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Open Metadata:
opportunities and challenges for the HE library

Chris Banks
University Librarian and Director, Library, Special Collections and Museums
What metadata have we got?
                   • Manuscript/Archives
                   • Printed materials with
                     unique content
                   • Published materials
                   • Repository publications
                   • Research Data
                   • Digitised content
                   • Electronic: in perpetuity
                   • Electronic: licensed
                   • Just in time
                   • Project created resources

                                         www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Agencies
           • Author / creator/ project
           • Publisher
           • Aggregator
              • Acquired/licensed from
              • Licensed to
           • LMS
              • Local
              • Cloud
           • Library
           • Public
           • Re-purposing / Semantic
             enrichment

                                www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Metadata priorities
                      • Buy / license / link to pre-
                        existing metadata
                      • Eliminate cottage
                        industries
                      • Concentrate human
                        resource on managing
                        the uniquely held
                        metadata creation:
                         • MSS & Archives
                         • Research outputs
                         • Digitised materials

                                           www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Metadata utopia
 • Created once
 • Enhanced and enriched
   by the community
 • Held in the cloud
 • Ability to link holdings /
   copy specific information /
   library specific metadata




                                 www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Resource discovery priorities
 • Maximise the investment
   in the purchased /
   licensed resources
 • Eliminate complexity
 • Eliminate barriers to
   access
 • Get the data to where it
   is needed




                                www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
The catalogue still matters!

                     New e-Book acquisition
                                              E-book
                                              catalogue
  3000                                        records added
                                              to our catalogue
  2500
               e-books
               become
  2000
               available
  1500

  1000

   500

     0




                                                           www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Investment in resource discovery tools




                                         www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Cross searching all collections, including
museum and archives (with single-sign-on)




                                             www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Investment in training




                         www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Training



                                           Reader instruction - user hours

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     14000
     12000                                                                                      Aberdeen
     10000                                                                                      Bangor
      8000
                                                                                                Cambridge
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                                                                                                      www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Metadata characteristics
  • Created
  • Licensed
  • Distributed
  • Enriched
  • Discovered
  • Re-purposed




                           www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Whose metadata is it anyway?




                               www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Opportunities
• Minimise duplication
• Maximise reach
• Allow for community
  created richness
• Opportunities for new
  services which add value
  to the community




                   www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Existing sharing includes
  •   RLUK / Copac
       • Backup catalogue
       • Collection management tool
  •   WorldCat
       • Uniqueness /collection
         strength comparison
  •   Aggregation of unique items
       • eThos
       • Europeana
       • NRA
       • Archives Grid
  •   Much data is OAI/PMH enabled
      (more to come)


                                      www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Challenges
Challenges
  • Data ownership(s)
  • Data quality
  • Don’t just need to
    convince libraries
  • Existing
    aggregations, business
    models, associated
    services and community
    benefits
  • Resources required to
    publish


                             www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Metadata as £ $ €
Various agencies exploiting metadata
  • Aggregators
     • License to libraries
     • License to LMS /
       resource discovery
       agencies
     • Create “value added”
       services based on
       mass
       creation/accumulation
       of metadata




                                       www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
• LMS suppliers
   • Aggregate publisher
     created and library
     created data
   • In the cloud
   • Opportunity for
     community created
     enrichment
   • Opportunity to move
     physical storage (and
     storage management)
     into the cloud



                             www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
Others who aggregate data give HE
                      • Strategic decision making
                        tools
                      • Value added search
                      • H- index
                      • Peer review information
                      • Citation information
                      • Data in the cloud




                                            www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
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Metadata licensing clinic banks may 2012

  • 1. Open Metadata: opportunities and challenges for the HE library Chris Banks University Librarian and Director, Library, Special Collections and Museums
  • 2. What metadata have we got? • Manuscript/Archives • Printed materials with unique content • Published materials • Repository publications • Research Data • Digitised content • Electronic: in perpetuity • Electronic: licensed • Just in time • Project created resources www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 3. Agencies • Author / creator/ project • Publisher • Aggregator • Acquired/licensed from • Licensed to • LMS • Local • Cloud • Library • Public • Re-purposing / Semantic enrichment www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 4. Metadata priorities • Buy / license / link to pre- existing metadata • Eliminate cottage industries • Concentrate human resource on managing the uniquely held metadata creation: • MSS & Archives • Research outputs • Digitised materials www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 5. Metadata utopia • Created once • Enhanced and enriched by the community • Held in the cloud • Ability to link holdings / copy specific information / library specific metadata www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 6. Resource discovery priorities • Maximise the investment in the purchased / licensed resources • Eliminate complexity • Eliminate barriers to access • Get the data to where it is needed www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 7. The catalogue still matters! New e-Book acquisition E-book catalogue 3000 records added to our catalogue 2500 e-books become 2000 available 1500 1000 500 0 www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 8. Investment in resource discovery tools www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 9. Cross searching all collections, including museum and archives (with single-sign-on) www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 10. Investment in training www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 11. Training Reader instruction - user hours 16000 14000 12000 Aberdeen 10000 Bangor 8000 Cambridge 6000 4000 Edinburgh 2000 Strathclyde 0 Swansea UCL r h en n ge a L de o rg ea se UC ng de id cly bu an m br Ba SCONUL mean er th in Sw m UL Ab Ed ra Ca N St O SC www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 12. Metadata characteristics • Created • Licensed • Distributed • Enriched • Discovered • Re-purposed www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 15. Whose metadata is it anyway? www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 17. • Minimise duplication • Maximise reach • Allow for community created richness • Opportunities for new services which add value to the community www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 18. Existing sharing includes • RLUK / Copac • Backup catalogue • Collection management tool • WorldCat • Uniqueness /collection strength comparison • Aggregation of unique items • eThos • Europeana • NRA • Archives Grid • Much data is OAI/PMH enabled (more to come) www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 20. Challenges • Data ownership(s) • Data quality • Don’t just need to convince libraries • Existing aggregations, business models, associated services and community benefits • Resources required to publish www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 21. Metadata as £ $ €
  • 22. Various agencies exploiting metadata • Aggregators • License to libraries • License to LMS / resource discovery agencies • Create “value added” services based on mass creation/accumulation of metadata www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 23. • LMS suppliers • Aggregate publisher created and library created data • In the cloud • Opportunity for community created enrichment • Opportunity to move physical storage (and storage management) into the cloud www.abdn.ac.uk/library/
  • 24. Others who aggregate data give HE • Strategic decision making tools • Value added search • H- index • Peer review information • Citation information • Data in the cloud www.abdn.ac.uk/library/

Editor's Notes

  1. The latter figure in particular is skewed as we are noticing an increase in the Reading Room being used as a Reading Room, ie, readers who are not necessarily using our collections but want to study in a quieter environment. The RR are now recording that separately so we can disentangle that from now on. The other reason that figure is so very much increased is the availability of the Per 900 stock in the RR, which is being consulted quite heavily. Again I have asked the RR to pick those figures up by re-instating the consultation trolley system.