recording research a choice for academic / research libraries? maria heijne 14 september 2009
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Recording Research A choice for academic / research libraries? Maria Heijne 14 September 2009. 7th euroCRIS Strategic Seminar. What can you expect?. The background: 3 TU.Datacentre The academic environment: e-science as the driver The role of the library: is there a choice? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Recording Research
A choice for academic / research
libraries?
Maria Heijne
14 September 2009
7th euroCRIS Strategic Seminar
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What can you expect?
• The background: 3 TU.Datacentre
• The academic environment: e-science as the driver
• The role of the library: is there a choice?
• Some expert opinions
• Skills in the 3TU.Datacentre
• Conclusions
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3TU.Datacentre
• Project (2008-2010) financed by 3 Technical Universities (Delft, Twente, Eindhoven) to ensure long term digital data preservation in the technical/science environment
• Based on successful (SURF) projects in Delft: • e-Archive and DARELUX
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Activities 3TU.Datacentre
• Exploitation of a ‘data-archive’ to facilitate preservation of ‘static’ data of data producers (starting with the 3 Dutch technical universities);
• Advise data producers (how) to preserve ‘dynamic’ data in a collaboratory environment for access and publication (‘data-lab’)
• Provide easy access to data consumers
• Knowledge development/sharing and collaboration with Dutch partners (DANS,KB, Netherlands Coalition Digital Preservation)
• EU collaboration DOI agency - pan-European DOI infrastructure, with TIB Hannover, ETH Zurich, INIST, TIC Copenhagen
Paris, March 2009
Actual status September 2009:
Australian National Data Service (ANDS)and California Digital Library (CDL)will become members
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Preconditions• Organisational dimension
• incentives for research• (inter) national co-operation• standardisation• long term management commitment • development of competencies
• Production dimension• infrastructure for the digital archive• quality control• use/reuse requires direct involvement of data creator/researcher
• Technology dimension• research on preservation strategies and their implementation• viewer design/user interface is crucial
• Business dimension• data are a valuable asset > knowledge ‘valorisation’ • business model for economic viability of a digital archive• open access to data as a preference
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E-science/ E-research as ‘the’ driver
Science becomes more data driven
• E-science can/will lead to different methods of knowledge exchange• Access to large data collections /large scale computing
resources
• Through publication, visualization, data exchange…
• Leading to new services • for peer review and access to knowledge• knowledge ‘exploitation’ • data management, data retrieval• to ensure data quality
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Why should libraries take up this role?
• Core business in information/data management• Storage, preservation, metadata creation,
access• Reuse of data/information
• Experience in teaching enhanced academic skills
• Active (new) role in support of knowledge/research management
• Methods to organise and maintain links• Publication – data• Data - scientific workflow
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Is there a choice?
Who else could/ should take up this role?
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Expert opinions• Liz Lyon (UKOLN): Librarians will become data consultants,
data service providers, data analysts, data miners, data curators• Enforce data quality• Support data retrieval• Construct data applications• Ensure data collections are properly annotated and preserved
• Clifford Lynch (CNI): build up skills in new areas of expertise for data curation• Reuse of data• Data management skills• Values and policies
• James Mullins (Purdue University/ NSF Task Force)• Librarian can bridge the gap between researchers
IJDC 2009In press
Liz Lyon, UKOLN
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Skills 3TU.Datacentre
• Data creator / data scientist• Researcher• PhD’s• Students
• 3TU.Datacentre : data manager/ data librarian/ data scientist• Library/Information specialists (metadata/quality checks)• Account managers (advocacy/awareness/negotiation)• ICT specialists (technical environment/data management)• ICT developers (viewers/user interfaces)
Value chain for data storage and publication
Data Production Selection Add
Meta DataCheck Data Entry Data
Mgmnt
Marketing & Sales
FinancialTransactions
SystemDevelopment& Mgmnt
ViewerDevelopment& Mgmnt
Storage HelpdeskTechnicalMaintenance
Transport Delivery Support &services Interface & Systems
Content Direction Content Market Packaging
ConsumerCont
ent
Infr
aSt
ruct
ure
Additional Services
Source: Report EC/ Andersen Consulting, 1996
Content Implementation
Data creation/production SelectionConversionAdd MetadataCheck DataCheck MetadataData entryData maintenance Additional ServicesAcquisition/Marketing & sales
Data creator Data creator3TU.DatacentreData creator + 3TU.DatacentreData creator + 3TU.DatacentreData creator + 3TU.DatacentreData creator3TU.DatacentreData creator + 3TU.Datacentre 3TU.Datacentre
Infrastructure Financial transactionsSystem development/managementViewer design/managementStorageHelpdeskTechnical maintenance
All tasks 3TU.Datacentreor any 3rd party
Value chain 3TU.Datacentre
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Did I meet the expectations?
• The background: 3 TU.Datacentre
• The academic environment: e-science as the driver
• The role of the library: is there a choice?
• Some expert opinions
• Skills in the 3TU.Datacentre
• Conclusions
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Conclusions
• Is there a choice for research libraries?• In the e-science environment data become a valuable asset
to the institution - the researcher is the driving force• The library should claim and prove its role in ‘Data
management’, in close collaboration with parties for maintaining infrastructure and (technical) development
Important areas for the near future:• Awareness, Awareness, Awareness• Business model for economic viability of data curation• Training of ‘data’ skills for all parties involved