The Invisible Library

Tony HirstDept of Communication and Systems,

The Open University, UK

Arcadia Fellow, University of Cambridge

“The Invisible Library is a collection of books that

only appear in other books.”

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3 aspects...

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http://flickr.com/photos/audreyrobowen/250546442

Out of This World Project 2004, Street Theatre

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“Its origins can be traced back to vinyl records when DJs would remove the label from a popular record so other DJs would not be able to know who made the track.”

Wikipedia...

Telstar@ostephens

Federated “one-stop” search

invisible tools

doi/ISBN+link resolver+libezproxy

= clickthru

OU Library Traveller

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In networks, information flows

Knowledge networks...

the inventoryless library

=

http://bookshelf.open.ac.uk+

( http://bookcrossing.comOR

http://freecycle.org )+

http://amazon.co.uk

Have you got any CSEs?

- Library Catalogue

- Research paper Repository

- Journal collection

- Database Collection

- Reading Lists

Reading List+

Past Exam Papers

Student context

(Publication)+

Reputation+

Funding

Scientist context

The WRONG sort of invisibleness...

… are locally sourced, locally produced, collections...

...but the rights to items within them are given away to commercial third

parties

Repositories

Yahoo SearchMonkey

And don't forget the SEO...

Coffee

time?

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