This document summarizes the work of the Research Data and Discovery Task Force (RDTF) to improve resource discovery across UK higher education libraries, museums, and archives. It discusses the RDTF's vision and goals to create an integrated and seamless method of accessing these collections by 2012. It provides updates on projects and metadata work to aggregate data and develop innovative discovery services. It announces the launch of a new phase called UK Discovery to further engage stakeholders and explore what open data can enable through real-world examples and case studies.

1. DateVenueFrom RDTF to DiscoveryProf. David BakerDeputy Chair, JISC Board

2. In the beginning...In 2009 JISC and RLUK convened a group of experts to discuss the issues with resource discovery of the collections of UK higher education libraries, museums and archives. After 4 meetings the group agreed on a vision to address the issues identified

3. 26/05/2011| Supporting education and research | Slide 3http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2010/06/08/launch-of-vision/

4. A Future State of the Art by 2012Integrated and seamless access to the rich resource collections held in libraries, museums and archives in UK HEIs

5. Creation of a thorough and open aggregated layer - designed to work with all major search engines - of data about the resource collections

6. Provision of a diverse range of innovative and personalised resource discovery services to students, teachers and researchers

7. Avoidance of duplication of effort and increased efficiency

8. Existing resource discovery services encouraged to develop and innovate

9. Data will be available to commercial organisations to develop services as well

10. Data and functionality will need to be diffused to other software and websites that are used by students, teachers and researchersWhere are we in the implementation?You are herePhase 1 – open dataPhase 2 – aggregation and service buildingPhase 3 – further service buildingSep 2011May 2012Dec 2012

11. What’s been done?http://obd.jisc.ac.uk/http://rdtfmetadata.jiscpress.org/http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk/http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk/newsletter/http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk/newsandevents/events/2011/04/18/

12. What we’re working on8 projectsEvenly spread across Libraries, Archives and MuseumsOpen, reusable metadataFinish in July

13. What we’re working onMaking the metadata more open and easier to reuse.Developing collection management