Aggregation Services

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Aggregation Services Library Consortia

• N V Sathyanarayana
• Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore, India.
• Sathya_at_informindia.co.in

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Which is the Oldest Aggregation Service?
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Aggregation

• Book is an aggregation of authors idea
• Journal is an edited aggregation of articles
  representing ideas from several authors in a
  discipline or a special topic.
• Database is a compiled aggregation of multiple
  sources of information, presented in a common
  format a common interface
• Library is a full-text aggregator of content they
  buy and catalog
• Internet is the largest public aggregator of
  freely available content

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Pre-Internet Access Model
SEARCH Metadata Aggregation
USER
FETCH ARTICLES Full-Text Aggregation
Library
Document Delivery Agency
Online
Offline
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Post-Internet Seamless Access
SEARCH Metadata Aggregation
USER
FETCH ARTICLES Full-Text Aggregation
Library
Document Delivery Agency
Publisher Aggregator
Online
Offline
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Value of Aggregation

• Single Point Access.
• Searchability
• Common display format
• Content aggregation process is like developing a
  road map to content.
• A map is as good as its index
• Bibliographic aggregation is a compilation value
  that provides searchability
• Full-text aggregation de-brands the content and
  makes it publisher-neutral at the point of
  searching

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Aggregation Levels

• Content
• Metadata
• Tools Technology

Indian Consortia need to move forward beyond
content level
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Tools Technology

• Federated Search Engines
• Webfeat, Muse Global
• Link Resolvers
• SFX, 1-Kate, LinkSolver
• Common usage tracking model
• Athens
• Post Search Aggregation
• Reference Manager, EndNote,
• OAI-PMH for metadata harvesting

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Aggregators of different breed

• Full-Text Content Aggregators
• Ovid ProQuest Factiva Ebsco J
  -Stor
• IEL MedKnow
• Metadata Aggregators
• AI Services (INSPEC, CA, etc.) Portals
  (like J-Gate)
• Hosting Services
• Dialog STN Web of Knowledge
• Internet Search Engines
• AOL Google Yahoo Microsoft

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Content Aggregation Market
AOL
The Rest
Google
Factiva
LexisNexis
Yahoo
MSN
ProQuest
Dialog
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Content Aggregators Library Consortia

• Flexible Access Business Model
• Subject Bundles
• Pick Choose
• Access Only Model
• Third-party Archiving
• Access to smaller publishers content
• Better software tools for search navigation
• Cost Advantage

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Consortia Pricing Model
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Problem Areas

• Publishers Licensing Restrictions
• Embargo
• Media restrictions
• Contract cancellations
• Managing Librarians wish list
• At software level Great!
• At content level, a mixed bag!!
• Publisher as competitive threat

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E-Books VS E-Journals

• Content
• Usage Behavior
• Publisher concerns Restrictions
• Pricing Models

Aggregators are needed more for the Books than
for the Journals
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Conclusion

• Library Consortia should take a serious look at
  aggregation at metadata and technology and level
• Aggregation model is well in tune with librarys
  publisher-neutral positioning.
• Aggregation is a mixed bag.

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Challenge

• Can Library Consortia evolve itself as an
  aggregator?