Discovery Andy McGregor Programme Manager

There’s treasure everywhere... http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjaminbeard/5455151456/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbowen/4259813788/ But all in different places and different formats A fragmeneted experience Some services deal with this but don’t cover all content or meet all use cases http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthaey/330636570/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/eszter/4062521530/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/teachingsagittarian/3822668211/

The resource discovery taskforce members What resource discovery infrastructure would you build if you could start from scratch?

Disagreement over services Agreement over metadata http://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/4970297633/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yesiamisme/3629393406/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Implementing the vision We have until 2012 to have a go at realising the vision The vision is pleasantly baggy so we can tailor and adjust our approach as we find out more about the issues and as we learn from developments elsewhere Short iterative bursts of activity to allow us to constantly correct and adjust our approach as we go Be pragmatic! Do something useful! http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2010/06/08/launch-of-vision/

NO Looking beyond our silos Not just he JISC funding focused on he but if want to make it useful for researchers and avoid creating a giant silo – need to think broader to include other sectors and nations http://www.flickr.com/photos/nimrodcooper/3284321209/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Enabling an ecosystem of services For example: better search mashups and visualisations aggregation and normalisation of metadata enrichment of metadata collection management shared cataloguing in depth resources exploring specific topics Describe services Not all jisc – enabling is used specifically Ecosystem used carefully too as some of these services will feed off each other – I started to draw it but it got too complicated and I started to disagree with myself and that’s not a good sign http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharman/4935276033/

Where are we in the implementation? You are here Phase 1 – open data Phase 2 – aggregation and service building Phase 3 – further service building Sep 2011 May 2012 Dec 2012

Evenly spread across Libraries, Archives and Museums What we’re working on 8 projects Evenly spread across Libraries, Archives and Museums Open, reusable metadata Finish in July http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/inf11/infrastructureforresourcediscovery.aspx

What might this mean for you? Make it more visible get it enriched by linking to other relevant content New ways of engaging with your content Your content might want to be involved in the services we build or enhance You might want to see advice and guidance on best practice or look out for new opportunities to exploit your content http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2gemma/1448178195/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Our aim is that Discovery will help to mobilise and energise the community, engaging stakeholders to create a critical mass of open and reusable data, and explore what open data makes possible through real-world exemplars and case studies.

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