lama institute lorcan dempsey 14-16 november 2002 lorcan dempsey 14-16 november 2002
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LAMA InstituteLAMA Institute
Lorcan Dempsey
14-16 November 2002
Lorcan Dempsey
14-16 November 2002
Becoming digitalBecoming digital
Becoming digitalBecoming digital
• The data map: what sorts of resources are we supporting
• The 'recombinant' library: modular library services for more flexibility
• Emerging emphases – Portal– Digital collections– Engagement with research and learning
Becoming digital …Becoming digital …
• A shared network space– Resources and users– Organization, services and users
Grid .. resources and usersGrid .. resources and users
high low
low
high
stewardship
uniq
uene
ssBooksJournalsNewspapersAlbumsMapsScores
Special collectionsRare booksLocal/Historical newspapersLocal history materialsArchives & manuscriptsTheses & dissertations
Institutional repositories •ePrints•Learning objects/materials•Research data
Freely-accessible web resourcesOpen source softwareNewsgroup archives
Books and journals and …Books and journals and …
• Rich apparatus for discovery, acquisition, management is under pressure
• Multiple electronic resources– Catalogs– A&I databases– Journals– …
• For the library– A headache– Improve service– Realize value of investment– Squeeze cost out of processing– Automate supply chain– Manage rights/licenses
• For the user– Ranganathan!
– What is available?
– Enhance research and learning experience
Special collections …Special collections …
• Make rich cultural resources available in new ways
• For the library– Resourcing– A major learning
experience– No routine– Selection– Presentation– Fragmented
• For the user– What is useful for
research, learning, personal fulfilment?
– Can materials be re-used
Research and learning …Research and learning …
• Supporting the creation, management, use and disclosure of institutional learning and research resources
• Learning– Courseware– E-reserves– Reading lists
• Research– E-prints– Data– Scholarly communication
• What is the library role?
• The ‘diffuse library’ (Wendy Lougee)
Freely available web resources …Freely available web resources …
• If it is not on the web, does it exist?
• For the library– What is the role?– Major redundant effort –
links– Align with other
resources • For the user– The google experience– The library promise
Above and below the line …Above and below the line …
• Below the line– Discovery?
• Shining a light on hidden resources
– Preservation?• The long term costs
of digital ownership
– The digital library
• Above the line– Commodified?– Streamlined
A unified experience
A unified experience
The example of metadataThe example of metadata
BooksJournals
Special collections
Freely-accessible web resources
Research and learning materials
high low
low
high
stewardship
uniq
uene
ss
MARC, Onix
MARC, Onix
MARC, METS, EAD, DC, TEI
MARC, METS, EAD, DC, TEI
Dublin Core
Dublin Core
DC, DDI, IEEE/LOM, FGDC, EAD, TEI, SCORM
DC, DDI, IEEE/LOM, FGDC, EAD, TEI, SCORM
high low
low
high
stewardship
uniq
ue
“Special collections”
Disclosure, Licensing
high low
low
high
stewardship
uniq
ue
Scholarly communication
high low
low
high
stewardship
uniq
ue
The google factor
TrendsTrends
Organization, service and usersOrganization, service and users
• Library services in a shared network space
The recombinant library
user environments
lab books
exhibitions
PDAs
learning management systems
‘portal framework’
course materialtext book
new scholarly resources
resource environment librarylibrary
shared cataloging, ILL
licensed collections
archivingvirtualreference Content
aggregation
Recombinant organizationRecombinant organization
• Existing– Shared cataloguing– Resource sharing– Access to journal
literature
• Emerging
– Tiered catalog access– Archiving– Collection mapping– Collaborative collection
assessment, consolidation, development
– Resolution – streamlining access to the commodity literature
– Virtual reference– Harvesting
IssuesIssues
• The value of interoperability
• Interoperability is “recombinant potential”– Add a database to a
search– Add a document to a
repository– Fuse metadata from one
repository with another– Switch provider of data or
system or service– Add new service
channels
• The quest for organizational structures and new institutional arrangements
• The need to understand the experience of the user
Where we are going …Where we are going …
Looking forward: engagement with research and learning
Looking forward: engagement with research and learning
Portals and federation
Portals and federation
PortalPortal
The recombinant library
user environments
lab books
exhibitions
PDAs
learning management systems
‘portal framework’
course materialtext book
new scholarly resources
resource environment librarylibrary
shared cataloging, ILL
licensed collections
archivingvirtualreference Content
aggregation
Library portalLibrary portal
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
Library portal - the problemLibrary portal - the problem
• 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!
Mediation/Presentation(thick)
Presentation(thin)
Still 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
PresentationPresentation
• A portal will have its own user interface
• It may also appear as a “channel” in another presentation layer– A “portlet” in a portal framework
• Web services– SOAP, …
PresentationPresentation Library portal
PresentationPresentation Game, simulation, quiz, …
PresentationPresentation Digital lab-book
PresentationPresentation Exhibition
PresentationPresentation Learning management system
PresentationPresentation A search box
PresentationPresentation Enterprise portal framework
PresentationPresentation Personal or group ‘portfolio’
Some central technologiesSome central technologies
• Z39.50– SRU/SRW
• Open Archives Initiative • OpenURL
OAI-based mediationOAI-based mediation
WebWebBrowserBrowser
WebWebBrowserBrowser
UnionUnionCatalogCatalogUnionUnion
CatalogCatalog
DC/MARC
HTML
OAI Server#1OAI Server#1DC & EADDC & EAD
OAI Server#1OAI Server#1DC & EADDC & EAD
OAI Server#2OAI Server#2DC & MARCDC & MARC
OAI Server#2OAI Server#2DC & MARCDC & MARC
OAI Server#3OAI Server#3DC & VRADC & VRA
OAI Server#3OAI Server#3DC & VRADC & VRA
OAIOAIHarvesterHarvester
OAIOAIHarvesterHarvester
DCDC
MARCMARC
DC
Data map againData map again
Emerging interest in harvesting
Emerging interest in harvesting
Z39.50 and OpenURL
Z39.50 and OpenURL
A mixed economy
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.
Some aimsSome aims
• Wrap a collection of resources in a web environment which:– Saves time for research, learning and personal fulfillment– Surfaces potentially valuable resources which otherwise
might be overlooked in the trees– Allows users and library to focus on collections rather than
mechanics of interaction
• Will increasingly need to interact with other environments– Learning management, institutional portal frameworks, …
• “Library portal” transitional
The engagement with research and learningThe engagement with research and learning
A whirlwind tour …A whirlwind tour …
• The institutional “portal framework”• Folding information into the learning
environment• Curatorial attention to research and learning
resources
Dynamic presentationDynamic presentation
Interacting with enterpriseInteracting with enterprise
• Enterprise view– Portal envy– Portal wars– Proliferation of portals– YAP (yet another portal)
• No resource is single focus of a users’ attention
• Interaction with other institutional services (authentication)
• A channel in a wider framework
“Creative knowledge you can put in your pocket”
Library?
learninglearning
… it is likely that a large part of the student and teacher experience will be managed within a systems framework which manages the learning life-cycle and interfaces to multiple systems and services.
Neil Mclean, pro-vice Chancellor e-learning and information services, Macquarrie University
Perhaps the core lesson for librarians from the quiet revolution in teaching and learning in academe is the awareness that most academic libraries are not ends in themselves, but rather a means to enhancing teaching and learning. From this perspective, all future changes in library goals and objectives, budget and staffing, strategies and directions, must be in synch with the university and driven by the values and visions of the campus for teaching and learning. ....
To be successful in the future, however, librarians must partner with academic departments and classroom faculty in ever new and creative ways as we plan and deliver these library services to the University community.
Perhaps the core lesson for librarians from the quiet revolution in teaching and learning in academe is the awareness that most academic libraries are not ends in themselves, but rather a means to enhancing teaching and learning. From this perspective, all future changes in library goals and objectives, budget and staffing, strategies and directions, must be in synch with the university and driven by the values and visions of the campus for teaching and learning. ....
To be successful in the future, however, librarians must partner with academic departments and classroom faculty in ever new and creative ways as we plan and deliver these library services to the University community.
Brad Baker, NE Illinois U
LearningLearning
• Some specifics– Reading lists– eReserves– Exam papers– Subscription resources– Virtual reference– YAP?– Interaction between
library systems and learning management systems
• Some general– Which library
resources are most relevant to teaching?
– Organizational frameworks for collaboration?
– Long term role curatorial role?
– Metadata and repositories
Biomedical informaticsSource: http://medicine.osu.edu/informatics/
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) Motion Capture LabSource: http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/mocap/mocap_info.htm
Olentangy River Wetland Research ParkSource: http://swamp.ag.ohio-state.edu/ichart/index.html
components of CI-enabled science & engineeringcomponents of CI-enabled science & engineering
CollaborationServices
Knowledge managementinstitutions for collection buildingand curation of data, information,
literature, digital objects
High-performance computingfor modeling, simulation, data
processing/mining
Individual &Group Interfaces& Visualization
Physical World
Humans
Facilities for activation,manipulation and
construction
Instruments forobservation andcharacterization.
GlobalConnectivity
Atkins report
Atkins cyberinfrastructurereport for NSF
Knowledge bank – OSU – in planningKnowledge bank – OSU – in planning
April 26 2002. A proposal for the development of an OSU knowledge bank
Institutional repository – curating institutional intellectual assetsInstitutional repository – curating institutional intellectual assets
• Reputation management– Interesting interaction between
• Devolved scholarly authority to contribute to discipline• Managed university approach to asset and reputation
management
• Curatorial responsibility to the ‘intellectual record’
• Enrich the discourse of scholarly communication– Surface rich resources– New opportunities for access, analysis, re-use
General repository issuesGeneral repository issues
• Long term ownership costs unknown• “Mission critical liabilities”• Balance between scholarly needs and
management needs– Actuarial perspective– ‘Ingestible’– Secure the value of investment
Research and learningResearch and learning
• Research and learning behavior is increasingly entering the network space– Library resources need to be available at the appropriate
stage within the learning or research environment– Research and learning outputs require curatorial attention– New forms of engagement and support.
• The impact of technology on libraries is no less important than the impact of technology on the behaviours of our users. What is very important is how we adapt to support those changes.