Digital Futures for MLAs? A snapshot in real time. Dr Liz Lyon Director, UKOLN UKOLN / MLA meeting, May 2007 UKOLN is supported by: This work.
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Digital Futures for MLAs? A snapshot in real time. Dr Liz Lyon Director, UKOLN UKOLN / MLA meeting, May 2007 UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 www.ukoln.ac.uk A centre of expertise in digital information management A short and selective snapshot 1. Futures thinking? • • • Some emerging trends within & beyond the sector A year is a long time in ICT……. A mix of observation, reflection, speculation… 2. Implications for the MLA Partnership • • • Strategic planning and operational delivery Policy impact is wider than “Digital Futures” Open collaboration as the cultural norm….. www.ukoln.ac.uk A centre of expertise in digital information management Blogging is now mainstream…. Burgeoning community content… http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatar1/106638367/ Blended worlds….. http://www.43places.com/ Cultural tourist? http://www.steve.museum/ Tagging collections in the US Tagging collections in the UK Massive digitisation projects : major open access collections “Podagogy”?? Blended worlds of the “net gen”….. Leisure & learning. Formal & informal. Rip, mix, burn….. Geo-tagging mash-up Linking the old physical/real with the new digital/virtual…. persistent identifier services institutional archival storage remote archival storage / escrow format conversion services representation information registries format registries JISC-funded content providers authentication/authorisation (Athens) institutional content providers external content providers service registries brokers metadata schema registries aggregators catalogues indexes identifier services institutional profiling services OpenURL media-specific institutional link servers portals portals subject portals learning management systems terminology services shared infrastructure An e-infrastructure for higher education? end-user desktop/browser © Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) and Neil Beagrie (British Library and JISC), 2005 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 JISC Integrated Information Environment persistent identifier services institutional archival storage remote archival storage / escrow format conversion services representation information registries format registries JISC-funded content providers authentication/authorisation (Athens) institutional content providers external content providers service registries metadata schema registries brokers aggregators catalogues indexes identifier services institutional profiling services OpenURL media-specific institutional link servers portals portals subject portals learning management systems terminology services shared infrastructure end-user desktop/browser © Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) and Neil Beagrie (British Library and JISC), 2005 and Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath) 2007 MLA e-Infrastructure components? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 JISC Integrated Information Environment The life of the average Web site is estimated at 44days = lifespan of a housefly…. Digital preservation issues: trust, policy, skills, responsibility. Digital repositories: audit and certification toolkits Discovery, linking, citation Personal data capture: images, text Presentation services: portals Search, harvest Aggregator services Re-use Harvest Deposit Culture, Learning, Leisure workflows Museums, libraries, archives digital repositories Personal collections Deposit Deposit Digitisation Linking, citation Data curation, preservation: e-Depot, deep archives, data centres Physical artefacts “Cultural knowledge cycle” Vs0.8 © Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath) 2007 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Digital Futures: 10 questions for MLA 1. Is your strategic planning informed by expert input? 2. Do you have an understanding of trends in other sectors? 3. What policies should the Partnership advocate? – 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Open access collections, community content, digital inclusivity? What e-infrastructure is required to deliver policy? What cross-sectoral standards compliance is optimal? How can greater service integration be achieved? How sustainable are current services? e-Content creation? What digital preservation policies & plans are in place? How will the workforce develop the skills to deliver? Leadership? Regionally? Via Hubs? At the coalface? 10. How will Digital Futures impact on other strategy WPs?