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Strategic Developments at the British Library. Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive UK Serials Group, 7 April 2003. HIGHLIGHTING THE CHALLENGES. Commercial Copying: as clear as mud Managing Information – June 2002. Conference doubts merits of library-publisher deals IWR – October 2002.
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Strategic Developments at the British Library Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive UK Serials Group, 7 April 2003
HIGHLIGHTING THE CHALLENGES Commercial Copying: as clear as mud Managing Information – June 2002 Conference doubts merits of library-publisher deals IWR – October 2002 Citing inflation, University slashes journals Cahners Business Information – August 2002 ‘Digital Doomsday Book lasts 15 years, not 1000’ Observer, March 2002 Do Libraries really need books? Chronicle of Higher Education – July 2002 Second thoughts on ‘bundled’ e-journals Information technology – Sept 2002 Counting the cost of Online Optimism IWR – October 2002
DRIVERS FOR CHANGE • Changes in research behaviour • Changes in library management • Changes in publishing systems • Concerns over the current business model • IPR
STRAWMAN 5-10 YEARS HENCE • Extensive networking of electronic access • Heavy reliance on digital datasets • Content providers offering greater multimedia packages • Over 50% refereed scholarly material born digital • Fixed price rather than pay per use business model • Libraries become electronic gatekeepers and navigators • Publisher consortia larger but reduced margins • Digital archiving/preservation takes on critical role
DIGITAL ACQUISITION • Our challenge • Guaranteeing the integrity of the national published archive • What we are doing • Working to secure legislation for e-legal deposit • Purchasing digital material • Establishing licensing agreements with publishers • Web harvesting • Working with other organisations to co-ordinate collection strategies
DIGITAL ARTICLE SERVICES • Our challenge • Meeting user needs in an evolving market • Growing the overall market for information • Adding unique value • What we are doing • Developing ‘e’ tools and delivery services • Installing scan on demand • Marketing to organisations with low subscription use • Adding value through alerts and searching services
DIGITAL PRESERVATION & ARCHIVING • Our challenge • Making our publications accessible to researchers in decades and centuries time • What we are doing • Defining archiving principles • Starting with eDocuments - then other media and multi-media • Investigating collaborative approaches • Continuing work on the extension of legal deposit • Building infrastructures
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT • Our challenge • Developing infrastructure and policies to support the long-term preservation of and access to digital material in our collections • What we are doing • Developing a digital preservation store • Implementing a new Integrated Library System • Collaborating with other institutions on standards bodies to develop best practices
COLLABORATION & NEW RELATIONSHIPS • Next decade likely to be one of unprecedented change • We have the opportunity to work collaboratively to shape the future together • I hope that we can use this opportunity