Mallett, Natalie
Dempsey, Lorcan. (2016). The Facilitated Collection. OCLC Blog.
Retrieved from http://orweblog.oclc.org/towards-the-facilitated-collection/
The article begins with a description of libraries’
shift away from emphasizing local, owned collections to networked collections.
“Print logic” collection building requires distribution of physical copies to
locations. “Network logic” is a mix of local and remote services to be curated
based on the needs of the users. Owned collections take up space, while “facilitated”
collections more efficiently meet relevant needs by providing links and other
connections to shared, simultaneous use, or remote resources. Facilitated collections
are more elastic and collaborative. The downsides are that organizational
charts and division of labor may have to adapt to new collection processes, and
that stewardship agreements are less clear.
This article very succinctly demonstrates the complimentary
concepts we refer to in this class as “collection and connection.” It takes a
balanced and critical approach to the shift from owned materials to more and
more licensed or linked content.
This is an interesting idea and one that I am sure we are to be delving deeper into in this class. All of the rules have to be rewritten and people must adapt, I guess? Somehow, though it always seems like the money dictates who will be able to access information and how. I am skeptical but hopeful.
ReplyDeleteall the best,
Lea Ann