Doing Things Differently 2010
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This document presents a discussion by Stephanie Taylor on digital information management, highlighting the evolving nature of repositories and their integration into institutions. It explores trends in content types, user engagement, and innovative approaches to repository management. The focus is on adapting to new technologies and understanding user needs to improve accessibility and functionality of digital repositories.
Doing Things Differently 2010
- 1. A centre of expertise in digital information management Doing Things Differently Sheffield 27/October/2010 Stephanie Taylor Research Officer UKOLN, University of Bath E - s.taylor@ukoln.ac.uk UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat)
- 2. A centre of expertise in digital information management 2 About Me Stephanie Taylor: • Work with UKOLN as a research officer • Work on the practical side of institutional repositories • Worked on the first phase of the RSP UKOLN: • National centre of expertise in digital information management • Located at the University of Bath
- 3. A centre of expertise in digital information management 3 Repository History… • New technologies • New concepts • New ways of working • Doing things differently from the beginning…
- 4. A centre of expertise in digital information management 4 Trends… • Evolving content • Linking up with other systems • Adding new features • Continuous revolution?
- 5. A centre of expertise in digital information management 5 Evolving Content • From text to… • Moving images/sound • Still images • Sound • Anything and everything… • Dance, choreography notation • Music, sound, scores, videos • Maps • Whatever?!
- 6. A centre of expertise in digital information management 6 The “Other” Repositories What *might* be a repository? • Flickr? • Google Docs? • YouTube? • SlideShare? • Wikipedia? • Twitter?
- 7. A centre of expertise in digital information management 7 Putting it in… • Easier deposit workflow • Move from ‘expert’ to enduser depositing • Mandates • Quality control • Embedding repos into the institution • Tempting the enduser, making useful tools • The dreaded copyright & IPR
- 8. A centre of expertise in digital information management 8 Getting it out… •Search engine optimisation •Directories •Linking in to other systems •Who are our users? •What do users need? •Do different users need different things?
- 9. A centre of expertise in digital information management 9 Shaking it all about… •Multi-tasking - archive or repo? •Supporting other library and information services •‘Hidden’ repositories •Other entry points & conversations • Facebook • RSS feeds • Tagging
- 10. A centre of expertise in digital information management 10 The Guerrilla Repo •Scholarly communications •The ‘P’ word •Copyright & IPR •Innovative advocacy •Challenging accepted behaviour, roles & responsibilities
- 11. A centre of expertise in digital information management 11 If We Build It, Will They Come? •Subject repositories •National repositories •Aggregation services •What do endusers want?
- 12. A centre of expertise in digital information management 12 Thankyou! Questions? s.taylor@ukoln.ac.uk