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New and Emerging Technologies to
Support Research in the 21st Century




                 Jeffrey Lancaster
        Emerging Technologies Coordinator
 Science & Engineering Library, Columbia University

          jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
                     @j_lancaster
The Role of Literature in the Research Workflow
                                                                 Plausible
                                                                                  Applications?
                                                                     ?

                                                             Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                               ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                             IDEA
                            New            Big or small                                                              Justification
                           Question                                                   RESEARCH
                              s                                                         PLAN

                                New
                                                                                                               PEOPLE
                              Knowledg                                                                                     Student
                                 e                                                                                            s
              JOB &                                                                                  Learning
             FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                    Researchers
                                   ANALYSIS &
                                    RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                     Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                          n                          Reagents
 Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
             s
                                                                Discussio
     Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                    n
                  s        Background        Analysis
                           Justification
       Conferences                                         Community
                                                          Conversation      Conferences
                                                                               Talks                  Adapted from Laura Croft @ Nature
Case Study 1: A researcher has a lot of papers they need to read. The researcher
commutes and has a lot of free time on the train to read, but is stuck with print-
outs or .pdf’s.



Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of
new articles for a monthly journal club to read.



Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from
a folder of .pdf’s.



Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader
Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet.



Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been
“published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community.
Case Study 1: A researcher has a lot of papers they need to read. The researcher
    commutes and has a lot of free time on the train to read, but is stuck with print-
    outs or .pdf’s.




Print (personal)

                                                                            Print (publisher)




                                                                           Digital (personal)
Pocket, formerly Read-it-Later
Read webpages, blogs, articles on the go in an aesthetically pleasing format
Mendeley
Reference manager + PDF reader + social network + recommendations + metrics
Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of
new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of
new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
                                                                Plausible
                                                                                 Applications?
                                                                    ?

                                                            Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                              ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                            IDEA
                           New            Big or small                                                            Justification
                          Question                                                   RESEARCH
                             s                                                         PLAN

                               New
                                                                                                             PEOPLE
                             Knowledg                                                                                   Student
                                e                                                                                          s
             JOB &                                                                                  Learning
            FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                 Researchers
                                  ANALYSIS &
                                   RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                    Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                         n                          Reagents
Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
            s
                                                               Discussio
    Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                   n
                 s        Background        Analysis
                          Justification
      Conferences                                         Community
                                                                            Conferences
                                                         Conversation
                                                                               Talks
RSS
RSS = Really Simple Syndication – a protocol to deliver content (e.g. feed://…)




RSS Reader – a tool to parse and format RSS content (e.g. Google Reader)




                         feed://news.columbia.edu/cu-news/feed
FlipBoard
An RSS reader with built-in ‘magazine-like’ formatting for easy reading
Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of
new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT
 if trigger then action .
          post to                post to
  if [   facebook   ] then [     twitter   ].
          check in               email
  if [   at airport ]   then [   Mom       ].
         RSS item               add to
  if [    starred   ] then   [ draft post ].
         RSS item                add to
  if [    tagged    ] then   [ googledoc ].
ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT
 if trigger then action .
  if                         then                       .
       post to facebook              post to twitter


  if                         then                       .
       check in at airport            email Mom


  if                         then                       .
       RSS item starred             add to draft post


  if                         then                       .
        RSS item tagged             add to googledoc
ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT




  A good guide to what apps you should know/use
API
API = Application Programming Interface – enables queries, posts to databases




               ?
Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of
new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from
a folder of .pdf’s.
Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from
a folder of .pdf’s.
                                                                Plausible
                                                                                 Applications?
                                                                    ?

                                                            Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                              ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                            IDEA
                           New            Big or small                                                            Justification
                          Question                                                   RESEARCH
                             s                                                         PLAN

                               New
                                                                                                             PEOPLE
                             Knowledg                                                                                   Student
                                e                                                                                          s
             JOB &                                                                                  Learning
            FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                 Researchers
                                  ANALYSIS &
                                   RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                    Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                         n                          Reagents
Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
            s
                                                               Discussio
    Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                   n
                 s        Background        Analysis
                          Justification
      Conferences                                         Community
                                                                            Conferences
                                                         Conversation
                                                                               Talks
Mendeley
Reference manager + PDF reader + social network + recommendations + metrics
Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader
Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet.




                                             Twitter: I’m eating a donut
                                             Facebook: I like donuts
                                             Foursquare: This is where I eat donuts
                                             Instagram: Here’s a vintage photo of my
                                                            donut
                                             Youtube: Here I am eating a donut
                                             LinkedIn: My skills include donut eating
                                             Pinterest: Here’s a donut recipt
                                             Last.fm: Now listening to “Donuts”
                                             Google+: I’m a google employee who
                                                            eats donuts
Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader
Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet.
Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader
Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet.
                                                                Plausible
                                                                                 Applications?
                                                                    ?

                                                            Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                              ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                            IDEA
                           New            Big or small                                                            Justification
                          Question                                                   RESEARCH
                             s                                                         PLAN

                               New
                                                                                                             PEOPLE
                             Knowledg                                                                                   Student
                                e                                                                                          s
             JOB &                                                                                  Learning
            FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                 Researchers
                                  ANALYSIS &
                                   RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                    Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                         n                          Reagents
Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
            s
                                                               Discussio
    Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                   n
                 s        Background        Analysis
                          Justification
      Conferences                                         Community
                                                                            Conferences
                                                         Conversation
                                                                               Talks
disqus.com
Commenting for ANY website, w/ metrics, moderation, & easy implementation
Science @ Columbia
A community platform for the Sciences & Engineering at Columbia
ORCID, ResearcherID, etc.
Unique identifiers for researchers to cross-reference publications, activities, 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 …




ResearcherID: J-6870-2012

ORCID: 0000-0003-0458-2127
Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been
“published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community.
Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been
“published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community.
                                                                Plausible
                                                                                 Applications?
                                                                    ?

                                                            Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                              ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                            IDEA
                           New            Big or small                                                            Justification
                          Question                                                   RESEARCH
                             s                                                         PLAN

                               New
                                                                                                             PEOPLE
                             Knowledg                                                                                   Student
                                e                                                                                          s
             JOB &                                                                                  Learning
            FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                 Researchers
                                  ANALYSIS &
                                   RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                    Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                         n                          Reagents
Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
            s
                                                               Discussio
    Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                   n
                 s        Background        Analysis
                          Justification
      Conferences                                         Community
                                                                            Conferences
                                                         Conversation
                                                                               Talks
Run My Code
Share code used to analyze data; others can implement the same methodology

                     •   Biology                  •   R
                     •   Mathematics              •   MATLAB©
                     •   Neuroscience             •   C++
                     •   Statistics               •   Fortran
                     •   Social sciences          •   Rats
                           • Economics            •   More software will be
                           • Econometrics             added soon.
                           • Finance
                           • Management

                     Oh, and it’s free!
Reproducibility Initiative
Address the reproducibility of your research in a blind, fee-for-service validation


                          Validated studies receive a Certificate of Reproducibility
                          acknowledging that their results have been
                          independently reproduced.
figshare.com
Share research components to make them discoverable & citable; get metrics
Altmetric(s)
Capture overall impact of a publication in blogs, tweets, mentions, news, etc.
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.
Summary
                                                                Plausible
                                                                                 Applications?
                                                                    ?

                                                            Novel       Useful              Grants
                                                              ?           ?                            FUNDING
                                            IDEA
                           New            Big or small                                                            Justification
                          Question                                                   RESEARCH
                             s                                                         PLAN

                               New
                                                                                                             PEOPLE
                             Knowledg                                                                                   Student
                                e                                                                                          s
             JOB &                                                                                  Learning
            FUNDING                                                                                Up to Speed
                                                                                                                 Researchers
                                  ANALYSIS &
                                   RESULTS                                       EXPERIMENTS

                                                    Confirmatio                                  Protocols
                                                         n                          Reagents
Patents   Thesi         PUBLISH
            s
                                                               Discussio
    Talks     Article                        Data
                                                                   n
                 s        Background        Analysis
                          Justification
      Conferences                                         Community
                                                         Conversation      Conferences
                                                                              Talks
New and Emerging Technologies to
Support Research in the 21st Century

  Slides will be available at slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster



                 Jeffrey Lancaster
        Emerging Technologies Coordinator
 Science & Engineering Library, Columbia University

           jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
                      @j_lancaster

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New and Emerging Technologies to Support Research in the 21st Century - NME2013 - 13_0201

  • 1. New and Emerging Technologies to Support Research in the 21st Century Jeffrey Lancaster Emerging Technologies Coordinator Science & Engineering Library, Columbia University jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster
  • 2. The Role of Literature in the Research Workflow Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conversation Conferences Talks Adapted from Laura Croft @ Nature
  • 3. Case Study 1: A researcher has a lot of papers they need to read. The researcher commutes and has a lot of free time on the train to read, but is stuck with print- outs or .pdf’s. Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of new articles for a monthly journal club to read. Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from a folder of .pdf’s. Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet. Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been “published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community.
  • 4. Case Study 1: A researcher has a lot of papers they need to read. The researcher commutes and has a lot of free time on the train to read, but is stuck with print- outs or .pdf’s. Print (personal) Print (publisher) Digital (personal)
  • 5. Pocket, formerly Read-it-Later Read webpages, blogs, articles on the go in an aesthetically pleasing format
  • 6. Mendeley Reference manager + PDF reader + social network + recommendations + metrics
  • 7. Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
  • 8. Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of new articles for a monthly journal club to read. Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conferences Conversation Talks
  • 9. RSS RSS = Really Simple Syndication – a protocol to deliver content (e.g. feed://…) RSS Reader – a tool to parse and format RSS content (e.g. Google Reader) feed://news.columbia.edu/cu-news/feed
  • 10. FlipBoard An RSS reader with built-in ‘magazine-like’ formatting for easy reading
  • 11. Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
  • 12. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT if trigger then action . post to post to if [ facebook ] then [ twitter ]. check in email if [ at airport ] then [ Mom ]. RSS item add to if [ starred ] then [ draft post ]. RSS item add to if [ tagged ] then [ googledoc ].
  • 13. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT if trigger then action . if then . post to facebook post to twitter if then . check in at airport email Mom if then . RSS item starred add to draft post if then . RSS item tagged add to googledoc
  • 14. ifttt.com – if THIS then THAT A good guide to what apps you should know/use
  • 15. API API = Application Programming Interface – enables queries, posts to databases ?
  • 16. Case Study 2: A researcher wants her group to collaboratively develop a list of new articles for a monthly journal club to read.
  • 17. Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from a folder of .pdf’s.
  • 18. Case Study 3: A researcher needs to quickly make an annotated bibliography from a folder of .pdf’s. Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conferences Conversation Talks
  • 19. Mendeley Reference manager + PDF reader + social network + recommendations + metrics
  • 20. Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet. Twitter: I’m eating a donut Facebook: I like donuts Foursquare: This is where I eat donuts Instagram: Here’s a vintage photo of my donut Youtube: Here I am eating a donut LinkedIn: My skills include donut eating Pinterest: Here’s a donut recipt Last.fm: Now listening to “Donuts” Google+: I’m a google employee who eats donuts
  • 21. Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet.
  • 22. Case Study 4: A researcher wants to use social media to satisfy his ‘Broader Impact’ requirements, but doesn’t have time to blog, use facebook, or tweet. Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conferences Conversation Talks
  • 23. disqus.com Commenting for ANY website, w/ metrics, moderation, & easy implementation
  • 24. Science @ Columbia A community platform for the Sciences & Engineering at Columbia
  • 25. ORCID, ResearcherID, etc. Unique identifiers for researchers to cross-reference publications, activities, 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 … ResearcherID: J-6870-2012 ORCID: 0000-0003-0458-2127
  • 26. Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been “published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community.
  • 27. Case Study 5: A researcher wants to get credit for work that hasn’t been “published”, but which may still be useful to the scientific community. Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conferences Conversation Talks
  • 28. Run My Code Share code used to analyze data; others can implement the same methodology • Biology • R • Mathematics • MATLAB© • Neuroscience • C++ • Statistics • Fortran • Social sciences • Rats • Economics • More software will be • Econometrics added soon. • Finance • Management Oh, and it’s free!
  • 29. Reproducibility Initiative Address the reproducibility of your research in a blind, fee-for-service validation Validated studies receive a Certificate of Reproducibility acknowledging that their results have been independently reproduced.
  • 30. figshare.com Share research components to make them discoverable & citable; get metrics
  • 31. Altmetric(s) Capture overall impact of a publication in blogs, tweets, mentions, news, etc.
  • 32. 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.
  • 33. Summary Plausible Applications? ? Novel Useful Grants ? ? FUNDING IDEA New Big or small Justification Question RESEARCH s PLAN New PEOPLE Knowledg Student e s JOB & Learning FUNDING Up to Speed Researchers ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS Confirmatio Protocols n Reagents Patents Thesi PUBLISH s Discussio Talks Article Data n s Background Analysis Justification Conferences Community Conversation Conferences Talks
  • 34. New and Emerging Technologies to Support Research in the 21st Century Slides will be available at slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster Jeffrey Lancaster Emerging Technologies Coordinator Science & Engineering Library, Columbia University jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster