Presentation from 24 May 2013 Teacher Professional Learning Day at State Library of NSW, Alexander Sussman, Coordinator Collection Development and Acquisition
3. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
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4. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– Documenting life in
NSW
– Provide information for
the people of NSW
– Support the Public
Libraries of NSW
– Legal Deposit
– Overseas
reference/research
material
– 2nd copy of NSW
material originally
received on Legal
Deposit
State Library of New South Wales
5. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– Recreational reading
(fiction)
– Textbooks
– Kids or young adult
materials
– CALD material (limited
availability)
– Corporate repository
(user created)
– Subject specialists
Other collecting areas where eBook format may be available:
6. CDP- Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
– NSW Government
proposes Common
Collection of eBook
resources
– Linked to the
replacement of school
LMS
– No timeline yet for the
establishment of the e-
resources collection
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7. CDP – Selection– Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
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14. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description– Storage & Access - Evaluation
MARC Records
– Free records
– OCLC records
– METADATA quality
standards
15. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description– Storage & Access - Evaluation
MARC Records
– Outsourcing
cataloguing
– Updating to acceptable
METADATA quality
– Links to electronic
version
Photo: http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b3983682~S2
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16. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Offsite
– Standard model used
by most vendors
– No storage or
preservation issues
– Material may be deleted
without your consent
Onsite
– Infrastructure and
financial considerations
– Reasons for
preservation (ability to
ingest material)
Sizing…..
– 100 TERABYTES of
storage to support the
Library’s digital
collecting
–Terabytes in context:
• 1 terabyte can hold
about 100,000 copies of
the ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA
• 10 terabytes can hold
the entire collection of the
LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS
Data from: http://www.whatsabyte.com/
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17. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Digital Excellence Project
Digitising Our Collections
– $22,400,000 funding over
the next FOUR YEARS then
subsequent funding
– 12,000,000 images or page
views over the next DECADE
– In-demand, fragile and
valuable items digitised
FIRST
Manuscripts – 150,000+ key
historical documents
Photographs, negatives –
500,000+ images
Newspapers - 6,000,000+
pages
Maps – 40,000+ including
subdivision plans
Books, posters ephemera –
including 40,000+ David
Scott Mitchell collection
items
Artworks, portraits, landscape
s – 100,000+ works
Oral history – 10,000+ hours
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18. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Lending
– BYOD – proprietary
softwares
– Security -
Authentication
–Concurrent usage versus
single-use of print
– Copyright – printing –
fair use
– Easy statistics – privacy
concerns
Photo: http://sts.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/files/CC/2013/T1/BYODhandout.pdf
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21. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Now
– Current eBooks are just
print collections
transferred to digital
format
– Print collections are
vulnerable
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help-to-save-thailands-wet-books/
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22. CDP - Selection – Acquisition – Description – Storage & Access - Evaluation
Introducing Collection Services
Future
– Enhanced eBooks
utilising multimedia
– Publishers role once
again important
– Flexible screens – and
other changes to device
capabilities
– Seamless integration
Photo: http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/the-future-of-ebooks-flexible-screens-and-beyond/2/
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