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

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. Research Hierarchy Vision Goals Problem Areas Specific Research Topics

8. 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

9. Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

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

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

12. Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

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

14. Management: DL Federation Architecture DL Sys

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

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

17. Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

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

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

20. Conceptual Framework Contents Management Usage Applications + Impact Digital Library System

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

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Issues Addressed 5 Thematic Workshops 7 Working Groups Usage42+5 Management3+22+5 Contents46

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

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

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

29. 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

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

31. 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

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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

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

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

38. 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, …

39. 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.

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

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