Presentation from Izaskun Lacunza, LIBER Executive Director in the Sweedish Library Days. The LIBER Strategy and its three priorities i) Scholarly Communications and Research Infrastructures, ii) Reshaping the Library and iii) Advocacy and Communications are discussed. The presentation focuses on how by association, better levels of dialogue can be reached with policy makers and rest of stakeholders

1. LIBER. The power of association
Izaskun Lacunza
LIBER Executive Director
Izaskun.lacunza@kb.nl
Sweedish Library Days
17th
May 2013, Orebro.

2. CONTENTS

3. CONTENTS

4. 400 research and national libraries from more
than 40 countries in Europe (13 Swedish
members)
 LARGEST library association in Europe
 Contribute to REINVENT the RESEARCH LIBRARY
WHO ARE WE?
WHAT DO WE WANT?
WHAT’S MY FUTURE?

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6.  To provide an INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE to enable
research in LIBER institutions to be world class
 To enhance the EXPERIENCE OF USERS in LIBER institutions
 To PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE for European libraries in all
European and national fora
 To DEVELOP LIBRARY and INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS who
are INNOVATIVE and can offer LEADERSHIP to LIBER and to the
national/international library community
WHAT’S OUR MISSION?
SERVICES INTERNATIONAL NEW
PROFFESIONALS
ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE

7. HOW ARE WE GOING TO REALISE OUR MISSION?

8. THE LIBER STRATEGY. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

9. THE LIBER STRATEGY. GOALS
CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION E-INFRASTR.
- Role of library
- Skills

10. THE LIBER STRATEGY. GOALS (II)
LIBRARY: KEY SERVICE FOR THE INSTITUTION

11. THE LIBER STRATEGY. GOALS (III)
THE VOICE OF RESEARCH LIBRARY IS HEARD

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13. RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT
Australian National Data Service Vision
RESEARCH DATA. What if…?
RESEARCH DATA E-
INFRASTRUCTURE

14. Image from the “Report on the Integration of Data and Publications”: S. Reilly,
W. Schallier, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, M.Wilkinson. October 17, 2011.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded
82% researchers
store data in their
computers!
WHAT DATA ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

15. THE VIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON RESEARCH DATA
Libraries are there!

16. RESEARCH DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURE. CHARACTERISTICS

17. RESEARCH DATA E-INFRASTRUCTURE. STAKEHOLDERS
 Researchers
 Data scientists
 LIBRARIES
 IT Labs
 Technology providers
 DATA CENTERS
 Funding agencies
What is our
role?
Are weready?

18.  Availability
 Findability
 Interpretability
 Reusability
 Citability
 Curation
 Preservation
From the “Report on the Integration of Data and Publications”: S. Reilly,
W. Schallier, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, M.Wilkinson. October 17, 2011.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded
RESEARCH DATA. WHAT’S OUR ROLE?

19. From the “Report on best practi es for citation of dta and on evolving roles in
Scholarly Communication”:R. Kotarski, S. Reilly, S. Schrimpf, E. Smit, K. Walshe.
Opportunities for data exchange project. FP7 funded
RESEARCH DATA. ARE WE READY?
 Research librarires are
willing to contribute, but:
1. Re-skilling needed (IT,
discipline knowledge)
2. Funding needed

20. LIBER WORK ON RESEARCH DATA

21. European Commission: Research data e-infrastructure: Framework for action H2020
Libraries:
stakeholders
Libraries:
stakeholders
Libraries:
stakeholders
Libraries:
stakeholders
RESEARCH DATA. WHERE DOES THE COMMISSION SEES LIBRARIES?

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23. Text and data mining (TDM) is the process of deriving information from machine-read
material. It works by copying large quantities of material, extracting the data, and
recombining it to identify patterns
TEXT AND DATA MINING IN A NUTSHELL
No human being can read and exploit all the relevant literature of his research field.
Text and Data Mining can help and even enhance human reading and processing of
information
For libraries: researchers will realise the full value of our collections (link to
factsheet)
TDM can revolutionate science in the coming years… if we eliminate some OBSTACLES

24. TEXT AND DATA MINING IN A NUTSHELL
Who else has
realized of this
potential?
PUBLISHERS… ready to relicence
content for TDM activities
LIBER’S POSITION ON TDM:
• The right to read is the right to mine (NO to
double licening)
• TDM requires a COPYRIGHT EXCEPTION

25.  NOT ALL CONTENT CAN BE LICENCED (THE WEB!)
 LIBRARIES ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON LICENCING (RIGHT TO READ, RIGHT TO
MINE)
 NEGOTIATION OF LICENCES: TIME CONSUMING, NOT SUSTAINABLE
 DAMAGES EUROPE COMPETITIVENESS
 IT GOES AGAINS OPEN SCIENCE EUROPE AGENDA
WHY LICENCING FOR TDM DOES NOT WORK

26. TEXT AND DATA MINING. What LIBER is doing
 LIBER participating in a working group to develop
solutions to estimulate TDM in Europe (LICENCES
FOR EUROPE)
 LIBER unhappy with the scope of the working
group: narrow and pro “re-licencing”
LIBER leading a request for exceptions and
limitations to copyright in TDM
 More than 60 research institutions and
prominent researchers adhering to our request!
 Articles in Nature and national press
 Meetings with the European Commission to
explain our position

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28. EC projects portfolio
 Help us realise our Strategy
 Involve members in FP7 projects
 Knowing members and rest of stakeholders
 Gets us closer to the Commission
 Increases our visibility
EC PROJECTS PORTFOLIO. RESASONS TO PARTICIPATE

29. Ensuring that libraries are part of the common vision for digital
preservation
Development of virtual centre of excellence
Assesssing libraries' preparedness for digital preservation
(sustainability)
Engagement in development of best practice (persistent
identifies, cost modelling, authenticity
EC PROJECTS
SCHOLARLY COMM. AND RESEARCH INFRASTR.

30. Making digitised newspaper content from research
libraries available on Europeana
Developing best practice standards for OCR, OLR
Building of special content browsers for newspapers
18 million newspapers
pages available!
Develop a cloud based infrastructure for Europeana
Launch Europeana Research
Aggregate research content
RESHAPING THE LIBRARY
EC PROJECTS (II)

31.  Explore state of OA policies in region
 Engage funders, policymakers,researchers, libraries in OA debate
 Make recommendations for the coordination
Develop recommendations for policies for research data sharing and
preservation
Work with other stakeholders (publishers,infrastructures, technology
providers,researchers) in research data sharing to elaborate related issues
(IPR,infrastructures, technology)
Raise awareness of importance of policies for data sharing
EC PROJECTS (III)
ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS

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33.  Association works!
 Raises our voice in the European level
 Helps having a common vision
 Help us know each other and learn from each other
 Help us share ideas
 Great source of information!
 Contributes to think together what the future will bring
CONCLUSIONS

34. THANKS!!
QUESTIONS?