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Future Tense: Libraries andCollections of tomorrow
PROFESSOR ANNE E TREFETHEN
Before looking too closely at the future….
IATUL Porto, May 21, 2006
The Role of Librariesin the Context of e-Science
Dr Anne E. Trefethen
Oxford e-Research Centre
Anne.trefethen@ierc.ox.ac.uk
IATUL Porto, May 21, 2006
e-Science Goals
• to enable new forms of science that are– distributed– collaborative– multi-disciplinary– information-intensive– data-intensive
• to use information technology to– leverage data as a form of science capital– to manage the “data deluge”– improve access to scientific information
IATUL Porto, May 21, 2006
Crystallographic e-Prints Direct Access to Raw Datafrom scientific papers
Raw data sets can be very large and theseare stored at National Datastore using SRB
server
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon and Jeremy Frey)
Grid
E-Experimentation
E-Scientists
collaboration
data &metadata
storage &processing
Current E-ScienceFocus: ExperimentationVirtual collaborations forlarge-scaleexperimentation & analysis
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
Grid
E-Experimentation
E-Scientists
Experimentation& Analysis Cycle
1
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
Publication &Preservation Cycle
E-Experimentation
E-Scientists
2
Grid
TechnicalReports
Reprints
Peer-ReviewedJournal &
ConferencePapers
Preprints &Metadata
InstitutionalArchive
LocalWebPublisher
HoldingsCertified
ExperimentalResults &Analyses
Data,Metadata &Ontologies
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
E-Experimentation
E-Scientists
Research Cycleaccess & impact3
Grid
InstitutionalArchive
LocalWebPublisher
Holdings
DigitalLibrary
E-Scientists
TechnicalReports
Reprints
Peer-ReviewedJournal &
ConferencePapers
Preprints &Metadata
CertifiedExperimental
Results &Analyses
Data,Metadata &Ontologies
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
E-Experimentation
E-ScientistsLearning Cycletraining and developingtomorrow’s e-scientists
4
Grid
InstitutionalArchive
LocalWebPublisher
Holdings
DigitalLibrary
E-ScientistsGraduateStudents
UndergraduateStudents
Virtual LearningEnvironment
TechnicalReports
Reprints
Peer-ReviewedJournal &
ConferencePapers
Preprints &Metadata
CertifiedExperimental
Results &Analyses
Data,Metadata &Ontologies
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
Grid
E-Scientists
Entire E-Science CycleEncompassingexperimentation,analysis, publication,research, learning
5
InstitutionalArchive
LocalWebPublisher
Holdings
DigitalLibrary
E-ScientistsGraduateStudents
UndergraduateStudents
Virtual LearningEnvironment
E-Experimentation
E-Scientists
TechnicalReports
Reprints
Peer-ReviewedJournal &
ConferencePapers
Preprints &Metadata
CertifiedExperimental
Results &Analyses
Data,Metadata &Ontologies
(eBank slides courtesy of Liz Lyon)
IATUL Porto, May 21, 2006
The hybrid library
‘The dominant user view of a library is of aphysical space. But libraries are services whichprovide organised access, to the intellectualrecord, wherever it resides, whether in physicalplaces or scattered digital information spaces. The‘hybrid’ library of the future will be a managedcombination of physical and virtual collectionsand information resources.’
Reg Carr, Oxford University
IATUL Porto, May 21, 2006
Conclusions
• Publication of data and “paper” becomingintegrated in the digital scholarly research cycle
• Libraries will move further to the “hybrid” model– Institutional repositories
• e-Science brings with it the data deluge – needsfor data management and curation skills
• e-Scientists also need library training in discoveryand access
• Have implicitly touched on Open Access but aspolicies begin to apply to data as well aspublication research outputs, then the above willbe even more so.
The world we live in…
Courtesy of Christine Borgman
Publishers
Courtesy of Tony Hey
Linked Data standardsand tool sets
Visually defined query
What is this?
Data
it is an amphora
… and here are similar objectsin the archive
Allowing innovative visiontechniques– Andrew Zisserman
Collections of the future?
Library Services of the future?Data mining, visualisation?
Libraries – information infrastructure ?
Shannon Mattern,Library as Infrastructure
Future tense– digital/physical divide ?- cultural?
Implications for use of collectionsDigital platforms have
enabled new forms of collaboration
allowed bringing together of disparate collections
democratised the experience and interpretation of heritagecollections,
have complemented and not replaced the richness and importanceof a physical encounter
have provided the context to give the physical collection itsprominence
Is the future all digital?
Mansueto Library, University of Chicago(2011)
NCState University
What does this mean forOxford?
Rethinking our space… opportunity to rethink the RSL
to provide collaborative space tosupport interdisciplinary working
to integrate a broader set ofinformation services
to think of collections beyond librarycollections
Rethinking the division
ASUC?
Focusing on the “Value proposition” within the University
Identifying areas we might work better across the division – digital strategy,commercial activities
Sharing best practice and building on successes across the division
Contributing to the mission of theUniversityThe University Collections contribute to
Improved research capabilities and collaboration
Enhanced learning experience
Supporting widening participation and broadening access activities
Increasing public engagement
GLAM share their globally significant collections to inspire research,learning and enjoyment for the advancement of knowledge and abetter understanding of the world we live in.
Gardens, Libraries and Museums
Questions?