1. Fuller Disclosure: Getting More Collections into the Network Flow Karen Smith-Yoshimura OCLC Programs and Research NELINET Conference Revealing Hidden Collections: Making the Lost Found Again Worcester, MA November 14, 2008

2. “ It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” — Charles Darwin Image: Auckland Museum

4. David Lewis (Dean of University Library, Indiana University Purdue) predicts in 20 years less than 50% of a library’s investments will go to purchasing collections Investment in locally curated content increases as library engagement in research support increases Investment in acquired content decreases as print collection is retired and shared purchasing of e-resources increases

6. Funding for streamlined processes

7. http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-final.pdf

9. Image: from the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Who knows what’s hidden in our collections?

10. What percentage of your collection do you estimate has not been adequately described – and is unlikely to be described without additional resources, funding, or both? RLG Programs Descriptive Metadata Practices Survey Results: Data Supplement http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2007-04.pdf 18% 35% 24% 22%

11. Princeton University Archives Even processed materials need description

13. Yale University

14. Where do you begin an online search for information on a topic? College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: a Report to the OCLC Membership : http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm

15. Be where the users go Image: informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-2008-beta/

16. Image: http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/shop/EBY_FooBar_35t.png

17. Discovery happens elsewhere – Be there!

20. So how much metadata is really needed?

21. Diffusion

23. Relationships and controlled vocabularies contributed by all catalogers of all editions Concentration

26. Where the users are

29. Going mobile, part of diffusion

31. Yale University Archives vault Digitize for access

32. Don’t get further behind Trinity College Dublin

33. University of Aberdeen Stop thinking about item-level description

35. Quantity over quality Images: labs.live.com/photosynth/

36. Images: Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin

37. Combine approaches

38. Do it all Images: A View to Hugh (blog)

39. Share your findings Images: A View to Hugh (blog) www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/

40. Images: various

41. Preserve right to reuse/remix

42. Work with partners to get what you want

45. Most common crosswalks between schemas used (from 2008 survey of RLG Partners) 63% of 100 respondents convert between MARC and non-MARC formats Metadata can be repurposed %