Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe

Ex Libris, Jerusalem,16 November 2011

Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe

Wouter SchallierExecutive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries)

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http://www.libereurope.eu/

Ex Libris, Jerusalem, 16 November 2011


Contents

1. Economic crisis2. Mobile devices3. E-science and primary data4. Conclusions


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


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?


… 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


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


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


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)?


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


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


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


Science

Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice

Image: NASA


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


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


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…


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


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


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/


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


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


Thank you! Questions/comments?

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