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Ex Libris, Jerusalem,16 November 2011
Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe
Wouter SchallierExecutive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)
Ex Libris, Jerusalem, 16 November 2011
Ex Libris, Jerusalem, 16 November 2011
Contents
1. Economic crisis2. Mobile devices3. E-science and primary data4. Conclusions
Ex Libris, Jerusalem, 16 November 2011
Economic crisis
Severe budget cuts: typically 10-20% spread over 3 years Information/knowledge remains crucial business for
universities and innovation Libraries are obvious partners in this business but will
have to re-invent themselves from scratch More public-private partnerships Business process analysis
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What this means for libraries
Fundamental questions about role of libraries: how we contribute to better research? What services do we provide to whom?
Choices have to be made (not everything can be done and definitely not in the same way as before) Do we still need ILL if Amazon can provide the same documents
in a cheaper and a quicker way? Special attention to hidden (staff) costs
What should be done in house, what can be outsourced?
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… and for library collections
E-only (large scale digitisation is very much needed)
Active partner in research or dark archive?
Primary research data is a must
Owning all information resources is no longer an ambition
Collection assessment: analysis of user needs/usage; data analysis; very flexible and customised acquisition/subscription (cost per usage)
Market collections
Open Access will be part of several important business models
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Library services for researchers
Library collections/services 24/24-7/7 availableMore and better datamining and visualisation techniques
to connect publications, and publications and data: access to data is an issue, but original analysis even more.
Data enrichment The portal is just one of the information channels: the
researcher wants to wake up with a personalised list of recommended readings
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Services for researchers (2)
Reputation of universities/project teams/researchers will become more important than reputation of journals
Need for trustworthy long term accessibility Embedment in the research workflows: DP strategies
from data creation Institutional/subject based respositories:
Better linking Better interoperabilityMore consistent functionalities
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Universities need CIO’s
Lots of data is produced, analysed and exchanged in and between universities:Where is the strategy to deal with all this info? How is this data stored? How is it made available for re-use inside and outside the
organisation? Do we still need to make a distinction between published and
other data (documentary, administrative, grey and raw data)?
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Libraries will organise differently
New profiles Thorough business process analysis Centralisation or even outsourcing of back end services
combined with de-centralised front end Division of tasks on an international level
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Mobile devices
Researchers are constantly on the move and will carry their information ID on them
Are increasingly sharing raw research data with colleagues in an informal way
Want secure data traffic and storageWant to consume, produce and publish from their devices Social media = share = publish
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Sharing data is a necessity not a luxury
The world is changing: From an information to a (primary) data society
Data deluge: now and even more in the future
Mission of research institutes: doing research and disseminating the results
We need NEW models for scholarly communication
Current models are too slow and too rigid
Cf. Obama admin, EC: open public data
Universities, university presses, libraries and data centres
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Science
Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice
Image: NASA
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It’s all about laaaaaarge amounts of data
“Data are no longer considered as interim products to be discarded once the research reporting them is published. Rather, they have become important sources of scholarly content to be used and re-used.”Borgman, The role of libraries in e-science
Image: http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/pictures/mtpc40rowsRawData.gifRaw data from a central Pb+Pb event for 40 rows of the Main TPC
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Making data usable/useful
Data description and identification Organisation Data protection, privacy regulations, ethical issues Visualisation Interpretation Preservation Persistent link between publications and datasets Integrated search
http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/LogBook.html
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Making data usable/useful (2) Validation and peer review of data Data quality and integrity Interoperability Repositories Control over correct usage Selection Data publication Citation…
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E-science is not science fiction
Large scale computing resources
Data-intensive
Carried out over the internet Collaborative (team science, virtual science communities) Distributed (networked science) Interdisciplinary Heterogeneous Quick and wide dissemination
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The paradox of e-science
I share my data because I want/need your data
Vs.
I don’t share data because it doesn’t help my career It is MY data and I keep them safely stored on my laptop I don’t want other people to make misuse of my data
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Opportunities for data exchange
Data sharing is smart: it is efficient, avoids duplication, stimulates the
advancement of science about transparency: it allows re-analysis about enrichment: it adds value to traditional publications rewarding: requirement for publicly funded research
3 perspectives: researchers, publishers, libraries and data centres
http://www.ode-project.eu/
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There is no other way
E-science is a reality and Open Access goes hand in hand with it
Research output needs stable and trustworthy Access Storage
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Challenges for research libraries
Directly contribute to more efficient/transparent research (open scholarschip, open knowledge)
Getting embedded in the research and education workflows
Mobilising (less) resources for new priorities in new areas in a different way with different people
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Thank you! Questions/comments?
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