Discovery and analysis of the world's research collections: JSTOR and Summon ...NASIG
In the age of networked information, we've seen major changes to the
expectation of how bibliographic data is searched and serves research.
Summon is a web-scale discovery service that indexes and provides
relevancy ranking across 1 Billion items from thousands of collections and
makes them accessible to researches from a single search box in 450
institutions in over 40 countries. JSTOR is a not-for-profit provider of high
quality scholarly content spanning more than 300 years and covering nearly
60 disciplines. JSTOR provides on-line access to nearly 1,600 journals for
more than 7,500 institutions in 166 countries. This presentation will discuss
similarities in the mission and differences in the scope of these two services,
including how they work together. We'll delve into the inner workings of each
including treatment of data, analysis of search, and challenges each service
faces in their mission.
Presenters: Laura Robinson, Serials Solutions and Ron Snyder, ITHAKA
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Science Executive Committee. Washington, DC. 12 January 2015
OCLC is piloting its new WorldCat Local service that will allow your library to customize WorldCat.org as a solution for local discovery and delivery services. WorldCat Local interoperates with locally maintained services like circulation, resource sharing and resolution to full text to present a locally branded interface to your patrons. Attend this session to learn how this new service works and to see some of the pilots currently being run.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
The Internet, Science, and Transformations of KnowledgeEric Meyer
Talk on June 7, 2012 in the Harvard SAP Speaker Series (Office of the Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library).
http://www.provost.harvard.edu/harvard_library/sap_speakers_series.php
Discovery and analysis of the world's research collections: JSTOR and Summon ...NASIG
In the age of networked information, we've seen major changes to the
expectation of how bibliographic data is searched and serves research.
Summon is a web-scale discovery service that indexes and provides
relevancy ranking across 1 Billion items from thousands of collections and
makes them accessible to researches from a single search box in 450
institutions in over 40 countries. JSTOR is a not-for-profit provider of high
quality scholarly content spanning more than 300 years and covering nearly
60 disciplines. JSTOR provides on-line access to nearly 1,600 journals for
more than 7,500 institutions in 166 countries. This presentation will discuss
similarities in the mission and differences in the scope of these two services,
including how they work together. We'll delve into the inner workings of each
including treatment of data, analysis of search, and challenges each service
faces in their mission.
Presenters: Laura Robinson, Serials Solutions and Ron Snyder, ITHAKA
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage LibraryMartin Kalfatovic
Digital Services Division & The Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Smithsonian Science Executive Committee. Washington, DC. 12 January 2015
OCLC is piloting its new WorldCat Local service that will allow your library to customize WorldCat.org as a solution for local discovery and delivery services. WorldCat Local interoperates with locally maintained services like circulation, resource sharing and resolution to full text to present a locally branded interface to your patrons. Attend this session to learn how this new service works and to see some of the pilots currently being run.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
The Internet, Science, and Transformations of KnowledgeEric Meyer
Talk on June 7, 2012 in the Harvard SAP Speaker Series (Office of the Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library).
http://www.provost.harvard.edu/harvard_library/sap_speakers_series.php
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: an Open Global Resource of Literature for ...William Ulate
As part of the scientific method and peer review followed by scientists and particularly taxonomists, it is essential to be able to access the specimens and original publications used to describe a new species and published in books and journals for more than three centuries ago.
The Global BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) is a cooperative network of autonomous organizations and institutions that operate programs and projects to support the goal of making biodiversity literature available to all through open access. Currently, the European Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Museum Victoria as part of the Atlas of Living Australia, SciELO Brazil, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt have all created regional BHL nodes. These projects are working together to share content, protocols, services, and digital preservation practices to support research, policy and conservation through appropriate repatriation of scientific information.
In recent years, several biodiversity informatics initiatives have been promoted in Africa by different donors. One of them, the JRS Foundation, supported in November 2011, that ten African librarians, biologists, computer scientists, publishers and students were brought together in Chicago, USA during the Life and Literature Conference, to decide on African needs and objectives related to Biodiversity Literature Digitization.
A follow-up organizational meeting will take place in June 2012, to collaborate on the development of a BHL node for Africa, an open global resource of literature for African biodiversity scientists. Among the topics to be covered are the sharing of previous experiences organizing a BHL Node following on the successful model developed in Australia and Brazil, the appropriate metadata delivery infrastructure, how to coordinate the scanning and synchronize the repositories of titles that are important for biodiversity scientists in Africa, including gray literature and publications produced within the continent.
Services recommending books = BibTip, LibraryThing, University of Huddersfield borrowing recommendations, and articles – bX from Ex Libris, PubMed, Synthese (CISTI) now exist in the academic context. JISC in the UK is sponsoring a major project, MOSAIC: “Making Our Shared Activity Information Count.” This session will provide an overview of these recommendation systems, describe their different approaches to data mining, and discuss their role in improving information retrieval and user experience in a now nearly fully online scholarly information world.
Open Access and Research Integrity Workshop Introduction - 2014Right to Research
A presentation given at the IFMSA August Meeting Pre-GA 2014 talking about Open Access and what students can do. More can be found at www.righttoresearch.org/learn/IFMSAAM2014
Keynote presentation by Professor Carole Goble at BOSC (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference) Long Beach, California, USA, July 14 2012. Co-located with ISMB, Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology
OCLC continues to introduce new products and services and to support innovative research and library initiatives. Attend this session to hear all about the newest OCLC activities.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Conference - July 25, 2008.
Adaptability, aboutness, and authenticity: Towards discovery platforms with n...blisspix
Presentation for Internet Librarian International 2009. Full paper available to participants, will be uploaded to an open access repository following the conference.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
The Biodiversity Heritage Library: an Open Global Resource of Literature for ...William Ulate
As part of the scientific method and peer review followed by scientists and particularly taxonomists, it is essential to be able to access the specimens and original publications used to describe a new species and published in books and journals for more than three centuries ago.
The Global BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) is a cooperative network of autonomous organizations and institutions that operate programs and projects to support the goal of making biodiversity literature available to all through open access. Currently, the European Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Museum Victoria as part of the Atlas of Living Australia, SciELO Brazil, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt have all created regional BHL nodes. These projects are working together to share content, protocols, services, and digital preservation practices to support research, policy and conservation through appropriate repatriation of scientific information.
In recent years, several biodiversity informatics initiatives have been promoted in Africa by different donors. One of them, the JRS Foundation, supported in November 2011, that ten African librarians, biologists, computer scientists, publishers and students were brought together in Chicago, USA during the Life and Literature Conference, to decide on African needs and objectives related to Biodiversity Literature Digitization.
A follow-up organizational meeting will take place in June 2012, to collaborate on the development of a BHL node for Africa, an open global resource of literature for African biodiversity scientists. Among the topics to be covered are the sharing of previous experiences organizing a BHL Node following on the successful model developed in Australia and Brazil, the appropriate metadata delivery infrastructure, how to coordinate the scanning and synchronize the repositories of titles that are important for biodiversity scientists in Africa, including gray literature and publications produced within the continent.
Services recommending books = BibTip, LibraryThing, University of Huddersfield borrowing recommendations, and articles – bX from Ex Libris, PubMed, Synthese (CISTI) now exist in the academic context. JISC in the UK is sponsoring a major project, MOSAIC: “Making Our Shared Activity Information Count.” This session will provide an overview of these recommendation systems, describe their different approaches to data mining, and discuss their role in improving information retrieval and user experience in a now nearly fully online scholarly information world.
Open Access and Research Integrity Workshop Introduction - 2014Right to Research
A presentation given at the IFMSA August Meeting Pre-GA 2014 talking about Open Access and what students can do. More can be found at www.righttoresearch.org/learn/IFMSAAM2014
Keynote presentation by Professor Carole Goble at BOSC (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference) Long Beach, California, USA, July 14 2012. Co-located with ISMB, Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology
OCLC continues to introduce new products and services and to support innovative research and library initiatives. Attend this session to hear all about the newest OCLC activities.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Conference - July 25, 2008.
Adaptability, aboutness, and authenticity: Towards discovery platforms with n...blisspix
Presentation for Internet Librarian International 2009. Full paper available to participants, will be uploaded to an open access repository following the conference.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
1. Promoting the ‘Virtuous Circle
of Access’: JSTOR’s local
discovery integration pilot
Bruce Heterick
Vice President
JSTOR | Portico
November 3, 2011
2. Discovery
Get “in the flow” …
o Discovery¹ should be organized around users rather than
collections or systems
o Users are successfully discovering relevant resources through
non-library systems (e.g. general web searches, social networking
applications). We need to make sure that items in our collections
and licensed resources are discoverable in non-library
environments
o Making collections discoverable requires optimizing for access by
local and non-local user populations; being good stewards of our
collections means participating in cooperative ventures that
provide broad access to our collections
¹http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/48258/3/DiscoverabilityPhase1Report.pdf
3. Discovery
“The library” – as a starting point for research – is
a diminishing part of “the flow”
Starting Point for Research, identified by faculty in 2003, 2006, and 2009
100%
90%
2003
80%
2006
70%
2009
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
The library building online librarygeneral-purpose specific engine
Your A catalog A search electronic research resource
Source: ITHAKA 2009 Faculty Survey, 2010
5. Where is discovery happening?
Library
7%
Other
8%
Linking
Partner
10%
Google
56%
JSTOR
19%
Where JSTOR ‘sessions’ originated | Jan 1, 2011 – Oct 29, 2011
6. Where is discovery happening?
Library
#
Other 7% Top „Other‟ Origins
Searches
8% crossref 343,660
Linking wikipedia 118,788
Partner ISI 106,800
10% libhub.sempertool.dk 72,648
Google ucelinks.cdlib.org 68,731
56% www.facebook.com 43,416
JSTOR
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 41,068
19%
philpapers.org 35,907
Where JSTOR ‘sessions’ originated | Jan 1, 2011 – Oct 29, 2011
7. Push; don‟t pull
o The goal should not be about trying to bring
the researcher back to the library; the goal
should be how do we better bring the local
library resources to the researcher from
wherever they happen to begin their
research (including Google)
8. Web-Scale Discovery
How can JSTOR help libraries
better leverage these significant
investments?
9. JSTOR Local Discovery Integration (LDI) Pilot
o April 2011: Initiated JSTOR-Summon
(SerialsSolutions) pilot with Arizona State
Univ., North Carolina State Univ., and Univ.
Sydney
o May 2011: Began JSTOR-Primo (Ex Libris)
pilot with Vanderbilt Univ., Northwestern
Univ., and Oxford Univ.
o June 2011: Begin JSTOR-EDS (EBSCO) pilot
with Univ. Georgia, Millersville Univ., Univ.
Chicago, Univ. Liverpool
o October 2011: Launched JSTOR-WorldCat
(OCLC) pilot with Univ. Arizona and Univ.
Alberta
o January 2012: Evaluate pilot and report to
JSTOR participants at ALA Midwinter meeting
18. JSTOR + EBSCO LDI Pilot
Scott Anderson
Millersville University
19. Preliminary Musings:
o Should they stay or should they go?
Perspective matters.
o Getting data is difficult
What happens AFTER the user leaves JSTOR and enters the
discovery service. Is that a useful hand-off?
o Plato’s Cave:
The lack of transparency in how these services determine
relevancy and ranking, and the impact that they MIGHT be having
on the publishers/resources providing them with the metadata
used to fuel discovery has got to be addressed
NISO Open Discovery Initiative is a start
o Gaming the system
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by publishers/content providers
for these services is inevitable. That isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Editor's Notes
A number of organizations had been following this trend closely - including my own (ITHAKA … which is the organizational umbrella under which JSTOR and Portico reside). We were taking a longitudinal look at faculty views about the library – and other pertinent scholarly communications issues – and comparing those view with similar survey data from librarians.One noticeable disconnect in these surveys – as you might imagine – as the perception of the “library as gateway”. Librarians believe it to be hugely important and faculty less so (science faculty much less so than humanities faculty). And students? Even less than that.Yet, the dollars being spent on access services in libraries – both software and people – were (and continue to be) tremendous. Are those expenditures aligned properly with the expectations of the users, and if they are, then how do we more effectively leverage those investments to reach a broader audience?
A number of organizations had been following this trend closely - including my own (ITHAKA … which is the organizational umbrella under which JSTOR and Portico reside). We were taking a longitudinal look at faculty views about the library – and other pertinent scholarly communications issues – and comparing those view with similar survey data from librarians.One noticeable disconnect in these surveys – as you might imagine – as the perception of the “library as gateway”. Librarians believe it to be hugely important and faculty less so (science faculty much less so than humanities faculty). And students? Even less than that.Yet, the dollars being spent on access services in libraries – both software and people – were (and continue to be) tremendous. Are those expenditures aligned properly with the expectations of the users, and if they are, then how do we more effectively leverage those investments to reach a broader audience?
So, how do we take a good idea (web-scale discovery) and make it better?How do we take the basic principle – which is good and valuable – and use it in such a way so that it achieves a broader impact?
So, how do we take a good idea (web-scale discovery) and make it better?How do we take the basic principle – which is good and valuable – and use it in such a way so that it achieves a broader impact?
In other words, how do we change the premise in such a way that we are focused LESS on “bringing researchers back to the library” and instead focus on “bringing the library to the researcher (regardless of the starting point)?How do libraries get better at getting – as Lorcan Dempsey at OCLC has said – “in the flow”?
A number of organizations had been following this trend closely - including my own (ITHAKA … which is the organizational umbrella under which JSTOR and Portico reside). We were taking a longitudinal look at faculty views about the library – and other pertinent scholarly communications issues – and comparing those view with similar survey data from librarians.One noticeable disconnect in these surveys – as you might imagine – as the perception of the “library as gateway”. Librarians believe it to be hugely important and faculty less so (science faculty much less so than humanities faculty). And students? Even less than that.Yet, the dollars being spent on access services in libraries – both software and people – were (and continue to be) tremendous. Are those expenditures aligned properly with the expectations of the users, and if they are, then how do we more effectively leverage those investments to reach a broader audience?
The idea is excruciatingly simple.
The idea is excruciatingly simple.
“Lightbox” is the new feature where the pop-up box comes up on the third page of results