Transforming library service

Ebook Transforming library service through information commons: Case studies for the digital age present the following contents: Chapter 1: Definitions: information commons and learning commons; Chapter 2: History and evolution of the information commons concept; Chapter 3: Planning; Chapter 4: Implementation; Chapter 5: Assessment; Chapter 6: Information commons case studies: large academic libraries; Chapter 7: Information commons case studies: small academic libraries; Chapter 8: Lessons learned; Chapter 9: Sample brand and graphics; Chapter 10: Sample information commons survey.

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In this section, the scope and character of holdings in the HathiTrust Digital Library and ReCAP print repository are examined with a view to their potential value in a shared service environment. We first consider the range of holdings in the HathiTrust Digital Library, on the premise that the vast and still expanding scope of the mass-digitized corpus will be a key driver in the transformation of academic library collections and services.

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Our study assessed the opportunity for library space saving and cost avoidance through the systematic and intentional outsourcing of local management operations for digitized books to shared service providers and progressive downsizing of local print collections in favor of negotiated access to the digitized corpus and regionally consolidated print inventory. As detailed in the report that follows, the organizational change required to achieve these gains is likely to be substantial and challenging to implement.

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Analysis of the distribution of subject matter and library holdings represented in the HathiTrust Digital Library and shared print repositories further confirmed that the digital corpus is largely representative of the collective academic library collection, suggesting a broad potential market for service.

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