Rethinking shared metadata at the
platform levelTerry Reese
Head, Digital Initiatives
The Ohio State University
Potential impacts of national repository efforts like the Digital Public Library of America
http://dp.la
….to meet the challenge of re-envisioning library spaces as a platform for research
http://www.cni.org/topics/learning-spaces/the-library-building-as-research-platform/
100,000 ft view
Evolving the role of the library from just information provider, to that of a key partner throughout the research process
http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/jstor-tool/
Greater reliance on webs of data And the emergence of services developed from their aggregates
Identities
DPLA Map
We are starting to see the end of boutique development, collections, and local metadata schemas in the library space
Standards
if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. (http://projecthydra.org/)
http://xkcd.com/927/
50,000 ft view
Libraries as virtual spaces
And promotion of equity of access
Blurring of differences between public/private/academic needs
Libraries are comfortable with silos, let’s own it, and come to terms with it
http://librariesoforegon.org/
http://mwdl.org/
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/search/?q=libraries+without+walls
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/
30,000 ft view
Large data aggregations and partnerships like the DPLA and Europeana will redefine and change for the better our notions of attribution or licensing of metadata
Information doesn’t want to just be free, it wants to be very promiscuous.
Libraries will largely recognize and adopt crowd-source metadata description for special and unique collections
The institution will continue to become more transparent, as aggregations and linked data create the ability to create exhibits and collections from multiple sources.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/4058784908/in/photostream
http://metadatagames.com/
Why is the DPLA Important
Why is this important?
The content is interesting, but not the most interesting part – what is most interesting is
A large corpus of Metadata released under CC0 license (essentially into the public domain)
Metadata being used as a platform
Potential to build new services
Potential to build new applications
Pushes libraries to think critically about the partners they work with an how those partnerships can have impacts downstream
Potentially, it starts to change the nature of how people interact with the library and it’s metadata.
Questions?
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