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April 14, 2005 MIT Libraries Visiting Committee
Libraries Strategic Plan Theme IIIWork to shape the future
MacKenzie Smith
Associate Director for Technology
April 14, 2005 MIT Libraries Visiting Committee
Digital Discovery
What is the role of libraries in the online network of Scholarly Communication?
Information Provider: DSpace repository Thomson ISI’s Web Citation Index Elsevier’s SCOPUS Google Scholar
Information Consumer: seamless access Google Scholar pilot project
April 14, 2005 MIT Libraries Visiting Committee
Digital Discovery
How will scholars find relevant content on the Web?
New information service model Instruction and self-help services
SIMILE project Semantic Web research collaboration with MIT CSAIL, W3C
Improve tools for discovering and navigating digital resources on the Web
Data architecture scalable to the entire Web Interoperable across systems, institutions, domains of practice
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Digital Education
How should libraries manage digital teaching materials?
Libraries Metadata Unit provides Consulting, expertise Content description production
CWSpace project 1000 OpenCourseWare online MIT courses Content hard to find, reuse Standards immature, evolving
April 14, 2005 MIT Libraries Visiting Committee
Digital Education
How should libraries support online courses and pedagogical tools?
SAKAI Libraries project Collaboration with SAKAI core partners: Michigan, Indiana,
Stanford, and MIT Prototypes for using digital library materials and services in
the classroom
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Digital Collections
How will libraries manage digital data over archival time frames?
Verde System for electronic resource information management
Licensed or local content Integrated with other library systems, e.g. Barton
Co-developed with library system vendor
DSpace System for digital asset management and dissemination Associated service model for institutional repositories Digital preservation research agenda
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Digital Collections
How can libraries participate in the emerging Cyberinfrastructure?
DSpace@Cambridge project Digital data curation crisis Collaboration with scientists, researchers Archive science, social science research data for
Discovery & Reuse Long-term Preservation of scholarly record
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Digital Collections
How will digital libraries scale up?
DSRB project NARA/NSF funded research collaboration SDSC and the Data Grid Defining storage “utilities” Software to manage highly distributed, replicated content Models for long-term archiving, curation, preservation
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Partnerships
What is the relationship between a university research library and a university press?
Collaborate with the MIT Press Archiving digital content (e.g. e-journals) Partnership for
Traditional publications New forms of publication e.g. scientific data
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Partnerships
What partnerships can libraries form to work together on problems?
DSpace Federation
“Community” Open Source Software 75 live sites, 25-50 more in progress DSpace@MIT exemplar
More then 14,000 items deposited Evolving business plan and marketing strategies Focus for advocacy, publicity
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Partnerships
DSpace Federation
Building new markets for institutional content management Forming new communities for discussion, exploration,
collaboratione.g. mailing lists, workshops, conferences
Influencing digital access and preservation strategies
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Partnerships
Digital Library Community
Technology partnerships Digital Library Abstract Service Framework Global Digital Format Registry
Digital Scholarly Communication partnerships SPARC, Creative Commons, Science Commons DPubS publishing system (Cornell, Penn State)
April 14, 2005 MIT Libraries Visiting Committee
Partnerships
How are libraries making the transition to the digital era?
Define the right research problems Learn through experimentation and outreach Collaborate with others
e.g. National Archives, Google With great difficulty!