INLS 235
Day
1/16/2002
Big Points
Evolving conceptions and consequent definitions for DLs
DL emphasis in developing world on culture
DLs as ubiquitous memory
DLs are more than a technical problem
Questions
Is there demonstrated demand for portals/my library services?
What business models exist? Are possible?
How to create place to sustain contributions?
911 impact on DL access?
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US
Libraries (Statistical Abstracts of US) |
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1980 |
1998 |
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Total |
31564 |
37519 |
18.9% |
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Public |
8717 |
9815 |
12.6% |
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public
branches |
5936 |
6435 |
8.4% |
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Special |
7649 |
9898 |
29.4% |
(medical,
relegious, law) |
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Academic |
4591 |
4700 |
2.4% |
(non
K-12) |
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Government |
1260 |
1897 |
50.6% |
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Military |
485 |
363 |
-25.2% |
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http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/statab/sec04.pdf
Library/archives and curators employed (dept of labor): 213,000 in 1983, 264,000 in 1999
Librarians (193,000 in 1983, 236,000 in 1999)
If looking at businesses: http://www.census.gov/epcd/susb/1999/us/US51412.HTM then 2590 with 31031 employees (1999 data)
As a gauge, there were 89,508 K-12 schools in 1997-98. There were 16044 school districts in 1980 and 14842 in 1999.
There were 68,000,000 students K-college in 2000 (38M K-8, 15M 8-12, 15M college)
There were 2.5M teachers in 1980, 3.2M teachers in 1999
3. The Sharium concept(see slides)
What are the technical requirements to implement?
What are the content requirements?
What are the service requirements?
What are the community requirements?
Discuss Gates Portal RFP
4. Paul Jones guest speaker: ibiblio and contributor-run DLs
5. Read for next time:
Khoo, M. (2001). Community design of DLESE’s
collections review policy: A technological frames analysis. Proceedings of JCDL 2001. p. 157-164.
(ACM DL)
See http://www.stoa.org/guides/ for guides to photography/images, GPS coding, QTVR etc
6. One-minute paper
What was the main point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?