A centre of expertise in digital information management UKOLN is supported by: UKOLN 30 th Anniversary 10 th April 2008 British Library,

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk

UKOLN is supported by:

UKOLN 30th Anniversary

10th April 2008British Library, London

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one”.

Albert Einstein (attributed)

Today Tomorrow

• multi-player gaming • participative exploration

• mimicry • imagination

• role play • immerse & experience

• replicate & equal • innovate & extend

• leisure environment • rich test-bed for learning, experimentation & practice

• borders & barriers: disciplines, sectors, institutions, cultures

• seamless transition, integration, linking, mixed reality

What do “pervasive, ubiquitous and persistent“ really mean in mixed reality environments?

Our ability to both capture and broadcast data continuously is profound….

Today Tomorrow

• publish • “cast”: broadcast, podcast, pubcast, datacast, lifecast

• text, images, data • digests, simulations, models

• content • infrastructure

• discovery to delivery • mine & model, simulate & synthesise

• aggregations •“collective intelligence” : ratings, reviews, annotations

• statistics • “predictive science”

“Media influence” is growing….

“It is the individual’s task to differentiate himself from all the others…..”C. G. Jung

Today Tomorrow

• individuals, avatars • identity

• singular • multiple identities =versions?

• role(s) • agent, tool

• bi-lateral communication • multi-channel modes

• passive audience • interactive participants

• community discourse, opinion, consensus

• body of evidence, resource, knowledge extraction

• independent individuals • wise crowds

Realising the wisdom of crowds is not without risk…..we must avoid groupthink…

“If you trust Google more than your doctor, then maybe its time to switch doctors….”

Rosario & Cordova, Chasing Windmills

Today Tomorrow

• open access • open science

• plagiarism • digital fraud

• (some) data sharing • data quality, data cleansing, data validation

• life cycles, versions, date-stamps

• robust data provenance, time-stamps, authenticity, integrity, certification, trust

• selective stewardship • community curation

Substantive and co-ordinated strategic and financial planning is required to facilitate open science on a global scale…..

“What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice.”

Tim Berners-Lee

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk

UKOLN is supported by:

UKOLN 30th Anniversary

10th April 2008British Library, London