Chaired by Professor David Baker, Deputy Chair of the JISC Board, on behalf of the JISC and RLUK Resource Discovery Task Force

Who should attend?

Managers, practitioners, developers and advocates from libraries, archives, museums, associated publishers and interested organisations, who want to be involved in making digital content easy to find, share and re-use.

Overview

On 26^th May a new RDTF programme will be launched, ‘Discovery: the metadata ecology for UK education and research’ supported by JISC, RLUK and national partners in libraries, archives and museums.  The Discovery programme is working to make digital content easier to find, share and re-use.  The aim is to position the UK at the forefront of innovation in access to high quality digital resources for both the academic community and the broader public.   

This event will look at both the demand side of this relationship (those involved in education and research) and the supply side (for example those who have special collections of scholarly interest or those running aggregation services).  We will also be looking at the opportunity to focus on a major up-coming anniversary or event and how that might become a hook for mobilising interest in opening up access to collections.

Part 1: The Demand Side (10.30am-1.00pm)

Key question: What do we think UK education & research are looking to get out of Discovery activity? What are the opportunities for teachers, learners and researchers?

Part 2: The Supply Side (2.00-4.00pm)

The Long Tail – how to expand audiences for special collections and provide richer resources for subject specialists

Aggregation Services – opportunities around opening -up aggregated data

The Art of the Possible – how to expand opportunities and find new ways of collaborating around flagship national events and exhibitions

Background

In 2011, the Resource Discovery Taskforce committed to a programme of activity to help build critical mass through opening up data, exploring and demonstrating what open data makes possible, and actively sharing learning points with the wider community.    

Further information about the work of the Resource Discovery Taskforce activity to date is at: http://rdtf.mimas.ac.uk 

 http://rdtf.jiscinvolve.org/wp/