1. Exposing electronic resources: the Information Environment Service Registry Amanda Hill MIMAS

2. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International2 JISC IE/Web 2.0 vision Connecting users to content in dynamic ways Services exposed on the network for re-use within other applications

3. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International3 All very well, but… …how will these other services know which new services are available? –Or how to connect to them? –Or whom to contact if there is a problem with the connection?

4. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International4 One solution… The Information Environment Service Registry is designed to: –help these machine-to-machine services advertise themselves on the network –Make it easier for application developers to find appropriate services for their users

5. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International5 Expose Owners of resources provide information about them (and how to get to them) to IESR IESR Online resources

6. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International6 Discover Portal-builders discover existence of relevant services automatically by regularly querying/harvesting information from IESR IESR Online resources Portals

7. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International7 Use Applications/portals interact with resources they've discovered through IESR, using connection information provided by IESR IESR Online resources Portals

8. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International8 Allowing people… Portal Online resources … to discover and make use of new resources

9. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International9 What's in the IESR? IESR

10. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International10 What's in the IESR? Agents ServicesCollections Accessed by one or more services Administer one or more services IESR Own one or more collections

11. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International11 An example Web pages RSS feeds Z39.50 Accessed by services Administers services IESR

12. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International12 Metadata Collection descriptions: based on RSLP collection description schema Service descriptions: depend on type of service Agent descriptions: information about organisation All metadata decisions have been informed by and have fed into international developments in Dublin Core and NISO Metasearch Initiative. IESR metadata now being used in USA and Australia for related projects

13. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International13 Demo portal (SPP) http://dev.portal.ac.uk/docs/reports/iesr/SPPandIESR.html

14. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International14 Demo portal (SPP)

15. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International15 IESR content Currently: JISC service providers Soon: library OPACs, museum and archive catalogues, digital image collections… If you want your resource to be included: http://www.iesr.ac.uk/be-included/

16. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International16 Benefits of inclusion for service providers Wider awareness of resources and associated services Resources can be re-used and re- presented in a variety of contexts and environments, many of which we haven't even thought of yet

17. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International17 The future Moving away from building web sites and expecting users to come and find our data in a single place Providing our information and resources in ways that can be presented within other interfaces Taking our stuff to where the users are

18. 17 October 2006Internet Librarian International18 Contact details amanda.hill@manchester.ac.uk 0161 275 6055 http://iesr.ac.uk