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Discovery

Andy McGregorProgramme manager

Developed services

Experimented

Identified approaches

Released data

Collected lessons

So, what does this mean for you?

Future is not clear

It might not be singular

Future approaches to discovery

We have collected details on the promising

approaches

We are not alone – global investment

http://guidance.discovery.ac.uk/

Innovative cataloguing

Discovery starts with cataloguing

A new approach at Institute of Education is 3.5

times cheaper

A collection management tool 86% more efficient

than manual checking

http://ioeoemuk.wordpress.com/

http://copac.ac.uk/innovations/collections-management/

Better discovery through linking?

Is linked data worth investing in?

The archives use case seems to be strong

WW1 and Shakespeare exemplars

Linked Data is not the only option

http://ww1.discovery.ac.uk/

http://willsworld.blogs.edina.ac.uk/

http://openmetadatapathway.blogspot.co.uk/

Enhanced shared services

We already have some essential shared discovery

services

We have enhanced these with new functionality to

fit

with the vision

Business case

http://guidance.discovery.ac.uk/

http://discovery.ac.uk/businesscase/videos/

http://bit.ly/discrluk12

Further information and links available from

What lies ahead?

UNDER REVIEW

SKILLS

INFRASTRUCTURE

DATA

Discovery Summit 2013

Is open enough?

21-22 February 2013

A toolkit based on products of Discovery

programme

2013

Coming in 2013…

Thanks for listening

@andymcga.mcgregor@jisc.ac.uk

Picture Credits

Finish - http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/6177013284/ Point - http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2gemma/1448178195/sizes/l/in/photostream Ahead of the curve http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigmacsc99/5235884687/