1. Mobilising the knowledge economy
for Europe
Wouter Schallier
Executive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research
Libraries)
wouter.schallier@kb.nl
www.libereurope.eu
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3. Contents
1. Economic crisis
2. Mobile devices
3. E-science and primary data
4. Conclusions
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4. 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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5. 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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6. … 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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7. Library services for researchers
Library collections/services 24/24-7/7 available
More 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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8. 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 interoperability
More consistent functionalities
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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 storage
Want to consume, produce and publish from their devices
Social media = share = publish
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12. 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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13. Science
Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice
Image: NASA
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14. 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
Raw data from a central Pb+Pb event for 40 rows of the Main TPC
Image: http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/pictures/mtpc40rowsRawData.gif
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15. Making data usable/useful
Data description and identification
Organisation http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/LogBook.html
Data protection, privacy regulations, ethical issues
Visualisation
Interpretation
Preservation
Persistent link between publications and datasets
Integrated search
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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. Opportunities for data exchange
http://www.ode-project.eu/
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
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20. 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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21. 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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22. Thank you!
Questions/comments?
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wouter.schallier@kb.nl
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