research libraries in a european e-science infrastructure
DESCRIPTION
Which role can research libraries in a European e-science infrastructure? E-science and digital preservation are crucial parts of the 2009-2012 strategy of the European Research LIbraries. They offer great opportunities for research libraries for getting involved in the research and education environment from the very start of data creation. Digital Preservation should not be done for its own sake but as a way to valorise knowledge (use and re-use). We have to break the walls between all stakeholders in digital preservation (libraries, datacentres, researchers, publishers). Research institutes need librarians with a good understanding of modern research, with an ability to bring the library’s services into the researcher’s environment and integrate data sharing and curation in the researcher’s workflow. We need researchers with good understanding of information and curation matters.TRANSCRIPT
Research libraries in a European e-science infrastructure
Wouter Schallier
Executive Director LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
e-mail: [email protected]
Contents
About LIBER Strategic areas 2009-2012 Digital Preservation New strategies for libraries Conclusions
“Making the case for European research libraries”
The largest network of European research/academic libraries: 420 institutions, from over 40 countries
Mission: to represent and promote the interests of European research/academic libraries, and of their users: students and researchers
What we do
Formulate a European strategy for research libraries Offer a forum for knowledge sharing and dissemination
Conferences, workshops, documentation, LIBER Quarterly
Foster partnerships EU projects
Advocate and lobby with the EU Infosoc, Market, Research
Strategic areas 2009-2012
Scholarly Communications Digitisation and Resource Discovery Heritage Collections and Preservation Organisation and Human Resources Services
Scholarly Communication 1
Open Access SPARCEurope Awareness raising Tools for the implementation of OA:
– Digital repositories– OA publishing
No OA without Digital Preservation
Digital repositories
Trustworthy and with a long term preservation strategyWith substantial content Embedded in the research workflow Interoperable: part of a consistent European e-science
infrastructure New content: primary research data, multimedia
Scholarly Communication 2
E-science Large amounts of research data need to be captured, made
available and preserved Results of publicly funded research should be available in public
domain Sharing data stimulates excellence in research and should be
rewarded
The paradox of e-science
“My data is mine and now your data is mine” Reluctancy to share data Lack of rewards for sharing data/collaborative efforts Current copyright/IPR/publication models are a hindrance for e-
science
vs. E-(nhancing) science
ODE
Digitisation and Resource Discovery
Digitisation “What is not digitally available does not exist” Europeana Travel: travel and tourism: over a million items from
national and university libraries made available via Europeana.eu General lack of funding
Digitisation and Resource Discovery 2
Resource discovery: Europeana Libraries: makes over 5 million objects available
through Europeana Europeana Scholar? Europeana does have strategies on metadata improvement,
enriching metadata, semantic search engine, digitisation, user generated content, …
BUT: no digital curation strategy (responsibility of the individual instititions)
Heritage Collections and Preservation
Heritage collections Preservation
Analog and digital materials Skilled curators Preservation not for its own sake but as a way to valorise
knowledge (use and re-use)
Digital Preservation
Awareness raising Shared European vision/framework and tools for its
implementation Blue Ribbon Task Force: sustainable DP and access LIFE: costs of DP APARSEN: NoE of DP APA
Digital Preservation 2
Ubiquitous, trusted and easy access to research data
Integrity of data
Version management
Visualisation
Semantics
Provenance and ownership of data
Selection
Use and re-use
IPR, licensing
Technology and sustainable infrastructure
Data managers
“Data repositories may become the new special collections for research libraries” (Borgman)
Organisation and human resources
Break walls between libraries, datacentres and researchers: information and its curation matters to all of us (we are all information and curation amateurs) : We need librarians with a good understanding of modern research,
with an ability to bring the library’s services into the researcher’s environment and integrate data sharing and curation in the researcher’s workflow.
We need researchers with good understanding of information and curation matters.
New strategies for libraries
Into the research and education workflows/environment:Major shift: libraries used to come only at the end of the R&E
workflow! Recruitment of content Digital curation starts with data creation Requires new skills: communication, training …
LIBER wants APA
A forum for discussion with other stakeholders (researchers, publishers, data managers, funding) in digital preservation
Communication and awareness raising Shared European vision/framework Tools for its implementation E-science infrastructure: identify new roles and
responsibilities, new business models
APA wants LIBER
A huge network of research libraries: Linked through a common strategy where e-science and DP are
crucial Some of them with a lot…others with less expertise in e-
science/digital preservation Keen to take up their roles in a European e-science infrastructure
(and many are actually already doing so)
LIBER events
40th LIBER Annual Conference, 29 June-2 July 2011 – Barcelona: “Getting Europe ready for 2020: the library’s role in research, education and society” http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/LIBER2011/
Digital Preservation workshop 2011
