11.3.1999

Universitaet Twente

Information and  Communication in Science in coming years:

a challenge to providers and libraries

  1. 1.: Transition
  2. 2.: examples of present activities
  3. 3.: actions by authorities

Part 1: Transition

from printed to digital information

stays the same: the  functions and  the tasks to provide science
different are     : the means  and the science creation  process
 

 Some features:

Change of Science Process

General Consequences:

libraries to Communication and Information Providers
 1. : new document types:  2.:  non-textual information and communication
 
3.: from copyright to author rights and will  4.:  content rights vs. browsing appearance
          needs: XML, MathML, .. to mark the content
 
5.: information on demand

6.: Computer Centres as  information providers

7.: Distributed information databases
8.: Learning behaviour and Universities (Australia)

 This means that we need new services,  competent and audacious providers

A qualitative boost and
 acceleration of science is ahead.

Part II

Some Examples of present early activities

Distributed Services

Journals and other databases
  Departmental Information PhysDep (countrywise)
 Scientific Documents   PhysDoc (local central page)
 Gatherer-Broker Network

Markup of contents

  Professional Home Pages of  Scientists and  Institutions PHP (search engines)
  Metadata for documents MMM (training)
 Upload and inhouse management of documents   WUFI
 

Examen works (Ph.D. Theses)

Dynamic Document Conference IuK99 Jena (22.-24.3.1999)

Enormous tasks worldwide coherently but independently
Communication of experts and  providers

Part III:

Who does what in Germany

The Learned Societies
  DPG
  EPS
 IuK:

 the four players at Universities nationwide

 

Government

    Government Forum
    programme: Global Info
 SPD: Forum

Funding agencies:

DFG:
   Dissertations Online,
   integrity, security of transfer
DFN: eprint

World Wide Web of Players