Slides from the Stakeholder Forum

1. Enabling a national digital library
Ross MacIntyre, Head of Library analytics services
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2. What’s Jisc’s role in the broader
Digital Library services landscape?
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3. The current library service offer
Jisc provides above campus
library services that save HE
members time and money
when managing the life-cycle
of the information resources
they own or license – from
physical assets of unique and
special collections to the
latest online journal articles.
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Enabling discovery,
access and use of
those assets
Acquisition of
information
assets
Assessing usage
and value of
those assets

4. The current library service offer
»Services have developed organically and for the most part
separately from one another over time
»This has resulted in efficiencies for Jisc and for our members, who
have to navigate multiple services to undertake overlapping tasks
»Not all services serve every Jisc member
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5. Trends in the wider marketplace
»Change and churn will continue
»Changes are technology-driven
(not user demand led)
»Highly disruptive to traditional scholarly
communications paradigms
»Competitive dynamics among vendors
lead to poor supply chain developments
and pricing models for content
»A number of larger ‘walled garden’
library systems are emerging
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6. As a result…
»It’s not in the best interest of commercial players to ensure data
flows virtuously in and out of their systems
»So local library services are less responsive, which means our
members don’t always get value from the information assets they
invest in
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7. Our role – what members told us
» Option 1: Withdraw – market is healthy.Wind down its role ☐
» Option 2: Conquer – fill all roles in the competitive landscape via partnership, acquisition
or competition ☐
» Option 3: Concentrate – Select a strategic subset of systems roles that have coherence for
themselves, thus competing against other providers for some business lines whilst
avoiding doing so for others 
» Option 4:Triage – Identify gaps and challenges in the existing systems and resources with
specific reference to UK practices, and therefore seeks to [...] complement existing
providers, thus making critical yet diverse contributions, sometimes with limited life
expectancy 
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8. Jisc Subscription Management Services
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Subscription
management
Jisc services

9. Jisc Bibliographic Data Services
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Acquisition Discovery Delivery Collection Management
CCM ToolsSUNCAT
Jisc
Historical
Texts
CORE
Select
Book
Check
Availability
Specific
Title
Select
Best Copy
Link to
Best Copy
Document
Delivery
Title
Usage
Management
of Stock
Advice, guidance, technical support, quality assessment and new service development
Bibliographic
Management
Jisc
Services
Interlibrary
Loan
Unknown
Title
NBK
Copac
Course
Lists
NBK
Circulation
Data
NBK NBK
Manage
Metadata
Collection
Benchmarking
E-books
tracking and
decision support
Jisc
Collections
website
JUSP
Copac

10. Powering research and learning
We aim to ensure UK researchers
and learners can find the best
copy of the item they need and
that they can access it.
This might be by linking through
to a digital copy that they are
entitled to view or via an
inter-library loan.
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11. More effective asset life-cycle management
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Enabling discovery,
access and use of
those assets
Acquisition of
information
assets
Assessing usage
and value of
those assets
Evidence-based decisions for
purchasing, preservation, and
managing down print collections
Reducing overheads in local
management of
e-resource subscriptions
Definitive guidance on
licence conditions/
Policy compliance for OA

12. Discussion points
»A National Digital Library? UK Academic Library?What terminology
is useful for shaping our vision and roadmap?
»Broadening our scope. How could/should we serve members in
Further education, Specialist institutions, Consortia, International
collaborations?
»New bold, innovative goals for the future?
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13. jisc.ac.uk
Ross MacIntyre,
Head of Library analytics services
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