Scope
In a period of constrained budgets, how will institutional libraries build and sustain access to the latest book titles for their communities — whether in digital or print forms? Libraries exist to serve the needs of their researchers, not the other way around. If humanists prefer print for their activities, then both content providers and librarians must ensure that this research need is met. The conversation has already begun of how best to manage the new collective collection. How should the community adapt? This virtual conference will kickstart the conversation, providing an opportunity for a wide group of stakeholders to highlight their community’s needs and share their views on how to meet them.
Confirmed speakers include Tom Bruno, Director of Access Services, University of Pennsylvania; Robert Cartolano, Assoc. VP, Technology and Preservation, Columbia University Libraries; Binaebi Akah Collins, Manager, User Experience Design, OCLC; Christina Drummond, Data Trust Program Officer, OAeBU Data Trust; Steve Fallon, Vice President, Americas and Strategic Partnerships, De Gruyter; Jennie Rose Halperin, Executive Director, Library Futures; and Jay Holloway, Senior Product Manager, End User Services, OCLC.
Event Sessions
12:00 Noon - 12:15 pm Welcome
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12:15pm - 12:45pm Learning from Users and Readers
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After providing an overview of the OA eBook usage data ecosystem, Ms. Drummond will describe the distinct and overlapping uses for OA eBook usage data that stakeholders have identified related to reporting, analytics, and strategic planning. After describing the current challenges faced by libraries and by publishing and analytics platforms, she will reflect on opportunities for collective impact, as documented in the specific work packages emerging from the 2020-2021 OA eBook Usage Data Trust pilot. Ms. Drummond will close by summarizing the potential for scholarly communications to unlock community-governed, multi-party data sharing, processing, and stewardship through data collaboratives.
The OA eBook Usage Data Trust (https://educopia.org/data_trust/) is a global effort working to foster the secure, multi-party exchange, aggregation and benchmarking of data related to eBook usage. The project team and its community network span five continents, representing libraries, eBook publishers, aggregators, repositories, publishing and analytics platforms and services, and standards efforts. Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the effort is actively planning its transition from the current proof-of-concept research effort into a community-governed international data space pilot, with an RFP process planned for September to identify an administrative and fiscal host for its Secretariat.
12:45pm - 1:15pm Creation and Dissemination From The Publisher Perspective
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De Gruyter has a unique perspective on the creation and dissemination of eBooks as both a scholarly publisher and distributor for seventeen university presses. This session will share what we have in common, as well as the challenges to doing both!
1:15pm - 1:45pm Ebooks, ETAS, and Beyond: Managing Ebook discovery and access in a fractured resource sharing ecosystem
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Ebooks were already a disruptive technology presenting a unique set of discovery and access challenges to the library world before COVID-19, but with libraries and their patrons spending the past year and a half operating in a mostly-virtual paradigm many of the assumptions we have made about the relationship of library users to Ebooks and other digital library resources have been put to the test. This discussion will attempt to describe the current state of Ebook access and sharing in academic libraries, highlighting some recent innovative attempts to borrow and lend Ebooks through interlibrary loan and identifying the outstanding legal, licensing, and logistical obstacles to Ebook resource sharing. We will also look at the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), the PDF “Gray Market” and how these forces are actively shaping patron expectations about Ebooks, collections, and library services.
1:45pm - 2:15pm Comfort Break
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Engage and Process (Discussion)
Resources shared during the discussion by speakers/attendees:
Design Principles for Data Spaces – Position Paper
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Case Studies on Licensing & Accessibility
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Jay Holloway and Binaebi Akah, both of OCLC, offer the following as their presentation abstract:
OCLC is committed to inclusive design and as part of that, accessible products for all.” Join Binaebi and Jay to learn how accessibility is a core tenet of web application design and construction. They’ll discuss the varying preferences that users have for different content types, how discovery systems can help users meet those preferences, and the accessibility-related complications that accompany a complex ecosystem of discovery and delivery services.
Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures offers the following as indicative of what she will cover in her presentation:
- Why ownership of digital library content is important for library equity and collections diversity
- CDL as a mechanism for sharing materials
- What is Library Futures and how to get involved
3:30pm - 4:00 Vision Interview with Rob Cartolano
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Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO closes out the afternoon as he interviews Rob Cartolano, Associate Vice President, Technology and Preservation, Columbia University Libraries.
Additional Information
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