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A centre of expertise in digital information management
www.ukoln.ac.uk
UKOLN is supported by:
Digital Futures for MLAs? A snapshot in real time.
Dr Liz Lyon
Director, UKOLN
UKOLN / MLA meeting, May 2007
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons LicenceAttribution-ShareAlike 2.0
A centre of expertise in digital information management
www.ukoln.ac.uk
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…..
Blogging is now mainstream….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avatar1/106638367/
Burgeoning community content…
http://www.43places.com/
Blended worlds…..
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….
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?
– Open access collections, community content, digital inclusivity?
4. What e-infrastructure is required to deliver policy?5. What cross-sectoral standards compliance is optimal?6. How can greater service integration be achieved?7. How sustainable are current services? e-Content creation? 8. What digital preservation policies & plans are in place?9. 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?