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Reflections on a changing landscape - information as a consumer utility. Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK JISC Joint Programmes Meeting July 2004, Brighton. UKOLN is supported by:. www.bath.ac.uk. www.ukoln.ac.uk. a centre of expertise in digital information management.

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  1. Reflections on a changing landscape - information as a consumer utility. Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK JISC Joint Programmes Meeting July 2004, Brighton. UKOLN is supported by: www.bath.ac.uk www.ukoln.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management

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  4. Overview • Consumers, communities & collaboration • Integrated environments • Scholarly communications • Institutions & transformational change JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  5. 1. Consumers, communities and collaboration

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  11. Access Grid developments • Scientific Workspaces of the Future (Argonne National Lab ANL) • Shared applications and tools: • Image viewer / Movie / 3D molecule viewer • Mark-up / annotate • Advanced Biomedical Collaboratory (ANL, Univ Chicago • Surgery, radiology, anatomy • Advanced collaborative visualisation tools • Education and training e.g. surgeons • Art on the Grid (Arctic Node SC) • Collaborative telematic art • How to modify spaces for performers (not meetings) • Synchronisation issues • New work Interplay: Hallucinations JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

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  13. Collaborative technologies: early days? • What are the ingredients of successful (e-) collaboration? • What are the barriers to take-up? • Human factors • Usability issues • Exchange of experience – learning and research? • If we approach human discourse as a resource there are issues of: • Preservation and curation • Description • Discovery • ?? • Explore the “Sociology of cyberspace” (UCLA course) • Adaptive network spaces (for work groups, meetings, performances, games, ??) JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  14. 2. Integrated environments

  15. Towards a common infrastructure • JISC Information Environment • Technical architecture based on open standards (Web Services, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, RSS…..)http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/ • e-Learning Programme • Technical Framework to support E-Learning http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/frameworks/index.html • Virtual Research Environment • Framework options e.g. CHEF, Chandler, SAKAI, ?? • Common Information Environment • A cross-sectoral vision • Frameworks Scoping Study • A common model with mapping, visualisation, planning tools JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  16. Slide: Steve Tuecke, 2004 JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  17. Common characteristics? • Standards-based, service-oriented architecture • Integrated functionality • Managed / secure / sustainable • Usable and accessible • Personalised • “Agent-assisted” / Intelligent” • Extensible • Collaborative • Portable / ubiquitous access JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  18. Arts and humanities, social sciences Lone researcher culture? Data Qualitative, observational Incomplete, not repeatable Time dependent Ethics & data protection Not always shared Tools and methodologies Partially developed Legacy tools Cognitive styles, browsing, searching Performing and visual arts Skills Lack of experience of distributed computing Different disciplines JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  19. Arts and humanities, social sciences Lone researcher culture? Data Qualitative, observational Incomplete, not repeatable Time dependent Ethics & data protection Not always shared Tools and methodologies Partially developed Legacy tools Cognitive styles, browsing, searching Performing and visual arts Skills Lack of experience of distributed computing Applications and tools Assessment mechanisms for learners Data mining algorithms for researchers Level of user experience Novice or experienced Design Use of colour, graphics, animations, interactivity Cognitive styles Use of visuals over text Degree of personalisation Use of agent technology Presentation and visualisation requirements Complex datasets Search results Different disciplines Different audiences JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  20. Sloan Digital Sky Survey http://www.sdss.org JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

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  23. 3. Scholarly communications

  24. Open Access - a global initiative • US Sabo Bill (“Public Access to Science”) • DAREnet Dutch scientific results • Australian government statement • Berlin Declaration (BOAI) • WSIS Declaration of Principles & Plan of Action • Wellcome Trust statement • JISC FAIR Programme • UK Parliament Science & Technology Committee Inquiry on Scientific Publications JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

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  26. “The governments of …34 countries…recognising that open accessto….data promotes scientific progress… declare their commitment to work towards the establishment of access regimes for digital research data…in accordance with the following principles….openness, transparency, legal conformity, formal responsibility, professionalism, protection of IPR, interoperability, quality and security, efficiency, accountability…..” OECD Declaration on access to research data from public funding. January 2004

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  28. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media The scholarly knowledge cycle. Liz Lyon, eBankUK article. Ariadne, July 2003. Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Aggregator services: national, commercial Harvestingmetadata Research & e-Science workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Deposit / self-archiving Validation Validation Publication Linking Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Data curation: databases & databanks JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  29. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Aggregator services: national, commercial Learning object creation, re-use Harvestingmetadata Learning & Teaching workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Deposit / self-archiving Validation Resource discovery, linking, embedding Validation Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Quality assurance bodies JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  30. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Aggregator services: national, commercial Learning object creation, re-use Harvestingmetadata Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Deposit / self-archiving Deposit / self-archiving Validation Validation Publication Resource discovery, linking, embedding Validation Linking Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Quality assurance bodies Data curation: databases & databanks JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  31. Potential longer term impact • Track data, information and workflows ine-research and scholarly communications– knowledge audit?? • Validate the accuracy and authenticity of derived works – ideas audit?? • Facilitate explicit referencing and acknowledgment of original contributors – intellectual integrity?? • Raise standards associated with publication of research outputs – academic publishing rigour?? • Implement open access to and dissemination ofdata and information – enhance the research process?? • Give studentslinks to original data underpinning published works – enhance the learning process?? JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  32. 4. Institutions & transformational change

  33. Issues for our organisations • External drivers • Economic and political (Lambert Review Dec 2003) • Innovation and knowledge transfer • Collaborations, mergers, federations • Intra-institutional • Grid client problem • Digital asset management • Audit processes • Human resources • Awareness-raising and skills development • Engagement and (hybrid) roles • Managing workflows • Legal • IPR, consent, privacy • Cultural change JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  34. "The talk you hear...about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's...dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of you." Peter Drucker

  35. Transformational change • Alters the culture (beliefs and values) of the institution by changing • select underlying assumptions and institutional behaviours • processes and products • Is deep and pervasive affecting the whole institution • Is intentional • Occurs over time JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  36. Looking at the future? (US NITRD Grand Challenges) • Knowledge environments for science & engineering • Improved patient safety & health quality • Informed strategic planning for long-term regional climate change • Anticipate consequences of universal participation in a digital society • Collaborative intelligence: integrating humans with intelligent technologies • Generating insights from information at your fingertips • Managing knowledge-intensive organisations in dynamic environments • Virtual lifetime tutor for all • …… JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  37. IT hard problem areas (some of them..) • Scalability of tools & environments as the number of users & sites increase • User interfaces that provide prompts, alerts and reminders at the point of (medical) decision-making • Public support for open source electronic health records • Data warehousing, data mining & knowledge management of multi-decade, multi-disciplinary datasets • Interfaces that let users interact in ways that are natural to each group • Universal participation will be over the grid • Reconfigurable networking to support ad-hoc alliances • Automated tools to analyse information & identify causal relationships • Analyse & present information in multiple languages • Collaborative knowledge discovery, retrieval, representation & integration to make inferences • Context-aware information delivery……… JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

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  41. Game Over JISC Joint Programmes Meeting 2004

  42. Thank you.

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