Full disclosure: thinking about library resources in web-scale discovery environments Lorcan Dempsey OCLC Programs and Research Journée abes Montpellier.

Full disclosure: thinking about

library resources in web-scale discovery

environments

Lorcan DempseyOCLC Programsand Research

Journée abes

Montpellier20 mai 2008

Overview• Prelude

• 4 workflows

• 4 sources of metadata about things

• 4 ways forward

The real Web 2.0?

ConcentrationScale matters

DiffusionSpread matters

Then: Attention abundant; resources scarce

Then: users built workflow around libraries

Now: library must build services around user workflow

Now: Attention scarce; resources abundant

Discovery happens elsewhere

Overview• Prelude

• 4 workflows

• 4 sources of metadata about things

• 4 ways forward

Userenvironment

Library &NetworkResource

Managementenvironment

End User Access

Management

Digitised/Digital

Bought/Physical

Elctronic/Licensed

Specialcolls/

Archives

Management

Userenvironment

Library &NetworkResource

Managementenvironment

End User Access

Management

Digitised/Digital

Bought/Physical

Elctronic/Licensed

Specialcolls/

Archives

Find It

Get It

Manage It

Metadata

Content

Userenvironment

Library &NetworkResource

Managementenvironment

End User Access

Management

Digitised/Digital

Bought/Physical

Elctronic/Licensed

Specialcolls/

Archives

Find It

Get It

Manage It

Metadata

Content

ILL/CIRC LINK RESOLVER SPECIAL

SPECIALILS ERM REPOSITORY

OPAC MetaSearch WebsiteA-Z NxtGen

MARC DC EADA&I XXX

Integrated user environments

Need to be able to ‘mobilize’ the full library resource where it is needed

Overview• Prelude

• 4 workflows

• 4 sources of metadata about things

• 4 ways forward

1. Professional2. Contributed3. Intentional4. Programmatically promoted

Professional

Contributed

‘Montpellier’ and ‘antigone’

Sofitel Montpellier Antigone

Sofitel Montpelier Antigone on TripAdvisor

Programmatically promoted

Intentional data

“The database of intentions”

John Battelle

“the rich texture of suggestion”

Scale: mobilize creating community around social objects

Expectations: • We look for hints and hooks• Rank, relate, recommend

Make (all types of data) work harder

Overview• Prelude

• 4 workflows

• 4 sources of metadata about things

• 4 ways forward

1. End-user environments2. Disclosure: syndicating data,

services and links3. Making data work harder4. Creating scale

End-user environment

Next generation catalogues

Integrated local+ search• Primo• Encore• Worldcat Local

Local ILS system

Local ILS system

Open URL resolver

Open URL resolver

Electronicjournals

ElectronicjournalsDigital

collections

Digital collections

eBook collections

eBook collections

Resourcesharing systems

Resourcesharing systems

Worldcat.org

Disclosure

Discovery happens elswhere• Course management

system• RSS aggregator• Google• Social networking site• Reading list• …..

Syndicate data, links, services

libraryUser environmentsManagement environment

Licensed

Bought

Faculty&studentsDigitized Aggregations

Resource sharing

Institutional WorkflowPortals,

CMS, IR, …

PersonalWorkflow

RSS, toolbars, ..

Network level workflow

Google, …

Integratedlocal user

environment?Library web

presenceResource sharing, …

Syndicate data

Union catalogues and institutional Knowledge base data

Links

Services

Make data work harder

Intentional data

Scale matters

Scale

• What level is best to achieve impact?– Network– Regional– Institutional

• Get into user workflows– End-user

environments– Syndication

• Aggregate contributed and intentional metadata

Web 2.0 and the library: directions Concentration

A webscale presenceMobilize data

DiffusionDisclosure of links, data and services

For many years, Chinese people cited a proverb: if the wine smells really wonderful, customers will come in spite of the length of the lane.

No Longer; we have to shorten the length of the lane!

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