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The Hybrid Library and the DNER: a Discussion

The Hybrid Library and the DNER: a Discussion. Stephen Pinfield. DNER: overview. Distributed National Electronic Resource Umbrella for the informational activity of JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Two main components: managed collection of information resources

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The Hybrid Library and the DNER: a Discussion

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  1. The Hybrid Library and the DNER: a Discussion Stephen Pinfield

  2. DNER: overview Distributed National Electronic Resource • Umbrella for the informational activity of JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) • Two main components: • managed collection of information resources • coherent information environment • Supported by • advisory services • preservation services, etc.

  3. DNER: definition “… a managed environment for accessing quality information resources on the Internet which are available from many sources.”

  4. DNER: aspirations • To provide the world’s high quality information to staff and students in higher and further education at any time and anywhere. • To be the leading innovator in UK education in the field of digital information provision of information and take an influential role in developing the UK’s learning and research agenda. • To take a leading role in stimulating development both here and overseas.

  5. Context • Incremental development • content • structures • Under-developed consultation & market research • ‘Information brandscape’ - incoherence • Need for systemic coherence • Need to engage with learning and teaching c.f. Hybrid Library projects

  6. Personal General information environment Global Community Strategic Institutional

  7. Resource spaces “The DNER challenge is to weave rich information and learning resources in the fabric of the web.” (Lorcan Dempsey) • A managed strategic resource • A ‘leveraged’ institutional and community resource • A discovered resource

  8. scholarly journals monographs textbooks abstracts manuscripts maps music scores still images geospatial images vector and numeric data moving picture collections sound collections Collections

  9. Architecture Content/service delivery Fusion services Middleware Presentation

  10. Hybrid Library projects Have investigated: • Authentication (‘middleware’) • Presentation layer • ‘Fusion’ technologies • Content creation • Personalisation DNER technical review: need to contribute

  11. Technical review • Technologies • Z39.50 • LDAP • OpenURLs • Other protocols / APIs • etc. • In-house v. commercial • VDX (Fretwell-Downing) • MetaLib/SFX (Ex Libris) • WebExpress (OCLC) • etc.

  12. Digital Library of North Rhine Westphalia http://www.hbz-nrw.de/DigiBib/

  13. National and local • Is the DNER a national hybrid library? • Similarities of approach • Similar technologies • Institutional and national services • National services - economy of effort, market power • Institutional ‘portal’ still required • Institutional users and national services • Working together • DNER as service provider • DNER as service enabler...

  14. e.g. RDN-i

  15. DNER strategy • Collection development and management • Service delivery • Development • Preservation • Communications

  16. Investigations • Content mapping study • procedures, practices, actors - completed • Collections subject mapping exercise • collections against subject benchmarks to identify gaps - being commissioned • Service delivery framework • pattern, governance and coherence of service - commissioned from CHEMS • Technical architecture • identify broad architecture and technologies - commissioned from UKOLN • Presentation requirements • being specified

  17. Assistant Director Collections and communicationAlicia Wise Assistant Director Development(Vacant) Assistant Director PreservationNeil Beagrie Collections Groups Communications Group Programme Management / Development Group RDNC Resources and Admin Group Preservation DNER Office DirectorLorcan Dempsey

  18. Names • eLib • Hybrid Library • DNER DNER: Suggestions for a new name please!

  19. Stephen.Pinfield@Nottingham.ac.uk

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