Presenter: Karin Byström, Collection Development Coordinator (Uppsala University Library, Sweden)
Abstract:
In Sweden, academic libraries are in the middle of big changes regarding collection development and new user demands. This is for example the impact of open access and transformative agreements, need for large-scale digitization and new research needs in digital humanities. These changes has sparked new collaborations and new ideas on library collection management. This presentation will share the progress on two collection management projects.
One of the largest projects is the digitization of Swedish print materials, where I am the project manager. It is a collaboration between the National Library and the five largest university libraries (Lund, Uppsala, Stockholm, Göteborg and Umeå). The goal is to make all Swedish print content easily accessible and freely available for research and to the public. The project is in the start-up phase, and have started to set common technical standards, communicate about the project to potential funders and find ways for practical collaboration on digitization among the libraries. One of the most challenging parts has been to find a common easy solution for search, access and downloading, but through the collaboration, all libraries will join the same data platform together with the National Library.
Another project is a national collaboration on shared print and joint weeding and preservation. The project is a continuation from a report I co-wrote last year, “Everything for everyone – recommendations for a shared print framework”. Swedish national, academic and special libraries want to work together on guaranteeing the preservation of the print collections for future research needs, while at the same time sharing costs and securing access. I am part of the working group that is investigating possible paths forward. Even though we have done a lot of external environmental monitoring on the experiences from other countries, mostly USA and UK, there are so many financial, political and practical problems to tackle before Sweden will come to a shared print solution.
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