1. 2 million users? 2 million libraries! The HeadLine PIE hybrid library model John Paschoud, HeadLine Project Manager, LSE www.headline.ac.uk ‘The Future is Hybrid’, British Library, 01-Nov-2000

2. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid2 What sort of Hybrid Library do users want? Different users want different things –…and there are 2 million HE users out there! Each user really wants a personal library –...with everything they want, and nothing they don't Let users discover resources, and they want access too! –…wherever they are Users often hunt in packs –…they learn collaboratively

3. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid3 Web Portals… What is a portal? –Organised –Mediated –Configurable –Access to a variety of materials Why are portals a useful model? –Exemplify customisability and uniformity of Web –Rapidly become most popular websites –Customer loyalty - people tend to use just one

4. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid4 …and Hybrid Libraries What is a hybrid library? –Organised –Mediated –Configurable –Access to a variety of materials Obvious…?

5. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid5 The overall HeadLine model Library Resources Library USERS HeadLine Discovery to Access Tools (electronic) Resource Full-Content HeadLine Personal Information Environment (PIE) ‘meeting’ of Resource with User Resource Metadata User Metadata

6. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid6 The HeadLine PIE Right-hand 'Resources' section Left-hand 'Navigation' Section Expanded list Collapsed lists Link to resource - click to access resource directly Other PIE Pages, which this user can access Search, add to my PIE, help and training options for resources Search within resources from the right hand section

7. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid7 What a User can do in the PIE Collection-building Discovery - Browsing Discovery - Searching –of collection entries in the RDM –within RDM collections (where accessible) Access –Use-related metadata –Full-content Interacting

8. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid8 The PIE - architecture PIE-user interface end-user AuthBroker RDM access Institutional User Directory RDM RDM Edit Tools librarian PIE session profile Online Resources D-to-A Tools

9. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid9 How to maintain 2 million different library collections The HeadLine Resource Data Model –Structured: Resources, Locations, Access Indirect links to actual resources Managing who can use what Supporting searches within collections Interoperability of the RDM Standard 'All Resources' lists from saved searches

10. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid10 Beyond Personal Personalisation The concept of group information environments –for departments, courses, friends... Sharing resource items Group discussion environment –Threads searchable - like any other collection

11. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid11 Installing a PIE for your library PIE is a single-library-service model –but possibly with shared Resource data Entirely open components & tools All developed packages available Jan 2001

12. 01-Nov-2000The Future is Hybrid12 Extending the PIE model to serve the DNER Extending the RDM beyond library stuff –to include 'directed' learning resources Scaleability –Backend database (any SQL) –Process distribution Portability –Backend database (any SQL) –Institutional directory service