Next generation library systems:
new opportunities and threats
Raymond BERARD
ABES (Montpellier, France)
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Agenda
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Context: the current equipment of libraries
What is a next generation system?
The market offer
Should we really trust vendors ?
Impact on historical cataloguing agencies
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1. Context: the current equipment of
libraries
• Background
• Current situation
• The market
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French LIS market: academic libraries
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2. What is a next generation system?
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2. What is a next generation system?
Why switch to cloud computing?
• You save on technology
• You save money
• Your data is more efficient
• You share innovation
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3. The market offer
• Ex-Libris: Alma
• OCLC: WorldShare
• Alternative solutions:
– Commercial
• Serial solutions : Intota
• Innovative
– Open source
• Kuali OLE
• Koha with BywaterSolutions
• Evergreen with PTFS
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ALMA
Discovery tools
Systems
WMS
Primo Central
WorldCat Local
Aleph-Voyager
SFX Bx
Verde
Rosetta-Digitool
LBS
CBS
WMS
Unified
management
Technical platform
Infrastructure
URM
El Commons codeshare
Amazon EC2
Datacenters in
Amsterdam +
Circulation
Acquisitions
Licence management
Metadata management
ILL
App gallery
6 datacenters : USA,
Canada, UK, Australie
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4. Should we really trust vendors ?
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4. Should we really trust vendors ?
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Security
Privacy
Data quality
Licensing data
Pricing
Saving staff time
Adapting skills
Are all modules live?
How free will you be to leave your vendor?
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Estimated costs of an existing system
in an average French academic library
Estimated costs of an existing system in an average French academic library
Servers : Initial cost
Depreciation/year
(8 year cycle)
250 000 – 500 000 €
31 250 – 62 500 €
Support
30 000 €
Other systems
30 000 – 60 000 €
TOTAL / year
91 250 – 152 500 €
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ABES in the cloud?
Impact on historical cataloguing agencies
• Sudoc existing workflow
• Potential impact
– Technical
– Organizational
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Sudoc
Existing workflow
WinIBW
Local systems
Sudoc database
FTP transfers (every night)
IdRef
VIAF
General data shared
by community
Private general data
Autority files
Library 1
Inventory
Copies, subscriptions, contracts,
Financial data, acquisition
&circulation transactions
Bibliographic data
Link resolver
General contracts
Statistical data
Library A
French HE
consortium
Library A
French HE
consortium
French
dissertations
Library 2
Library A
French HE
consortium
Hub /
ISTEX
Library n
Library n
Credits
• Jean Bernon (ABES)
• Nicolas Morin (University of Toulouse)
• ENSSIB students: Sandrine Berthier, Reine
Bürki, Nicolas Di Méo, Nicolas Doux, Gaëlle
Guechgache, Sonja Graimprey
• Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrstitustrout/4
657171444/
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