The Emerging Roles of Librarians

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster

Research Workflow

Applica'ons?  Plausible?  

Useful?  Novel?  

New  Ques'ons  

New  Knowledge  

Patents  

Background  Jus'fica'on  

Conferences   Community  Conversa'on  

Data  Analysis  

Confirma'on  Reagents  

Protocols  

Learning  Up  to  Speed  

Researchers  

Students  

Jus'fica'on  

Grants  

JOB  &  FUNDING  

PUBLISH  

PEOPLE  

FUNDING  

ANALYSIS  &  RESULTS   EXPERIMENTS  

RESEARCH  PLAN  

IDEA  Big  or  small  

Discussion  

Conferences  Talks  

Ar'cles  

Thesis  

Talks  

The Role of Literature in the Research Workflow

Adapted  from  Laura  Cro/  @  Nature  

Digital vs. Print

Libraries as Spaces

Libraries as Virtual Spaces

Libraries as Makerspaces

3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

Video at vimeo.com/99602751

3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

Leap Motion

Video at youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA

Makerspaces Lots  of  different  kinds,  so  what  fits  best  in  our  library?  

Digital  FabricaCon  

3D  printers  +  materials  •  Makerbot  Replicator  2  •  FormLabs  Form  1  •  Gigabot  

3D  scanner  •  e.g.  NextEngine  

Laser  cuYer  +  ven'la'on  +  paperboard  •  e.g.  Epilog  Zing  24  •  e.g.  Purex  Xbase  400  

Wire  bender  •  DIWire  

Vinyl  cuYer  +  vinyl  •  e.g.  EnduraCUT  24"  

Desktop  Vinyl  CuYer  

Open  Source  Hardware  

•  Arduinos  •  Raspberry  Pis  •  Addi'onal  components  

(resistors,  capacitors,  wires,  etc.)  

•  Breadboards,  soldering  irons,  etc.  

•  Makey  makeys  •  Addi'onal  shields  

Human  Computer  InteracCon  

•  Leap  Mo'on  •  Oculus  Ric  •  Google  Glass  •  Kinect  •  Xbox  •  Wii  

+  Tools  

Libraries as Consortia

Professional Skills

Copyright

Social Media

(Some) Scientists are private.

About some things. And some scientists are not.

ORCID, ResearcherID, etc. Unique  idenCfiers  for  researchers  to  cross-­‐reference  publicaCons,  acCviCes,  etc.  

John  Smith  vs.  J.  Smith  vs.  John  D.  Smith  vs.    J.  D.  Smith  vs.  JD  Smith  vs.  …  

Wang  Kim  vs.  W.  Kim  vs.  Kim  Wang  vs.  K.  Wang  …  

ORCID:  0000-­‐0003-­‐0458-­‐2127  

ResearcherID:  J-­‐6870-­‐2012  

Crowd-Funding Science Funding  science  may  no  longer  rely  upon  government.  Interested  people,  engaged  by  social  media  presence,  are  key  to  raising  money  from  the  crowd.  

Scientists are lazy.

But: They’ll do what funders tell them to.

Software

Applica'ons?  Plausible?  

Useful?  Novel?  

New  Ques'ons  

New  Knowledge  

Patents  

Background  Jus'fica'on  

Conferences   Community  Conversa'on  

Data  Analysis  

Confirma'on  Reagents  

Protocols  

Learning  Up  to  Speed  

Researchers  

Students  

Jus'fica'on  

Grants  

JOB  &  FUNDING  

PUBLISH  

PEOPLE  

FUNDING  

ANALYSIS  &  RESULTS   EXPERIMENTS  

RESEARCH  PLAN  

IDEA  Big  or  small  

Discussion  

Conferences  Talks  

Ar'cles  

Thesis  

Talks  

So. Many. Tools.

Emerging Technologies

3 Things You Should Know

1. Openness

2. Data + Code

Sharing doesn’t count.

Until now.

figshare.com Share  research  components  to  make  them  discoverable  &  citable;  get  metrics  

figshare.com Share  research  components  to  make  them  discoverable  &  citable;  get  metrics  

DOIs for Code

Github + Mozilla + Figshare à DOIs Mozilla: Software Carpentry

Run My Code Share  code  used  to  analyze  data;  others  can  implement  the  same  methodology    

•  Biology  •  Mathema'cs  •  Neuroscience  •  Sta's'cs  •  Social  sciences  

•  Economics  •  Econometrics  •  Finance  •  Management  

•  R  •  MATLAB©  •  C++  •  Fortran  •  Rats  •  More  socware  will  be  

added  soon.  

Oh,  and  it’s  free!  

Reproducibility Initiative Address  the  reproducibility  of  your  research  in  a  blind,  fee-­‐for-­‐service  validaCon  

Validated  studies  receive  a  Cer'ficate  of  Reproducibility  acknowledging  that  their  results  have  been  independently  reproduced.  

Altmetric(s) Capture  overall  impact  of  a  publicaCon  in  blogs,  tweets,  menCons,  news,  etc.  

2.1 Big Data

Big Data +

Data Science

CERN: approx. 1 PB/sec = 1000 TB/sec = 1000000 GB/sec

filtered to 1 GB/sec

http://arstechnica.com/science/2010/08/lhc-computing-grid-pushes-petabytes-of-data-beats-expectations/

Big Data +

Data Science

Institute for Data Sciences & Engineering: •  Cybersecurity Center •  Financial and Business Analytics Center •  Foundations of Data Science Center •  Health Analytics Center •  New Media Center •  Smart Cities Center

3. Communication

Future: Electronic Lab Notebooks

Thank you. Questions?

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster

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