Library Management Issues With Regards to Technology

Library Management Issues With Regards to Technology

» Traditional functions have been modernized ˃ integrated library systems linking catalogue and circulation ˃ Staff workstations and patron access » Information resources have been revolutionized ˃ Electronic delivery of information ˃ Offsite user access Libraries-The New Frontier

» One-time costs funded by capital investment ˃ ILS ˃ furniture » Initial costs funded by operating expenses ˃ Equipment ˃ Software applications ˃ Databases » Recurring costs – ongoing operating expenses ˃ ˃ ˃ Database subscriptions Software and Hardware Upgrades Virus protection Maintenance Staff training User instruction Costs of Technology

Traditional Library Costs Print materials were predictable, recurring costs.

» How to calculate the value added of online information resources ˃ User satisfaction ˃ Increase in learning ˃ Quality of information » How to budget for emerging technologies ˃ Academic libraries want to be the technology leader ˃ Public libraries want to provide quality service but face longer lead times and town politics Management Issues

» Online information infrastructures allow increased search specificity ˃ Meta. Lib, En. Compass, Web. Feat + interface among heterogeneous resources + provides search syntax normalization ˃ SFX + Open. URL link resolver + content sensitive linking ˃ FEDORA Open Source Digital Repository Management System + digital object model + relates objects and associated actions Technology Drives Modes of Delivery

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» Current pricing structure inappropriate » Support for transaction-based usage fee ˃ Object level searching ˃ Cross-domain seamless searching ˃ COUNTER – Counting Online Usage of Ne. Tworked Electronic Resources Technology Drives New Cost Models

COUNTER Initiative » Developed with input from librarians, vendors and intermediaries » Supports a use-based differential pricing system » Provides cost models for library applications

» Technology has implications in decision making aside from costs and information resources » Technology linked to other management issues: ˃ ˃ ˃ Personnel skills and expense OPAL-Online Programming for All libraries Government oversight Funding issues Security Management Landscape

» E-Rate discounts to 43. 4% of public libraries jeopardized by ˃ CIPA 2004 (Children’s Internet Protection Act requires public and school libraries to install filters ˃ DOPA 2006 (Deleting Online Predators Act) prohibits access to socialnetworking sites, eg. My. Space Management Funding Issues

» Radio Frequency ID technology improves collection management » Allows patron checkout » Workstation efficiency increased » Automated book drop and sorting » Costly Collections Opportunity