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Codified Innovations

Codified Innovations. What’s the Problem, Anyway?. It’s the Internet, Stupid!. New types of resources New means of distribution New business practices New patterns of use. What’s driving innovation?. Digitization of Library Collections Books, Journals Special collectons

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Codified Innovations

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  1. Codified Innovations What’s the Problem, Anyway? Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  2. It’s the Internet, Stupid! • New types of resources • New means of distribution • New business practices • New patterns of use Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  3. What’s driving innovation? • Digitization of Library Collections • Books, Journals • Special collectons • Commercial Publication • E-Books, E-Journals • Databases, Aggregations Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  4. Digitized Collections: Standards • Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) • Dublin Core • METS • DLF Digital Registry • Institutional Repositories (dSpace, Fedora) Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  5. Commercial Resource Needs • Reference Linking • License Management • Metasearching Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  6. So, which is it: codify or innovate? • Codified = stable, specific, nailed down • Innovation = mutability, experimentation, multiple approaches Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  7. Standards Challenge • Rapid Development • Support for Essential Needs • Expandable • Avoid Early Overelaboration Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  8. Standards as Indicators of Quality • MPAA Ratings: G, PG-13, R • RDA for nutritional content • USDA Ratings of Meat: Prime, Choice • AACR2 • LCSH, MeSH Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  9. Standards for Interoperability • Railroad track gauges • Electric current • MARC • Unicode Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  10. Quality standards allow people to take appropriate actions • Interoperability standards allow machines to take appropriate actions Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  11. Two Types of Interoperability • Direct Action • Web server acting on URL • Transformation • Metadata crosswalks Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  12. Code or Standard? • 29of3h[w d9e3 r94 jqi8ht 9gwd743 09234 098h5 wo8e3w • 430oqd3 3qdy w6jg9o 2i5y 5y3 oh3 qg9f3 85 9h 5y3 i36g9q4e Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  13. Code or Standard? • 29of3h[w d9e3 r94 jqi8ht 9gwd743 09234 098h5 wo8e3w • Wolven’s code for creating obscure Power Point slides • 430oqd3 3qdy w6jg9o 2i5y 5y3 oh3 qg9f3 85 9h 5y3 i36g9q4e • Replace each symbol with the one above it on the keyboard Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  14. Nostrums for standards overload • Be wary of “instant classics,” “new holiday traditions,” and “new standards” • Keep an eye on “emerging standards” Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  15. CONSER Summit on Serials in the Digital Environment • Determine the types of data that are needed for users to find, identify, select and obtain electronic serials at the journal, issue and article levels. Determine also the types of data needed (by libraries and others) to sustain the business practices of providing access to serials (acquiring, licensing, paying, auditing, rights management, archiving). Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  16. …and you may ask yourself, “how did I get here?” • Library’s Web Ejournal lists 53% • Link Resolver 25% • Library Catalogs 14% • Other Library Web links 1% • Bookmarks 7% • [Unmeasured: direct reference links, search engines, etc.] Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  17. ISSN’t it grand? Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  18. Secrets and Licenses • Do you take this journal …? (Do you know who I am?) • In sickness and in health … (It was working yesterday) • To have and to hold … (The check is in the mail) • From this day forward … (Backfiles? What backfiles?) Bob Wolven, Columbia University

  19. Secrets and Licenses • … until death do you part? (What’s in Your LOCKSS cache?) Bob Wolven, Columbia University

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