A vision for resource discovery professor david baker, deputy chair jisc board

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One to many: many to one

A Vision for Resource Discovery

Professor David BakerJISC Deputy Chair

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In the beginning...

2009

JISC and RLUK convened a group of HE library, museum and archive experts

Resource Discovery Taskforce (RDTF)

Met four times throughout 2009.

Vision + implementation plan

Summaries of the RDTF meetings and the vision and implementation plan on the RDTF blog

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Taskforce ToRs

Define the requirements for the provision of a shared UK resource discovery infrastructure for libraries, archives, museums and related resources to support education and research

Focus on metadata that can assist in access to resources, with special reference to serials, books, archives/special collections, museum collections

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A Collaborative Effort

Full list of members at: http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/scope-and-terms-of-reference/

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To enable [initially] UK HE to implement a fit for purpose infrastructure to underpin the consumption of resources held by libraries, museums and archives for the purpose of research and learning

To address the key challenge of providing end users with flexible and tailored resource discovery and delivery services that suit their needs

To help to provide institutions with services that help them reduce duplication of effort and increase efficiency and effectiveness

Purpose

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Network level - leveraging scale.

Integrated into the Web and future global communication structures.

Interoperable and flexible integrated into local, national and global provision.

Reduce duplication of effort and be sustainable

Robust and scalable.

Capable of supporting a comprehensive (format) inclusive (content) coverage.

Coherent, “compelling”, useable.

Simple to adopt (shouldn’t confuse with applications)

Meet the requirements of key user groups.

Innovative and open to change and adaptation.

Achievable.

Principles

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http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2010/06/08/launch-of-vision/

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Integrated and seamless access to the rich resource collections held in libraries, museums and archives in UK HEIs

Creation of a thorough  and open aggregated layer - designed to work with all major search engines - of data about the resource collections

Provision of a diverse range of innovative and personalised resource discovery services to students, teachers and researchers

Avoidance of duplication of effort and increased efficiency

Existing resource discovery services encouraged to develop and innovate

Data will be available to commercial organisations to develop services as well

Data and functionality will need to be diffused to other software and websites that are used by students, teachers and researchers

A Future State of the Art by 2012

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Implementing the vision

We have until 2012 to have a go at realising the vision

Short iterative bursts of activity to allow us to constantly correct and adjust our approach as we go

Implementation plan: http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/implementation-plan/

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Programme of Projects

Allow exploration of making library archive and museum metadata openly available on the web

Support the discovery of approaches that will work for others

Impressive range of projects now under way

– Scale

– Scope

– Breadth

– Applicability

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Key Themes

Shift in ethos

Embracing openness

Innovation in service provision

Discontinuous change (to a degree)?

Degrees of risk

New technical infrastructure

Gaining buy-in

Developing business cases

Leveraging partnerships

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What Next?

2011 is about building critical mass through opening up data, providing examples and communicating outcomes.

Today

– Clarify,

– Expand

– Challenge

• The realities of exposing, sharing and exploiting the resource description data held by our institutions

– Shape the messages, advice and support offered during the 2011 programme and beyond.

Then - meeting on 20 April of the RDTF

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