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
  • 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