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Academic Library Trends in Hong Kong:Global and Local Issues
Peter E SidorkoThe University of Hong Kong
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Overview
• Background (HE in HK; JULAC)• Trends (JULAC Statistics)• Issues (JULAC Director’s views)• Conclusions (Some, maybe)
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Some global issues
• Technology• Changing collections and collecting patterns• Financial constraints• Accountability• Changing nature of scholarship
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Hong Kong Higher Education
• 8 government funded institutes of higher learning (UGC)• 3 ranked in the top 50 in the world – HKU (23); HKUST
(33); CUHK (40) - (QS Rankings, 2012)• 69,000 UGC funded students (2011/12) – 14% non-local• Four year curriculum commenced September 2012 –
double cohort 3 year and 4 year programs in parallel• Double 1st year intake for each institution• Estimated total students now 86,000• Desire for “deep collaboration” among the eight• Desire to be THE Asian education hub.
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• The Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC)
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About JULAC
• Founded in 1967• Governed by JULAC Director’s Meeting• Operates around 10 specialist committees
– Access services– Bibliographic Services– Committee on Media– Conservation and Preservation– Consortiall– Copyright Committee– Learning strategies– Staff Development– Statistics– Systems
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JULAC limitations
• Small in terms of member libraries• Diversity in institutional profiles and priorities• Recent departures 5/8 (soon 6/8)
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JULAC opportunities
• Small in terms of member libraries• Diversity in institutional profiles and priorities• Recent departures 5/8 (soon 6/8)• Commitment and willingness• Unitary governance (UGC through HUCOM)• Skills, specialisations, diverse educational
backgrounds• Geography• JULAC Project Manager
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Global vs local. Differences?
Maybe, let’s see
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Trends: Collections and Access
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesVolumes Added
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesMonographs Purchased (Volumes)
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesE-Journals (Titles)
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
Total Circulation (Median)
ARL
JULAC
CAULThis is interesting.
Why?
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesInterlibrary Loans (Provided to other Libraries)
HKALL
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesInterlibrary Loans (Received from other Libraries)
HKALL
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Trends: Staff and Services
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 800
850
900
950
1,000
1,050
1,100
Hong Kong JULAC LibrariesTotal Staff (FTE)
+15%
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Ithaka Library Survey 2010
• Priority for teaching and research support but less for acquisition
• Growth in information literacy and support for classroom instruction
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/ithaka-s-r-library-survey-2010/insights-from-us-academic-library-directors.pdf
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
Reference Transactions (Median)
CAUL
JULAC
ARL
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 -
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
Participants in Group Presentations (Median)
CAUL
JULAC
ARL
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 -
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
Number of Group Presentations (Median)
CAUL
JULAC
ARL
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Issues: Directors’ Views
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ACRL 2012 top ten trends in academic libraries
• Communicating value• Data curation• Digital preservation• Higher education• Information technology• Mobile environments• Patron driven e-book acquisition• Scholarly communication• Staffing• User behaviors and expectations
http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/6/311.full
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JULAC Director Survey (08/2012)
• As a Library Director, what are the three to five major issues facing you and your library TODAY?
• What do you see as the major issues for your Library in the COMING 5 YEARS?
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ACRL 2012 top ten trends JULAC 2012 Issues
JULAC 2017 Issues
Communicating value 14% 14%Data curation 0% 28%Digital preservation 0% 28%Higher education 58% 0%Information technology 43% 43%Mobile environments 14% 0%Patron driven e-book acquisition
0% 0%
Scholarly communication 14% 14%Staffing 71% 86%User behaviors and expectations
0% 28%
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2012 20170%
50%
100%
43% 43%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017TECHNOLOGY
Technology for access
Response Percent
Technology uncertainty
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ACRL 2012 top ten trends JULAC 2012 Issues
JULAC 2017 Issues
Communicating value 14% 14%Data curation 0% 28%Digital preservation 0% 28%Higher education 58% 0%Information technology 43% 43%Mobile environments 14% 0%Patron driven e-book acquisition
0% 0%
Scholarly communication 14% 14%Staffing 71% 86%User behaviors and expectations
0% 28%
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2012 20170%
25%
50%
75%
100%
71%86%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017STAFFING
Response Percent
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ACRL 2012 top ten trends JULAC 2012 Issues
JULAC 2017 Issues
Communicating value 14% 14%Data curation 0% 28%Digital preservation 0% 28%Higher education 58% 0%Information technology 43% 43%Mobile environments 14% 0%Patron driven e-book acquisition
0% 0%
Scholarly communication 14% 14%Staffing 71% 86%User behaviors and expectations
0% 28%
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2012 20170%
25%
50%
0%
28%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017USER BEHAVIORS and EXPECTATIONS
Response Percent
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Other Views
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2012 20170%
25%
50%
75%
100% 86%71%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017SPACE
Response Percent
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2012 20170%
25%
50%
75%
100%
43%
14%
0.29
14%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017FUNDING
Overall
Library Resources
Staff
Response Percent
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2012 20170%
25%
50%
75%
100%
57%43%
Issues facing Hong Kong Library Directors 2012 vs 2017PRINT vs ELECTRONIC BALANCE
Response Percent
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Ithaka Library Survey 2010
• Priority for teaching and research support but less for acquisition
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/ithaka-s-r-library-survey-2010/insights-from-us-academic-library-directors.pdf
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Library Director Priorities (North America)
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Library Director Priorities (Hong Kong)
Developing and maintaining special collections
Supporting the research projects of faculty members
Building or maintaining local discovery resources
Purchasing/licensing digital resources
Providing reference services
Supporting faculty instruction and student learning
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
How would you prioritise your staff resources in the fol-lowing areas?
Percentage ranking this item as most important
Percentage ranking this item as second important
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Ithaka Library Survey 2010
• 5 years to e-journals only transition
• In 5 years 50% of books purchased are e-books
• Offsite print journals but less so for books.
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/ithaka-s-r-library-survey-2010/insights-from-us-academic-library-directors.pdf
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JULAC Director Survey (08/2012)• What percentage of your CURRENT materials
expenditure is on digital resources?• What percentage of your materials expenditure do
you think you will spend on digital resources IN 5 YEARS TIME?
• IN 5 YEARS TIME, what percentage of your journals will be e-journals only?
• IN 5 YEARS TIME, what percentage of your book acquisitions will be e-books only?
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< 50% 51-60% 61-70% 71-80% 81-90% 91-100%0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
What percentage of your CURRENT materials expenditure is on digital resources?
Response Percent
CURRENT materials expenditure on digital resources
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< 50% 51-60% 61-70% 71-80% 81-90% 91-100%0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
What percentage of your materials expenditure do you think you will spend on digital resources IN 5 YEARS TIME?
Materials expenditure on digital resources IN 5 YEARS TIME
Response Percent
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< 50% 51-60% 61-70% 71-80% 81-90% 91-100%0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
IN 5 YEARS TIME, what percentage of your journalswill be e-journals only?
Percentage of e-journals IN 5 YEARS TIME
Response Percent
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< 10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% 51-60% 61-70% 71-80% 81-90% 91-100%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
IN 5 YEARS TIME, what percentage of your book acquisitionswill be e-books only?
Percentage of e-books IN 5 YEARS TIME
Response Percent
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So, why differences?
• Different student and faculty bodies – culture and mix
• Different academic structures and priorities• HK sometimes opts for a wait and see
approach• Different social emphases
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Conclusions/solutions (of sorts)
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1 Staffing
• JULAC Staff Development Committee• University of Hong Kong Libraries Annual
Leadership Institute• NextGen Library Leadership Programme
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2 Space
JURA (collaborative offsite storage) construction
The Joint Universities Research Archive大學聯合典藏學術書庫
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3 Funding
• 4 year curriculum hangover• UGC Funding• Fundraising
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4 User behaviours and expectations
Ethnographic study of Hong Kong university students
What are the information-seeking behaviors of UGC undergraduates and graduate students?
What information seeking behaviors, if any, distinguishes Hong Kong students from others in the world?
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Conclusions
• Global trends are useful to observe, but,• Local considerations are also essential, be they
regional or institutional • Culture, both ethnic and organizational, will
affect what services we deliver and how we do that
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Thank you!