Briefing to ARL Membership The NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure Initiatives with Research Libraries Briefing to ARL Membership October 19, 2006

Context for E-Science Task Force Computationally-intensive, data-rich environment Evolving cyberinfrastructure for science (collaborative, computation-intensive, data-driven) Growing imperative for models to support, manage and preserve data Challenge of integrated knowledge environment

New paradigms for library engagement Multi-institutional, international, collaborative context Data roles: management, preservation, curation Well-integrated, sustainable models of support for research process

ARL E-Science Task Force Charge Informing, educating membership Publications, highlighting models for positions/projects, policy landscape Understanding needs, experiences of researchers Explicating the research process, documenting desired relationships between components Understanding disciplinary differences, cultures Curation of long-lived digital data Infrastructure, repository development, data models, metadata, tools

ARL E-Science Task Force Charge Developing new roles for research libraries Collaboration models, position models Cooperation with “information” programs Identify skills for information professionals Workshops for science library leaders, library technologists Also: Research agenda: behaviors, infrastructure, tool development

Data Workshop Goals sustainable economic models structure of new partnerships infrastructure requirements

Framing Questions What are the most important challenges that must be met to create a reliable framework for preservation and access to digital data? What are the critical steps necessary to meet those challenges? What are the roles of each of the various sectors What resources (funds, people, expertise, infrastructure, etc) are needed to take those steps? What new technologies and new research are needed to take those steps? What benefits would accrue from meeting the challenges and what are the costs of failure?