Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARY COLLABORATION & INNOVATION (PALCI) AND THE PRIVATE ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORK OF INDIANA (PALNI) WILL STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HYKU, A DIGITAL REPOSITORY SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES A ROBUST AND FLEXIBLE PLATFORM FOR INSTITUTIONS TO MANAGE, PRESERVE, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO DIGITAL CONTENT. WITH ACTIVE IMPLEMENTATION RANGING ACROSS FOUR LIBRARY CONSORTIA ENCOMPASSING MORE THAN 30 LIBRARIES, THE SCOPE OF SERVICE MEANS THAT A STRUCTURED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND FRAMEWORK HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY CRITICAL. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS HYKU’S NEEDS FOR FISCAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY, EFFICIENCY IN COLLABORATION, AND INCREASED CAPACITY ACROSS PROJECTS SERVING SMALL, LESS-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS. WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND BUY-IN, THE PROJECT’S DELIVERABLES WILL PROVIDE A FIRM FINANCIAL PLAN, DEFINE WORKING PRACTICES, BUILD EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, AND ADD HUMAN RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN THE HYKU PLATFORM. THE PROJECT WILL ENSURE THE HYKU SOFTWARE’S FUTURE, MEETING LIBRARIES’ NEED FOR AN AFFORDABLE, EASY-TO-USE, MULTI-TENANT DIGITAL REPOSITORY SOLUTION.

THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. (PALCI) WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND PILOT THE OPEN SOURCE CC-PLUS (CLOUD-BASED CONSORTIAL PLATFORM FOR LIBRARY USAGE STATISTICS) PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE, AND WILL DEVELOP THE BUSINESS MODELS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A PRODUCTION-READY USAGE STATISTICS TOOL SUPPORTING CONSORTIA AND LIBRARIES WITH DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP OF LIBRARY CONTENT. PALCI WILL BE PARTNERING WITH NORTH AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CONSORTIA AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROTOTYPE WAS COMPLETED IN MAY 2018 AND IS NOW READY TO PILOT AND ENHANCE THE SOFTWARE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF E-BOOK AND DATABASE USAGE DATA, IMPROVING THE USER INTERFACE DESIGN, INVESTIGATING JOURNAL TITLE AND PACKAGE INTEGRATION, AND CREATING ROBUST USER DOCUMENTATION.

THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. (PALCI) IS PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORK OF INDIANA (REPRESENTING 94 ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, WEST VIRGINIA, AND NEW YORK), TO EXPLORE, DEVELOP, AND PILOT AN OPEN SOURCE, MULTI-TENANT, CONSORTIAL INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (IR). THE MODEL SHOULD DELIVER ULTRA LOW-COST HOSTING, DISCOVERY, AND ACCESS TO DIGITAL MATERIAL FOR MEMBER LIBRARIES. ULTIMATELY, PROJECT COLLABORATORS AIM TO CREATE A CONSORTIAL IR SERVICE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARIES MAY USE, CUSTOMIZE, AND BRAND AS THEIR OWN, WHILE BUILDING THE CAPACITY AND FUNCTIONALITY REQUIRED TO SHARE UNDERLYING INFRASTRUCTURE, HOSTING, AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS. PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS WILL BUILD MEMBER LIBRARIES? CAPACITY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH ACCESS TO DIGITAL COLLECTIONS BY REDUCING IR-HOSTING AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS THROUGH SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS PROJECT FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMIC LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. (PALCI) WILL PLAN AND PILOT A MODULAR, OPEN TECHNOLOGY, PLATFORM FOR THE COLLECTION, DISPLAY, AND ANALYSIS OF CONSORTIAL LIBRARY USAGE DATA. IT BUILDS ON THE EXISTING JOURNAL USAGE STATISTICS PORTAL (JUSP) CODEBASE BY JISC TO COLLABORATIVELY ADDRESS COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED USAGE DATA CHALLENGES. THIS CONSORTIAL PLATFORM WOULD BE FOCUSED ON INCREASING LIBRARIES? ANALYTIC CAPACITY, SPECIFICALLY AROUND STAFFING AND COST EFFICIENCIES.