Scholarly information – past, present and future Siân Harris Editor, Research Information
Overview Research libraries Content Search Access Rights Technology Data Conclusions and future
Research libraries Shelves of books and journals Online resources Different ways to use space Virtual places rather than physical Changing role of librarians
Content E-journals E-books – reference, textbooks, monographs Databases Encyclopaedia Grey literature Videos, images, recordings
Content: e-journals From print-like experience to resources that exploit the power of the internet Linking, Tagging, Video and graphical abstracts, Restructuring, Peer review, Timeliness, Commenting, Blogging, Tweeting
Content: e-books Scholarly e-books really started to become big news 5 or 6 years ago as several major publishers announced e-book offerings. Functionality, Formats, Range of book types, Sales models, Collections, Chapters
Content: Reference Moves from being book to something completely different online
Search Search engines A&I databases Library catalogues Discovery tools
Access Open-access publishing Repositories Big deals Developing-world access Mobile access
Rights Confusion over what people are allowed to do with content Uncertainty over effects on business models Legal disputes over copyright Initiatives to simplify and communicate rights
Technology Text mining, data mining Video Access to data Interactive quizzes Social networking Semantic enrichment Evolving formats Data
Data mining Finding data/ Format issues Semantic linking Research community reluctance Library and publisher data Open APIs
Future
Conclusions and future Technology changes Limited budgets Concerns about future role Plenty of innovation going on Watching what’s going on in wider internet world
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