| 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation Sabine Schrimpf, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek A result of ODE WP 4 “Data enters scholarly communication”

7 Criteria for data –Availability –Findability –Interpretability –Re-Useability –Citability –Curation/Peservation | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June

What makes data so special to handle? –There is no universal definition of „research data“ –Often: Dynamic aggregations of individual data points –Often: Formats are uncomplicated (.txt,.csv), but semantics are crucial –Variable level of granularity –Software (often: proprietary!) needed to analyze data | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June

Representations of a data file 4

| 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 „Traditional“ roles Data Centres  Data creation, access, storage and preservation  Data protection, privacy regulations, research ethic issues  Discipline specific expertise Libraries  Collect, organize, describe, preserve and make available knowledge and information  Bibliographic services Publishers  Aggregate, appraise, publish knowledge and information  Identify (persistently) 5

| 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 Libraries‘ role – rationales for evolution –Increasing demand from funders that data is made publicly available –Increasing demand from researchers for data management support –Increasingly sophisticated publication outputs 6

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Implications for libraries Level of integrationImplication for library Data contained within the article Data published in supplementary files to articles Datasets referenced from the articles Data published independently from written publications (“data publication”) Data in drawers and on disks at the institute Prepare for adequate preservation strategies. Presentation and preservation mechanisms Persistent link Citability of dataset Persistent link Perpetual access to dataset Support publication process Curation of datasets Metadata and documentation Engage in data management planning 8

Survey: Responsibility / Cooperation I | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 Results of survey among LIBER members, 2011 (110 responses received) 9

Survey: Responsibility / Cooperation II | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 Results of survey among LIBER members, 2011 (110 responses received) 10

Survey: Strategies I | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 Results of survey among LIBER members, 2011 (110 responses received) 11

Survey: Strategies II | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 Results of survey among LIBER members, 2011 (110 responses received) 12

| 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June 2012 –Policies and strategies for data handling –Transparency about curation of submitted data –Collaborate with data creators (researcher, institute, data centre) –Promote good data management practice –Instruct researchers on discipline specific best practices in data creation (preservation formats, documentation of experiment,…) Challenges & Opportunities 13

Thank you! Sabine Schrimpf Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Informationstechnik Adickesallee 1 D Frankfurt am Main Tel.: 069 / Fax: 069 / | 14 | Role for Libraries in Data Curation & Preservation | ODE Workshop, Tartu, 27 June