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LIBER and EU projects
1. LIBER and EU projects
Wouter Schallier
Executive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research
Libraries)
wouter.schallier@kb.nl
www.libereurope.eu
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
2. Contents
1. Why LIBER and EU projects matter
2. LIBER and EU projects
3. LIBER
4. Q&A
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
6. 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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7. 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.
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8. 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
Roles and responsibilities: researchers, publishers,
funders, libraries and data centres
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
9. 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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10. 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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11. APARSEN project
http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/current-projects/aparsen
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
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
12. 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
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
13. Europeana Libraries: what’s in for LIBER?
http://www.version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-libraries
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)
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14. Europeana Libraries : what’s in for LIBER?
(2)
Aggregation
Dissemination
Business planning and sustainability
TEL as a service open to research libraries
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15. Europeana Travel
http://www.europeanatravel.eu/
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
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011
16. 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’
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17. “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
KB Trainees, The Hague, 18 May 2011