big digital machine coalition for networked information baltimore, md april 13, 2010
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Big Digital Machine
Coalition for Networked InformationBaltimore, MDApril 13, 2010
David W. Lewis, Dean of the IUPUI University Library and Indiana University Assistant Vice President for Digital Scholarly Communication
Sandy Payette, Chief Executive Director, DuraSpace
Joel Thierstein, Associate Provost for Innovative Scholarly Communication at Rice University and Executive Director of Connexions
The Big Digital Machine (BDM) is the name for a concept that aggregates and integrates a set of capabilities to provide universities the ability to manage their scholarly output.
C12. Recapturing the Scholarly Record
Recommendation 12: Indiana University should pursue a position of leadership in the development (with partners) of new, sustainable models for scholarly publication, dissemination, and curation that enable scholars — and their collective communities — to re-assert control over rights to the scholarly record and its institutional preservation.
Wanted
1. Open source, community supported system or set of systems
2. Enterprise scale3. Generalized not specialized — useable
across multiple disciplinary applications4. Infrastructure that enables change and
provides the capacity to “bend the curve”
Observations
1. Many good systems already exist2. Not coordinated, but there is not yet much
overlap3. Most vertically integrated4. Good time to modularize the space —
define interfaces
Conference Proceedings
Repository Preprints
BooksInstructional Materials Textbooks
Journals
AlertingRSS, etc.
Peer Review Peer Review Peer Review Peer Review Peer Review
Print-on- Demand
Print-on- Demand
Accounting AccountingAccounting
Librarians
Authors
University Presses
Database Database Database Database Database
Support Services – Librarians, Technologists, Editors, Designers
Authors
Conference Proceedings
Repository Preprints
BooksInstructional Materials Textbooks
Journals
Peer Review
Print-on- Demand
Accounting
DatabaseMedia Server
AlertingRSS, etc.
Campus Portal
Long-term Storage Long-term Storage
Format Conversion
Collaboration Tools
Custom Applications
Print-on- Demand
Accounting
Who is the BDM
Indiana University Project$150K CIC fundingCollaboration between DuraSpace, Public
Knowledge Project, and Connexions to demonstrate possibilities
“The level of interdependence found in a product is a function of the underlying technology’s maturity. In the early days of most products and services, the components need to be tightly woven together to maximize the functionality from an immature technology that is not yet good enough to satisfy customer needs… As products and their markets mature, technology grows more sophisticated, as do customers. They begin to understand their unique needs and to insist on customized products. Technological maturity makes customization possible. Product and service architectures become more modular in this environment.”
Clayton M. Christensen, et. al. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008
Support Services – Librarians, Technologists,
Editors, Designers
Access Engine 1
Access Engine Media Server
Long-term Storage Long-term Storage
Authors
Work flow Engine
2
Work flow Engine
1
Work flow Engine
4
Work flow Engine
3
Collaboration Tools
WorkflowLevel
Access Engine 1
Access Engine 1
AccessLevel
PreservationLevel
Defined Interface
Defined Interface Defi
ned
Inte
rfac
es
Print-on-Demand
Accounting/Payment
Peer Review Management
Alerting, RSS, etc.
Services
What’s next for the BDM
Complete demonstration projects
Define structure — Is BDM a Project or a Movement?
Establish robust funding for projects — Is BDM the United Way?
BDM provides the capacity to develop new, sustainable models for scholarly publication, dissemination, and curation that enable scholars — and their collective communities — to re-assert control over rights to the scholarly record and its institutional preservation.
Recapture the Scholarly Record
DuraSpace is committed to providing leadership and innovation in the development of open technologies that promote
durable, persistent access to digital data. We collaborate with academic, scientific, cultural, and technology communities in creating practical solutions to help ensure that current and
future generations have access to our collective digital heritage.
Open Technologies for Durable Digital Content
OJSOJS Connexions
DSpaceDSpace
FedoraFedora
DuraCloudDuraCloud
Integrate – local/intranet
Connect – web/internet
Author Stats Widget
LEGEND
BDM Notional ArchitectureAll Feasible Integration Points
BDM Prototype #1Open Journal System (OJS) Integration
• BDM Use Case: Enable journal managers to deposit articles into DSpace and Fedora
• End-to-end journal publishing in open source– Publishing application (OJS)– Repository backend (DSpace, Fedora)– Replication supporting preservation (DuraCloud)
• Tech: Use of SWORD– extension of the Atom Publishing Protocol– web-based deposit of content into a repository
OJSOJS
DSpace orFedora
DSpace orFedora
DuraCloudDuraCloud
Content transformer
Connect – local
Connect – web/internet
SS SWORD Deposit
DD DuraCloud API
DD
LEGENDBDM Prototype #1
OJS with Institutional Repository and Cloud Integration
SS YY DuraCloud Sync Utility
YY
BDM Prototype #2Connexions Integration
• Use Case: provide institutions the ability to selectively archive Connexions content
• Connexions via “Lenses”– Educational content modules or collections– Aggregations as URLs available via RSS and Atom– Lenses as filter for what to archive
• Tech: replicate content to:– Institution repository (DSpace or Fedora) via SWORD– DuraCloud (cloud storage via APIs)– Both
DSpaceDSpace
DuraCloudDuraCloud
DD
Rice University Lense
Rice University Lense
Connexions
BDM Prototype #2
Connexions with Institutional Repository and Cloud Integration
System Integration Summits• DuraSpace hosted first open technologies
integration summit – London, Feb 2010• Support from BDM, JISC, CLIR• Reps from open source projects related to
scholarly communication and digital preservation• Topics
– web interoperability (e.g., SWORD); – workflow across web based systems– storage systems and storage abstractions under repositories– common platforms, tools and technologies
• Pledge to meet 2x/year F2F; 2x Virtual
DSpaceDSpace FedoraFedora
AmazonAmazon
DuraCloudDuraCloud
EMCEMCOtherApps and
Tools
OtherApps and
Tools
IslandoraIslandora
Open Technology Integrations, more generally
Moving Towards Open Infrastructure for Scholarship and Science
• Create Globally,• Educate Locally
Ideas Information
Concepts
Module
CoursesTextbooks
Authors
Instructors
Learners
Knowledge Repository
Connexions GrowthOver 16,000 modules woven into nearly 1000 collections
8900 in Science, Technology, Mathematics5000 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business
35,000+ versions of modules
from over 1000 authors worldwide in English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese …
Monthly Usage Approximations: 1.5 million + visits
70 million + hits3.5 million + page views
from 190 + countries
Customization
LIGHTWEIGHT BRANDING
Branding – Full Customization
Enterprise Rhaptos
Engagement
BDM
BDM: Journal To Connexions Integration
OJS (Open Journal Service) User will be able to add a Journal to Connexions (CNX) via Sword (open format for content deposit).
User must log into Connexions to complete the publishing of the Journal article(s).
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Reuse
BDM/CNX – Consistent Measurement
• Consistent measurement across the Big Digital Machine• Google Analytics
• Capture offline reuse as well as online reuse • Measure downloads of PDF, Source XML, Media, and
Books
Questions?