10. Are we failing users? Are open
approaches enough?
Digital Bodleian
11. Technical coping strategies for
resource discovery?
Calm with AliCat
embedded
Pelagios digital map of the Roman World
12. Possible JISC Services for end users and institutions
approach to
Discovery technical
infrastructure
Authorities Aggregations
Library Archive Museum
13. Will we make progress? What stands in
our way?
• Disruption – Knowledge Graph ?
• 3D printing ?
• Skills?
• The business case?
http://guidance.discovery.ac.uk/bu
siness-case
14. Is there a key stone habit?
• What one thing might make
a change?
16. Perhaps not?
“…the Three-Click Rule does not focus
on the real problem. The number of
clicks isn’t what is important to users,
but whether or not they’re successful
at finding what they’re seeking.”
Joshua Porter of User Interface Engineering
17. Before After
21–22 February 2013 British Library Conference Centre, London 17
18. Be good at supporting Discovery …
Leave an information scent
19. Let your data be promiscuous
“Data is a precious thing and will last
longer than the than the systems
themselves” – Tim Berners-Lee
20. A design principle for data?
Make it shallow …..users
shouldn’t need to dig
deep
21. • Thank you for listening …
• r.bruce@jisc.ac.uk
• rachelbruce on twitter and skype
22. Image credits
Sweet Shop
• Alana Veitch - http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss-
hxcfairy/6039120199/sizes/m/in/photostream/ - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Arrows
• Roj Smith - http://www.flickr.com/photos/roj/4179478228/ - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
• Alan Berning - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14617207@N00/3432232452/ - CC BY-NC-SA
2.0
• Vistavision - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistavision/2877848012/ - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Lassie
• Erjkprunczýk- https://www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/8477402600/ - CC BY-NC-SA
2.0
Let Data be promiscuous
• Rebecca Lee- http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorelei-ranveig/2294885420/ - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Shallow
• Rosa Say - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosasay/2649950207/ - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0