Science at the British Library

1. Science at the British Library Lee-Ann Coleman Head of Science, Technology and Medicine

2. Vision for Science, Technology & Medicine at The British Library The British Library will be recognised as a world-leading information hub for scientific, technical and medical information, enabling researchers to advance knowledge to enrich lives. To enhance the competitiveness of UK science and innovation, we will provide a portfolio of free and priced services, based on a thorough understanding of the needs of STM researchers and the research lifecycle. Through engagement with the research community, the public and young people we will provideinspiration, information and educationabout science and the scientific process. 2

3. Science, Technology and Medicine strategy Managing our collections Information gathering Establishing partnerships A dedicated STM team Developing new services Initiating new projects 3

4. Science, Technology and Medicine Approach Engage Inspire Inform Enable Optimize

5. Making the connection… Connecting researchers with relevant information & data,wherever it is and wherever they are • Engage and understand researchers and their research • Identify ways in which we can add value – now & future • Enhance ease of discovery and access of current resources • Developing new, richer ways to explore and use digital information • Offering targeted services relevant to specific research domains Provide: Choice; Quality Assurance; Sustainable Discovery; Innovation

6. Multidisciplinary resources • Breadth and Depth • Print journals and books • 20k STM journal titles and 100% of those indexed in ISI • Electronic material: Databases, journals, reports, newspapers • Grey literature: Conference proceedings, Reports, Theses (ethos.bl.uk), Official publications • Patents • Maps • Sound recordings (inc. oral histories) • Web sites (http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/)

7. Our role in science and medicine – Document Supply Document supply to libraries and other research institutions is mainly STM Scan-on-demand and secure electronic delivery Table of Contents database - Inside and BL Direct Table of Contents database – ZETOC 20,000 journals, tailored for the UK higher education community, hosted by Mimas 7

8. Our role in science and medicine – biomedical services Health Care Information Service Medline/PubMed – indexing the UK input AMED – a database of research articles on complementary medicine and allied health The Science reading rooms at St Pancras British Library Research Service 8

9. Science, Technology and Medicine:Data activities • Content • Expand STM content to include online data in the focus areas of bio- and environmental science: • Selection criteria and workflows for a potential dataset discovery service • Evidence-based approach: UKPMC additional content - image data • Resource Discovery • Evidence-based approach: pilot discovery service to test user needs for data discovery • Consulting internally on the solutions for cataloguing and surfacing external datasets • Metadata required and available from selected data providers • Engagement • Data centres, e.g. Biological Records Centre (NERC) • Other data creators/owners, e.g. Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Environmental Research Funders’ Forum • Data ‘users’ and ‘re-users’, e.g. the UKPMC research image data survey and users of a pilot data discovery service

10. WorldWideScience.org • Global science gateway based on US Department of Energy’s Science.Gov service • Multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals. • Launched in 2008 • Large number of countries already providing access to publicly funded research outputs - latest addition is China • Chaired by British Library

11. Supporting New Developments:The Research Information Centre Developed by Microsoft External Research & The British Library A Virtual Research Environment for collaborative research projects accessible via a web browser Aims to address ‘pain points’ or inefficiencies of research project management Initial focus in Biomedical Research Development partners currently include: National Institute for Health Research National Cancer Research Institute Informatics Initiative MyExperiment Consortium An adaptable, pluggable, open-access framework for discovery, creation and sharing of information, data, tools and other resources

12. UKPMC – new service in beta UKPMC development projects commenced July 2008, first release January 2010 Addresses 4 key aims through 4 work packages – Enhance the user experience (Text mining to enhance search) Enable access to a wider range of information resources (additional content e.g. Clinical guidelines, grey literature, DOH publications, patents) Provide access to a fuller range of biomedical and health journal literature (EBI’s CiteXplore service) Deliver metrics and the ability to analyse impact in new ways (Grant Reporting System for Funders and Grantees) 12

13. UKPMC Vision for UKPMC Discovery interfaces (e.g. Intute) e-science workbenches Integrated with community interfaces Accessed via bibliographic data Advanced text/data mining & visualisation ETOC Social publishing forums & new metrics for authors/funders Enhanced content Data supporting interdisciplinary research BL catalogue Publisher sites

14. For further information BL Website: www.bl.uk/science Email: science@bl.uk WorldWideScience: www.worldwidescience.org UK PubMedCentral: www.ukpmc.ac.uk 14

15. Engaging with the STM Community: Funding for biomedical research in the UK • Understanding the drivers for biomedical research in the UK • This area of research is well funded with the MRC and DH combined budgets over £1b/pa and the contribution from the charity sector around £700m/pa • Continued emphasis on deriving public benefit from research: UKCRC established – to make UK world leader in clinical research Best Research for Best Health – DH strategy to increase support for research Cooksey Review of Health Research: formation of OSCHR, in 2007 • Good picture in UK of where and how medical research funding spent • UKCRC Health Research Analysis (2006) examined spend of largest UK biomedical funders (excluded industry) • Identified 8 categories of Research Activity: showed that a third of funding directed at underpinning research and a third at aetiology. Little spending directed at prevention or disease management. • Identified 20 Health categories: showed that cancer receives nearly a third of funding, followed by neurological, infection, cardiovascular and inflammation and immune systems.