Activity 2-unit 2-update 2024. English translation
Neil Rambo "Understanding E-Science: A Symposium for Medical Librarians"
1. Understanding E-Science: A
Symposium for Medical
Librarians
13 February 2012
The Texas Medical Center Library & The National Network
of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region
Neil Rambo, NYU School of Medicine
2. OUTLINE
- Definitions
- Terminology
- Examples
- Characteristics of
biomedicine & health care
- Opportunities for libraries
- Library strengths
- Challenges & opportunities
3. Theory
Experiment
Observation
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4. Theory
Experiment
Observation
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5. Theory
Experiment
Observation
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6. Theory
Experiment
Observation
Computational
Science
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7. Theory
Experiment
Observation
Computational
Science
eScience
9. It’s all about the data
• Dependent on access to data
• Key capabilities
– Sensor networks
– Databases
– Machine learning
– Data mining
– Visualization
• Capabilities are expected to be
ubiquitous
10. eScience is…
• A new research methodology
– Fueled by networked capabilities and vast
amounts of data
– Data-driven and computationally intensive
• Team science, inter- & multi-
disciplinary
• Multi-institutional & global
• Not a singular model
11. E-science fundamentally alters the ways in
which scientists carry out their work, the tools
they use, the types of problems they address,
and the nature of the documentation and
publication that results from their research.
E-science requires new strategies for research
support and significant development of
infrastructure.
Association of Research Libraries: Report
of the Joint Task Force on Library Support
for E-Science, Dec. 2007
17. Human Genome Turns 10
"When I was in training, genetics was
a small insignificant subspecialty of
pediatrics, and now pediatrics is a
small insignificant subspecialty of
genetics.” – Robert Marion
F. Collins, R. Marion, J.P. Evans, April 1, 2010, Nature
19. Human health
• Universal interest
• High stakes
• Privacy & confidentiality
• $$$
• Federal & state regulations
• Local competition
• Culture of medicine
• NIH & National Library of Medicine
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22. Opportunities for libraries
• Managing research assets
– Data curation
• Supporting new forms of
communication & publication
• Supporting virtual organizations
• Contributing to policy development
23. Areas for library engagement
• Data curation
– Preservation + access re-use
– Archival practice: selection, access, how
long to preserve, IP rights management
• New forms of publication
• Virtual organizations
• Policy development
24. Areas for library engagement
• Data curation
• New forms of publication
– eJournal links to underlying data
– Reader manipulation of data
– Journal + database = hybrid publication
• Virtual organizations
• Policy development
25. Areas for library engagement
• Data curation
• New forms of publication
• Virtual organizations
– Content, data, tools to enable collaboration
– Challenge of multi-institutional service model
– Extension of digital library environments
• Policy development
26. Areas for library engagement
• Data curation
• New forms of publication
• Virtual organizations
• Policy development
– Funding agency data policies
– NIH public access law
– Open access Open data
– ScienceCommons licensing models
27. Library strengths
• Open access: deep understanding &
experience
• Integration and interoperability tools
• Archival practices and policies
• Preservation and metadata
28. Library strengths
• Open access: deep understanding &
experience
– Policies, practices, roles
– Institutional & domain repositories
• Integration and interoperability tools
• Archival practices and policies
• Preservation and metadata
29. Library strengths
• Open access: deep understanding &
experience
• Integration and interoperability tools
– Link resolvers, federated search,
metadata standards
• Archival practices and policies
• Preservation and metadata
30. Library strengths
• Open access: deep understanding &
experience
• Integration and interoperability tools
• Archival practices and policies
– Both business & technical strategies
– Research, resource, reference collections
• Preservation and metadata
31. Library strengths
• Open access: deep understanding &
experience
• Integration and interoperability tools
• Archival practices and policies
• Preservation and metadata
– Understanding information life cycle
– Importance of assuring access & usability
32. Challenges/Opportunities
• Research +/- Clinical environments
• iSchools aren’t responding sufficiently
• Need to draw from other disciplines &
professional training
• Need to forge new, expanded partnerships
– Joint research projects with faculty
researchers
– Pilot informatics tools & services