ensuring access to the record of science: driving changes in the role of research libraries ape2014...
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Ensuring access to the record of science: driving changes in the role of research librariesAPE2014Berlin, 29th January
Susan ReillyProjects Manager
LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche
[email protected]@skreilly
Contents
About LIBER Drivers for (digital) preservation in research libraries Roles & opportunities
LIBER: reinventing the library of the future
Largest network of European research libraries: 410 in over 40 countries
Mission:
To provide an information infrastructure to enable research in LIBER institutions to be world class
Activities impacting preservation in research libraries
We know that…
1. Reaseach practices are changing in more connected era
2. Deposit of born digital content being legislated for
3. Libraries collecting born digital (Websites, e-journal etc) anyway
4. Responsible for institutional repositories
5. Developing role in research data management
6. Libraries are engaging in mass digitisation projects
but preservation is still essential
“one thing about scholarship will never change: scholars will demand access to information resources to examine what others have discovered and thought; to use and reuse evidence and scientific conclusions; and to publish results of their own research based on these resources. That is why their sources must be authentic, reliable, easy to find and retrieve, and easy to use and reuse”
Paul N. Courant (2008) No brief candle, http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
No. 1 benefit of digital preservation to organisations*
“Increased use of content as a result of better findability and availability”
*From APARSEN WP36 survey of libraries (Sep212)
No. 2 benefit to organisations
“Ensure the integrity of research results”
What is the scholarly record?
Journal articles Research data E-books Digital/digitised cultural heritage Dynamic Web content
E-journals
Not “owned” by the library Increasingly complex format Need provision for DP in license provision Move to open access adding complexity Need to rely on third party solutions Role moves to intermediary Responsibility to set out DP provisions at selection stage
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Open access articles
Library can archive a copy without infringing copyright Licensing issues with content in green repositories Who takes responsibility for gold OA? Not all gold
publishers are equal (see DOAJ) Role returns to content provider/collector But who is responsible for preserving what? Danger of duplication of effort
Journal articles are just the tip of the pyramid!
Reseach data management plans Data curation Archiving & preservation Role is to support research data management Responsibility to make data findable, citable, available
and reuseable
Digitised cultural heritage & dynamic web content
The Bentham Project @UCL Est. 1969 to release entire works of Jeremy Bentham Went from analog to digitised eJournal: The Journal of Bentham Studies Website Crowdsourcing platform for transcription of manuscripts Role to support long term curation
Out of funding!
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5041/1/Sustaining_our_Digital_Future_Ithaka_S%2BR_FINAL.PDF
Ensuring sustainability
Recognition of the benefits of digital preservation by key decision-makers
Incentives for the decision-makers to act in the public interest
A process for selecting digital materials for long-term preservation
Mechanisms to secure an on-going, efficient allocation of resources (e.g. skills) to digital preservation activities
Appropriate governance of digital preservation activities
Resource sharing/collaboration role
Develop shared international infrastructure for legal e-deposit (roll out e-depot to Europe!)
Engage in best practice networks (APARSEN) to promote skills and define standards
Provide centralised digital curation platforms (e.g. UCL Digital Collections See http://digitool-b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R)
Look to the future! (implications of the Cloud?)
Intermediary role
Publishers Agree DP provisions with publishers Promote shared archive services e.g. CLOCKKS & Portico Encourage use of simple licences (cc-by) for OA
Researchers Advise on licences/copyright Support creation of data management plans Promote DP services/benefits
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Thank you!
Any questions? Find out more at www.libereurope.eu More on open research data: www.recodeproject.eu More on digital preservation networks: www.aparsen.eu