The "Libraries Empowerment Manifesto"

Lightning talk given by Adrian Pohl at #swib13

Transcript

1. The “Libraries
   Empowerment
   Manifesto”
   Adrian Pohl
   Lightning Talk @SWIB13, 2013-11-27
   

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2. Goal
   the formation and development of an
   international library ecosystem that
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   is future-proof
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   empowers libraries to easily adapt
   their workflows & services as
   needed
   

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3. Obstacles
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   standards that may be open but
   opaque and domain-specific
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   dependance on products few vendors
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   closed interfaces
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   little web integration
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   desired adaptations may take time (if
   they are implemented at all)
   

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4. What is helpful:
   openness on different levels
   

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5. in the last years, libraries began
   sharing data and software for
   creating, storing, manipulating &
   presenting this data
   

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6. Source: https://www.kuali.org/ole/partners
   

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7. Source: https://github.com/libris/librisxl/issues
   

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8. Source: https://github.com/culturegraph/
   

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9. 9
   Sources: https://www.finna.fi/ & https://github.com/KDK-Alli
   

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10. Source: https://www.kuali.org/ole/partners
    

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11. Source: http://librecat.org/
    

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12. 12
    Source: https://github.com/gbv
    

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13. Source: https://github.com/lobid/lodmill
    

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14. and many more...
    

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15. How to achieve wide adoption of
    this model on an international
    scale?
    

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16. 1st step:
    bringing together people and
    institutions that are already
    moving in this direction
    

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17. ?
    man·i·fes·to: a written statement
    that describes the policies,
    goals, and opinions of a person
    or group
    

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18. a manifesto?
    man·i·fes·to: a written statement
    that describes the policies,
    goals, and opinions of a person
    or group
    Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifesto
    

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19. Introducing
    „Libraries Empowerment
    Manifesto“
    

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20. or:
    

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21. „fundamental aspects of the way
    to communicate and get stuff
    done in an open, collaborative
    distributed environment“
    

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22. 
    Openness
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    Transparency
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    Inclusion
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    Meritocracy
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    Reuse
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    Credit
    

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23. Interested? - Get involved
    (version 1.0 has still to be finalized)
    ➔
    Discuss
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    Comment
    ➔
    Improve
    ➔
    Endorse (not possible yet)
    

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24. Living document:
    http://etherpad.lobid.org/p/LEM
    

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25. Thanks.
    Contact:
    pohl@hbz-nrw.de or @acka47
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26. License
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    Pohl: Libraries Empowerment Manifesto
    These slides are published under the Creative
    Commons Public Domain Dedication:
    http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    

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