Filipe MS Bento University of Aveiro, Portugal » PhD Research grant by VuFind as a Participatory Scientific Information Discovery, Access, Evaluation and Sharing Service VuFind Summit 2012 Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library October 15, 2012

powered by “the machine” Discovery

powered by patrons Discovery

Systems that facilitate the discovery and sharing of information Impetus Web 2.0: to be where our users are; Generate a dynamic of participation and shared production of contents. Library

Impetus Higher Education' Libraries and the Bologna Process Reinforces the role of the Library as a complementary space for informal learning, socially facilitated by its users, enabling information discovery and sharing.

buzzwords Core Concepts Information Integration :: Agregation and Federated search? Library 2.0 :: Active/Receptive Users 2.0 :: Participative users

net generation (students) Users 2.0

“digital immigrants” Users 2.0

“enjoy the ride” Users 2.0

Jack Maness (2007) “Library 2.0 is not about searching, but finding; not about access, but sharing. Library 2.0 recognizes that human making the thriving connection Library 2.0 / Users 2.0 beings do not seek and utilize information as individuals, but as communities”

Collective Intelligence Without… “No one knows everything, everyone knows something...“ Pierre Lévy (1997)

Puzzle solved! Collective Intelligence

Folksonomies Collective Intelligence

Folksonomies Collective Intelligence

Folksonomies Collective Intelligence

What we are implementing using VuFind as the base system: An integrated and participatory service for search guidance, recommendation, evaluation and sharing. “Search  Find  Evaluate (select)  Understand  Share” cycle contributes Oriented to “ad-hoc” communities construction / identification Results should also show patrons or communities that are more active in that area ideally

Aimed at evaluating the information search and retrieval habits, which resources and sources do the University of Aveiro’s users value and their presence and information sharing habits in social networks. Online Survey, "invitation only": 26 questions, some conditional; 2 months time span, 27 th Jan – 23 rd Mar 2010; full responses from about possible; Initial survey

Relevance given to information in blogs or shared by other users on social networks Initial survey - Results

Relevance given to features in the Results List

Initial survey - Results Relevance given to records contents’ enrichment via (external) Information aggregation

Initial survey - Results Relevance given to communities’ features

Initial survey - Results Features in which they would take part / contribute

Recommendations, Evaluation and Sharing within VuFind

using Authorities / Thesaurus databases … of related searches: Recommendations

using external sources’ Authorities APIs … of related searches: Recommendations

linking to the same search in external services … of related searches: Recommendations

from Course Reading lists … of related searches/resources: Recommendations

browsing public lists about a certain subject Recommendations … of related searches/resources:

Recommendations … of related resources: + based on tags’ frequency, other resources with the same tags; + based on other accessed resources within the same search; + circulation data: based on loans history from patrons but should be limited to the same or related subjects; better yet: users more active in that area (upon their express agreement). ideally

Recommendations … optimal – from a shared central index: Discovery:

… from Google Books Evaluation … in the results’ list:

… based on ratings given by other users Evaluation … in record’s full view:

... based on an enhanced Google Preview Evaluation … in record’s full view:

…based on information retrieved from goodreads Evaluation … in record’s full view: contents

…based on the number of recommendations/shares and discussion within record’s facebook social plugin or any other external service plugin like DISQUS Evaluation … in record’s full view: Community tab

…based on Scimago’s SJR : Scientific Journal Rankings Evaluation … EBSCO EIT module: Journal Ranking

Social bookmarking / Social Networks Sharing

Social bookmarking / Social Networks Sharing

social discovery: online bookmarking + photo sharing + visual “to do” lists = Inspiration Boards Sharing Pinterest

… facebook is virtually the third country in the world: 4th Oct 2012 announcement: over a billion active users around the world Sharing “Community” tab

Users may come and go, but the value they add accumulates Sharing Be where users are and attract them to visit and add value to locally indexed resources Shares/ recommends Rates/ comments Shares/ recommends Rates/ comments Community

… and Now for Something Completely Different :

Presenting… SEARCH 4.0

Search 4.0 … a natural social dynamic amongst the four key elements: 1. user; 2. resources; 3. semantic mapping of metadata; 4. user’s communities (their peers, users with common interests)

Search 4.0 In full interaction enhanced by the system, these four elements generate a dynamic social network, self-sustainable and with guarantee of future preservation, a social network not only of human actors, but rather the resources themselves taking the role of actors.

Search 4.0 In fact, resources were always actors, having their own network. When an author cites others resources, expands their “social” network.

Filipe MS Bento University of Aveiro, Portugal » PhD Research grant by VuFind as a Participatory Scientific Information Discovery, Access, Evaluation and Sharing Service VuFind Summit 2012 Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library Thank you!