Continued discussion of resource landscape
- Jacob presented a diagram that categorized different types of research objects into three categories: private, closed network, and public
- Libraries focus a lot on closed access publications (journals, books, etc.) and the resource management field (especially ERM) is often defined by this
- Jacob's interviews have suggested that researchers are very interested in discovering private and closed network information such as research notes and works in progress
- How can the library go beyond providing discovery and delivery of traditional resources and expand to include these types of materials?
- We need to make sure that information is shared only with researchers' permission
- Crowdsourcing will be essential, as every library can't manage these resources itself
- Potential high-level solutions include:
- Helping researchers acquire IDs for their research output
- Developing a repository of article- (or individual unit-) level metadata to support discovery
- Helping researchers take advantage of tools for networking within and across different citation management systems (e.g., Mendeley, Papers)
- Using individual researchers search history to inform future research
- Some existing projects in this space:
- Big Heads subgroup is looking into direct data sharing outside of OCLC
- German National Library is sharing its union catalog data under a CC license
User stories – We ran out of time for this, but will pick up next week
Upcoming FOLIO Forum
- Jacob will share some documentation on the Discuss list after the forum, including graphics and a short summary
- Goal is to give people something to respond to and a place to continue discussion
Possible in-person meeting
- Proposed dates are Nov. 28-29
- Proposed location is MIT in Boston, MA.
- We need to develop a fuller agenda and goals so that we know who needs to attend and so that people can justify funding
- Kim, Jacob, and Filip will meet during the week to begin work on this