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1. Library futures in the new research landscape. Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK CURL Members Meeting October 2004, London. UKOLN is supported by: www.bath.ac.uk www.ukoln.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management

2. Overview • eResearch: an evolving landscape • Scholarly communications: linking to learning • How do you & your libraries shape up? • Meeting the challenge: new skills, new roles? CURL Members Meeting 2004

3. 1.eResearch: an evolving landscape

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11. Access Grid • Collaborative telematic art • Modify spaces for performers • Interplay: Hallucinations CURL Members Meeting 2004

12. Towards a common infrastructure? • JISC Information Environment • Technical architecture based on open standards (Web Services, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, RSS…..)http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/ • e-Learning Framework (ELF) • Technical Framework to support E-Learning http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/frameworks/index.html • Virtual Research Environment • VRE Roadmap • Framework options e.g. CHEF, Chandler, SAKAI… • Service-oriented approaches CURL Members Meeting 2004

13. e-Research trends summary • Increasingly data–intensive, quantitative • Implementing new science • Inter-disciplinary • New disciplines e.g. Astro-informatics • New skills requirements • IT + statistics + domain • Collaborative • Service-oriented architecture • Highly distributed resources • Knowledge discovery / extraction • A changing landscape of scholarly communications CURL Members Meeting 2004

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17. “It is envisaged that the sharing of primary data would prevent unnecessary repetition of experiments and enable scientists to build directly on each others’ work, creating greater efficiencies and productivity in the research process.” CURL Members Meeting 2004

18. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media The scholarly knowledge cycle. Liz Lyon, eBankUK article. Ariadne, July 2003. Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Aggregator services: national, commercial Harvestingmetadata Research & e-Science workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Deposit / self-archiving Validation Validation Publication Linking Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Data curation: databases & databanks CURL Members Meeting 2004

19. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Aggregator services: national, commercial Learning object creation, re-use Harvestingmetadata Learning & Teaching workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Deposit / self-archiving Validation Resource discovery, linking, embedding Validation Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Quality assurance bodies CURL Members Meeting 2004

20. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Aggregator services: national, commercial Learning object creation, re-use Harvestingmetadata Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Deposit / self-archiving Deposit / self-archiving Validation Validation Publication Resource discovery, linking, embedding Validation Linking Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Quality assurance bodies Data curation: databases & databanks CURL Members Meeting 2004

21. Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Searching , harvesting, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Resource discovery, linking, embedding Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Learning object creation, re-use Aggregator services: eBank UK Harvestingmetadata Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Deposit / self-archiving Deposit / self-archiving Validation Validation Publication Resource discovery, linking, embedding Validation Linking Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Quality assurance bodies Data curation: databases & databanks CURL Members Meeting 2004

22. eBank UK: linking research data & learning • JISC-funded from September 2003 • UKOLN (lead), University of Southampton, University of Manchester • Exemplar: e-Science testbed ‘Combechem’ • Grid-enabled combinatorial chemistry • Development of an e-Lab using pervasive computing technology • National Crystallography Service • Resource Discovery Network / PSIgate physical sciences portal • Demonstrator available • http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/ CURL Members Meeting 2004

23. The digital repository ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk Acknowledgement: Simon Coles CURL Members Meeting 2004

24. Linking to publications Acknowledgement: Simon Coles CURL Members Meeting 2004

25. eBank embedded in a science portal Acknowledgement: Simon Coles CURL Members Meeting 2004

26. eBank Phase 2: linking to learning • Embedding in e-Learning processes • Evaluating the pedagogical benefits • MChem course • Chemical informatics course CURL Members Meeting 2004

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29. STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) OPPORTUNITIES THREATS CURL Members Meeting 2004

30. STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) OPPORTUNITIES Build on ePrints work & eLearning experience Exploit links with academic departments Researchers need your skills Seek funding to engage in innovative projects & services THREATS Paradigm shift in research will out-pace change in libraries Researchers will (only?) use on-demand eServices Libraries will lose their role in scholarly communications and eResearch workflows CURL Members Meeting 2004

31. 4. Meeting the challenge: new skills, new roles?

32. STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) OPPORTUNITIES Build on ePrints work & eLearning experience Exploit links with academic departments Researchers need your skills Seek funding to engage in innovative projects & services THREATS Paradigm shift in research will out-pace change in libraries Researchers will (only?) use on-demand eServices Libraries will lose their role in scholarly communications and eResearch workflows CURL Members Meeting 2004

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36. Facing the future? • Review organisational structures • Greater collaboration with Computing Services • Extend the Faculty / Subject Librarian role • Promote Professional Development • Awareness-raising activities • Plugging the skills gap • Engagement and (hybrid) roles • Deliver eServices • Institutional digital asset management • We “do” eLearning so why not eResearch? • Develop leadership and vision • Facilitate Transformational Change CURL Members Meeting 2004

37. Thank you. UKOLN receives funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (MLA) and is based at the University of Bath.