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We are the network people. Lorcan Dempsey Tenth Annual Meeting of the AgNIC Coordinating Committee March 9-11, 2005 Bolger Blogger Conference Center, Potomac, MD. Overview. Three patterns?. Be in the flow Recombine: disaggregation and aggregation Collaborate. Gamers as Metaphor. Compete
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We are the network people Lorcan Dempsey Tenth Annual Meeting of the AgNIC Coordinating Committee March 9-11, 2005 Bolger Blogger Conference Center, Potomac, MD
Three patterns? • Be in the flow • Recombine: disaggregation and aggregation • Collaborate
Gamers as Metaphor • Compete • Collaborate • Create
Scientists: Google Yahoo PubMed Librarians: Science Direct ISI Web of Science MedLine “Search engine mindshare” John Regazzi “In a survey for this lecture, librarians and scientists were asked to name the top scientific and medical search resources that they use or are aware of. The difference is startling.” Source: John Regazzi, The Battle for Mindshare: A battle beyond access and retrievalhttp://www.nfais.org/publications/mc_lecture_2004.htm
Be in the flow • Channels • Wherever they are needed • Learning management system • Portal • Inside out on the open web …
OpenURL server Edinburgh’s catalogue Detailed WorldCat record in FirstSearch IP Authenticated Services Open URL FirstSearch Patron ILL NetLibrary ebooks JSTOR
Recombine • Services • Large monolithic systems • Break out services so that they can be used more flexibly • Web services • Information resources • Collections: granularity and aggregation • Objects: granularity and aggregation • Objects: analysis, annotation, reuse
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You can search multiple sources or select a specific source (e.g., the GSAFD Vocabulary Service, which provides access to genre terms for fiction and drama) Without ever leaving the Office application, a user can issue a search and paste results from the search directly into a document OCLC Research GSAFD Vocabulary Service
Recombinance • Hooks - standards • Small pieces • Services • Flow
Collaboration/consolidation • Change ….. • Pool uncertainty • Concentrate expertise • Reduce duplication • Accelerate up the learning curve • Pool uncertainty