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Session 4. Group 1. Action points: Union catalogue of forestry libraries (see IUFRO 6:03 – international directory of forestry info services + role for gfis) Agreed standard for forest Metadata Controlled multilingual vocabulary/thesaurus for forestry
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Group 1 Action points: • Union catalogue of forestry libraries (see IUFRO 6:03 – international directory of forestry info services + role for gfis) • Agreed standard for forest Metadata • Controlled multilingual vocabulary/thesaurus for forestry • Ontology for forest information systems: synonyms, legacy terms etc. retained • Funding: EU, FAO, IUFRO EFI, national Govts • Pilot projects which can be used in various projects to ease funding difficulties • IK: how to earn money to sustain work; recording in appropriate formats, preserving these formats together with Metadata for the info
Group 2 & 3 • ‘Silo mentality’ needs to be broken down – encourage talking to others in similar projects/work • Policy for retaining archives of scientists (non-formal and formal information to be captured and retained) • Let’s keep talking… • Don’t collect for collecting’s sake : purpose • Retain threatened key skills, e.g. taxonomists • Interoperability of basic data sets: exploit the market to develop the tools
Groups 4 & 5 • Importance of gateways (GFIS) to discourage duplication of effort • Open access discussion: problem for DC and developed world – who bears the cost? Can IUFRO be used to lobby for open-access journals/other publications? • Role of editorial boards – could they be more proactive investigating open access models? • Forestry and its cheaper journals are ‘endangered’ when libraries need to make cuts over several disciplines • Increased journal prices when societies turn over their jnls to large publishers
Panel comments • Common themes between genetic resource collections and library collections • Who pays? Where does the funding come from: the taxpayer? Or other? • If info is to be freely available it cannot be available for free. • Exercise judgements in collecting information • Process of collection can change information itself: alters perception of ‘reality’ • If there is a need, the market will respond to that need. Alternative is by regulation/convention • Convergence of multi-disciplinary aspect of research and the development of tools • Open access cannot be driven wholly by needs of poorest members of society; models for making info available for this community can be developed
Contd. • Borders: IK and other, published/unpublished; digital/non-digital; oral/written; • ‘forestry iceberg’ is huge: information that is hidden and needs to be made visible in future • ‘silos’ share similar challenges – need to cross these borders effectively • Challenges in extension and public as well as between scientists • Gfis – requires mobilising different players; system less important as focus than the people • Connect dispersed forestry community through joint activities • Open access: revolutionise way information is published to serve the dispersed community – mind maps to assist
Contd. • Borders: IK and other, published/unpublished; digital/non-digital; oral/written; • ‘forestry iceberg’ is huge: information that is hidden and needs to be made visible in future • ‘silos’ share similar challenges – need to cross these borders effectively • Challenges in extension and public as well as between scientists • Gfis – requires mobilising different players; system is less important as focus than the people • Connect dispersed forestry community through joint activities • Open access: revolutionise way information is published to serve the dispersed community – mind maps to assist
Contd. • Use what we do know rather than reinventing the wheel • Timeless nature of some data • Cochrane-style reviews of existing information necessary: pressure of time makes this difficult (IUFRO example) • Incentives needed if their time is short • If primary data is not in the public domain, that presents a problem for meta analysis
General comments • Pressure to generate income : conflict between making money from data sets and making these sets available • Pressure to find revenue in climate of reduced taxes • Information does need to be effectively ‘marketed’ to prevent loss • Different perceptions of quality of free information (published (-?), software (+) • Role of advertising in web products • People remain important • Make collections policies transparent to avoid duplication and focus effort • Importance of ‘selling’ our messages strongly: can we find a more visually interesting way of communicating our messages? • Large demand for wide range of information messages • Focus what we need to collect and maintain