DRIVER & End User Functionalities

Yannis IoannidisUniversity of Athens

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Overview

Users – who are they and why should we care?

Digital repositories/libraries in today’s world

DRIVER for end users – the present

DRIVER for end users – the future

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End Users – Basic Needs

Too many sources of information!How do I choose my sources of information?

Who gives me the best results?

Can I do something with the items I discover?Convert them, transfer them, …

Visualize them in new ways

Share them with others

Collaborate through them with others

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Users – Multiple Facets

Individual NatureDifferent interests

Different Roles

Social NatureSharing and collaborating

Future scientists are present social network citizens

Emerging new collaborative environments (e.g., Google Wave)

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Repositories for End Users

Potential user functionalities should determine repository formation

Content quality

Content structure

Content diversity and richness

Content services

DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

Overview

Users – who are they and why should we care?

Digital repositories/libraries in today’s world

DRIVER for end users – the present

DRIVER for end users – the future

DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

Current Digital Repositories/Libraries

Static pieces of information with emphasis onCuration

Preservation

Discovery (search / browse)

All users are the same

Collections provided for the librarian eye

Need to increase content valueAdaptation of old models of operation

Incorporation of new models of operation

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Digital Repositories/Libraries Trends

Social networks have changed people interactions

Sea of data providers with disconnected services

Repositories/aggregators “with” user functionality Europeana

eScholarship from University of California

Virtual Research EnvironmentsResearch Desktop by Microsoft (w/ British Library)

Mendeley

D4Science

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So, where do we stand?

Time is mature for next step

Need for platform where End user applications are developed, used, and assessed

Open API framework allows continuous enrichment

If users like the services they receiveThey feel part of the wider scientific community

They are more willing to contribute and support OA

Availability and usefulness of end user

functionalities increase the value of the underlying

content aggregated and inspires towards OA

Availability and usefulness of end user

functionalities increase the value of the underlying

content aggregated and inspires towards OA

DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

Overview

Users – who are they and why should we care?

Digital repositories/libraries in today’s world

DRIVER for end users – the present

DRIVER for end users – the future

DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

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DRIVER Infrastructure & End Users

Enabling Layer

Data Layer

EU Open AccessRepositories

Functionality Layer

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Advanced User InterfacesNational portals

Project Applications

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DRIVER status

A lot of effort has gone into data interoperabilityValidation

Aggregation

DRIVER portal showcases aggregated content D-NET v1.0 Search & Browse Basic user functionalities

D-NET v2.0 – upcoming Personalized discovery Advanced user functionalities

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DRIVER – Discovery and Beyond

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Search Results and Possibilities

View them in different waysSort them on different criteria

long or short views

See their links (compound objects)

Keep them for future useShare them with colleagues

Receive alerts when new documents satisfy the search criteria

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DRIVER– Search Results

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DRIVER Private Space - MyDriver

Enter minimal personal dataMaintain profile for personalized services

Search

Recommendations

Alerts

Create collectionsSave often used queriesAdd filters on my searchesUse the Dropbox for temporary bookmarksCreate communities

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MyDriver - Visualization

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DRIVER Collections

Users are able to define their own collectionsA collection may contain

The results of a query

Individual items (documents) handpicked by the user

Users may share their collections by making them public on any DRIVER application

Users could include their own documents into the collection – analogous to MyDictionary

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DRIVER Collections - Visualization

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DRIVER Communities

Users easily join in any communityUsers are able to create their own communitiesMultiple roles: owner, managersExchange ideas

Announcements from managers to all members

Discussion forum (one per community – multiple threads)

Post relative links

Share underlying content“Must see” documents

Definitive-authoritative collections

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DRIVER Communities - Visualization

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DRIVER Community - Visualization

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Overview

Users – who are they and why should we care?

Digital repositories/libraries in today’s world

DRIVER for end users – the present

DRIVER for end users – the future

DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Future Enhancements (1/2)

As more underlying services come along new end user functionalities will be available

Within the project timelineRecommendations based on use of collections & communities

Similarity Search service

Visualization and Management of Enhanced Publications

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DRIVER Future Enhancements (2/2)

Beyond the project timeline Get bibliographic data from a document

Data conversion tools (post authoring)

Feature extraction from various objects

Visualization techniques for scientific data

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Follow the example of popular social networks and write an open functionality API framework so that people can hook up their own applications.

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DRIVER & End Users

Thank you.

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