the recombinant library: portals and people improved access to library collections university of...

The recombinant library: portals and

people

Improved access to library collections

University of Oklahoma LibrariesMarch 6-7

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

The recombinant library: portals and

people

Improved access to library collections

University of Oklahoma LibrariesMarch 6-7

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC

OverviewOverview

• Part one• Part two • Part three

Portal Portal

PortalPortal

How the library mediates the engagement of users and resources in a network environmentHow the library mediates the engagement of users and resources in a network environment

“All vogue words tend to share a similar fate: the more experiences they pretend to make transparent, the more they themselves become opaque. ” Zygmunt Bauman

“All vogue words tend to share a similar fate: the more experiences they pretend to make transparent, the more they themselves become opaque. ” Zygmunt Bauman

A density of resources and services on the network. A ‘bag’ or ‘portfolio’.A density of resources and services on the network. A ‘bag’ or ‘portfolio’.

“Creative knowledge you can put in your pocket”

Library?

5 laws5 laws

• Resources are for use– Needs to be easier!– A part of research, learning, cultural engagement

• Each user his or her resource• Each resource its user

– Release the value of resources in creative use

• Save the time of the user– An obstacle course!– attention

• The library is a growing organism– Extensible, flexible, ..

On the discrimination of portals

On the discrimination of portals

PortalPortal

• End user needs to– Know what is available– Learn multiple interfaces– Manually fuse results

Resource 2Resource 2 Resource 4Resource 4

Institutionalrepository

Institutionalrepository

Commercialresource

Commercialresource

Communityrepository

Communityrepository

Library portal approach …Library portal approach …

ResourcesResources

Presentation

Presentation

Map onto user interests, maybe

with personalization or community features.

Map onto user interests, maybe with personalization or community features.

MediationMediation Hide difference of underlying resources.

Federate and fuse.

Hide difference of underlying resources.

Federate and fuse.

Provide intermediate layers between user and resources.

Manage multiple collections.

Provide intermediate layers between user and resources.

Manage multiple collections.

A portal grid!A portal grid!

Deep(Mediation/Presentation)

Flat(Presentation)

Static Dynamic

DeliveryDeliveryRequestRequest

ConfigurationConfiguration

Identity management

Identity management

ResolutionResolutionDistributed queryDistributed query

Harvesting dataHarvesting data

Resource 2Resource 2 Resource 4Resource 4

Institutionalrepository

Institutionalrepository

Commercialresource

Commercialresource

Communityrepository

Communityrepository

Presentation Presentation

Rightsmanagem

ent

Rightsmanagem

ent

AnnotationAnnotation NotificationNotification

Terminologyservices

Terminologyservices

SyndicationSyndication

V. RefV. Ref

Record fusion &enrichment

Record fusion &enrichment

Mediation

Portalapplicatio

n

Portalapplicatio

n

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources ResourcesResources

PresentationPresentation

PresentationPresentation

PresentationPresentation

PresentationPresentation

Utility servicesUtility

services

Query; Harvest; Request; reference

Query; Harvest; Request; reference

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

ResourcesResources

PresentationPresentationPresen

tationPresentation

PresentationPresentation Presen

tationPresentation

Directory services

InstitutionsCollectionsServicesPoliciesRights

Resolution servicesTerminology servicesIdentity services

AuthenticationAuthorization

Directory services

InstitutionsCollectionsServicesPoliciesRights

Resolution servicesTerminology servicesIdentity services

AuthenticationAuthorization

ApplicationsApplications

• Search– Custom– Distributed query (Z39.50, SRW/SRU)– Harvest (OAI)– Crawl

• Link– OpenURL

• Alert– RSS

• Distributed request– ILL

• Reference

ThoughtsThoughts

• Mediation expensive – Best examples hidden – licensed resources

• We make little use of “data”• Confusion between local node and whole

digital environment• One stop shop = one shop stop• Not “webby” enough• Business, service and technical architectures

unclear– E.g. at what level to do “utility” services

Mediating the engagement between

libraries and users

Mediating the engagement between

libraries and usersSome random issuesSome random issues

user environmentsresource environment librarylibrary

shared cataloging, ILL

licensed collections

archivingvirtualreference Content

aggregation

Resolution

Harvest

lab books

exhibitions

PDAs

learning management systems

campus portal

course materialtext book

new scholarly resources

readinglists

high low

low

high

stewardship

uni

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ne

ssBooksJournalsNewspapersGov. docsDVD, VideoMapsScores

Special collectionsRare booksLocal/Historical newspapersLocal history materialsArchives & Manuscripts, Theses & dissertations

Research and learning materials •ePrints/tech reports•Learning objects•Courseware•E-portfolios•Research data

Freely-accessible web resourcesOpen source softwareNewsgroup archives

Collections grid!Collections grid!

Within and across institutionsWithin and across institutions

• Streamline access to licensed resources (within institution)

• Federate cultural heritage, research and learning materials (across institutions)

Emerging interest in harvesting

Emerging interest in harvesting

Z39.50, OpenURL,custom

Links,

…

Links,

…

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Library - Champaign, IL - $499,440

2002 National Leadership Grants for Libraries - Research & Demonstration

In this three-year research project, the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will create a collection-level registry of digital collections created with IMLS funding from 1998 to 2005 and will research, design and implement a prototype item-level metadata

repository service based on the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Protocol.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Library - Champaign, IL - $499,440

2002 National Leadership Grants for Libraries - Research & Demonstration

In this three-year research project, the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will create a collection-level registry of digital collections created with IMLS funding from 1998 to 2005 and will research, design and implement a prototype item-level metadata

repository service based on the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Protocol.

Institutional realitiesInstitutional realities

• Portal envy– Learning management system– Campus portal– Aggregators– …

• Proliferation of portals• Pitiful portal pretensions

• A node in a network of services

Dynamic presentationDynamic presentation

Research and learningResearch and learning

Service on demand – ‘threads/channels’Service on demand – ‘threads/channels’

• Do a comprehensive literature search

• Find 20 most heavily used resources on ..

• Generate a reading list• What general material can I

get this afternoon on …• Can you answer this

question• Can you recommend some

starting points for ..• Find commentaries on …

• Can I comment on this resource

• Can I create a reading list• I need images of x which I

can use for this purpose• Who are the most cited

authors on the web in x• Can I look for engineering

drawings, previous experimental design,…

PortalsPortals

• Recombinant library• Different modes of aggregation within and

between institutions• Institutional proliferation of portals• Integration: Weave services into research

and learning• Surface appropriate services when needed

So…So…

• How do we effectively manifest library services on the network?

• Services may be fine-grained or grouped in portfolios

• It may (or may not) be sensible to bring services together in a library portal …

• *and* in a learning management system, *and* in a reading list, *and* ….