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Scholarly information – past,
present and future
Siân Harris
Editor, Research Information
[email protected]
www.researchinformation.info
@researchinfo
Overview
Research libraries
Content
Search
Access
Rights
Technology
Data
Conclusions and future
Research libraries
Shelves of books and journals
Online resources
Different ways to use space
Virtual places rather than physical
Changing role of librarians
Content
E-journals
E-books – reference, textbooks,
monographs
Databases
Encyclopaedia
Grey literature
Videos, images, recordings
Content: e-journals
From print-like experience to
resources that exploit the
power of the internet
Linking, Tagging, Video and
graphical abstracts,
Restructuring, Peer review,
Timeliness, Commenting,
Blogging, Tweeting
Content: e-books
Scholarly e-books really started
to become big news 5 or 6
years ago as several major
publishers announced e-book
offerings.
Functionality, Formats, Range
of book types, Sales models,
Collections, Chapters
Content: Reference
Moves from being book to
something completely
different online
Search
Search engines
A&I databases
Library catalogues
Discovery tools
Access
Open-access publishing
Repositories
Big deals
Developing-world access
Mobile access
Rights
Confusion over what people are
allowed to do with content
Uncertainty over effects on business
models
Legal disputes over copyright
Initiatives to simplify and
communicate rights
Technology
Text mining, data mining
Video
Access to data
Interactive quizzes
Social networking
Semantic enrichment
Evolving formats
Data
Data
Data mining
Finding data/ Format issues
Semantic linking
Research community reluctance
Library and publisher data
Open APIs
Future
Conclusions and future
Technology changes
Limited budgets
Concerns about future role
Plenty of innovation going on
Watching what’s going on in wider internet
world
Thank you for listening!
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