CURRENT TRENDS IN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library Founder and Publisher, Library Technology Guides http://www.librarytechnology.org/ http://twitter.com/mbreeding Axiell Users Conference 03 February 2011
Marshall Breeding will present his view of the current state of the art of library management systems, the role of discovery products to improve end-user experiences, and give some perspective on what's emerging in the near future in the technologies that libraries will need to manage their operations and to provide services to their users.
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CURRENT TRENDS IN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Marshall BreedingDirector for Innovative Technology and ResearchVanderbilt University LibraryFounder and Publisher, Library Technology Guideshttp://www.librarytechnology.org/http://twitter.com/mbreedingAxiell Users Conference03 February 2011
Marshall Breeding will present his view of the current state of the art of library management systems, the role of discovery products to improve end-user experiences, and give some perspective on what's emerging in the near future in the technologies that libraries will need to manage their operations and to provide services to their users.
Published annually in April 1 issue Based on data provided by each vendor Focused primarily on North America
Context of global library automation market
Annual Industry report published in Library Journal: 2011: ?? 2010: New Models, Core Systems 2009: Investing in the Future 2008: Opportunity out of turmoil 2007: An industry redefined 2006: Reshuffling the deck 2005: Gradual evolution 2004: Migration down, innovation up 2003: The competition heats up 2002: Capturing the migrating customer
LJ Automation Marketplace
New Models…
…no longer an industry where companies compete on the basis
of the best or the most features in similar products but one where companies distinguish themselves through products and services that define different futures for their library customers.
Core Systems…
Although ILS sales no longer completely define the library
automation market, new sales and ongoing support of
these flagship products continue as the largest and
most reliable revenue stream.
Trends in Scandinavia
Local companies and products consolidated into Axiell
Very little presence of external international companies Millennium (Innovative Interfaces) Aleph 500 – Limited presence – many shifted to Axiell
products More international systems in Academic Libraries Moving toward new public portal through Axiell
Arena Little movement toward open source LMS Very high adoption of RFID technologies
Compared to North America
Significant consolidation, yet no vendor dominates entirely
Library services available reliant on state and local government initiatives and resources
Movement toward open source ILS – regional and state-wide projects underway
Key Context: Libraries in Transition Shift from Print > Electronic Increasing emphasis on subscribed
content, especially articles and databases
Strong emphasis on digitizing local collections
Demands for enterprise integration and interoperability
Key Context: Library Users in Transition
New generations of library users: Millennial generation
Self sufficient – reluctant to seek assistance Perceive themselves as competent to use
information tools without help Web savvy / Digital natives Pervasive Web 2.0 concepts / Inherently collaborative work styles
Key Context: Technologies in transition
XML / Web services / Service-oriented Architecture
Beyond Web 2.0 Integration of social computing into core
infrastructure Local computing shifting to cloud platforms
SaaS / private cloud / public cloud Full spectrum of devices
full-scale / net book / tablet / mobile Mobile the current focus, but is only one
Current phase focused on pre-populated indexes that aim to deliver Web-scale discovery Summon (Serials Solutions) WorldCat Local (OCLC) EBSCO Discovery Service (EBSCO) Primo Central Encore with Article Integration
Web-scale Discovery
Search: Digital
Collections
ProQuest
EBSCOhost
…MLA
Bibliography
ABC-CLIO
Search Results
Pre-built harvesting and indexing
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ILS Data
Web-scale search Competitors Serials Solutions
Summon EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Discovery Service Ex Libris
Primo Central OCLC
WorldCat Local
Summon
EBSCO Discovery Service
Primo / Primo Central
DBC Discovery Platform
Ting Service-oriented architecture Open source components
Fedora, SOLR, Lucene Brønd Data Well
Social Discovery
Builds on modernized library catalog interfaces Strong emphasis on Web 2.0 concepts Users invited to contribute reviews, ratings,
preferences, reading lists, etc. User-supplied data becomes part of the
discovery process Users help each other to find interesting library
materials Example: Leverage use data for a
recommendation service of scholarly content based on link resolver data: Ex Libris bX service
Social Discovery
Search:
Digital Collections
Web site data
…User
Contributed Content
Search Results
Loca
l Ind
ex
ILS Data
BiblioCommons
BiblioCommons
SoPAC
SoPAC
Comprehensive User Services Portal Discovery + Managed User Services New line of products that provide a
presentation layer that replaces the entire functionality of the Web site in addition to providing discovery services
Current products mostly in Europe Axiell – Arena Infor – Iguana
Comprehensive User Portal
Full replacement for Web-based online catalog Content management for Web site content Full suite of Web 2.0 modules Library-specific functionality widgets Library hours, locations Library News Blogs Recently acquired materials, featured content All created through management console
Axiell Arena
Axiell Arena
Axiell Arena
Delivering library services to mobile devices
Increased expectationfor access to services through mobile
Library services: Mobile web Apps
Transmit library notices through SMS
Carefully selectfunctionality appropriatefor mobile
Tablet computing
Tablet computers have been around for a while, but the introduction of Apple’s iPad increases popularity