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The Digital Academic Library of the NorthChris Awre
Northern Collaboration Conference, 13th Sep 2013
Introduction DPLA and DALN Libraries of the future Trends Repository development Repositories and collaboration DALN vision From here to there
Background Jisc Programme Manager for FAIR
Programme, 2002-4 Working with Fedora since 2005
Jisc projects – RepoMMan, REMAP, CLIF Fedora UK&I User Group formed 2006
Hull’s IR implemented in 2008 Helped found the Hydra project the same
year – software implemented in 2011
DPLA Digital Public Library of America
http://dp.la Why? Lots of knowledge in discrete packages
across libraries and other collections DPLA acts as a means of linking these
packages and linking knowledge Create new connections, and new
knowledge
DPLA
DPLA A collaboration Those involved recognise the value of
working together to achieve more than they could manage individually
Level of collaboration Metadata feeds from multiple sources Focused search engine Facilitating interaction
DALN Digital Academic Library of the North Similar scenario
We each hold multiple packages of knowledge
There is value in accessing knowledge across these packages
We recognise the value of collaboration How might we be inspired by the DPLA?
Academic Libraries of the Future
Accessing knowledge, managing knowledge arekey parts of all three scenarios
Other observations… Ithaka S+R UK survey of academics (2012)
Access to openly accessible materials outside the library is closely complementary to resources within the library
Derek Law environment scan (2009) Managing institutional assets Contributing to national and international
virtual research environment Importance of quality assurance
Trends All these observations are trying to
identify the trends in how libraries are developing or need to develop
Predicting the future is never easy DPLA is one reaction to this
Extending the reach of individual collections
Adding additional value in its own right
Personal libraries
Books/e-books
Web resources
Music/film
Journals/e-journals
Grey literature
Print to digitalPrint Digital
Books E-Books
Journals E-Journals
Reference works Online reference works / The Internet
Videos/DVDs YouTube, NetFlix, etc.
CDs iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Slides Flickr, Google Images, etc.
Theses E-Theses, EThOS
Owning to rentingElsevier
Wiley
Sage
Netflix
Jisc Collections
Shift to the network level
Resources
Discovery
Library management systems
Subject guidesReading lists
ERM
The good the bad and the ugly Greater breadth of resources Greater width of access Greater depth of functionality Freedom to switch (?) Enables focus on what libraries do best (?)
Licences! Although maybe just extending library paradigm?
Finance!! Ongoing, if regular, costs
IT input A possible paradox The level of effort working with digital
resources and systems is increasing Is the level of local IT input developing
in parallel with this increased work with the digital landscape?
How much IT effort is being outsourced? To resource suppliers To library technology companies
Repository development OpenDOAR now lists 218 UK repositories Drivers?
Focus on institutional repositories (170/218) Focus on institutional assets Focus on local
Open access
Open educational resourcesResearch data
Images
Building a local digital library Repository as home to a variety of local
digital assets Repository as infrastructure, not application How much resource is needed to build a
library? Where does this come from? What skills are required? What can be learned from those who have
built digital libraries?
Repository development Getting to the Repository of the Future
workshop, Repository Fringe 2013 The role and need for a repository for managing
digital ‘stuff’ is here to stay
There is a need to re-state and define what our repositories are for
We know what we want to do with repositories
We need to clarify the barriers to achieving this
but
but
Scaling up
124,77810,83
5
2012 academicpublications in the UK
Repositories (CORE)
Journals (Scopus)
Working with academics Where does the focus in our efforts with
repositories lie? With the system and library processes? With the academic scholarship it serves?
Stuart Basefsky (2009) Exploit the technology to better serve
research http://www.llrx.com/node/2177
How institutional does an IR need to be? Brand / design Advocacy Strategy / policy Cataloguing /
description Impact / statistics QA
Tin Access / interface Software
functionality Storage Preservation Scalability of
operation
Local Network level
Parallels – e-books Brand / design Advocacy Strategy / policy Cataloguing /
description Impact / statistics QA
Tin Access / interface Software
functionality Storage Preservation Scalability of
operation
Parallels – e-books Brand / design Advocacy Strategy / policy Cataloguing /
description Impact / statistics QA
Tin Access / interface Software
functionality Storage Preservation Scalability of
operation
Red - local Orange – mixed? Blue - network
Similar trends, different context Repository content as part of personal
library Managing a digital rather than a
physical library
Exception – focus on ownership, not rental
Could move to the network level
Collaboration at the network level Models currently exist
SDLC hosting of IRs for Scottish Universities
White Rose EPrints Services / BMC Open / Digital
Commons Shared infrastructure, individual
services Shared service?
Digital Academic Library of the North – a vision
DALN
DALN Digital Academic Library of the North Similar scenario to DPLA
We each hold multiple packages of knowledge
There is value in accessing knowledge across these packages
We recognise the value of collaboration How might we collaborate to enrich the
assets/knowledge we hold?
A shared service Recognise the value and benefits of
taking services to the network level Take action on institutional limits
Scaling operation IT resource requirement
Take ownership of the means by which we can jointly develop our digital libraries
Maximise the potential for getting local assets into personal libraries
DALN model
Digital Academic Library of the
North
Institution A
Institution B
Institution C
ArchiveA
Museum B
Other …
DALN model Individual repository services served from a
central, combined digital library Local management requirements Network access / preservation benefits from
collaboration Focused definition of roles and
responsibilities at different levels Showcase of institutional output from
window onto combined collections Facilitating linkages across content
Content vs. metadata DPLA is focused on metadata
Discovery and linking are core drivers Are there network benefits to managing
content through a shared service?
How do we scale the management of local assets?
Local management Central management
DALN
DALN benefits Facilitate the management of different
types of content Enable repository provision to become a
part of IT infrastructure Provide common solutions to repository
feeds to other services e.g., Google, Research Outcomes System
Allow local focus to be on working with academic community
Getting there from here We have considerable expertise and
knowledge of what it takes to run repositories and digital libraries Can we bring this together in some way to
identify a collaborative way forward? Can we identify how to exploit the best of
moving service to the network level to aid repository development?
To conclude Repositories have become integral parts
of how we operate as libraries They have the potential to evolve into
true digital libraries Responding to library trends
We can add value to these through working collaboratively
DALN vision is one way – are there others?
Image attributions Paul Stainthorp, “IMAG2719”, 13 Aug
2005, Online image, Flickr, 10 Sep 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pstainthorp/4192270743/
Mark Stevens, “The Road Ahead”, 14 Oct 2012, Online image, Flickr, 10 Sep 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/14723335@N05/9013482834/
Thank youChris AwreHead of Information ManagementUniversity of Hull
http://www.hull.ac.uk/libhttp://hydra.hull.ac.ukhttp://projecthydra.org