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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Greetings—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Some
of you may find interesting this excerpt from a document distributed by LC at
ALA. It’s among a bunch of actions they’re taking, or have taken, in response
to the “futures” report that was published a couple years ago (and on which Karen
Calhoun had a lot to say at RBMS in L.A.). Interesting to ponder their seven
definitions of value in the spcoll/archives context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Best
to all, Jackie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cost/value
assessment of bibliographic control<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Under the auspices of the ALCTS Technical Services Directors of
Large Research Libraries Interest Group, the Task Force on Cost/Value
Assessment of Bibliographic Control was charged with identifying measures of
the cost, benefit, and value of bibliographic control for key stakeholder
communities, and developing a plan for implementing these measures. The
objective of this work was not to develop a complete model of costs and value
for bibliographic data, but to begin to identify sound measures that can inform
decisions by those engaged in the creation, exchange, and use of bibliographic
data. Our ability to make sound decisions and mindful changes around
bibliographic control is hindered by our lack of operational definitions of
value and methodologies for assessing value within our institutions. The Task
Force struggled with its charge in the larger cultural context of the
profession’s inability to articulate value and, until recently, not generally
being asked to do so in measured ways. Given the lack of research in this area
and our desire to move forward discussions about quantifying the value of
bibliographic control in an environment where the vocabulary for doing so does
not yet exist, the Task Force on Cost/Value Assessment of Bibliographic Control
proposes seven operational definitions of value and offers suggestions for
research in these areas. The Task Force also recommends that the Heads of
Technical Services in Large Research Libraries Interest Group identify
institutions among themselves or solicit partners from the community who are
eager to act. We outline these proposals for responsibility as well. </span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>The seven operational definitions of value are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>1. Discovery success <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>2. Use <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>3. Display understanding <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>4. Ability of our data to operate on the open web and interoperate
with vendors/ suppliers in the bibliographic supply chain <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>5. Ability to support the FRBR user tasks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>6. Throughput/Timeliness <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>7. Ability to support the library's administrative/management
goals <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>–from the executive summary of the Task Force’s Final Report</span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jackie Dooley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Consulting Archivist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>949.492.5060 (home/office)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>949.295.1529 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>dooleyj@oclc.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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