Full disclosure: thinking about library resources in web-scale discovery environments Lorcan Dempsey OCLC Programs and Research Journée abes Montpellier 20 mai 2008
Overview Prelude 4 workflows 4 sources of metadata about things 4 ways forward
The real Web 2.0? Concentration Scale matters Diffusion Spread matters
Then: Attention abundant; resources scarce Then: users built workflow around libraries Now: library must build services around user workflow Now: Attention scarce; resources abundant
Discovery happens elsewhere
Overview Prelude 4 workflows 4 sources of metadata about things 4 ways forward
User environment Library & Network Resource Management environment End User Access Management Digitised/ Digital Bought/ Physical Elctronic/ Licensed Special colls/ Archives Management
User environment Library & Network Resource Management environment End User Access Management Digitised/ Digital Bought/ Physical Elctronic/ Licensed Special colls/ Archives Find It Get It Manage It Metadata Content
User environment Library & Network Resource Management environment End User Access Management Digitised/ Digital Bought/ Physical Elctronic/ Licensed Special colls/ Archives Find It Get It Manage It Metadata Content ILL/CIRCLINK RESOLVERSPECIAL ILSERMREPOSITORY OPACMetaSearchWebsiteA-ZNxtGen MARCDCEADA&IXXX
Integrated user environments Need to be able to ‘mobilize’ the full library resource where it is needed
Overview Prelude 4 workflows 4 sources of metadata about things 4 ways forward
1.Professional 2.Contributed 3.Intentional 4.Programmatically promoted
Professional
Contributed ‘Montpellier’ and ‘antigone’
Sofitel Montpellier Antigone
Sofitel Montpelier Antigone on TripAdvisor
Programmatically promoted
Intentional data “The database of intentions” John Battelle
“the rich texture of suggestion”
Scale: mobilize creating community around social objects Expectations: We look for hints and hooks Rank, relate, recommend Make (all types of data) work harder
Overview Prelude 4 workflows 4 sources of metadata about things 4 ways forward
1.End-user environments 2.Disclosure: syndicating data, services and links 3.Making data work harder 4.Creating scale
End-user environment Next generation catalogues Integrated local+ search Primo Encore Worldcat Local
Local ILS system Open URL resolver Electronic journals Digital collections eBook collections Resource sharing systems Worldcat.org
Disclosure Discovery happens elswhere Course management system RSS aggregator Google Social networking site Reading list ….. Syndicate data, links, services
library User environments Management environment Licensed Bought Faculty& students Digitized Aggregations Resource sharing Institutional Workflow Portals, CMS, IR, … Personal Workflow RSS, toolbars,.. Network level workflow Google, … Integrated local user environment? Library web presence Resource sharing, …
Syndicate data Union catalogues and institutional Knowledge base data
Links
Services
Make data work harder
Intentional data
Scale matters
Scale What level is best to achieve impact? – Network – Regional – Institutional Get into user workflows – End-user environments – Syndication Aggregate contributed and intentional metadata
Web 2.0 and the library: directions Concentration A webscale presence Mobilize data Diffusion Disclosure of links, data and services
For many years, Chinese people cited a proverb: if the wine smells really wonderful, customers will come in spite of the length of the lane. No Longer; we have to shorten the length of the lane!
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