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Hybrid Libraries and information Clumps:a view from the UK

Paul Miller

Interoperability FocusUK Office for Library & Information Networking (UKOLN)

P.Miller@ukoln.ac.uk http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

UKOLN is funded by the Library and Information Commission, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union.

UKOLN also receives support from the Universities of Bath and Hull where staff are based.

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The road to today…

• 1993• Joint Funding Council’s Review of Libraries

(“The Follett Report”)– http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/papers/follett/report/

• 1994–• Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib)

– £15,000,000 over three years for Phases 1 and 2– http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

• 1995• JFC Review – Library Provision for Research• (“The Anderson Report”)

– http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/other/anderson/

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JISC

• Joint Information Systems Committee– “…to stimulate and enable the cost–effective

exploitation of information systems and to provide a high quality national network infrastructure…”

– ‘development’ not ‘research’– Funded by ‘top–slice’ from the Higher

Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

– Funds eLib, the JISC Data Centres, UKOLN, the Focus posts, etc..

See http://www.jisc.ac.uk/See http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

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eLib

• Electronic Libraries Programme• Funded a large number of small/medium–size

projects in three Phases– Plus supporting work such as the MODELS workshops

• Phases 1 & 2 (now complete) explored– Electronic Publishing

– e.g. http://intarch.ac.uk/

– Access to Network Resources (the Subject Gateways)– e.g. http://www.sosig.ac.uk/

– Training services (e.g. Netskills), Pre–print services, etc..

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/

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eLib Phase 3

• Building upon success• Hybrid Libraries• Large scale resource discovery

(Clumps)• Preservation• Turning successful Phase 1 & 2

projects into sustainable Services.

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/

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Hybrid Libraries

• Providing access to• Legacy resources

– Manuscripts, print, slides, maps, video, etc.

• Transition resources– Digitised legacy resources

• New resources– Created as digital

• Emphasis upon integration within the working library.

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/projects/#hybridSee http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/projects/#hybrid

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Agora

• Emphasis upon the Information Landscape

• Providing access to diverse distributed resources through a common interface

• Emphasis upon the system

• Z39.50–based.

See http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/agora/See http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/agora/

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BUILDER

• Institution–based (Birmingham)

• Improved support for student learning

• Improving awareness of – and access to – resources

• Supporting life–long learning.

See http://builder.bham.ac.uk/See http://builder.bham.ac.uk/

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HEADLINE

• ‘tailored and supportive’ user environment

• Exploration of licensing and copyright issues.

See http://www.headline.ac.uk/See http://www.headline.ac.uk/

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HYLIFE

• Integrated delivery of large–scale print and electronic resources

• Focus on users and institutional issues, not technology

• Development of tailored interfaces for different groups• Teaching interface for Geography• Research interface for Urban & Regional studies• Remote user interface for Business studies• Etc.

See http://www.unn.ac.uk/~xcu2/hylife/See http://www.unn.ac.uk/~xcu2/hylife/

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MALIBU

• Focus upon the Humanities

• Interest in organization and management.

See http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/malibu/See http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/malibu/

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Clumps

• Large scale resource discovery• Direct evolution from MODELS

workshop ideas• Z39.50• Integrating access to physical

resources held in multiple libraries• Virtual union catalogue• Related by geography• Related by subject area.

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/projects/#clumpsSee http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/projects/#clumps

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlis/models/See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlis/models/

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CAIRNS

• 25 Z39.50–compatible catalogues across Scotland• Systems from a range of suppliers• Fixed clump for all sites• Pre–defined sub–clumps

– All Glasgow libraries, etc.

• Dynamic clumps based upon CONSPECTUS subject strengths.

See http://cairns.lib.gla.ac.uk/See http://cairns.lib.gla.ac.uk/

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M25 Link

• Libraries in the London area• Six pilot sites initially

– Including most common library systems in the London area

– Eventual expansion to all 39 M25 sites

• Constructing Union List of Serials– All libraries of the University of London,

plus the University of Westminster.

See http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/M25link/See http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/M25link/

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RIDING

• Libraries in Yorkshire• 9 University Libraries

– With different library systems

• Leeds Public Library• British Library Document Supply Centre

• Emphasis upon Collection Descriptions and routing Inter–Library Loan requests.

See http://www.shef.ac.uk/~riding/See http://www.shef.ac.uk/~riding/

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Music Libraries Online

• Subject–based

• 9 conservatoire libraries across the UK

• Developed Core Bibliographic Standard (based on AACR2 and MARC) for music cataloguing

• Developing Z39.50 Profile for Music.

See http://www.musiconline.ac.uk/See http://www.musiconline.ac.uk/

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Resource Discovery Network• Integrating access to existing and

future Subject Gateways• Established 1999 – official launch in

November• Resource Discovery Network Centre• Hubs

– Creative Arts & Industries– Physical Sciences– Social Sciences, Business and Law– Etc.

See http://www.rdn.ac.uk/See http://www.rdn.ac.uk/

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Interoperability Focus

• Established January 1999

• Funded by JISC and the Library & Information Commission (LIC)

• Enabling interoperable solutions across libraries, museums, archives, etc.

• Involvement in existing and future standards processes.

See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/

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Distributed National Electronic Resource

• JISC Policy to link existing services together• Z39.50 Gateways to resources

– JISC Gateway– Subject/Geographical Gateways– Local/institutional Gateways– User–defined Gateways

• Maintain strengths of resource holders, whilst reducing the problems facing users

• Need for common view of Z39.50 to enable basic interoperability.

See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/z3950/See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/z3950/

See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/at-the-event/bath-profile.htmlSee http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue21/at-the-event/bath-profile.html