John Burns:Talk

John Burns: Digital libraries & the scholarly information lifecycle 

ABSTRACT

The positioning of a digital library, and what features to incorporate is discussed. The analysis is based on three commonly used models – the scholarly information lifecycle model, the three-element model of content, curation and community and the container versus content discrimination. The models allow a principled analysis on how functionality choices support user task flows, which then feeds directly in architectural and component decisions for the digital library.

The use of the models allows grouping of features that naturally belong together and hence support phased planning, implementation, testing and rollout.

Particular attention is paid to the community elements of the lifecycle, how the DML should integrate itself into its communities, and the integration of community curation, structured annotation and linked open data to enable innovative uses of existing literature.