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Digital Futures for MLAs? A snapshot in real time.
Dr Liz Lyon
Director, UKOLN
UKOLN / MLA meeting, May 2007
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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….
JISC-fundedcontent providers
institutionalcontent providers
externalcontent providers
brokers aggregators catalogues indexes
institutionalportals
subjectportals
learning managementsystems
media-specificportals
end-userdesktop/browser pr
esen
tatio
n
fusion
prov
isio
n
OpenURLlink servers
shared infrastructure
authentication/authorisation(Athens)
institutional profilingservices
terminologyservices
service registries
identifier services
metadata schema registries
© Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) andNeil Beagrie (British Library and JISC), 2005
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pres
erva
tion
institutionalarchival storage
remote archivalstorage / escrow
format registries
format conversion services
representation informationregistries
persistent identifierservices
JISC Integrated Information Environment
An e-infrastructure for higher education?
JISC-fundedcontent providers
institutionalcontent providers
externalcontent providers
brokers aggregators catalogues indexes
institutionalportals
subjectportals
learning managementsystems
media-specificportals
end-userdesktop/browser pr
esen
tatio
n
fusion
prov
isio
n
OpenURLlink servers
shared infrastructure
authentication/authorisation(Athens)
institutional profilingservices
terminologyservices
service registries
identifier services
metadata schema registries
© Andy Powell (UKOLN, University of Bath) andNeil Beagrie (British Library and JISC), 2005
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons LicenseAttribution-ShareAlike 2.0
pres
erva
tion
institutionalarchival storage
remote archivalstorage / escrow
format registries
format conversion services
representation informationregistries
persistent identifierservices
JISC Integrated Information Environment
MLA e-Infrastructure components?
and Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath) 2007
The life of the average Web site is estimated at 44days = lifespan of a housefly….
Digital preservation issues: trust, policy, skills, responsibility.
Digital repositories: audit and certification toolkits
Culture, Learning, Leisure workflows
Aggregator services
Museums, libraries, archives digital repositories
Data curation, preservation: e-Depot, deep archives, data centres
Deposit
Harvest
Deposit
Physical artefacts
Digitisation
Re-use
Search, harvest
Presentation services: portals
Discovery, linking, citation
Linking, citation
Personal collections
Deposit
“Cultural knowledge cycle” Vs0.8
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Personal data capture: images, text
© Liz Lyon (UKOLN, University of Bath) 2007
Digital Futures: 10 questions for MLA
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?
