Rethinking shared metadata at the

platform levelTerry Reese

Head, Digital Initiatives

The Ohio State University

Potential impacts of national repository efforts like the Digital Public Library of America

http://dp.la

….to meet the challenge of re-envisioning library spaces as a platform for research

http://www.cni.org/topics/learning-spaces/the-library-building-as-research-platform/

100,000 ft view

● Evolving the role of the library from just information provider, to that of a key partner throughout the research process

● http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/jstor-tool/

● Greater reliance on webs of data

● And the emergence of services developed from their aggregates

● Identities

● DPLA Map

● We are starting to see the end of boutique development, collections, and local metadata schemas in the library space

● Standards

● if you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together. (http://projecthydra.org/)

http://experimental.worldcat.org/IDNetwork/display.html?query=lccn-n2007-44146

http://inkdroid.org/dpla-map/

http://xkcd.com/927/

50,000 ft view

● Libraries as virtual spaces● And promotion of equity of access

● Blurring of differences between public/private/academic needs

● Libraries are comfortable with silos, let’s own it, and come to terms with it

http://librariesoforegon.org/

http://mwdl.org/

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/search/?q=libraries+without+walls

http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/

30,000 ft view

● Large data aggregations and partnerships like the DPLA and Europeana will redefine and change for the better our notions of attribution or licensing of metadata

● Information doesn’t want to just be free, it wants to be very promiscuous.

● Libraries will largely recognize and adopt crowd-source metadata description for special and unique collections

● The institution will continue to become more transparent, as aggregations and linked data create the ability to create exhibits and collections from multiple sources.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/4058784908/in/photostream

http://metadatagames.com/

Why is the DPLA Important

● Why is this important?● The content is interesting, but not the most interesting part – what is most

interesting is

● A large corpus of Metadata released under CC0 license (essentially into the public domain)

● Metadata being used as a platform

● Potential to build new services

● Potential to build new applications

● Pushes libraries to think critically about the partners they work with an how those partnerships can have impacts downstream

● Potentially, it starts to change the nature of how people interact with the library and it’s metadata.

Questions?