Transcript Open Borders Project The new Open Borders Project — — — A merger of the old Open Borders (Project 2) and Connecting and Discovering Content.

Open Borders Project
The new Open Borders Project
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A merger of the old Open Borders (Project 2) and
Connecting and Discovering Content (Project 10)
The common thread is seamless access to NSLA
content by users
Trove provides the key infrastructure for:
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making NSLA collection holdings visible and
discoverable
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improving state and territory-based discovery services
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providing more seamless access to e-resources.
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Trove
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A powerful tool for the public to discover NSLA content
including:
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print collections
special collections (mss, pictures, etc.)
digitised Australian newspapers
the content of PANDORA
e-resources at article level (potentially)
and to discover content from other libraries, digitised
collections and university repositories
and to discover biographical information.
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Annotation issues
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Trove has now made it possible for all Australian library
collection content to be annotated by users
There is a need to define how this capability will mesh
with Reimagining Libraries Project 5
There is a need to develop a mechanism for two-way
exchange of annotations between Trove and local library
systems
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NSLA member content in Trove
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This content is incomplete
Libraries Australia is the key pathway for contributing
content
There are barriers to contributing some categories of
content
Project 8 will be the vehicle for addressing these barriers
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Project 2 deliverables
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Trove prototype (May 2009) and production version
(December 2009)
Plan for NSLA members to leverage off the Trove data
store using an Application Programming Interface
Plan for pushing NSLA content into other spaces (eg
Wikipedia)
E-resources deliverables
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E-resources deliverables
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Survey report on e-resource systems and capabilities
(May 2009)
E-resource authentication discussion paper (December
2009)
Project Group decisions on authentication approach
Enhancement of Trove to support e-resource access
(early 2011)
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The e-resources vision
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Users can discover, at article level, e-resources that meet
their information need
If any of the libraries with which the user is affiliated
subscribes to a product containing such an article, the
user can easily click through to and read that article
The vision will be achieved through:
— expansion of Trove to include article-level metadata
— collaboration with e-resource vendors
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The e-resources challenges
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How can we ensure that only genuinely affiliated users
gain access to the full text of the e-resource?
How can we support authentication of users who are offsite?
How can we ensure that public libraries (who often lack
control over their IT facilities) are included in the
authentication model?
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Authentication issues [1]
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On-site authentication is relatively straightforward:
— but an on-site-only approach would fall short of users’
needs and would fail to realise the “multiple affiliated
libraries” vision
Off-site authentication will be assisted by the deployment
of EZproxy servers:
— Trove links to the EZproxy server, the user is
authenticated there and re-directed to the article URL
— but Trove will need to build a database of EZproxy
server addresses
— many public libraries will never have EZproxy servers
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Authentication issues [2]
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To cover all public libraries we would need to:
— build a database of public library login pages, with
enough data to recognise what a successful login
looks like
— set Trove up to request user credentials, then “pretend
to be a human being” and login at the relevant public
library page
— if the login is successful, connect to the vendor site,
obtain the article and provide it to the user
— gain the trust of e-resource vendors for this procedure.
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The proposal
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A staffing resource would work for 6 months to:
— build a database of EZproxy servers and a prototype
database of public library login pages
— assist public libraries to implement EZproxy servers
(where possible)
— work with NSLA member libraries to settle on a
process for maintaining and updating these databases
— liaise with e-resource vendors on any authentication
issues with the process
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Next steps
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Development of the e-resources component of Trove is
likely to commence in August 2010 and will not be
finished until early 2011
The delivery of the Trove API (second half of 2010) will
allow state and territory libraries to prototype new statewide discovery services that leverage off Trove
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Any questions?
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