Electronic Knowledge:
Trends and Futures
David Stern
Director of Science Libraries
Yale University
david.e.stern@yale.edu
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dstern/advancedsearch.html
Trisociety Symposium, Los Angeles, June 2002
Three areas of focus:
Integrated Tools
Search and Discovery options
Data manipulation
Pricing Models
Beyond subscriptions
Unbundled materials
Alternative funding
Role of the Librarian
Purchase/Lease
Instruction
Collaboration/Design
Influence future systems
Search and Discovery Tools
Complexity related to data types
(citations, raw data, media types)
Extended service options (e.g. SFX)
WoS tracking/Related Records,
Who’s Who (biographies)
Branding
conflicts, hidden limited domains?
Proprietary software support
downloads and plug-ins
Novel search methods
Natural language
Dymondlinking (structures to data)
Beilstein multi-view options
• Reactions, structures/data, citations
Data Manipulation (KM)
Simple downloads and retrieval
Create customized bibliographies
Maintain local database(s)
Linking disparate objects
Virtual collections/documents
Imbedded/shared comments
SGML/XML options
Portions of documents
Added-value data
• (beyond captions)
using “META-subunit links”
Pricing Models
Historical Trends
Inflation 1995-2002
Average approx. 8%
Library budget increase 0-4%
reduction in buying power
Document delivery replaces subscriptions
(but this requires SOME subscriptions)
Historical Trends
Historical Trends
(+83%)
Market Factors
Value Items
Lower Cost
SPARC
arXiv (LANL) eprint server
Enhanced Links
Integrated media
Seamless: CrossRef, SFX, MetaLib
Backfiles (PROLA, ADS, HighWire, Elsevier, ACS)
Metadata (Sophisticated searching)
Charts, Tables, Image captions+
Customization
Preferences, commenting, Virtual File cabinet
• At top level NOT publisher level (Axiom)
Librarian/User Desires
Consistent system interface
Reduce branding icons
Reduce learning curve (for standard options)
Federated/Bro