1. Systems for scholarly communication
CS 502 Computing Methods for Digital Libraries Cornell University – Computer Science Herbert Van de Sompel
Based on:
CNI FALL 2000 – San Antonio, Texas – December 8th 2000
Closing Keynote Address
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2. ensure information throughput archiving preserving the heritage
Market of scholarly communication {Roosendaal & Geurts}
registration
claiming a new finding
certification
certifying the claim
awareness
ensure information throughput
archiving
preserving the heritage
Each scholarly communication system MUST fullfill these functions
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3. ensure information throughput archiving preserving the heritage
Market of scholarly communication {Roosendaal & Geurts}
registration
claiming a new finding
certification
certifying the claim
awareness
ensure information throughput
archiving
preserving the heritage
rewarding
evaluating & rewarding performance
accessibility
availibility and searchability
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4. A R registration publisher certification awareness
The paper version {the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
library [selection, service, support]
archiving
library P U B
D I S L I A R
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5. A R registration publisher certification awareness
The PDF version {the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
publisher, distributor, library
archiving P U B
D I S L I A R
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6. registration publisher certification awareness archiving rewarding
{the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
archiving
rewarding
accessibility
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7. low availibility [serials crisis]
{the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
archiving
rewarding
accessibility
low availibility [serials crisis]
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8. low availibility [serials crisis]
{the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
archiving
rewarding
citation databases
accessibility
low availibility [serials crisis]
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9. publisher, distributor, library archiving
{the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
publisher, distributor, library
archiving
rewarding
citation databases
accessibility
low availibility [serials crisis]
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10. publisher, distributor, library archiving ???
{the journal system}
registration
publisher
certification
awareness
publisher, distributor, library
archiving
???
rewarding
citation databases
accessibility
low availibility [serials crisis]
Normally we say: if everything else fails, read the manuaal, but unfortunately there is no manual
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11. It is -- at least -- legitimate to reflect on the possibility of a digital system for scholarly communication that is not merely a scanned copy of the paper system.
In order to free our minds: let’s forget about who has been doing what and how in the existing system.
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12. subversive proposal (Harnad - 1994) author self-archiving
{new models - theoretical}
subversive proposal (Harnad )
author self-archiving
deconstructed journal (Smith )
institutions as collectors/distributors of their author’s uncertified writings
decoupling of registration and certification
journal publication as overlay service
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13. details in D-Lib February 2000
{new models - production}
xxx e-print archive (Physics Los Alamos - Ginsparg)
RePEc (Economy - Surrey U - Krichel)
NCSTRL (Computer Science - Cornell U - Lagoze)
NDLTD (Theses - Virginia Tech - Fox)
CogPrints (Cognitive Sciences - Southampton U - Harnad)
details in D-Lib February 2000
high accessibility - registration - no certification
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14. registration yes certification no awareness archiving rewarding
A preprint in a digital scholarly communication system
registration
yes
certification no
awareness
archiving
rewarding
accessibility
high availibility
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15. registration yes certification no awareness archiving rewarding
A preprint in a digital scholarly communication system
registration
yes
certification no
awareness
archiving
rewarding
accessibility
high availibility
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16. Registration via preprints suggests the feasibility of a decomposed system for scholarly communication.
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17. A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving
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18. Communication via preprints suggests the possibility of preprints being the starting point of a new value chain in which the raw material -- the non-certified preprint -- is in open access.
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19. sustaining versus disruptive technologies; disruptive technologies:
The Innovator’s Dilemma {Christensen}
sustaining versus disruptive technologies;
disruptive technologies:
somehow perform worse than established ones
not accepted by core customer base
but: convenient, cheap, …
disruptive technologies can create competition in an existing value network by creating a new one first.
=> preprints as a disruptive technology
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20. A R awareness certification rewarding new value chain registration
archiving
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21. This urges us to think about:
how the functions of a scholarly communication system can be implemented in a digital environment
how the functions of a scholarly communication system can interoperate disregarding their implementation
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22. is done by different parties
In a fully electronic scholarly communication system, the implementation of the functions
is distributed
is done by different parties
It would be interesting if information that is the result of performing the functions could travel across the system
Such information would probably be metadata
=> Interoperable grid connecting the functions
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23. technology law economy sociology
establishing a technological basis that
allows addressing the other issues.
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24. A R awareness certification rewarding interoperable grid registration
archiving
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25. OAI A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving
discovery metadata pointing at a preprint
preprint
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26. OAI A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving
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27. OAI A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving
discovery
certification
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28. A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving discovery
usage logs
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29. A R awareness certification rewarding registration archiving discovery
usage logs
preservation
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30. A R awareness certification rewarding interoperable grid registration
archiving
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31. A R awareness certification rewarding new value chain registration
archiving
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32. A R awareness certification registration Certification meta Data
Discovery meta
Data
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33. Can OAMH protocol be of any help With as little changes as possible?
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34. A awareness certification registration
From repository to certification service:
ID transferred via explicit author action
author
Using function of repository (cf ChemWeb)
ID OAI-harvested by certification service (datestamp) A
registration ID
Discovery meta
Data
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35. A awareness certification registration Certification meta Data NID
From certification service to others:
NID OAI-harvested by others
OAI-harvest is Datestamp based
NID/ID connection must be explicit in harvested records A
registration ID
Discovery meta
Data
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36. Architectural Representation of different types of metadata
discovery
discovery
certification
certification
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37. Architectural Representation of different types of metadataID
Modularity
Complexity to agree on a one-size-fits-all format
Natural fit with OAI concept of parallel metadata formats / metadata format identifiers
Even multiple certification-related metadata records
discovery
certification
archival
usage log
rewarding
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38. Metadata Format for certification data Cross-community “header”
Community-specific “body”
Header:
original ID
Certification agency
Date of “manuscript submission”
Date of certification
Certification-type (it would be great to have a controlled vocabulary)
certification-status
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39. A R awareness certification rewarding interoperable grid registration
archiving
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