Knowledge Exchange CNI, 14-15 December 2009, Sigrun Eckelmann

Who is Knowledge Exchange? German Research Foundation (DFG) Denmark’s Electronic Research Library Joint Information Systems Committee (United Kingdom) SURFfoundation (Netherlands) Shared aim: innovative use of ICT to support Research and Education

Our vision “To make a layer of scholarly and scientific content openly available on the Internet” Fredensborg October 2009

KE Approach By sharing knowledge, exploring differences, collaborating and promoting international dialogue, the Knowledge Exchange seeks to: Increase the return on national investment in ICT infrastructure, services and projects in higher education and research Add genuine value to the activities of the partners Support the European agenda by promoting better access to information resources in higher education and research Create the optimal virtual environment for the Higher Education and Research Community who need to choose from a wide array of possible technologies and approaches

Working Groups Primary Research Data Open Access Licensing Libraries in the Digital Age Interoperable Digital Repositories Virtual Research Environments

Activities in the years 2005 - 2008 Petition to EU for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results Tender for Multinational Licences Institutional repositories workshop Amsterdam And in 2009...

‘Costs and Benefits of Open Access in UK, Netherlands and Denmark’ Three national studies during the first half of 2009 Joint study added value to already existing knowledge Presented in seminar to European Commission 7

Studies on Persistent Identifiers Long term identification for storage & retrieval complex field (many alternative developments) need for open, non proprietary, trusted HE&R friendly system Collaboration of KE and relevant external partners State-of-affairs study regarding Persistent Identifier usage in 6 countries User Requirements for a global resolver infrastructure Roadmap to achieve a working global resolver service http://www.persid.org 8 8

Workshop ‘Main drivers for successful re-use of research data’ Approach and goal of the workshop Explicit focus on benefits, challenges and obstacles of re-using data from a researcher’s perspective What are the main drivers for success? What is missing? What is the current state of data related infrastructure? What actions might be taken by the different stakeholders to improve the conditions for a successful re-use of research data? 9

Outcomes 65 participants, 24 presentations Outstanding overview on the lessons learned Despite individual differences characterising the disciplines, recurrent pattern of comparable challenges and obstacles: Technical issues Methodological implications Social background Incentives for researchers required 10

Impressions

Way forward COAR eInfranet Senior management is satisfied with achievements Exploring possibilities for extended membership Informing and giving rise to other collaborations COAR eInfranet 12

Thank you! http://knowledge-exchange.info 13