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The presentation features E-science competencies that are needed to manage and preserve data in medical and research settings. Elaine Martin, DA, Director of UMass Medical Center's Lamar Soutter Library, shows how librarians can take the lead in shaping new roles in libraries.
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ELAINE R . MARTIN, DA DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICESUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
MEDICAL SCHOOL, WORCESTERJUNE 2011
E-Science: New Roles for Libraries
Characteristics of EScience
Data PreservationData CurationData ManagementLarge Scale Data SetsLarge Scale ComputingTeam Science
Implications for Librarians
Big changes!Increased involvement with the research
communitySetting standards for data curation and data
preservationInterlibrary collaborationsIntercampus collaborationsRegional collaborations
The Escience Space for Medical Librarians
Pre-Clinical ( Helping researchers manage, organize and preserve data generated from laboratory experiments)
Clinical (CTSA) (Clinical research data)
Case Discussion: Data Interview
How are data in the lab or research environment used?
How do researchers manage, preserve and store data?
How easy would it be to share the data with another researcher who needed or wanted access (e.g. data sharing plan)?
What are the issues for sharing data?Is there a role for the library? IT? Other
groups on campus?
New Roles for Librarians
Use skills to integrate, manipulate, preserve, and reuse data sets
Improve strategies for service design, quality, and assessment
Collaborations and partnershipsEmbedded librarians with scientific
knowledge working as part of a research team (biocurationist, informationist)
Needs Assessment
What do librarians need to take on these new roles?
Regional needs assessment conducted summer 2009
“What are the biomedical and science librarians E-Science web portal user needs and web 2.0 preferences in order to support the development and strengthening of libraries’ E-Science initiatives and collaborations?”
Results: The need for education
Online tutorials for both E-science related tools and background/content knowledge
Continuing educationSupport from the library community
(University of Massachusetts, Boston Library Consortium, and NN/LM,NER)
Local Response
Five Campus Initiative to bring health sciences and sciences librarians together
E-science Bootcamp focused on science knowledge
One day workshops on scientific topics based on existing research at the campuses (stem cell; nanotechnology)
Regional Response
Escience Annual SymposiumNER Escience Portal ProjectCreate a formal collaboration among area
health sciences and sciences librarians in New England
Escience Web Portal Project
Regional Initiative with UMass Med in the lead
Build a one stop shopping website for librarians
Educate librarians about science (tutorials)Include Current News and initiativesHighlight Current Projects and Best PracticesCollaborative Tools (Virtual community)Create collaborative using advisory and
editorial boards to identify, link to existing and create original content
Engage the library community in New England
Next Steps: Regional Projects
IMLS grant to bring data management skills to student researchers (UMass and WPI)
Linking the data behind the journal article or dissertation to the written text (5 Campus project)
Development of tutorials (biochemistry for dummies; explanation of the research process for librarians (UMass and library school students with science backgrounds)
Implementation of the portalContinue offering educational offerings
NSF Data Management Plan
NSF requirementImplications for librariesServices to assist researchers in developing
the plan (one on consultation; group instruction)
Data Management Curriculum developmentChanged job descriptions
Lessons Learned
We need to partner (with science majors, science librarians, main campus computing centers, library school students, etc.)
We need to develop our staff with new skills in science (basic science knowledge and scientific process)
We need to develop our staff with new skills in data management and preservation
We need to bring in to our libraries new staff with new skills– new job descriptions
Director Role: Foster New Professional Identity
Incorporate skills to organize, manipulate, preserve and reuse data sets into existing staff or hire new staff with these skills
Collaborations and partnerships—with Office of Research, Data Management Working Group on Campus, etc.
Multi-skilled information teams to assist in development of data management plans
Embed librarians with scientific disciplinary knowledge within research labs
