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This presentation by Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC explores the changing landscape of libraries in the digital age, focusing on the shift from library-centric to user-centric workflows, and the impact of new technologies on library services. Topics covered include resource sharing, discovery environments, institutional workflows, and the future of library experiences in the web era.
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Libraries in the new network environment San Jose 16 November 2007Lorcan DempseyOCLC
Part 1 Part 2
Part 1: Environment
(CC) licensed 2007 eBoy Getting things done Workflow
Brand is the new real estate
Discovery happens elsewhere
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The rich get richer
Then:the user built their workflow around the library Now:the library must build its service around the user workflow
Then:resources were scarce and attention was abundant Now:attention is scarce and resources are abundant
People are entry points
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Network level workflow Google, … Personal Workflow RSS, toolbars, .. Institutional Workflow Portals, CMS, IR, … … Integrated local user environment? Library web presence Resource sharing, … library Consumer environments Management environment Bought Licensed Faculty& students Digitized Aggregations Resource sharing
Metasearch Resolver Catalog Repositories … Digital Research&learning outputs Licensed Print ERM Knowledgebase … Repositories … ILS
User environment Switch: delivery, routing, resolution … Management environment
Webscale … A library experience which matches the experience of the web?
Comprehensive Short path from discovery to fulfilment Traverse from personal to global Machine interface: scale with use Navigation Adaptive Recombinant
Part 2: The catalog: from discovery to disclosure
Local Discovery Environments • Shared Discovery Environments • Syndicated Discovery Environments • Leveraged Discovery Environments Require disclosure Remember: focus on catalog
Local Discovery environment • Some (not necessarily aligned) motivations • Make data work harder • Integrate access to locally managed resources • Escape from ILS limitations • NCSU • Rochester • SOLR • Worldcat local • Primo • Encore …
Making data work harder: simple search followed by rich navigation and participation
Some remarks • How does MARC data play with other data • Subjects, authors, .. • Historic investment in structure? • Duplicate cost? • Relationship to Metasearch? • Social and scale
Shared discovery environment • Increase impact • Create gravitational pull • Aggregate demand and supply • Reduce costs
Some comments • Integration of discovery to delivery becoming essential • A move to shared environments seems more likely with increased ability to ‘view’ different levels • Increased gravitational pull: greater use of collections • Growing evidence • Integration of materials?
Syndicated discovery experience • Syndicate data or service or links
RSS Portlets APIs, Protocol-based Projects Sakailibrary … Syndicating services Not as rapid as one might expect?
Susan Hollar - Inside the Course at Michigan Diane Dallis - Inside the Course at Indiana • Sakaibrary: • Michigan • Indiana
Some remarks • Syndication of data now common among data providers • Routing issue for non-unique materials • Resolution • Worldcat • Libraries exposing licensed content holdings interesting • Google Scholar
Service disclosure less common • APIs • Web services • Portlets • HTML fragments – ‘search boxes’ • Toolbars • Widgets, extensions, …
The Leveraged discovery experience • In some ways the most interesting • Use another discovery service to connect back to your resources • Compare to the situation with article databases and resolvers
Some remarks • Some of these are toy-like now, but indicate a direction • Increased capacity to ‘sense’ structure (microformats) will improve ability.
So … • How to get to webscale • User environment • Management environment • A new balance between • Institutional development • Shared activities • How to most release value in research and learning lives of users
The end Thank youhttp://orweblog.oclc.org