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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
que
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* ….
