Transcript Lorcan Dempsey OCLC Programs and Research Journée abes Montpellier 20 mai 2008 Full disclosure: thinking about library resources in web-scale discovery environments Overview • Prelude • 4 workflows • 4 sources of metadata about things • 4 ways forward.

Lorcan
Dempsey
OCLC Programs
and Research
Journée abes
Montpellier
20 mai 2008
Full disclosure:
thinking about
library
resources in
web-scale
discovery
environments
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
Now: Attention scarce;
resources abundant
Then: users built workflow around
libraries
Now: library must build services around user
workflow
Discovery happens elsewhere
Overview
• Prelude
• 4 workflows
• 4 sources of
metadata about
things
• 4 ways forward
User
environment
End User Access
Library &
Network
Resource
Bought/
Physical
Elctronic/
Licensed
Digitised/
Digital
Management
environment
Management
Management
Special
colls/
Archives
Find It
User
environment
End User Access
Get It
Library &
Network
Resource
Bought/
Physical
Elctronic/
Licensed
Digitised/
Digital
Metadata
Content
Management
environment
Management
Manage
It
Special
colls/
Archives
User
environment
Find It
OPAC
MetaSearch
A-Z Access
NxtGen
End User
Website
Get It
Library &
Network
Resource
ILL/CIRC
LINK RESOLVER
Bought/
Physical
Elctronic/
Licensed
SPECIAL
Digitised/
Digital
Special
colls/
Archives
Metadata
MARC
A&I
XXX
DC
EAD
Content
Management
environment
ILS
ERM
REPOSITORY SPECIAL
Management
Manage
It
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.
2.
3.
4.
Professional
Contributed
Intentional
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”
Expectations:
• We look for hints and hooks
• Rank, relate, recommend
Scale: mobilize creating community around
social objects
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
Worldcat.org
Electronic
journals
Digital
collections
Open URL
resolver
Local ILS
system
Resource
sharing
systems
eBook
collections
Disclosure
Discovery happens elswhere
• Course management system
• RSS aggregator
• Google
• Social networking site
• Reading list
• …..
Syndicate data, links, services
Network level
workflow
Google, …
Personal
Workflow
RSS,
toolbars, ..
Institutional
Workflow
Portals,
CMS, IR, …
User environments
Management environment
Integrated
local user
environment?
Library web
presence
Resource
sharing, …
library
Bought
Licensed
Digitized
Faculty&
students
Aggregations
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!
Thank you
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