Comments on: 2011 DLF Forum Update: Call for Ideas

By: Katherine Kott

Katherine Kott — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:20:19 +0000

*User centered design for digital library systems and services.
*Related to Helen’s suggestion–insuring data curation service development meets scholars’ needs.
*Following up on last year’s Project Managers workshop, transformation of digital library development “shops” in academic research libraries. Moving from running soft-funded experiments to operating base-funded mission critical services. What are the business models? What are the development models?

By: Deborah Holmes-Wong

Deborah Holmes-Wong — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:34:32 +0000

SaaS and hosted digital libraries, while not cutting edge are up for consideration at many institutions as a way to reduce the cost of maintaining digital libraries. What are the implications for preservation, access, discoverability, scalability, flexibility? Who are the players? How are academic institutions stepping in to fill this roll?

By: Kevin Ashley

Kevin Ashley — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:27:54 +0000

I second Helen’s idead, and have added something (though not so detailed) to the online document.

By: Helen Tibbo

Helen Tibbo — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:02:19 +0000

Dear DLF Folks,
I’d love to have some focus on the role university libraries and their institutional repositories (whatever these are called in various environments) may have/are having/could have/should have in data storage, collaboration, etc. This needs to explore campus-wide policy decisions and the decision process and the interplay of libraries, IRs, and ITS. Seems like there are great opportunities for libraries here. -Helen