DataCite - A global registration agency for research data Non-textual information in library catalogues J. Brase COINFO 2009 22.11.2009

Science Paradigms Thousand years ago: science was empirical describing natural phenomena Last few hundred years: theoretical branch using models, generalizations Last few decades: a computational branch simulating complex phenomena Today: data exploration (eScience) unify theory, experiment, and simulation Jim Gray, eScience Group, Microsoft Research 2

Consequences for Libraries Scientific Information is more than a published article or a book Libraries should open their cataolgues to this non-textual information The catalogue of the future is NOT ONLY a window to the library‘s holding, but A portal in a net of trusted providers of scientific content

Consequences for Libraries We do not have it We know where you can find And here is the link to it! BUT

Vision 2015

Examples

Datasets

Maps

Earth quake events

Supplementary Material

Persistent identification

A key component for non-textual information Persistent Identification

DataCite

DOI Registration The DOI system offers persistent links as stablie references to scientific content Since 2005 TIB is a DOI registration agency In 2010 we plan to have DataCite Global consortium carried by local institutions focused on improving the scholarly infrastructure around datasets and other non-textual information focused on working with data centres and organisations that hold data Providing standards, workflows and best-practice Initially, but not exclusivly based on the DOI system

Memorandum of Understanding Paris, March 2, 2009 Recognizing the importance of research datasets as the foundation of knowledge and sharing a common commitment to promote and establish persistent access to such datasets, we, the signed parties, hereby express our interest to work together to promote global access to research data. Our long term vision is to support researchers by providing methods for them to locate, identify, and cite research datasets with confidence.

European Partners Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), Germany Library or the ETH Zürich, Switzerland L’Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST), France Library of TU Delft, The Netherlands Technical Information Center of Denmark The British Library

Global Partners Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), Australian National Data Service (ANDS) California Digital Library, USA

Status DataCite will officially be founded on December 1st in London by the 9 signers of the MoU. Always open for other members and associated members Over 600,000 records registered with DOI names so far ~580,000 Datasets ~15,000 Video clips ~30,000 grey literature

Conclusion TIB‘s vision: Library catalogues as portals in a net of trusted providers of scientific content Including non-textual content, following the change in science paradigms Achieved by global cooperations of local partners (Think global, act local) Like DataCite

Links http://www.datacite.org http://www.tib-hannover.de/en/special-collections/research-data/ http://www.std-doi.de/