library network Germany • Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Belgium • James Hardiman Library of the National University of Ireland – OCLC WorldCat 24/10/2012
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  Get connected • Diversify:DOAB – Directory of Open Access Books – www.doabooks.org 24/10/2012
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  Get connected: thecomplete picture 24/10/2012
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  Branching out withDOAB 24/10/2012
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  Branching out withDOAB • Discovery service for peer reviewed OA books • Differences between OAPEN and DOAB 24/10/2012
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  Branching out withDOAB • Discovery service for peer reviewed OA books: – Only “Free to share” – Publishers provide – and maintain – metadata – Full text books on OAPEN Library or publisher’s website – Beta version, launched in April 2012 24/10/2012
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  Branching out withDOAB Differences between OAPEN and DOAB: OAPEN Library DOAB Contents • Full text Metadata only • Metadata License • Free to read Free to share only • Free to share Search • Full text • Metadata • Metadata • Classification: LCC • Classification: BIC 24/10/2012
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  Usage • What tomeasure? • Choosing the right tool • Usage statistics 24/10/2012
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  Usage • What tomeasure? – Main statistic: number of downloads – All other statistics are connected to that 24/10/2012
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  Usage • Choosing theright tool: – We started with Google Analytics: • Only downloads via website, not ‘direct’ downloads • Number of measured downloads not great: approximately 10% of all downloads – Now: usage measured at server level – No ready-made solution for statistics at book level – Still a work in progress 24/10/2012
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  Usage Usage: visitors, visits and book downloads 60000 50000 40000 Unique visitors 30000 Visits Books downloaded 20000 10000 0 Aug/11 Sep/11 Oct/11 Nov/11 Dec/11 Jan/12 Feb/12 Mar/12 Apr/12 May/12 Jun/12 Jul/12 24/10/2012
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  Usage August 2011 – July 2012 Unique visitors 227,897 Books dowloaded 400,763 Books per visitor 1.78 Visits per visitor 1.37 24/10/2012
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  Future developments • Sustainability •More cooperation 24/10/2012
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  Future developments • Sustainability: – platform for more publishers – platform for research funders 24/10/2012
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  Future developments • Morecooperation: – E-depot (Dutch Royal Library): long term preservation – Europeana: OAPEN as supplier 24/10/2012
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  Thank you! More onOAPEN: • www.oapen.org • www.oapen.nl • www.oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org • Twitter:@Oapenbooks Directory of Open Access Books: • www.doabooks.org • Twitter: @Doabooks Contact me: • [email protected] • Twitter: @Ronaldsnijder 24/10/2012