LIBER and EU projects

KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011

LIBER and EU projects

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

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http://www.libereurope.eu/


Contents

1. Why LIBER and EU projects matter2. LIBER and EU projects 3. LIBER4. Q&A




Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice

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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


This is e-science!

Sharing Use and re-use Using internet as a vehicle Distribution over many networked computers/people to

analyse the data/make the data usable Transparency New expertise: data journalism, data managers, data

scientists, data librarians etc.


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

Roles and responsibilities: researchers, publishers, funders, libraries and data centres

http://www.ode-project.eu/


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…


APARSEN project

Network of excellence in digital preservation A forum for discussion with other stakeholders

(researchers, publishers, data managers, funding, private sector) in digital preservation

Shared European vision/framework: Blue Ribbon Task Force, LIFE, Planets, CASPAR, SHAMAN etc.

Awareness raising + tools for implementation Roles and responsibilities, business models

http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/current-projects/aparsen


LIBER’s contribution to APARSEN

A huge network of research libraries Linked through a common strategy where e-science and

DP are crucial Some of them with a lot…others with less expertise Keen to take up their roles in a European e-science

infrastructure


Europeana Libraries: what’s in for LIBER?

Making content available through Europeana which is currently missing: Research libraries Underrepresented countries Google Books Theses and dissertations (DART Europe) Open-access journal articles (DOAJ)

http://www.version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-libraries


Europeana Libraries : what’s in for LIBER? (2) Aggregation Dissemination Business planning and sustainability

TEL as a service open to research libraries


Europeana Travel

Theme: Travel and Tourism in Europe

Partnership of 8 National Libraries

8 European research libraries – co-ordinated by LIBER

Output will be 3 million digitised pages of text

Along with digitised photographs, postcards, drawings, archives, manuscripts, glass negatives and maps

OAI-compliant aggregator to harvest metadata from research library repositories and make it available to Europeana

http://www.europeanatravel.eu/


MedOANet (under negotiation with EC)

Co-ordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures at the national and regional Member State level

Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey Online ‘Mediterranean Open Access Tracker’


“Making the case for European research libraries”

LIBER = the largest network of European research/academic libraries: 420 institutions, from over 40 countries

Mission: to represent and promote the interests of European research/academic libraries Formulate a European strategy for research libraries Knowledge sharing and dissemination, fostering partnerships Advocacy and lobbying


Strategic areas 2009-2012


Thank you!

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