Yannis Ioannidis University of Athens, Hellas Digital Libraries at a Crossroads Toward the Future Generation of Digital Library Mgmt Systems

Motivation › Production of huge amounts of digital information › Access to this impacts “all” citizens’ activities › Essential behavior changes needed to fully participate in Info Age › Central role for Digital Libraries

DL Definition › Digital Library, Museum, Archive, … › Why: learning and research › What: information and services  comprehensive  rich forms and kinds  read-and-expand-only › When: value at depth of time

Information Space for DLs Structure of Data Structure of Behavior Digital Libraries Databases Web Low High

Related Projects DELOS NoE DELOS NoE BRICKS IP DILIGENT IP FP5 FP6

The DELOS Path - 1 › 2 brainstorming workshops  San Cassiano  Pisa › Produced general research agenda › In collaboration with NSF (USA)

Research Hierarchy Vision Goals Problem Areas Specific Research Topics

Grand 10-Year Vision Digital libraries should enable any citizen to access all human knowledge anytime and anywhere, in a friendly, multi-modal, efficient, and effective way, by overcoming barriers of distance, language, and culture and by using multiple Internet-connected devices

Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

Contents: 10-Year Vision Creating high-quality, semantically rich, comprehensive information collections for depth of time

Contents: Problem Areas › Collection building › Collection access and navigation › Non-traditional kinds of objects › Multilingual, multicultural collections › Collection preservation

Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

Management: 10-Year Vision Developing self-sustainable and expandable DL systems, offering high-quality information and services

Management: DL Federation Architecture DL Sys

Management: System Architecture › Component-based architecture › Multi-tier architecture

Management: Architectural Problem Areas › Openness › Interoperability and metadata › Scalability › Availability › Session-flow and work-flow management › Security › Quality - Evaluation › DL administration

Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

Usage: 10-Year Vision Optimal user experience in DL interactions

Usage: Problem Areas › User interfaces › Information visualization › Personalization - customization › Community information space  Multilingual and multicultural interactions › Collaboration › Universal access › Multi-channel access

Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

Applications › Digital Libraries in and for  Cultural Heritage  Education  Medicine  Entertainment  Science and Technology  Government  Environment

Socio-Economic Impact › Business modeling › Sustainability › Copyright issues

The DELOS Path - 2 › 5 thematic research workshops  Information seeking, searching & querying  Personalization and recommender systems  Interoperability and mediation  Evaluation: testbeds, measurements & metrics  Multimedia content

The DELOS Path - 3 › 7 working groups  Spoken-word digital audio collections  DL information infrastructures  Personalization and recommender systems  ePhilology: emerging language technologies and rediscovery of the past  Digital imaging for cultural/historic materials  Digital archiving and preservation  Actors in DLs

Issues Addressed 5 Thematic Workshops 7 Working Groups Usage42+5 Management Contents46

Research Agenda Analysis › Common topics in agendas of many activities  › Room for generic approaches

Research Roadmap › Generic Issues (Most of Management)  Interoperability  Metadata  Security  Quality  System architecture  Openness  Scalability  Availability

Research Roadmap › Specialized Issues (Much Usage + Some Content)  Non-traditional objects  Personalization and customization  Universal access  Multi-channel access

Research Roadmap › Mixed Issues (Most Contents + Some Usage)  Collection building  Collection access and navigation  Collection preservation  User interfaces  Information visualization  Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support

New Strategy › Develop Digital Library Technology › Design and build generic Digital Library Management Systems › Specialized functionality on top of DLMSs

DLMS Management Visualisation (generic) User Interface (generic) Access (generic) Preservation (generic) Visualisation (specialised) User Interface (specialised) Access (specialised) Preservation (specialised) Spoken-Word Audio Mgmt Personalisation Customisation

Present  Future › Present: ad hoc development of individual digital library systems › Future: development of industrical-strength generic digital library tools

Present › Every new digital library is developed from skratch › Ad hoc development for a particular application › No reuse of existing infrastructure Major waste in effort and cost

Future › Generic digital library technology is developed › Specific applications and services established on top of existing infrastructure Major savings in effort and cost Major step towards standardization

DELOS FP6 › Joint research activities towards next generation DLs › 7 Thematic Research Clusters  Architecture  Information Access and Personalization  Audio Visual Information  User Interfaces and Visualization  Knowledge Management  Evaluation  Preservation

DELOS FP6 › 47 partners › Virtual D-Lib Competence Center › Workshop on Grid, P2P, Service architectures, Sardinia, 24-25/6

BRICKS › Generic DL technology for museums › About 10 technical partners and 15 museums › Emphasis on peer-to-peer architecture, security, interoperability, …

DILIGENT › Generic DL technology over the GRID › About 7-8 technical partners and 2 application partners › Emphasis on GRID architecture (EGEE IP), information access and indexing, information sharing, information processing workflow, …

DL Potential › The universal knowledge repositories and communication conduits for the future, a common vehicle by which everyone will access, discuss, evaluate, and enhance information of all forms. › The strongest shield of humanity protecting its historic, cultural, and scientific artefacts from time, natural disasters, and humans.

Stakeholders › Diverse groups should collaborate  Memory institutions (libr, mus, arch)  Commercial content owners (broadc, publ)  Software (and telecom) industry  Universities and research institutions

ID Change Digital Library  Digital Information REALM (Resources Entrusted to Archives, Libraries, and Museums)