DRIVER & End User Functionalities

DRIVER & End User Functionalities Yannis Ioannidis University of Athens 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

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 • … DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

Users – Multiple Facets • Individual Nature • Different interests • Different Roles • Social Nature • Sharing and collaborating • Future scientists are present social network citizens • Emerging new collaborative environments (e.g., Google Wave) DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

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

Current Digital Repositories/Libraries • Static pieces of information with emphasis on • Curation • Preservation • Discovery (search / browse) • All users are the same • Collections provided for the librarian eye • Need to increase content value • Adaptation of old models of operation • Incorporation of new models of operation DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

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 Environments • Research Desktop by Microsoft (w/ British Library) • Mendeley • D4Science DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

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 receive • They 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 DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Infrastructure & End Users National portals Advanced User Interfaces Project Applications End users Functionality Layer EU Open Access Repositories Data Layer Administrators Enabling Layer 11 DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER status • A lot of effort has gone into data interoperability • Validation • 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 DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER – Discovery and Beyond DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

Search Results and Possibilities • View them in different ways • Sort them on different criteria • long or short views • See their links (compound objects) • Keep them for future use • Share them with colleagues • Receive alerts when new documents satisfy the search criteria DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER– Search Results DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Private Space - MyDriver • Enter minimal personal data • Maintain profile for personalized services • Search • Recommendations • Alerts • Create collections • Save often used queries • Add filters on my searches • Use the Dropbox for temporary bookmarks • Create communities DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

MyDriver - Visualization DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Collections • Users are able to define their own collections • A 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 new new DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Collections - Visualization DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Communities • Users easily join in any community • Users are able to create their own communities • Multiple roles: owner, managers • Exchange 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 new new new new new DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Communities - Visualization DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER Community - Visualization 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 timeline • Recommendations based on use of collections & communities • Similarity Search service • Visualization and Management of Enhanced Publications DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

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 • ……. • Follow the example of popular social networks and write an open functionality API framework so that people can hook up their own applications. DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER & End Users Thank you. DRIVER-II Summit , October 20, 2009 - Ghent

DRIVER & End User Functionalities