1. UKOLN is supported by: Exploring the Global Knowledge Space Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK SWMLAC ICT Masterclass Bristol, January 2005. www.bath.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk

2. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 20052 Overview 1.Access, communications and collaboration 2.Paradigm shifts and innovation 3.Cross-sectoral frameworks and integration 4.Resources, services and interoperability 5.Digital preservation, curation & sustainability 6.Consumers, audiences and personalisation

3. 1. Access, communications and collaboration

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5. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 20055 Communications today Always on Ubiquitous and pervasive Multi-modal Parallel Multiple channels Real-time messaging Voice over IP, scype Pod-casting Blogging Collaborative Discussion lists, forums, wikis Overload ?

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8. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 20058 – Access Grid – Collaborative telematic art – Modify spaces for performers – Interplay: Hallucinations

9. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 20059 How will the way you collaborate with your users and colleagues change? The results are the first from climateprediction.net, a project that harnesses the world's desktop computers to predict climate change. More than 90,000 people have downloaded software that uses the spare capacity of their computers to run global climate simulations.

10. 2. Paradigm shifts and innovation

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14. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200514 Cambridge Newcastle Edinburgh Oxford Glasgow Manchester Cardiff Soton London Belfast DL RL Hinxton Lancaster Social Sciences White Rose Birmingham/Warwick Modelling Bristol Media UCL UK e-Science Grid & Centres of Excellence With acknowledgement to Tony Hey

15. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200515 Using the Semantic Grid to Build Bridges between Museums and Indigenous Communities Jane Hunter et al DSTC, University of Queensland, Australia

16. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200516 How will these innovative approaches change the cultural heritage sector?

17. 3. Cross-sectoral frameworks and integration

18. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200518 Common Information Environment www.common-info.org.uk/ MLA JISC British Library NHS Culture Online DFES Becta eGov Unit eScience UKOLN

19. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200519 Common characteristics? Standards-based Service-oriented Integrated functionality Managed / secure / sustainable Usable and accessible Personalised Agent-assisted / Intelligent Extensible Scalable Collaborative Portable ……..

20. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200520 The E-Learning Framework (ELF)

21. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200521 JISC Information Environment architecture

22. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200522 Integration raises issues of workflow……..

23. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200523 What level of service integration has your organisation achieved??

24. 4. Resources, services and interoperability

25. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200525 The Life Cycle Approach Creation Management Collection development Access Repackaging Digital repositories

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27. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200527 Standards, standards, standards Z39.50 SRW OAI RSS DC METS MPEG7 MPEG DIDL UDDI WSDL SOAP …. JPEG GIF UK LOM Core WSRP URI DOI OWL HTTP VRML SMIL XHTML RDF …..

28. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200528 Why advocate a standards culture? Open standards Maximise access –Platforms and delivery channels –Widest range of users Avoid proprietary lock-in –Vendor independent Integrate with other initiatives –eLearning e.g. Curriculum Online Economic benefits –Delivering value-for-money –Return-on-investment Ensure long-term availability of digital assets –Digital preservation and curation

29. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200529 A few words about metadata Resources –Digital –Physical –Item-level –Collection-level Services –Human-mediated –m2m –Common –Domain-specific Functions –Discovery –Management –Preservation & curation Metadata schema –e.g. Dublin Core, UK LOM Core, METS Application profiles Schema registries –Publication –Mapping Semantic interoperability –Controlled vocabularies –Taxonomies –Ontologies

30. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200530 The Knowledge Life Cycle Approach Data Creation Information Knowledge Scholarly communications, research, learning Use and Re-use Mining, modelling, analysis, extraction Contextualisation Semantic descriptions & ontologies Digital Repositories

31. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200531 Search and access resources more effectively………….

32. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200532 Can I discover, locate & access your digital resources and re-use them in my e-learning courses?

33. 5. Digital preservation, curation and sustainability

34. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200534 Obsolete media Images by Philip Hunter, UKOLN

35. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200535 Why advocate a digital preservation / curation policy? Long-term access to digital assets Preservation approaches –Emulation, migration –LOCKSS –Universal Virtual Computer OAIS reference model Preservation metadata Provenance Persistent identifiers

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37. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200537 Will I be able to access your digital collections in 5 years time?

38. 6. Consumers, audiences and personalisation

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40. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200540 Different sectors Libraries, museums, archives –Cultural roots? Resources –Items –Collections –Format types –Complex objects –Uniqueness or mass market Standards Contexts –Learning –Research –Leisure Skills

41. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200541 Different sectors Different audiences Libraries, museums, archives –Cultural roots? Resources –Items –Collections –Format types –Complex objects –Uniqueness or mass market Standards Contexts –Learning –Research –Leisure Skills Applications and tools –Finding aids –Text mining algorithms Level of user experience –Novice or experienced Design –Use of colour, graphics, animations, interactivity Cognitive styles –Use of visuals over text Degree of personalisation –Use of agent technology Presentation and visualisation requirements –Complex objects –Search results

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44. Question 6 How will your services fit my needs?

45. SWMLAC ICT Masterclass January 200545 How will these innovative approaches change the cultural heritage sector? How will this affect the way you collaborate with your users and colleagues? What level of service integration has your organisation achieved? Can I discover, locate & access your digital resources and re-use them in my e-learning courses? Will I be able to access your digital collections in 5 years time? How will your services fit my needs?