1. UKOLN is supported by: Reflections on a changing landscape - information as a consumer utility. Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK JISC Joint Programmes Meeting July 2004, Brighton. www.bath.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk

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4. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 20044 Overview 1.Consumers, communities & collaboration 2.Integrated environments 3.Scholarly communications 4.Institutions & transformational change

5. 1. Consumers, communities and collaboration

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11. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200411 Access Grid developments Scientific Workspaces of the Future (Argonne National Lab ANL) –Shared applications and tools: –Image viewer / Movie / 3D molecule viewer –Mark-up / annotate Advanced Biomedical Collaboratory (ANL, Univ Chicago –Surgery, radiology, anatomy –Advanced collaborative visualisation tools –Education and training e.g. surgeons Art on the Grid (Arctic Node SC) –Collaborative telematic art –How to modify spaces for performers (not meetings) –Synchronisation issues –New work Interplay: Hallucinations

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13. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200413 Collaborative technologies: early days? What are the ingredients of successful (e-) collaboration? What are the barriers to take-up? –Human factors –Usability issues Exchange of experience – learning and research? If we approach human discourse as a resource there are issues of: –Preservation and curation –Description –Discovery –?? Explore the Sociology of cyberspace (UCLA course) Adaptive network spaces (for work groups, meetings, performances, games, ??)

14. 2. Integrated environments

15. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200415 Towards a common infrastructure JISC Information Environment –Technical architecture based on open standards (Web Services, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, RSS…..) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/ e-Learning Programme –Technical Framework to support E-Learning http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/frameworks/index.html Virtual Research Environment –Framework options e.g. CHEF, Chandler, SAKAI, ?? Common Information Environment –A cross-sectoral vision Frameworks Scoping Study –A common model with mapping, visualisation, planning tools

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17. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200417 Common characteristics? Standards-based, service-oriented architecture Integrated functionality Managed / secure / sustainable Usable and accessible Personalised Agent-assisted / Intelligent Extensible Collaborative Portable / ubiquitous access

18. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200418 Different disciplines Arts and humanities, social sciences –Lone researcher culture? Data –Qualitative, observational –Incomplete, not repeatable –Time dependent –Ethics & data protection –Not always shared Tools and methodologies –Partially developed –Legacy tools Cognitive styles, browsing, searching –Performing and visual arts Skills –Lack of experience of distributed computing

19. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200419 Different disciplines Different audiences Arts and humanities, social sciences –Lone researcher culture? Data –Qualitative, observational –Incomplete, not repeatable –Time dependent –Ethics & data protection –Not always shared Tools and methodologies –Partially developed –Legacy tools Cognitive styles, browsing, searching –Performing and visual arts Skills –Lack of experience of distributed computing Applications and tools –Assessment mechanisms for learners –Data mining algorithms for researchers Level of user experience –Novice or experienced Design –Use of colour, graphics, animations, interactivity Cognitive styles –Use of visuals over text Degree of personalisation –Use of agent technology Presentation and visualisation requirements –Complex datasets –Search results

20. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200420 Sloan Digital Sky Survey http://www.sdss.org

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23. 3. Scholarly communications

24. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200424 Open Access - a global initiative US Sabo Bill (Public Access to Science) DAREnet Dutch scientific results Australian government statement Berlin Declaration (BOAI) WSIS Declaration of Principles & Plan of Action Wellcome Trust statement JISC FAIR Programme UK Parliament Science & Technology Committee Inquiry on Scientific Publications

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26. The governments of …34 countries…recognising that open access to….data promotes scientific progress… declare their commitment to work towards the establishment of access regimes for digital research data…in accordance with the following principles…. openness, transparency, legal conformity, formal responsibility, professionalism, protection of IPR, interoperability, quality and security, efficiency, accountability….. OECD Declaration on access to research data from public funding. January 2004

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28. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200428 Research & e-Science workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Data curation: databases & databanks Validation Harvesting metadata Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Deposit / self- archiving Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Publication Validation Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Searching, harvesting, embedding Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Resource discovery, linking, embedding Linking The scholarly knowledge cycle. Liz Lyon, eBankUK article. Ariadne, July 2003.

29. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200429 Learning & Teaching workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Harvesting metadata Resource discovery, linking, embedding Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Validation Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Learning object creation, re-use Searching, harvesting, embedding Quality assurance bodies Validation Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals

30. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200430 Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Data curation: databases & databanks Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Validation Harvesting metadata Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Publication Validation Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Learning object creation, re-use Searching, harvesting, embedding Quality assurance bodies Validation Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Resource discovery, linking, embedding Linking

31. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200431 Potential longer term impact 1.Track data, information and workflows in e-research and scholarly communications – knowledge audit?? 2.Validate the accuracy and authenticity of derived works – ideas audit?? 3.Facilitate explicit referencing and acknowledgment of original contributors – intellectual integrity?? 4.Raise standards associated with publication of research outputs – academic publishing rigour?? 5.Implement open access to and dissemination of data and information – enhance the research process?? 6.Give students links to original data underpinning published works – enhance the learning process??

32. 4. Institutions & transformational change

33. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200433 Issues for our organisations External drivers –Economic and political (Lambert Review Dec 2003) –Innovation and knowledge transfer –Collaborations, mergers, federations Intra-institutional –Grid client problem –Digital asset management –Audit processes Human resources –Awareness-raising and skills development –Engagement and (hybrid) roles –Managing workflows Legal –IPR, consent, privacy Cultural change

34. "The talk you hear...about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's...dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you." Peter Drucker

35. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200435 Transformational change Alters the culture (beliefs and values) of the institution by changing –select underlying assumptions and institutional behaviours –processes and products Is deep and pervasive affecting the whole institution Is intentional Occurs over time

36. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200436 Looking at the future? (US NITRD Grand Challenges) 1.Knowledge environments for science & engineering 2.Improved patient safety & health quality 3.Informed strategic planning for long-term regional climate change 4.Anticipate consequences of universal participation in a digital society 5.Collaborative intelligence: integrating humans with intelligent technologies 6.Generating insights from information at your fingertips 7.Managing knowledge-intensive organisations in dynamic environments 8.Virtual lifetime tutor for all 9.……

37. JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 200437 IT hard problem areas (some of them..) Scalability of tools & environments as the number of users & sites increase User interfaces that provide prompts, alerts and reminders at the point of (medical) decision-making Public support for open source electronic health records Data warehousing, data mining & knowledge management of multi- decade, multi-disciplinary datasets Interfaces that let users interact in ways that are natural to each group Universal participation will be over the grid Reconfigurable networking to support ad-hoc alliances Automated tools to analyse information & identify causal relationships Analyse & present information in multiple languages Collaborative knowledge discovery, retrieval, representation & integration to make inferences Context-aware information delivery………

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42. Thank you.