INLS 235

Day  9

3/6/2002

 

Reminder: DL reviews due today

 

  1. One Minute Papers

Big Points

      Online reference a difficult challenge

      Most services respond to fact questions

      Most services have similar ‘reference interview’ interfaces (forms to fill)

      Type/level of service depends on nature of DL (academic libraries assume all are readers, adults, etc.)

 

Questions

      Who would fund an online reference consortium?  Who pays for online reference?  Why not an ARL or shared academic library?

      How would adding voice to online reference help?  Would it add intimidation?

      How to insure quality control? [consider the human analog]

      Metrics for assessing online reference? # q’s, resolved q’s, etc.?

      How much reference can we expect to automate?

      How to insure/consider patron privacy?

      Does the collection orientation of libraries bias their reference services?

 

  1. Term Project updates (as per assignment statement)

 

  1. The problem of interoperation.

A framework for thinking about interop:  hardware, software, information, organization (human) by standards, intermediaries, embedded adaptability

 

The technical view: Paepcke, A. et al., (1998). Interoperability for digital libraries worldwide.  CACM, 41(4), 33-42. (ACM DL)

     

The informational view :  Lagoze, C. & Van de Sompel, H. (2001). The Open Archives Initiative : Building a low-barrier interoperability framework. Proceedings of JCDL 2001.  p. 54-66. 

 

  1. Social issues in DLs.

DLs involve people AND organizations.  Consider the OAI paper above request for indulgence from archivists on the term ‘archive’

 

See.  www-lis.gseis.ucla.edu/DL/UCLA_DL_Report.doc

 

5. Read for next time:

Sairamesh, J., Nikolaou, C., Ferguson, D., & Yemini, Y. (1996). Economic framework for pricing and charging in digital libraries.  Dlib Magazine, February, 1996.

www.dilbi.org/dlib/february96/forth/02sairamesh.html

Optional: MacKie-Mason, J., Riveros, J., Bonn, M., & Lougee, W. (1999).  A report on the PEAK Experiment.  Usage and economic behavior.  DLib Magazine, July/August, 1999.

www.dlib.org/dlib/july99/mackie-mason/07mackie-mason.html

Optional:  Besser, H. & Yamashita, R. The Social and Economic Implications of the Production, Distribution and Usage of Image Data

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/1998mellon/

 

 6. One-minute paper

      What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?