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1. LIBER and EU projects
Wouter Schallier
Executive Director of LIBER (Association of European Research
Libraries)
wouter.schallier@kb.nl
www.libereurope.eu
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2. Contents
1. Why LIBER and EU projects matter
2. LIBER and EU projects
3. LIBER
4. Q&A
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5. Image: Cern/Maximilien Brice
Image: NASA
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6. It’s all about laaaaaarge amounts of data
 “Data are no longer considered as interim products to be
discarded once the research reporting them is published.
Rather, they have become important sources of
scholarly content to be used and re-used.”
Borgman, The role of libraries in e-science
Raw data from a central Pb+Pb event for 40 rows of the Main TPC
Image: http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/pictures/mtpc40rowsRawData.gif
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7. This is e-science!
 Sharing
 Use and re-use
 Using internet as a vehicle
 Distribution over many networked computers/people to
analyse the data/make the data usable
 Transparency
 New expertise: data journalism, data managers, data
scientists, data librarians etc.
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8. Opportunities for data exchange
http://www.ode-project.eu/
 Data sharing is
 smart: it is efficient, avoids duplication, stimulates the
advancement of science
 about transparency: it allows re-analysis
 about enrichment: it adds value to traditional publications
 rewarding: requirement for publicly funded research
 Roles and responsibilities: researchers, publishers,
funders, libraries and data centres
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9. Making data usable/useful
 Data description and identification
 Organisation http://na49info.web.cern.ch/na49info/Public/Press/LogBook.html
 Data protection, privacy regulations, ethical issues
 Visualisation
 Interpretation
 Preservation
 Persistent link between publications and datasets
 Integrated search
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10. Making data usable/useful (2)
 Validation and peer review of data
 Data quality and integrity
 Interoperability
 Repositories
 Control over correct usage
 Selection
 Data publication
 Citation
…
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11. APARSEN project
http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/current-projects/aparsen
Network of excellence in digital preservation
 A forum for discussion with other stakeholders
(researchers, publishers, data managers, funding, private
sector) in digital preservation
 Shared European vision/framework: Blue Ribbon Task
Force, LIFE, Planets, CASPAR, SHAMAN etc.
 Awareness raising + tools for implementation
 Roles and responsibilities, business models
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12. LIBER’s contribution to APARSEN
 A huge network of research libraries
 Linked through a common strategy where e-science and
DP are crucial
 Some of them with a lot…others with less expertise
 Keen to take up their roles in a European e-science
infrastructure
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13. Europeana Libraries: what’s in for LIBER?
http://www.version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-libraries
 Making content available through Europeana which is
currently missing:
 Research libraries
 Underrepresented countries
 Google Books
 Theses and dissertations (DART Europe)
 Open-access journal articles (DOAJ)
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14. Europeana Libraries : what’s in for LIBER?
(2)
 Aggregation
 Dissemination
 Business planning and sustainability
 TEL as a service open to research libraries
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15. Europeana Travel
http://www.europeanatravel.eu/
 Theme: Travel and Tourism in Europe
 Partnership of 8 National Libraries
 8 European research libraries – co-ordinated by LIBER
 Output will be 3 million digitised pages of text
 Along with digitised photographs, postcards, drawings, archives,
manuscripts, glass negatives and maps
 OAI-compliant aggregator to harvest metadata from research library
repositories and make it available to Europeana
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16. MedOANet (under negotiation with EC)
 Co-ordination of Open Access strategies, policies and
structures at the national and regional Member State level
 Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey
 Online ‘Mediterranean Open Access Tracker’
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17. “Making the case for European research libraries”
 LIBER = the largest network of European
research/academic libraries: 420 institutions, from over 40
countries
 Mission: to represent and promote the interests of
European research/academic libraries
 Formulate a European strategy for research libraries
 Knowledge sharing and dissemination, fostering partnerships
 Advocacy and lobbying
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18. Strategic areas 2009-2012
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 Thank you!
 Questions/comments?
 Visit us at the KB: Wouter, Susan Reilly, Carmen Morlon
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