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Talis Aspire Digitised Content Open Day – London 17 March 2014 Ticking all the boxes: our journey from scanning trial to scanning service David Sherren Map Librarian University of Portsmouth
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Talis Aspire Digitised Content Open Day – London 17 March 2014
Ticking all the boxes: our journey from scanning trial to scanning service
David SherrenMap LibrarianUniversity of Portsmouth
Background
Overview
Our journey towards Digitised Content
Current practice
Success with TADC implementation
Future developments
Questions
Talis Aspire Digitised Content Open Day – London 17 March 2014
Ad hoc methods for obtaining requests
All copyright checking being done manually
Copyright notices created manually
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Database to record what we had scanned
Scans stored on our VLE (Blackboard, then Moodle)
Digital Copy Record Form completed by hand
Just one A3 book edge scanner
Our journey towards Digitised ContentThe way things were
Our journey towards Digitised Content
2011 2012 2013 20140
1002003004005006007008009001000
Number of new scans
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We had a “threadbare scanning service”
Believed digitisation to be a growth area
Clear business case – saving staff costs
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A faster and better service for students/staff
Improved confidence in copyright compliance
Potential to improve NSS scores
Our journey towards Digitised ContentWhat drove us to consider TADC?
Our journey towards Digitised Content
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Mins
Interpret the incoming email requesting the scan 10
Find the book on catalogue and retrieve 3
Check for electronic version 0.5
Check whether scan is permissible 1.5
Complete cover sheet 10
Enter data on scanning database 15
Load file on VLE 5
TOTAL 45
Our journey towards Digitised Content
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Our journey towards Digitised Content
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But at least the University Library could be proud of its state-of-art scanning workstation located within a specialist digitisation laboratory with the high-tech ambience that merits a professional and vital service for the benefit of thousands of students
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Began TADC trial in June 2013
Current practice
Full implementation in August 2013
Soft launch
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1361 requests (as of 10th March 2014)
872 of these are live
Delivered across about 150 different units
Current practice
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Current practice
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Current practice
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Only in about the top 2% do views exceed the number of students
% of views relative to the number of students falls off rapidly after this
Current practice
R1241 U20666 p367-74
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Current practice
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173 scans were undertaken by the Library in the last CLA reporting period up to 31st May 2013
Success with TADC implementation
So already we have seen a 400% increase in Library scanning since the launch of Digitised Content
Scanning process remains the same, but everything else is now about 10 times faster!
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2011 2012 2013 20140
1002003004005006007008009001000
Number of new scans
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Success with TADC implementation
Greater academic engagement
Improved confidence with copyright compliance
A better service for students
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Success with TADC implementation
Ability to handle increased demand
Fully launch the service
Future developments
Coverage of reading lists to reach 70% of taught units by Sept (Library Strategic Service Plan)
Improve our scanning hardware
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Future developments
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Questions
David Sherren [email protected] Librarian 023 9284 3655University of Portsmouth
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