'''the Hybrid Library, and PIEs for everyone

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...the Hybrid Library, and PIEs for everyone!

• John Paschoud, BLPES, London School of Economics
• j.paschoud_at_lse.ac.uk
• IUISC, Cavan - 8th March 2000

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• The eLib Programme
• The Hybrid Library
• Users, Resources, Delivery Options
• HeadLine
• Aims, What it will do for users, Project
  deliverables
• the Personal Information Environment
• some Discovery-to-Access tools

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The electronic libraries programme (eLib)

• Follett report (1993)
• eLib phase 1 2
• particular aspects of library services
• on demand publishing, electronic short loan etc
• Phase 3 projects Innovate and Integrate
• Seek to integrate learning and outcomes of the
  initial eLib project portfolio.
• Hybrids, Clumps and Preservation projects
• HeadLine is one of 5 hybrids

We are here!
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eLib phase 3 - Building the Library of the Future

• Integration of new technology with traditional
  library collections and services
• Building an infrastructure for resource sharing
  and large scale resource discovery
• Ensuring long-term access to digital materials
  through appropriate preservation strategies

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The Hybrid Library

• Recognise the investment and value in traditional
  library collection and services
• Integrate new technologies to enhance and extend
  library services into the new Millennium
• Focus on the specific needs of all kinds of
  library user - both now and into the future
• Resource discovery beyond the physical
  limitations of the library as place

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The Hybrid Library
Hard copy material
Grey Literature
CD-ROMs
Internet
Online
Course information
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Hybrid Library Projects

• Builder - University of Birmingham
• Agora - Building the Infrastructure
• Malibu - A Library for the Humanities
• Hylife - Flexible Models for Distance Learning
• Headline - A Library for Economics and Business

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BUILDER

• Birmingham University Integrated Library
  Development and Electronic Resource
• Lead site University of Birmingham
• Plus a number of partners
• Institutional focus - developing a model of the
  hybrid library within an institution
• http//builder.bham.ac.uk

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MALIBU

• MAnaging the hybrid LIbrary for the Benefit of
  Users
• Lead site Kings College London, Oxford and
  Southampton Universities
• Plus other consortium members / partners
• Humanities focus - developing hybrid library
  prototypes for the humanities. Organization and
  Management focus - development of models
• http//www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/malibu

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Agora

• Lead site University of East Anglia
• Plus other partners
• Infrastructure focus - development of a Hybrid
  Library Management System - implementation of the
  MODELS Information Architecture
• http//hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/agora

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HyLiFe

• Hybrid Library of the Future
• Lead sites CERLIM at Manchester MU University
  of Northumbria at Newcastle
• Plus other consortium partners
• User and evaluation focus - development of 6
  hybrid library interfaces for different user
  groups in different institutions
• http//www.unn.ac.uk/xcu2/hylife

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HeadLine

• Hybrid Electronic Access and Delivery in the
  Library Networked Environment
• Partners
• London School of Economics
• London Business School
• University of Hertfordshire
• 3 year project - Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
• Business Studies and Economics focus

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Aims of the project

• To develop the concept of the hybrid library,
  going beyond resource discovery to resource
  access.
• To establish a working model for consistent
  access to library materials regardless of
  physical form.
• To implement the model in different types of
  real-life environments.

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Establishing user requirements

• Observed information desk enquiries
• at all 3 sites, during autumn term 1998
• Results analysed
• category of enquiry, length of time taken
• Identified relevant enquiries
• i.e. those that HL may be able to help with
• Staff consultation event
• to review results and HLs solutions
• to identify what users want to do

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What users want

• One stop shopping and electronic full text
• dont like having to sift through resources
• Value added resources
• FAQs for products
• Library expert or subject guides
• Assistance doing their own research
• not just a dependency on reading lists
• Off-campus access
• to electronic services and products

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What it will do for users

• Provide single point of access for resources
• Hard copy and electronic material
• Single point of authentication
• Intelligent system incorporating feedback and
  user profiles
• Delivery of material according to users location

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Expected deliverables

• HeadLine services at partner sites
• plus guest access
• Documentation
• eLib reports
• final report and conference
• Developed software
• Open Source, for use in other institutions
• Dissemination
• website, headline-users email list, articles,
  papers

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Hybrid Library Model
LibraryUSERS
meeting ofResource with User
User Metadata
HeadLineDiscovery to AccessTools
HeadLinePersonal Information Environment
(electronic) Resource Full-Content
Resource Metadata
Library Resources
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Users

• System tailored to users profile
• MIS data
• User input
• Subject, interests, what year theyre in
• Feedback mechanism to develop over time
• System takes into account users profile
• physical location
• access rights
• Authentication

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Resources

• Course material
• reading lists, exam papers, key texts
• Business information
• financials, market research, news
• Catalogues - and Gateways
• local consortium, COPAC, SOSIG
• Journals
• Full text and bibliographic services BIDS,
  EconLit,
• Library services
• FAQs, Guides, Subject helpers, online help

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PIE

• Personal Information Environment
• Accessible on and off campus
• Tailored to the users profile using user
  metadata and resource metadata
• Customisable
• Group-work functions and collaborative learning
  tools
• http//http//www.headline.ac.uk/publications/pie/
  PIEAuth.html
• file\\PIEAuth.html

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Discovery to access (delivery options)

• Full text access
• to electronic material
• Launch of an external service
• automatic login
• help and background
• Document delivery
• investigation of Lamda / Ariel scan-on-demand
• Facilitate access to hard copy material
• interactive library map

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HeadLine Shelfmark Locator

• "SHERLOC" (SHElved Resource LOCator
• Facilitates the meeting between library user
  and library resource
• Can also be used for locating facilities such as
  workstations or toilets, photocopier etc
• Designed for minimum input/maintenance by library
  staff
• http//www.headline.ac.uk/team/wp5d2a/sherloc.html

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Shelfmark Locator - first page
Input box for shelfmark...
Or selects a location
Or searches subjects or locations
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Shelfmark Locator - Results
Option to return to shelfmark finder page
Target block is indicated
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End-user Electronic Doc-Del

• Once a resource (and a shelved holding of it) is
  discovered...
• an order for a scan-on-demand copy can be
  inserted as an EEDD request
• and sent to the user electronically, just like
  an already-electronic holding
• http//www.headline.ac.uk/publications/EEDDalpha.h
  tml
• http//bungo.lse.ac.uk/eedd/temp/eedd-webform.pl?a
  ctionconfirmdocid145 (J.Paschoud)

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Further details are available on the HeadLine
Website at http//www.headline.ac.uk/ including
project flyer, contact details and project
Working Papers as published. For more
information about eLib see http//www.ukoln.ac.uk
/services/elib/