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Professor Paul Jeffreys 3 June 2009, Oxford

RLUK/SCONUL e-Research Task Force Workshop Introduction. Professor Paul Jeffreys 3 June 2009, Oxford. RLUK/SCONUL e-Research Task Force. Objective: To raise awareness of the scope and nature of e-Research and to consider the role of academic libraries in relation to it Third Workshop:

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Professor Paul Jeffreys 3 June 2009, Oxford

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  1. RLUK/SCONUL e-Research Task Force Workshop Introduction Professor Paul Jeffreys 3 June 2009, Oxford

  2. RLUK/SCONUL e-Research Task Force • Objective: • To raise awareness of the scope and nature of e-Research and to consider the role of academic libraries in relation to it • Third Workshop: • Focus on ‘the Data Imperative’ • Challenging time, many interesting questions for the library community

  3. Century-of-Information Research Strategy Malcolm AtkinsonDirector e-Science InstituteUK e-Science Envoy & Paul Jeffreys Director of IT University of Oxford e-Research ‘08 13th September 2008

  4. The Authors: CIR Working Group Prof Malcolm Atkinson (chair) – Director, e-Science Institute, e-Science Envoy, University of Edinburgh Dr Dave Berry - Deputy Director, National e-Science Centre Prof David Britton – University of Glasgow (GridPP) Prof Peter Coveney – University College London & CCP Strategy chair Prof David De Roure – University of Southampton & OMII-UK chair Dr Ned Garnett – NERC Dr Neil Geddes – STFC e-Science Centre & NGS director Prof Robert Gurney – Reading e-Science Centre & NERC Prof David Ingram – Director CHIME at University College London Prof Keith Haines – Reading e-Science Centre & NERC Dr Lorna Hughes – Director, Arts & Humanities e-Science Support Centre, King’s College London Dr Liz Lyon – Director UKOLN, University of Bath Prof Paul Jeffreys – IT Director, University of Oxford Mr Ian Osborne – INTELLECT Prof Ron Perrott – Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast Regional e-Science Centre & HEC Technology Panel Prof Rob Procter – National Centre for e-Social Science & ESRC, University of Manchester Mr Chris Rusbridge – Director, Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh Prof Anne Trefethen – Oxford e-Research Centre Prof Paul Watson - Director, North-East Regional e-Science Centre

  5. Broad Context - C. of I. • Gordon Brown - University of Westminster, 25 October 2007 • “This is the Century of Information” • NSF: CyberInfrastructure programme • Australian National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy • Delivery plans for UK Research Councils from 2008-2011 • Demand advances in exploitation of complex data • Research will generate increasing amounts of data • (Independent of e-Research initiative) • UK’s ‘Digital Economy’ programme • “e-Research is a case study of Digital Economy”

  6. C.of I. Strategy Century-of-Information Research (CIR): A Strategy for Research and Innovation in the Century of Information DOI: 10.1080/08109020802657479 Published in: Prometheus, Volume 27, Issue 1 March 2009, pages 27-45. The CIR Strategy wiki http://wikis.nesc.ac.uk/escienvoy/Century_of_Information_Research_Strategy

  7. e-Science: The changing landscape • Workshop held at NeSC; 16/17 April 2009 • http://wiki.esi.ac.uk/E-Science_-_The_Changing_Landscape • NeSC May newsletter • “The overall impression was that there is a remarkable and deep impact of e-Science on many aspects of research life from the provision of computing and data resources to the methods used in research,” says Atkinson. “There were plenty of examples of research results and spin off companies or research projects.” • In the past year the EPSRC research facilities programme has committed more than £8 million to e-Science, and many e-Scientists had been successful in gaining responsive mode funding, or funding from other programmes that will deliver more e-Science progress and capabilities. • Report on workshop will be produced this summer

  8. e-Research now • e-Research -> much more than e-Infrastructure • Challenge is to continue ‘cycle’ when no dedicated funding • An approach to go forward is to pick off some key areas • One of the biggest challenges facing HE is managing research output • Area, which can be seen within the e-Research portfolio, cannot be treated as e-Infrastructure • Certainly not yet… • Complex, and do not know how to do it • ‘The Data Imperative’ • Subject of workshop; what is it, how can it be done, who does it?

  9. Oxford: The Data Imperative • Working on this for last 18 months • Luis will overview Oxford’s activities • Time of preparation • Consulting, learning how to do it… • We have learned: • Essential cross-agency activity - • Researchers • Libraries • Computing Services • Research services • All bring essential skills to the table • Crucially important to have skills for managing and organising metadata, searching, and long term preservation

  10. EIDCSR Project and University • Embedding Institutional Data Curation Services in Research (Luis) • Enough talking; actually doing it for two research groups • Looking to expand to other research groups • University commitment: “The University of Oxford is committed to supporting researchers in appropriate curation andpreservation of their research data, and where applicable in accordance with the research funders’requirements. It recognises that this must be achieved through the deployment of a federatedinstitutional data repository. This repository has to be supported by a suitable business model, andwhere possible funded through full economic cost recovery, so that the University can guarantee thatthe data deposited there will be managed over the long term. The data repository will be a cross-agencyactivity developed and supported by a number of departments within the University and willbuild, as far as possible, on existing services, including the Oxford University Research Archive(ORA). It will be overseen by a Steering Group which reports to the University Research Committee. The management and curation of research data will be addressed in cooperation with specialistagencies, research funders and other institutions in the UK and internationally. Oxford is committedto playing a significant role within the foreseen UK Research Data Service Pathfinder activities."

  11. Library responsibilities in Oxford • Will be unpacked by Sally • Begin to address contribution from and requirements of libraries

  12. National Activities • Each HE facing same issues • Clearly scope for national activity • -> John Milner will describe the UK Research Data Service • Start with this talk as gives an overview of challenges

  13. Leave you with some Questions… • As you hear the talks from John, Luis and Sally and consider the vision for research data management, locally and nationally – what is the role of Librarians in this? • To what extent should Librarians consider that managing data is their responsibility, and to what extent can it be their responsibility? • Are the new data responsibilities actually part of the duties of Information Professionals, and if so is this a new type of post or simply a renaming? • Whether it be Librarians or Information Professionals who are charged with taking this forward, will specialists be needed for different types of data management (eg instrument specific, or medical specific)? Some of which will be addressed in Alma’s talk after lunch…

  14. Thank You to the organisers of the Workshop

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