Librarians, metadata, and search BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2009 | London | October 1, 2009 Alan Oliver, Ex Libris (UK) Ltd.

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3 Librarians

4 Librarians are changing…

5 What’s in a name? “How did information staff at the University of Hertfordshire come to be called KBICs, not librarians?” Library & Information Update, September 2009, pp32-

6 How are librarians changing? Knowledge and Business Intelligence Consultants business analyst account manager specialist strategic adviser being an advocate for best practice Information Hertfordshire: Services and Solutions for the University

7 British Library Chief Executive Dame Lynne Brindley called on LIS pros to argue strongly for their role as ‘knowledge creation partners, educational innovators and distinctive contributors to creative digital scholarship and research.’

8 Evolution or revolution? 1.Cataloguer Before… Then… 1.Metadata manager 1.Knowledge and Business Intelligence Consultants?

9 Metadata

10 Metadata is changing…

11 Tags hold the secret of eternal life “On-tap tagging tools seem the perfect solution to make content properly searchable” Information World Review (IWR), September 2009, pp11

12 Why is metadata changing? Metadata was required to describe physical objects, which were not searchable by themselves Libraries invested time in creating metadata and authority files Users were taught (and were expected to know) how to search

13 British Library project Single sheet digitisation project 100,000 sheets of cultural heritage material 65,000 completed Collection Level Description Users will be able to contribute No metadata

14 Evolution or revolution? 1.MARC Before… Then… 1.User/automatically – generated tags 1.Full text searching?

15 Search

16 Search is changing…

17 IWR, September 2009 “LexisNexis set to release free taster content (Information giant acknowledges the power of general search),” pp1 “Search looks for big breakthroughs (Archana Venkatraman looks into the quest for smarter searches),” pp14

18 Why is search changing?

19 “Are we on the brink of a digital search revolution? A slew of search engines, answer engines and specialist resources have now crowded into the sector, seeking to end search-related frustrations.”

20 Library search

21 Library search is changing…

22 National Library of Scotland Voyager/AquaBrowser

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25 University of Strathclyde Voyager/Primo

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30 But, change is a process In a recent Library Management System Specification: 83 Online public access (OPAC) and end user requirements These should include both simple keyword searching and the facility to use a full and explicit range of Boolean operators On certain OPAC terminals the library must be able to restrict functionality, and prevent users from accessing external resources

31 Evolution or revolution? 1.Card catalogue Before… Then… 1.Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) 1.Discovery to delivery solutions?

32 Librarians, metadata, and search ‘Challenging librarians to face and create the future’ Peter Murray-Rust, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry “For scientific research, libraries are probably becoming obsolete.” Day 2, Keynote, Internet Librarian International 09

33 Search has changed. Metadata is changing. Librarians have to change!

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