rlg programs oclc programs and research – work agenda 1 cni fall task force – 4 dec 2006...

RLG Programs

OCLC Programs and Research – Work Agenda

1 CNI Fall Task Force – 4 Dec 2006

Progress – the elements

RLG Partners Oversight and direction Programs with Research

The high-level agenda

Near-term work

Questions/Discussion/Advice

RLG Programs



RLG and OCLC: where we fit

The programmatic efforts and players RLG Programs RLG Partners Area specialists: digital libraries, information

architecture, preservation, resource sharing, special collections

The research effort and activities OCLC Research Research scientists: information science, knowledge

organization, classification/terminologies, data-mining

The new division OCLC Programs and Research

RLG Programs

OCLC Research

RLG Programs



RLG Partners

RLG Partner Institutions (ca. 149 to date) Libraries, Museums, Archives, cultural institutions

Deep, rich collections Mandate to make accessible Commitment to exploit technology Contribute to ‘commons’ Commitment to collaboration Capability to contribute (collections, expertise,

infrastructure, etc.) New partners and future recruitment

RLG Programs



RLG Programs – Resources and Funding

Three sources of funding Partner dues OCLC corporate stipend Grants

Office of Research Dedicated effort

The combination has resulted in significantly increased capacity to support research, focused experimentationand innovation with our partners

RLG Programs



Oversight and direction

RLG Committee of the Board of Trustees Account, regulate, assess

Program Council Advise, represent and amplify

RLG Programs



Board of Trustee Committee members

James Neal (Chair) (Columbia University)

Nancy Eaton (Pennsylvania State University)

Carol Mandel (New York University)

Lizabeth Wilson (University of Washington)

Jane Ryland (EDUCAUSE)

Elisabeth Niggemann (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

RLG Programs



Program Council members

Shirley Baker (Washington University in St. Louis)

Nancy Eaton (Pennsylvania State University)

Kenneth Hamma (J. Paul Getty Trust)

Tony Hey (Microsoft)

Wendy Pradt Lougee (University of Minnesota)

Clifford A. Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information)

Carol Mandel (New York University)

James Neal (Columbia University)

Chris Rusbridge (Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh)

Gary Strong (Chair) (University of California, Los Angeles)

Lizabeth Wilson (University of Washington)

David Zeidberg (Huntington Library)

RLG Programs



BUILDCOMMUNITY

MAKECONSENSUS

FILTER BESTPRACTICE

PERFORMRESEARCH

PRODUCEOUTCOMES

TRANSFERTECHNOLOGY

DO RAPIDDEVELOPMENT

BUILDPROTOTYPES

CONVENEEXPERTS

DEVELOP ARCHITECTURE& STANDARDS

Programs and Research: Arc of Capabilities

issues & uncertainties community solutions

RLG Programs



Mutual Interest? Leverage? Integration?

RLG Programs



UNCERTAINTY

TECHNOLOGY

JOINT ACTION

COOPERATIVE EFFORT

RLG Programs

RLG Programs – Areas of Work

CNI Fall Task Force 4 Dec 2006

RLG Programs



RLG Programs – areas of work

Managing the collective collection Objective: To understand, prepare for, and help advance

libraries, archives and museums in more profoundly cooperative models of acquiring, managing and disclosing collections

Renovating descriptive and organizing practices Objective: Change the economics of metadata at research

institutions—set new expectations for investment, model the attendant work flows, and prototype needed support.

Modeling new services Objective: Help libraries, archives, and museums achieve a

common understanding of the processes for which they should be responsible, demonstrate these new frameworks through prototypes, and enable them through open source code and architectures.

RLG Programs



Managing the collective collection

Chart mass digitization course Collaboration, policy, practice, impacts Principles for Mass Digitization Partnerships Surveys

Shared Print Storage North American Storage Trust

RLG Programs



Mass Digitization & the Collective Collection

12 “hard questions” about library partnerships Challenge: identify 3 most pressing concerns Opportunity: identify (and fill) gaps

Distributed to all DLF registrants 61 responses as of 6 November 2006 Represents US (88%); Canada, UK, EU (12%)

In general: There was interest in all of the questions we posed The really important questions really stand out 17% of respondents supplied an additional question

RLG Programs



DLF Survey: Most Urgent Questions

Is a regional, national, or multi-national framework for digitization desirable or feasible? What would you expect such a framework to contribute?

Who is responsible for ensuring the persistence of the aggregate collections to which you have contributed?

What does your institution know (or need to know) about how users are interacting with the outputs of mass digitization?

RLG Programs



Renovating descriptive and organizing practices

Forum – “More, Better, Faster, Cheaper” Museum Collection Sharing Discovery to Delivery - Symposium

RLG Programs



Discovery to Delivery Survey

11 questions circulated to US and UK attendees of invitational meetings on “Discovery to Delivery Services”

40 institutional responses (23 US; 17 UK)

Broad agreement on key issues A majority of institutions consider themselves only “partly

successful” in exposing print and electronic collections Improving exposure of collections is “very important” to all –

but the solutions may lie beyond institutional grasp Most institutions consider themselves “successful” in

delivering collections to users – but UK respondents are more confident of their success than US respondents

A majority feel only “somewhat confident” that they understand user needs and expectations

Discovery to Delivery symposium, March 2007, will explore possible community solutions to these challenges

RLG Programs



Modeling new services

Service Frameworks building on DLF work

extend shared view to archives and museums

model key processes across sectors to identify opportunities for shared service development

RLG Programs



Modeling shared business processes

Programs & Research: identifying community needs and developing prototype solutions

RLG Programs

RLG Programs - keeping in touch …

Subscribe to the blogs-Lorcan’s - http://orweblog.oclc.org/-Programs – http://www.hangingtogether.org-Research - http://www.oclc.org/research/

rlg programs oclc programs and research – work agenda 1 cni fall task force – 4 dec 2006...

Documents