1. Co-ordinated by aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The APARSEN Virtual Centre of Excellence: how we got here Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.ukSimon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK APARSEN webinar, November 2014

2. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The prehistory of APARSEN Where did we start? EU Conference “Permanent Access to the Records of Science” November 2004, The Hague Conclusion: to establish a “European Task Force Permanent Access” 2008: Stichting “Alliance for Permanent Access to the Records of Science”

3. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The APARSEN project 2011–2014 A Network of Excellence in digital preservation Funded by European Commission - 7th Framework Programme — Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation Four years ending December 2014 Coordinated by Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)

4. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The motivation for APARSEN Broad scope - Application domains - Aspects of the problem - Approaches and techniques Defragmentation of effort Leading to a Virtual Centre of Excellence founded on a common vision of digital preservation Digital preservation as an enabler of value

5. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The motivation for APARSEN Data deluge Massive growth of digital information Value How to gain benefit from this information? Preservation Which information should be preserved? Usability How to ensure the information is understandable in future? Centre of Excellence Tools, services, consultancy, training

6. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Partners in APARSEN Universities and research institutes Vendors National libraries Big science Research data archives Membership organisations Industrial design/ engineering STFC, FTK, CSC, AFPUM, KNAW-DANS, CINI, FORTH, FRD, LTU, UNITN, UPAT, UEssex STM DPC LIBER Airbus ICT ICT, GLOBIT, Inmark, Tessella IBM Israel, SBA DNB BL KB ONB CERN, ESA STFC, ESA, CINES

7. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Approach of APARSEN TRUST SUSTAIN ABILITY USABILITY ACCESS Stream 1 Integration Stream 2 Technical research Stream 3 Non-technical research Stream 4 Sustainable uptake COMMON VISION

8. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 Background expertise Results of APARSEN’s WPs Common vision Virtual Centre of Excellence

9. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The common vision The common vision brings coherence - Underpinning the Virtual Centre of Excellence - Wider interest outside the project Defragmentation through positioning individual developments in a common framework, and understanding where we are and what still needs to be done Features of the common vision - Evidence based - Different perspectives - Several levels of detail

10. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 The Virtual Centre of Excellence There are some precedents: IMPACT, VCC-3D, PrestoCentre Foundation, OPF What is it for? - Developing the excellence - Structuring the excellence: “coherence, cohesion and continuity” - Spreading the excellence Final output a “blueprint” for a Centre of Excellence, to be implemented beyond the project Underpinned by the common vision Reflecting the changing landscape since the proposal was written: Research Data Alliance

11. The APARSEN Centre of Excellence Simon Lambert, STFC Webinar, November 2014 aparsen.eu #APARSEN Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6 And now here we are … … the end of one journey and the beginning of another

12. aparsen.eu #APARSEN Network of Excellence