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The Resource Discovery Network...

The Resource Discovery Network. Enhancing the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research www.rdn.ac.uk. Discover diversity. Discover depth. Discover quality. From gateway to portal. A Terminology Check http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/terminology Internet Resource Catalogue

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The Resource Discovery Network...

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  1. The Resource Discovery Network... Enhancing the Internet for Learning, Teaching and Research www.rdn.ac.uk Discover diversity Discover depth Discover quality JISC/CNI 2000

  2. From gateway to portal A Terminology Check http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/terminology • Internet Resource Catalogue • Subject Gateway • Portal • Distributed National Electronic Resource: DNER JISC/CNI 2000

  3. Introducing the RDN A summary • Brief historical context surrounding the emergence of RDN • Current service and developments • Future aims and aspirations • Illustrating an example of how RDN is enhancing Internet access for learning and teaching: the Virtual Training Suite Questions JISC/CNI 2000

  4. The Foundations: eLib • Standards • Technical infrastructure • Managed collections of resources • Improved interfaces and navigability • Enhanced access and discovery • Rich resource descriptions • Browsing>Hierarchical Browsing> Searching> • A touch of EEVL • A hint of OMNI (science) • A piece of SOSIG JISC/CNI 2000

  5. Results • (Green, 1997) Useful to particular user communities • Subject focus welcomed • Quality control of value • (Mackie and Burton, 1999) Lack of awareness amongst academics, but where known met with enthusiasm • End-users increasingly overwhelmed by results from search engines • Need for further development, though concerns regarding significant cost JISC/CNI 2000

  6. Birth of the RDN A federated structure 1) Networked organisation 2) Faculty based hubs 3) Centre: developing, promoting, sustaining, supporting • ensuring quality, consistency, interoperability, sharing of best practice, cost efficiency • exploiting intrinsic interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral value • business planning to sustain the network JISC/CNI 2000

  7. Organisational overview The Centre provides coordination, administration and strategic direction for the hubs: HUMBUL JISC/CNI 2000

  8. Joining up/Filling gaps Hubs - organisations, or a consortia of organisations - established around faculty level subjects: • BIOME - Biomedical and life sciences • (led by Nottingham) • EMC - Engineering, Maths and Computing (led by Heriott Watt) • Humbul - Humanities (led by Oxford) • PSIgate - Physical Sciences (led by CALIM) • SOSIG - Social Sciences, Business, Law (led by Bristol, ILRT) JISC/CNI 2000

  9. New areas to follow: • Creative Arts and Industries - consultancy completed by CALIM June, 2000 • Geography and Environment • Education • Other skills based subjects: e.g. hospitality; leisure management; tourism etc JISC/CNI 2000

  10. Building Partnerships Strategic collaboration on both a national and international scale is key to achieving our objectives - we will seek to work with: • National Grid for Learning; The People’s Network; BBC Online; British Library; University for Industry; LTSN Subject Centres; GLTC; British Council • International partnerships e.g. Renardus; IMesh Avoiding duplication, sharing best practise, facilitating joined-up growth JISC/CNI 2000

  11. Building on the Foundations Meeting the demands of increasingly sophisticated and expectant users by: • Enhancing interoperability • Developing collections and subject coverage which meet wider community needs • Enhancing services to enable further customisation - rdn-include; grapevine; my-account JISC/CNI 2000

  12. RDN within the DNER Distributed National Electronic Resource A JISC policy aspiration to provide a managed and integrated information environment for learning and teaching An umbrella for informational activity An environment where information and learning converge JISC/CNI 2000

  13. RDN Subject Portals RDN is central to the DNER and will: • Articulate a subject approach to network resources, providing subject portals geared to user interests, fusing and aggregating relevant content • A series of rich entry points, enabling seamless access to a range of diverse resources • Develop protocols, frameworks, commons standards JISC/CNI 2000

  14. Sustaining the RDN • Progressively reducing the cost of this activity to the JISC • Business planning • Funding • common purpose organisations • record sharing • sponsorship • subscription • value-added/enhanced services JISC/CNI 2000

  15. Mapping the WWWilderness www.rdn.ac.uk info@rdn.ac.uk JISC/CNI 2000

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