UK Research Reserve - A Sustainable Model from Print to E? Daryl Yang, UKRR Manager 09 August 2012

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1 UK Research Reserve - A Sustainable Model from Print to E? Daryl Yang, UKRR Manager 09 August 2012

2 Information in the 21 st Century Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilisation up until Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman Google

3 And A weekday edition of the New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in seventeenth-century England More new information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5,000 About 1,000 books are published internationally every day The total of all printed knowledge doubles every eight years The dramatic expansion of electronic information on the Internet, which is probably doubling the production of information every four years - Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety

4 Challenges HE sector 10 Challenges identified by Deloitte LLP in 2011 Funding Rivalry Set priorities Technology infrastructure Link to outcomes Attracting talent Sustainability Widening access Regulation

5 Challenges libraries Decreased funding v. increased costs Shortage of space Support for the best and the brightest Technology advancement Competition

6 Libraries in the 21 st Century Prestigious status = no. of collections? Availability of digital content Change of researchers/library users behaviours and their expectations Space pressure Organisational changes (structures, costsharing models, etc.) the past v. the future

7 UK Research Reserve Strategic partnership between the HE sector and the British Library 18-month pilot phase ( ) Proof of concept 8 HEIs involved Phase Two 10 million ( 12.67m) funding from HEFCE Five year plan (until 2014)

8 Our objectives De-duplicate low-use material (journals) and thus release space and realise savings/efficiency & Preserve research material for researchers and generations to come Cultural Change

9 Collection models Core Approach Pip Approach Offering Processing Core collection

10 Some facts and figures Earliest Journal offered to us: 1804 > 68,000 m > 50,000 titles Retain: 9,000 titles Dispose: 57,120 m Recurrent Estate Saving: 1,653,018/p.a. Capital Saving: 17,309,090

11 UKRR processes Aim to identify the last three one to be held at the BL as the access copy and the other two by members as back-ups. Divide 5 years into 10 6-month cycles Members offer materials to UKRR to be considered for de-duplication

12 UKRR process overview Retain? Dispose? BL Retain? BL Dispose?

13 What have we received so far? Titles Number of Times Offered Number of Varying Titles BBA-Molecular Basis of Disease (and varying titles) Journal of the Chemical Society Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday transactions British journal of applied physics 33 9 Science: 31 Medicine: 10 Maths & Engineering: 3 Arts & Humanities: 3 Social Science: 3

14 What Next? HEFCE Funding likely to cease in 2014 Organisations who didn t join when the scheme was open have expressed interest What next? Internally: UKRR Member Survey in 2011 Externally: UKRR Project Review - final report to be submitted in November 2012

15 UKRR Survey costs (1)

16 UKRR Survey costs (2)

17 UKRR Survey drivers to take part

18 UKRR Survey holdings to offer

19 UKRR Survey repurposed space

20 UKRR Survey beyond 2014

21 Questions we are asking What was the UKRR set up to achieve? Where is the UKRR positioned today? What changes/impact has UKRR created? Are there reasons for UKRR to continue after 2014? Who will take part after 2014? What business model - shared services?

22 Potential entity to become A strategic business unit A not-for-profit venture A for-profit business venture A hybrid non-profit venture

23 Conclusions Libraries and their parent organisations E-only is more than a trend Users needs, expectation and demands Libraries role as a key link between researchers and their pursuit of knowledge A safety net A research reserve for generations to come

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25 Want to know more? Contact the team at: Contact me at: UKRR Team/Imperial College London Debby Shorley, Head of UKRR/Director of Library Services Daryl Yang, UKRR Manager Dan Crane, Project Coordinator