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Giuseppe Sollazzo@puntofisso
How can IT systems and technologies be applied to Senate House Library,
with its unique volume, range and quality?7 November 2014
Senate House Library
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Me
Senior Systems Analyst at SGUL
● IT Operations team leader● 250+ servers, 30K users● Library-related R&D
Ministerial Advisor on Open Data and Transparency
● Open Data User Group - Cabinet Office● Health and Social Care Transparency Panel - Dept of Health
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Problem 1: Discovery
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Search
● OPACs● Google-based approach
○ The more it knows you, the less it tells you● Discovery Tools
○ Summon, Primo, Ebsco Central…○ Popular with “normal” users: they look like Google
■ Advanced users don’t like “advanced search”
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The “Answers People”
● By Essex County Council● Search as a human skill, through an IT medium
○ iterative and interactive
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Research Approach
● Metadata is good, content is king● Big Data
○ what can we learn about our collections?● N-Grams, LDA, etc
○ novel ways to search for content○ analyse content to make search more interesting
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Problem 2: Physical vs Virtual
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The Big Issue for Libraries
● The world is increasingly digital● Not all digital is good
○ e.g. e-books can be used as a platform lock-in■ what about spreading culture?
● We still need physical space○ to store books○ to study○ to meet
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Archiving
● Remote locations● Experimental solutions
○ Robots, Drones○ NFC, iBeacons
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Digitisation
● Increase access to rare books● How?
○ Open standard/source as a way not to be locked in● Reaching out to users
○ “Libraries without Walls”■ Bringing libraries to public spaces
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Library Box
Giuseppe Sollazzo20:02 Today
Resolve
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Problem 3: Building Knowledge
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Traditional Activities
● Deposit & Access● Networking● Serendipity
How do we use IT Systems in this context?
● Digital Scholarship
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New methods
● Foster information literacy○ build participation○ run courses
● Extend access to resources○ MOOCs
● Digital Humanities○ OCR, Text Analysis, …
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VIVO Web
● Semantic Web approach to encouraging networking● Linked Data● Machine-readable description of people, papers, etc…
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Crowdsourcing
● British Museum: MicroPast○ Archaeological Research○ Tasks that need human intelligence
■ location of photographed scenes■ identification of subject matter in historic archives■ transcription of letters and catalogues
● Applications for digitised books
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Conclusions
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IT + Library
● “Blacksmiths of Knowledge”○ Traditional library service support○ Knowledge services ○ Data analysis○ Skills building
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Open
Open Source
OpenCollaboration
Open Data
Open Access
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Thanks!
Giuseppe Sollazzo@puntofisso
www.puntofisso.net
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Open
Open Source
OpenCollaboration
Open Data
Open Access
Innovation
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The Virtuous Loop
Search (books)
Data
ProduceKnowledge,
tools
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Public vs Academic Libraries
● Public Libraries are laboratories of R&D○ meeting points for learning○ hackspaces, tinkering, making○ “we lend x”, where x is no longer just a book
● Academic Libraries have a traditional mission○ more difficult to innovate○ scholar-to-student○ book-oriented
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Senate House Library Specificity
● Central University● Users● Humanities● Rare books● Large collections● Thesis deposit
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Open Data
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Open Data
● Share knowledge● Encourage people to join in the academic conversation● Opportunity for revenue streams
○ courses, apps, data visualization, sale of librarian skills● Research Data Management
○ bespoke, CKAN, … ○ what in a digital humanity context?