1. UKOLN is supported by: Library futures in the new research landscape. Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK CURL Members Meeting October 2004, London. www.bath.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk

2. CURL Members Meeting 20042 Overview 1.eResearch: an evolving landscape 2.Scholarly communications: linking to learning 3.How do you & your libraries shape up? 4.Meeting the challenge: new skills, new roles?

3. 1. eResearch: an evolving landscape

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11. CURL Members Meeting 200411 – Access Grid – Collaborative telematic art – Modify spaces for performers – Interplay: Hallucinations

12. CURL Members Meeting 200412 Towards a common infrastructure? JISC Information Environment –Technical architecture based on open standards (Web Services, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, RSS…..) http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/ e-Learning Framework (ELF) –Technical Framework to support E-Learning http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/frameworks/index.html Virtual Research Environment –VRE Roadmap –Framework options e.g. CHEF, Chandler, SAKAI… Service-oriented approaches

13. CURL Members Meeting 200413 e-Research trends summary Increasingly data–intensive, quantitative Implementing new science Inter-disciplinary New disciplines e.g. Astro-informatics New skills requirements –IT + statistics + domain Collaborative Service-oriented architecture Highly distributed resources –Knowledge discovery / extraction A changing landscape of scholarly communications

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17. CURL Members Meeting 200417 “It is envisaged that the sharing of primary data would prevent unnecessary repetition of experiments and enable scientists to build directly on each others’ work, creating greater efficiencies and productivity in the research process.”

18. CURL Members Meeting 200418 Research & e-Science workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Data curation: databases & databanks Validation Harvesting metadata Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Deposit / self- archiving Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Publication Validation Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Searching, harvesting, embedding Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Resource discovery, linking, embedding Linking The scholarly knowledge cycle. Liz Lyon, eBankUK article. Ariadne, July 2003.

19. CURL Members Meeting 200419 Learning & Teaching workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Harvesting metadata Resource discovery, linking, embedding Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Validation Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Learning object creation, re-use Searching, harvesting, embedding Quality assurance bodies Validation Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals

20. CURL Members Meeting 200420 Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Aggregator services: national, commercial Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Data curation: databases & databanks Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Validation Harvesting metadata Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Publication Validation Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Learning object creation, re-use Searching, harvesting, embedding Quality assurance bodies Validation Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Resource discovery, linking, embedding Linking

21. CURL Members Meeting 200421 Learning & Teaching workflows Research & e-Science workflows Aggregator services: eBank UK Repositories : institutional, e-prints, subject, data, learning objects Data curation: databases & databanks Institutional presentation services: portals, Learning Management Systems, u/g, p/g courses, modules Validation Harvesting metadata Data creation / capture / gathering: laboratory experiments, Grids, fieldwork, surveys, media Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Peer-reviewed publications: journals, conference proceedings Publication Validation Data analysis, transformation, mining, modelling Resource discovery, linking, embedding Deposit / self- archiving Learning object creation, re-use Searching, harvesting, embedding Quality assurance bodies Validation Presentation services: subject, media-specific, data, commercial portals Resource discovery, linking, embedding Linking

22. CURL Members Meeting 200422 eBank UK: linking research data & learning JISC-funded from September 2003 UKOLN (lead), University of Southampton, University of Manchester Exemplar: e-Science testbed ‘Combechem’ –Grid-enabled combinatorial chemistry –Development of an e-Lab using pervasive computing technology –National Crystallography Service Resource Discovery Network / PSIgate physical sciences portal Demonstrator available http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/

23. CURL Members Meeting 200423 The digital repository ecrystals.chem.soton.ac.uk Acknowledgement: Simon Coles

24. CURL Members Meeting 200424 Linking to publications Acknowledgement: Simon Coles

25. CURL Members Meeting 200425 eBank embedded in a science portal Acknowledgement: Simon Coles

26. CURL Members Meeting 200426 eBank Phase 2: linking to learning Embedding in e-Learning processes Evaluating the pedagogical benefits – MChem course – Chemical informatics course

27. 3. How do you & your libraries shape up?

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29. CURL Members Meeting 200429 STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) THREATSOPPORTUNITIES

30. CURL Members Meeting 200430 STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) THREATS Paradigm shift in research will out-pace change in libraries Researchers will (only?) use on- demand eServices Libraries will lose their role in scholarly communications and eResearch workflows OPPORTUNITIES Build on ePrints work & eLearning experience Exploit links with academic departments Researchers need your skills Seek funding to engage in innovative projects & services

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32. CURL Members Meeting 200432 STRENGTHS Scholarly communications role Links with academic community Content / collection management / stewardship activities Cataloguing & classification expertise Service delivery WEAKNESSES Document / textual traditions Uneasy relationship between physical & digital worlds Limited technical skills Cautious approach to innovation Narrow vision (“its not our problem….”) THREATS Paradigm shift in research will out-pace change in libraries Researchers will (only?) use on- demand eServices Libraries will lose their role in scholarly communications and eResearch workflows OPPORTUNITIES Build on ePrints work & eLearning experience Exploit links with academic departments Researchers need your skills Seek funding to engage in innovative projects & services

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36. CURL Members Meeting 200436 Facing the future? Review organisational structures –Greater collaboration with Computing Services –Extend the Faculty / Subject Librarian role Promote Professional Development –Awareness-raising activities –Plugging the skills gap –Engagement and (hybrid) roles Deliver eServices –Institutional digital asset management –We “do” eLearning so why not eResearch? Develop leadership and vision Facilitate Transformational Change

37. Thank you. UKOLN receives funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (MLA) and is based at the University of Bath.