Presentation to La Trobe Library & Research Services staff on emtacl12 & m-libraries12 conference 22 November 2012

2. Royal Palace in Trondheim
Trondheim cathedral
‘Singing’ bridge
Trondheim’s famous wooden buildings
Photos – the bad ones are mine. Thanks to Lukask Koster for the rest.

3. The conference had a number of themes. I’m focusing on
the research support theme.
Videos, slideshares, pdfs, etc are available for all presentations at
http://emtacl.com/presentations/

4. Promotion of scientific output: made possible by your library
Guus van den Brekel, University Medical Centre, Groningen, Netherlands.
Guus is a Medical Information Specialist and is Coordinator electronic services
at the UMCG Library.
(UMCG 2011 Ranking ~130, 2012 89)
Slideshare of Guus’s presentation http://www.slideshare.net/digicmb/promotion-of-scientific-output-made-possible-by-your-
library Also check video at http://emtacl.com/presentations/
Guus’s blog – DigiCMB: the Web, Research, Virtual and Social Networks in Health & Medicine
http://digicmb.blogspot.com.au/p/library-tools-toolbox.html

5. Promotion of scientific output: made possible by your library
• Guus & his team developed the atUMCG site to provide a research
publication overview service for the university. It exposes the latest
scientific output of UMCG to the general public as well updating
UMCG staff.
• The site uses RSS feed aggregators to populate the site such as
FeedWordPress (an open-source aggregator). “Using blog & easy
aggregation techniques is within every library’s reach!”
• Guus estimates he spends 30 minutes a day ‘tidying’ the content
from the feeds to the website.
Norwegian crispbread

6. http://atumcg.cmb.med.rug.nl/.
http://atumcg.cmb.med.rug.nl/.

7. UMCG – Development of Toolbars, RSS, Netvibes, Widgets
Info about Netvibes dashboard http://www.netvibes.com/en

8. UMCG Staff Toolbar
http://quicksearchcmbtoolbar.ourtoolbar.com/

9. F1000Posters: the open repository for posters & slides
http://f1000.com/posters/browse?institutionId=1&docTypeSearch=Poster

10. Assisting researchers with their profiles – numbers matter.
Two examples – a ‘traditional’ staff profile and…

11. A more dynamic example…..

12. And another example for the same researcher

13. “Paint-Yourself–In-the-Corner Infrastructure”, Herbert Van de
Sompel
Herbert is “the team leader of the Prototyping Team at the Research Library of the
Los Alamos National Laboratory. His team have developed Memento – a product
that enables recovery of past versions of web based documents, websites,
scholarly records (read more about Herbert and Momento here
http://emtacl.com/invited-speakers/#Herbert)
Herbert asked in his presentation “What is a scholarly record? Where does it start
and where does it end? …Transforming from a stack of journals or a bunch of PDF
files into a dynamic network of interconnected assets and actors”
“An article about computational science in a scientific publication is not the
scholarship itself, it is merely advertising of the scholarship. The actual scholarship
is the complete software development environment, [the complete data] and the
complete set of instructions which generated the figures.” David Donoho, ‘Wavelab and
reproducible research”. 1995
Fixity is challenged… Should we consider the notion of the “state of the
scholarly record at a specific moment in time.”
Evolution from the version of record to a version of the record.
Herbet’s Slideshare is at:
http://www.slideshare.net/hvdsomp/painyourselfinthecorner-infrastructure Also
check video at http://vimeo.com/53076015

18. Memento – seamless navigation from a web resource to its prior/archived
versions available on the web. Introduction to Memento:
http://www.mementoweb.org/guide/quick-intro/

19. Accessing & referencing scholarly items in time.
• Increasing numbers of researchers lodge a copy of their
article in their institutional repository and post a copy to
social media sites such as wikis – DBPedia is an example.
This version is not fixed. Other researchers can (and do)
comment, add notes, tweet, link to related research.
• Libraries cannot set back & archive an asset once. Any time
there is an interaction with that asset (tweet, annotation,
comment) it should be archived again and again.
• SiteStory is an example of web transactional archiving tool
http://mementoweb.github.com/SiteStory/ (uses DURI - date specific
Uniform resource identifier
• Searching the web across time to locate specific versions of
an asset (article, image, book chapter) – a ‘new’ role for
Libraries.
• How should these various versions of assets be referenced?

20. Publication profiles – presenting research in a new way, Urban Andersson
and Stina Johansson, Chalmers University.
Video at http://emtacl.com/presentations/
PDF
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1483254/emtacl12/Andersoon_johansson_presentation_ua_sj_emtacl1
22.pdf
Publication profiles – presenting research in a new way, Urban Andersson
and Stina Johansson, Chalmers University.
Video at http://emtacl.com/presentations/
• “How can the Library use the extensive & well-structured data… in the
institutional repository to attract the researchers’ attention & to promote
the research outcome of the university?”
• Chalmers has developed Publication profiles: the Institutional
Repository’s ‘labs’ to create visualisations and aggregations of data in
many different forms:
• How international is Chalmers and its collaborations? Use GPS Visualiser &
Google Maps co-authorship addresses to project collaborations across the
world.
• Use visualisations to present comprehensive overviews of the publishing
habits of researchers (articles, conferences, monographs
• Graphical visualisations of number of publications for faculties or individuals

21. An example of a visualisation of the Chalmers institutional
repository data

22. The Geography of Chalmers 2011

23. Version 1(Beta) - Interactive map of Chalmers’ research collaborations. Each
circle links to a description of the research. Version 2 – will include a link to the
research documents in the institutional repository.

26. Think “Different” by Karen Coyle
Karen asked some interesting questions:
• Why do librarians care about alphabetical order? – it is just an
accident of language
• What is the future of page numbers in the world of ebooks &
ereaders? An ereader shows the % of the book read. Do we
look to the past and number every paragraph? (Wittingstein, the
Bible)
• The web doesn’t need our bibliographic data. Amazon, Google
books do a better job. What do we offer that is unique? Our
holdings.
• Why do we need our own catalogues and discovery layers? Need
to stop copying, start linking.
• Her ‘dream’ - to search the web for a book title and for the
results (from Amazon, Google Books, etc) to include in the rich
snippet (the lines of text under ‘titles’ in Google search results)
links to her libraries, their holdings & to be able to place a hold,
access an ebook at that point – no need to go the library’s
website.
Have a look at:
Books2Barcodes – converting great books to QR codes http://wonder-
tonic.com/books2barcodes/
OpenLibrary – one web page for every book. http://openlibrary.org/

28. What next for Libraries? Making sense of the Future,
Brian Kelly
Investigation of (Search engine optimisation) rankings of institutional
repositories – Russell Group Universities. Data was collected 27-28
August 2012 http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/majesticseo-analysis-of-
russell-group-university-repositories/
Brian reported in his analysis of the results:
“ Based on the information obtained in the survey it
would appear that two blog platforms, WordPress.com
and Blogspot.com, are primarily responsible for driving
traffic to institutional repositories, having both high
Alexa rankings together with large numbers of links to
the repositories.”
The Russell Group Libraries http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/our-universities/ (include Oxford,
Cambridge, Edinburgh, LSE)

29. Results of Investigation of rankings of institutional repositories –
Russell Group Universities (Info about Alexa http://www.alexa.com/)
No. Domains No. of links Alexa Ranking
1 Blogspot 176,625 5
2 WordPress 153,809 21
3 Wikipedia 7,230 8
4 BBC 2,811 36
5 Google 1,447 1
6 Ask 769 46
7 YouTube 460 3
8 Guardian 334 187
9 Reddit 261 143
10 Orange.fr 259 259
11 Typepad 250 212
12 CNN 135 43
13 Microsoft 89 26
14 Sourceforge 67 139
15 Ning 42 256
16 Oxford University 5 6,764

31. CERN: European Organization for Nuclear
Research (since 1954)
• The world leading HEP laboratory, Geneva (CH)
• 2400 staff (mostly engineers)
• 11000 users (mostly physicists)
• 3 Nobel prizes (Accelerators, Detectors,
Discoveries)
• Operating the 27-km LHC accelerator
• Observed the first scalar boson in July 2012

36. Some key messages about communication
• Get outside your domain if you want to create traffic to the
university’s research outputs, encourage more hits and readers?
• Challenge your communication models. Find new ways to
showcase research outputs.
• Value add. Repositories are rich sources of data – publication
trends, patterns, faculty & individual performance. Utilise tools
like GPS and Google Maps to create visualisations of data
(Chalmers)
• Utilise tools (Google Scholar, Microsoft academic, etc) to
showcase researchers’ citations, impact factors – see UMCG example
• Share, expose. Many Emtacl12 speakers – posted their
presentations or references to their presentations everywhere:
*Institutional repository *Academic.edu *Netvibes *Slideshare,
Sketchnotes *Lanyrd *Issuu *Vimeo *Youtube
*Twitter*personal & institution’s blogs *LinkedIn *FriendFeed,
*Scoop.it *Facebook *flickr *Pinterest, etc

37. International m-Libraries
Conference
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
24 – 26 September 2012
Keynote presentations available at: http://www.m-
libraries.org/news/online-sessions

38. “Widening access & stimulating innovation: opening up NHS information for
creative mobile applications”, Bob Gann, Director of Partnerships & Strategy.
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/bgann/mlibraries-presentation-bob-gann

41. Interesting fact: Twitter is now the first alerter of epidemics across the world.

42. Now they syndicate other (not for profit) providers to develop
products using their data and resources.

46. The Power of Mobile to Educate, Support and Engage, Steve Vosloo,
UNESCO Programme Specialist, Mobile Learning
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/stevevosloo/the-power-of-mobile-to/1

49. UNESCO offers an extensive range of ebooks for use on
mobile phones – Nokia is the most common brand, not
smart phones.

50. Worth a look. Char includes some very interesting comparative data
on device ownership & usage.
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/charbooth/reexamining-library-mobility-
the-analog-to-your-digital/1

51. Some interesting ideas:
• University of Cardiff: printer balances & location of printers
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/JohnGreenaway/cardiff-uni-international-mlibraries-
conference-2012

52. Some interesting ideas:
• York University – Twitter account@LibrarySeats is helping students find a
seat in the Library http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/tweet-for-a-seat/
• NFC Near Field communication using RFID project at Waikato Institute of
Education www.m-libraries.org/.../2D-1%20m-Libraries%202012%20Saravani.
• Claremont Colleges US – Mobile calendar to promote classes

53. A Day made of glass (2011)

54. Library visits
Open University – UK
National Library – Oslo, Norway
Trondheim Public Library, Norway
NTNU (Dragvoll campus) – Trondheim,
Norway

55. Open University (UK)
• Headquarters located at Milton Keynes, 80 km north of London.
• There are 13 regional centres where students can meet tutors and each other.
• 250,000 students enrolled worldwide – this includes partnerships with local
institutions
• Distance Education is the mode of study for UK students and many offshore
students
• The campus (pictured below) is unlike any other campus I have visited – no
students bar a couple of reciprocal borrowers in the Library who live in the area
and use the Library to study.

56. Open University Library

57. A view of the Library.

59. The Library building at Walton Hall is
self-service, but Customer Services
staff are available to help with
enquiries relating to borrowing,
renewing and returning items and
Document Delivery during the
publicised hours.

60. Accessing Resources
“For most modules, the wide range of online information resources available
via this website will be sufficient. However, Open University students and staff
sometimes need to use other libraries to borrow books, to use collections for
reference, or as a quiet place to work or study.
SCONUL Access allows current staff and students registered on modules of
more than 15 points to borrow from permitted printed and audio-visual loan
collections within participating libraries in their locality. There is no restriction
on the number of libraries that undergraduates and taught masters students
can join.”
http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/m/?page=faqs&faq=1-DFBQB1

61. The Library utilises a number of
very large freestanding display
stands to publicise their
resources and services.
This example highlights the range
of services and skills
development options available
online.

62. Publicity about online resources

63. Another example. This one
markets the library through
utilising quotes from
students.

64. Some examples of furniture in the OU Library

65. Mobile Services – students choose the interface that suits their mobile
phone http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/m/?page=preferences

66. “The Digilab is a creative space on the ground floor of the Library,
designed to inspire and support innovation in the development of
pedagogically effective learning materials.
Digilab is intended to encourage exploration of new ideas and
knowledge sharing. The room contains many examples of handheld,
gaming and media technologies, which some staff may not be familiar
with, as well as literature showing how they could be exploited for
learning and teaching.
Digilab aims to help people bridge the gap between their current
practice and future aspirations, empowering them in their
professional development along the way.”
http://www8.open.ac.uk/library/services/staff/digilab

67. The Digilab has a range of technologies
available for academics to explore.
These include mobile devices and this
very large touch screen device which
has the functionality of a smartphone
and tablet. Library staff conduct small
training sessions for academics
wanting to learn about touch screen
devices. Alternatively academics can
simply visit the lab and ‘play’ with the
device.

68. Some of the devices available in the Digilab.

69. I visited Libraries in Oslo and Trondheim.

70. National Library of Norway

71. My visit to the National Library was a bit of a
mistake. I asked the taxi driver to take me to the
National University Library! The building still has
the title of University Library – this refers to the
days when the Library was both the National
Library & the University Library – confusing.

72. The National Library of Norway has two locations. The Oslo Library was formerly the
University of Oslo Library. The University Library took on many National Library functions
when the union between Denmark and Norway ended in 1814. Norway became an
independent nation at that time.
The Mo i Rana branch (located in central Norway) was established in 1989.
In 1999 University Library functions were separated from the Oslo Library (and relocated
to the University campus).
In 2005 the newly renovated and restored National Library of Norway (Oslo) was officially
opened.
Read more about the National Library of Norway http://www.nb.no/english/facts
Photo – courtesy National Library of Norway

73. Murals on the main staircase

74. One of the reading rooms –
this one is primarily used
for accessing microfilms.
Note the floor surface.
Norwegians have a liking for
bare floors –timber, vinyl,
polished concrete.

75. One of the help desks.
Glass surfaces are used
for all desks, OPAC areas,
consultation tables, etc.

76. The Library has a
central, covered
courtyard (just
glimpsed through the
windows in this image).

77. Very nice study spaces. Note the
wonderful desk lamps.
Another Information desk
Photo (left) – Courtesy National Library of Norway

78. Digitising the collection
of the National Library
of Norway
The National Library is in the process of
digitising all of its collections.
More information about this initiative is
available at http://www.nb.no/english/facts
For those of you who can read Norwegian the National
Library has made 50,000 Norwegian titles.
available online
Oslo Harbour (yes, it was very, very cold that day)

79. QR codes are dotted around the
Library. I scanned this one and
attempted to translate the
Norwegian text. I think it says
“Hungry? Here are some cook
books.”

80. Trondheim Public Library (main branch) – this Library was close to the conference
venue and I was able to squeeze in a visit during a lunch break.

81. The Library is a thoroughfare
connecting the town on one
side with the Cathedral and
Bishop’s Palace located
behind the Library.
The Library Café is located
off this thoroughfare
towards the back of the
Library.

82. Excavations during the building
of the Library revealed the
remains of a church complete
with burials. Parts of this
structure have been
incorporated into the design of
the Library. Artefacts from the
excavations are displayed in the
Library.

83. Some of the excavated area is open
to the public. The day I was there a
small group of children and a
teacher were exploring this space –
a wonderful way to connect with the
history of their town.

84. The Info desk.

85. Furniture in Norwegian libraries is
never dull.

86. All loans and returns (with a few exceptions) are
self serve.

87. NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology) http://www.ntnu.edu/ub/branch-libraries
The NTNU Library has 11 branches. I chose to visit the Humanities library at Dragvoll campus as it had
been recently renovated.
This campus is the site of most of the Humanities courses. It is an unusual campus. All of the buildings
are connected by soaring glass atriums. There are no external entrances to classrooms, cafes, the library,
the bookshop, etc. All of these facilities are entered from within one of the atriums.
Winters are cold in Trondheim. During my visit the average top temperature was around 7 C. From
December – February the maximum hovers between 0 – 2 C. I visited the campus on my last evening in
Trondheim – it was 3 C.

88. Inside one of the atriums. A
series of stairs, lifts and
walkways connect classrooms,
the bookshop (ground floor on
the right), the Library (up the
stairs on the left), a ‘learning
commons’ (on the ground floor
below the Library).

89. The Library is located on
the second floor (This
photo is taken from the top
of the stairs outside the
entrance to the Library.
The floor below the Library
(on the left) is like a
Learning Commons filled
mainly with carrels. It is
quite separate to the
Library. (I wasn’t able to
enter this space.)

90. The Library is staffed by students
in the evening.

91. Some study spaces. Group study rooms
on the far wall of the photo above.

92. These helpful notices are
displayed at the end of every
row of shelves.

93. The Returns unit. Where possible
all loans are returned by the
patron using a unit like this. The
patron pushes the book through
the slot once the item is returned.
There is a separate return chute
for items that could not be
scanned.
By the way I think the instructions
make more sense in Norwegian.

94. The path from the Library to the bus stop.
Back to the hotel to thaw out.