Presentation by Susan Reilly at iPres, Toronto, 2012

1. From cataloguing to digital curation:
the role of libraries in data exchange
Susan Reilly, Twitter:@skreilly
iPRES, Toronto, 4th Oct 2012

2. LIBER & the European Research Infrastructure
Association of European Research Libraries
Our projects:
Content
Europeana Libraries
Europeana Newspapers
Policy
MEDOANET
Infrastructure
APARSEN
AAA Study
ODE

4. Now and Next
• Authentication & authorisation
• New skills

5. The Opportunities for Data Exchange Project
• Identify, collate, interpret and deliver evidence of emerging
best practices in sharing, re-using, preserving and citing
data, the drivers for these changes and barriers impeding
progress, in forms suited to each audience
• Policy makers, funders, infrastructure operators, data
centres, data providers and users, libraries and publishers
It’s multi-
stakeholder!

6. The Data
Publication Pyramid (1) Data
contained and
explained within
the article
(2) Further data
explanations in
any kind of
supplementary (3) Data
files to articles referenced from
the article and
held in data
centers and
(4) Data
repositories
publications,
describing
available
datasets
(5) Data in
drawers and
on disks at the
institute

7. Implications for libraries
Level of integration Implication for library
Data contained within the article  Prepare for adequate preservation
strategies
Data published in supplementary files to  Presentation and preservation
mechanisms
articles
 Persistent link
Datasets referenced from the articles  Citability of dataset
 Persistent link
 Perpetual access to dataset
Data published independently from written  Support publication process
publications (“data publication”)  Curation of datasets
 Metadata and documentation
Data in drawers and on disks at the  Engage in data management
institute planning

8. Background
 Workshop at LIBER on linking data to publications
 Clear need to explore demand and need for new skills
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9. The Survey
• What is the role of libraries in data exchange?
• In what areas is the demand for support from researchers?
• What skills do libraries need to develop to support researchers in data
exchange?
• How do we develop these skills ?
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10. The Survey
• Survey sent to circa 800 librarians, 110 respondents
• Also sent to AU/US libraries active in this area
• Seven criteria:
1. Availability
2. Findability
3. Interpretability
4. Reusability
5. Citability
6. Curation
7. Preservation
… and the results
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11. dimland.blogspot.com

13. Differences with US/AUS libraries
More
priority
for data More
manage priority
ment for data
plans citation
Agree that
archiving
data is most
in demand

14. Current Practices

15. No preservation strategies!

16. The future of data publishing
The best place for underlying data is in official data repositories and archives 84% agree75%
US/AUS
Publications should always contain links to the underlying research data 74% agree
75% US/AUS
Data archives should have a system in place for persistent identifiers that 74% agree
properly support citation of datasets
87.5%
Research journals should have much stricter editorial policies on data 64% agree
availability
25%
Underlying data should be part of the peer review process 54% agree
37.5%
Underlying data should be cited separately in the reference list 46% agree
37.5%
Publishers and editors should only accept in supplements the summary 26% agree
datasets that are of direct relevance to the article
12.5%
There are not sufficient trustworthy data archives available for authors to +/- ¼ agree
deposit their data 24% agree
62.5%

19. Citability

20. Skills

21. What are we good at?

22. What Skills ?
88% of expert libraries see subject expertise as important!

23. Developing Skills
W hic h me a s ure fo r d e v e lo p ing s k ills d o y o u c o ns id e r
a p p ro p ria te ?
Integrate data management
3%
into professional education
1%
28% Data management courses
27% for librarians as continuing
professional development
Practical literature and
guidelines
N/A
Other (please specify)
41%

24. 1 year later
• Sharing experience
• Developing policy
• Establising repositories
• Delivering training
• Prioritising skills
• Engaging in the broader
dialogue

25. Now & Next
• Advocate (advocate, advocate) for and help to develop
digital preservation policies within own institutions
• Put strategies/infrastructures in place to support digital
preservation
• Invest in workforce development and engage with other
stakeholders to identify skills needed
• Help to support/educate researchers to curate data
• Just do it!

26. http://www.libereurope.eu/news/ten-recommendations-for-libraries-to-get-started-with-research-data-
management

28. Thank you
Ode:
http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/communi
ty/current-projects/ode/