The Library as a Publisher

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The Library as a PublisherJoseph GohDirectorIG Publishing Pte Ltd

Agenda

Changing Landscape

New Users = New Business = New Rules

Shaping the New Library

Professional Brief

Director of Publishing at IG Publishing (an iGroup Company)

Project and Business Development in the Library and Information Industry since 1997

Local Hosting Projects in Thailand, Malaysia, India, and China - Medline, US Patents, etc

Commercial Hosting Projects for Electronic Journals and Ebooks

Digitization Projects

Publishers - over 15K titles

Libraries - over 20K titles (Thailand, HK, and Singapore)

Forces of Change

Changing Landscape of Technology

Changing Landscape of Publishing

Changing Landscape of Buyers/Libraries

Changing Landscape of Sellers

Changing Landscape of Users

New Technologies

No Physical Limitations

Tablets

Cloud

Highly Efficient

Conventional Publishing Flow

Author

Publisher

Wholesaler or Distributor

Reseller

Library / End User

Inefficient

New Publishing Work Flow

Multi-verse Format

Publisher Assisted or Self Publishing

Open Access Publishing

On Demand (POD or Electronic)

Electronic Rights Management

Changing User Behaviors

Instant Consumption

Discoverability

Ease of Use

Portability

Social Network Factor

Old vs New

Print to Electronic to Seamless

Operational to Service Oriented

Cave to Anytime Anywhere

Changing Role of Libraries

Fighting for Audience

Learning Spaces

Diminishing use of Library Automation System

Curation

Information Scientist

Value-added Services

Harvester of Knowledge

Library is the Gateway to Information

Acquisition - Buy, Lease, or Subscribe

Creation - Publishing

Repurposing - Digitization

Sharing of Knowledge - Get Plugged In

A Global Network of Libraries

Digital Initiatives

It’s not just about Archiving

It’s more than Preservation

Unifying Knowledge

The Library as a Publisher

Open Content Alliance

British Library

HKU Library

ISEAS Library

Siriraj Medical Library

The Digital Publishing Process

Content Selection

Proprietary

Public Domain

Digital Mastering

E-Publish

Marketing

Content Selection

Thesis / Dissertations

Student Projects

Research or Working Papers

Documentations

Old Books

Public Domain Books

Discoverability

Indexing

Clustering

Taxonomy and Tagging

Curation

Asian Studies Collection Project

Borneo (131)

Cambodia (45)

Korea (727)

Laos (21)

Singapore (153)

Thailand (802)

Vietnam (233)

Marketing for Success

Internal Marketing

External Marketing

Collaboration

Staying Relevant

Understanding the Winds of Change

Start Strategizing

Participate in the Digital Revolution or Evolution

Content Rules

Thank You

joseph@igpublish.com

www.igpublish.com