移动从网守园丁:内省在图书馆

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通过杰米·拉鲁

我认为,图书馆是在转型变革的门槛。一些变化是全社会的。有些是具体到库。近年来,我花了很多我的专业时间探索和谈论的三个关键趋势。他们共同构成了我的平台作为ALA总统候选人。

First, we are moving从看门人到园丁。也就是说,传统图书馆集合been the last link in a distribution chain. The author writes it; the agent gets it past the filters of the publisher; the publisher edits, formats, prints and markets the title; reviewers vet the titles; libraries buy it; the distributor ships it to libraries; the reader reads it. Getting from author to reader is all about getting through the gates. But the rise of ebooks disrupts that long-established sequence. Now it’s possible for someone to write a book just weeks after an event, post it on Amazon or Smashwords, and sell it directly to consumers. That bypasses a lot of middlemen. Traditional publishing only pays authors 8-15% of the sale; direct epublishing gives the author 70-85%. It should surprise no one that the result has been the greatest surge of writing in the history of mankind. The annual output of independent and self-published titles now exceeds that of traditional mainstream publishing by a factor of three. Yet, so far, these new streams of writing have yet to make it into libraries.

由于道格拉斯县图书馆(DCL)的导演,我有一个天才的团队合作,创建一个新的模式。我们托管,并允许该新内容的开发和提供。我们伪造的协议有超过900印记改变业务方面的东西从大五(兰登书屋/企鹅,哈珀柯林斯,阿歇特,麦克米伦和西蒙与舒斯特)的惩罚许可协议有很大不同。我们得到了文件的实际占有,使我们能够索引和标题整合到我们的产品系列的其余部分。我们还得到了保存它们,而不是一定数量检出后再次购买。我们协商的40-45%的折扣。我们同意权从我们的目录销售。顺便说一句,圣智盖尔是第一次金宝搏彩票看到正是我们正在做的一个,而第一与我们签约的一个。近年来,该DCL模型已经蔓延到几百库。

This experiment taught us several lessons. First, and most important, is that we did not have to be passive victims of a fundamentally anti-library shift in the publishing market. It is时间去尝试。其次,我们了解到,独立出版商和作者想读他们的书,他们明白,图书馆是他们首先要找到最有效的策略之一。他们渴望与我们合作的方式五大没有。第三,我们建立了我们自己的数字内容平台后,我们意识到我们自己是现在的出版商,或者可能。因此,我们开始在图书馆的一个新时代的出版商迎来,深入到我们的社区,帮助他们写出更好的书,帮助社区的其余找到他们。这是一个巨大的转变:不是在分销链的最后一个环节,各类图书馆 - 政府,学术界,学校,特殊 - 可以上游移动到的内容源,使共同的事业与创造者。金宝搏彩票作为ALA总统,我将努力不仅鼓励图书馆接受这个新角色,而是要构建更大,共享基础设施来支持它。因此,我们从一个革命的边缘,以它的心脏移动。

The second trend concerns reference librarians. Here the trend is从嵌入式馆员到社区领袖。Like many libraries, we learned that the old model of waiting behind a desk for someone to come in with a question was losing business. People used Google, smart phones, and our own databases to empower themselves. So we experimented again with something that began as “embedded reference” – librarians leaving the building to work directly not just with individuals, but with larger groups within our surrounding community. Then we took a step further: we identified community leaders from a variety of dimensions (elected, civic, non-profit, education, faith-based, business), then conducted in-depth interviews. In this way, librarians not only began to foster important relationships with decision-makers, we also began to have comprehensive understanding of the needs and aspirations of our community. From there, we worked with those leaders to build community agendas, and stepped up to leadership of a few big projects. Again, this is not specific to public libraries. But it builds on what my uncle used to tell me about the best way to get ahead: “make your boss look good.” For libraries, your boss is the community you serve: the school district, the university, the town or county. Making them look good means you have to know what moves *their* agendas forward. In this way, libraries move from one more agency with its hand out, to a vital and valued partner.

第三个趋势是从移动本书抛弃预订丰盈。图书馆员往往认为,我们需要更多的数据来改变人们对我们的重要性的思想。我他们提到“家族学术文化和教育的成功:书籍和学校教育在27个国家,”通过MDR埃文斯,乔纳森·凯利,乔安娜西科拉和Donald J.连结:Research in Social Stratification and Mobility28(2010)171-197。这20年的研究取得了惊人的发现,当0-5岁之间的孩子们可以在自己的家园获取500本书,它的好,因为有两个家长硕士学位,不论其实际教育水平或收入。研究主持人告诉我们,由幼儿园阅读准备预测四年级的阅读能力。四年级的阅读能力预测的生活结果的主持人:你是否就可以自由或坐牢;你会如何健康作为一个孩子,多久你会生活;多少教育,你会得到,你会赚了多少钱。总之,图书馆员,现在,我们需要的工具,以我们的社区从弊病主机保存,以帮助个人生活自由,健康,富有成效的生活。“书的沙漠”是具有少于25本书的家园。与“书丰”户有足够的书改变不只是生活,不只是社区,但我们的国家。

We know this. But too many of our other community partners do not. As ALA president, I would carry this message, out past the echo chamber of our own publications, of the vital importance of early childhood literacy.

所有ALA考生参加我们的大风野人每周研讨会系列。金宝搏彩票观看任何30-45分钟的今天归档演示。

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About the Author

杰米·拉鲁是获奖的作者“新的宗教裁判所:了解和管理知识自由的挑战。”报纸专栏作家超过25年,无论是互联网广播节目和有线电视作家访谈节目的前主持人,他目前写,能说,并且会商图书馆的未来。

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