1. Open Discovery Initiative
Jenny Walker
Co-chair NISO ODI
Jenny.Walker@exlibrisgroup.com
UKSG
April 2013
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2. The context
• Emergence of library discovery service solutions
– Based on index of a wide range of content
– Commercial and open access
– Primary journal literature, ebooks, and more
• Adopted by thousands of libraries around the
world, and impacts millions of users
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3. Need to bring order to chaos
• Discovery brings value to library
collections; uncertainty to publishers
• Uneven participation diminishes impact
• Discovery ecosystem resembles pre-
OpenURL days of linking
• Complexity and uncertainty poses barriers
for participation
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4. Intended audience
• Libraries
• Content providers
• Discovery service providers
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5. Balance(?!) of constituents
Libraries
Marshall Breeding, (prev) Vanderbilt University David Lindahl, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Jamene Brooks-Keiffer, Kansas State University Sara Brownmiller, University of Oregon
Laura Morse, Harvard University Lucy Harrison, CCLA (D2D liaison/observer)
Ken Varnum, University of Michigan Michelle Newberry (prev) FCLA
Publishers
Lettie Conrad, SAGE Publications Aaron Wood, Alexander Street Press
Roger Schonfeld, ITHAKA/JSTOR/Portico Jeff Lang, Thomson Reuters
Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS
Service Providers
Jenny Walker, Ex Libris Group Michael Gorrell, EBSCO Information Services
John Law, Serials Solutions Jeff Penka, OCLC (D2D liaison/observer)
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6. ODI Project Goals:
• Identify … needs and requirements of the
three stakeholder groups in this area of work.
• Create recommendations and tools to
streamline the process by which information
providers, discovery service providers, and
librarians work together to better serve
libraries and their users.
• Provide effective means for librarians to
assess the level of participation by
information providers in discovery services.

7. ODI Subgroups
• Level of indexing; content availability
• Technical formats: data format and transfer
• Usage reporting
• ‘Fair’ linking to content
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8. Outcomes
• Best practice recommendations
• Recommendations for ways to inform and
promote adoption
• Recommendations for future work
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9. Timeline
Milestone Target Date Status
Appointment of working group December 2011
Approval of charge and initial work plan March 2012
Agreement on process and tools June 2012
Completion of information gathering October 2012
Completion of initial draft June 2013
Completion of final draft October 2013
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10. Connect with ODI
• ODI Project website:
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/
• Interest group mailing list:
http://www.niso.org/lists/opendiscovery/
• Email ODI:
odi@niso.org
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11. Thank you!
Jenny.Walker@exlibrisgroup.com