The Emerging Roles of Librarians
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
[email protected] @j_lancaster
Research Workflow
Applica'ons? Plausible?
Useful? Novel?
New Ques'ons
New Knowledge
Patents
Background Jus'fica'on
Conferences Community Conversa'on
Data Analysis
Confirma'on Reagents
Protocols
Learning Up to Speed
Researchers
Students
Jus'fica'on
Grants
JOB & FUNDING
PUBLISH
PEOPLE
FUNDING
ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS
RESEARCH PLAN
IDEA Big or small
Discussion
Conferences Talks
Ar'cles
Thesis
Talks
The Role of Literature in the Research Workflow
Adapted from Laura Cro/ @ Nature
Digital vs. Print
Libraries as Spaces
Libraries as Virtual Spaces
Libraries as Makerspaces
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu
Video at vimeo.com/99602751
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu
Leap Motion
Video at youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA
Makerspaces Lots of different kinds, so what fits best in our library?
Digital FabricaCon
3D printers + materials • Makerbot Replicator 2 • FormLabs Form 1 • Gigabot
3D scanner • e.g. NextEngine
Laser cuYer + ven'la'on + paperboard • e.g. Epilog Zing 24 • e.g. Purex Xbase 400
Wire bender • DIWire
Vinyl cuYer + vinyl • e.g. EnduraCUT 24"
Desktop Vinyl CuYer
Open Source Hardware
• Arduinos • Raspberry Pis • Addi'onal components
(resistors, capacitors, wires, etc.)
• Breadboards, soldering irons, etc.
• Makey makeys • Addi'onal shields
Human Computer InteracCon
• Leap Mo'on • Oculus Ric • Google Glass • Kinect • Xbox • Wii
+ Tools
Libraries as Consortia
Professional Skills
Copyright
Social Media
(Some) Scientists are private.
About some things. And some scientists are not.
ORCID, ResearcherID, etc. Unique idenCfiers for researchers to cross-‐reference publicaCons, acCviCes, etc.
John Smith vs. J. Smith vs. John D. Smith vs. J. D. Smith vs. JD Smith vs. …
Wang Kim vs. W. Kim vs. Kim Wang vs. K. Wang …
ORCID: 0000-‐0003-‐0458-‐2127
ResearcherID: J-‐6870-‐2012
Crowd-Funding Science Funding science may no longer rely upon government. Interested people, engaged by social media presence, are key to raising money from the crowd.
Scientists are lazy.
But: They’ll do what funders tell them to.
Software
Applica'ons? Plausible?
Useful? Novel?
New Ques'ons
New Knowledge
Patents
Background Jus'fica'on
Conferences Community Conversa'on
Data Analysis
Confirma'on Reagents
Protocols
Learning Up to Speed
Researchers
Students
Jus'fica'on
Grants
JOB & FUNDING
PUBLISH
PEOPLE
FUNDING
ANALYSIS & RESULTS EXPERIMENTS
RESEARCH PLAN
IDEA Big or small
Discussion
Conferences Talks
Ar'cles
Thesis
Talks
So. Many. Tools.
Emerging Technologies
3 Things You Should Know
1. Openness
2. Data + Code
Sharing doesn’t count.
Until now.
figshare.com Share research components to make them discoverable & citable; get metrics
figshare.com Share research components to make them discoverable & citable; get metrics
DOIs for Code
Github + Mozilla + Figshare à DOIs Mozilla: Software Carpentry
Run My Code Share code used to analyze data; others can implement the same methodology
• Biology • Mathema'cs • Neuroscience • Sta's'cs • Social sciences
• Economics • Econometrics • Finance • Management
• R • MATLAB© • C++ • Fortran • Rats • More socware will be
added soon.
Oh, and it’s free!
Reproducibility Initiative Address the reproducibility of your research in a blind, fee-‐for-‐service validaCon
Validated studies receive a Cer'ficate of Reproducibility acknowledging that their results have been independently reproduced.
Altmetric(s) Capture overall impact of a publicaCon in blogs, tweets, menCons, news, etc.
2.1 Big Data
Big Data +
Data Science
CERN: approx. 1 PB/sec = 1000 TB/sec = 1000000 GB/sec
filtered to 1 GB/sec
http://arstechnica.com/science/2010/08/lhc-computing-grid-pushes-petabytes-of-data-beats-expectations/
Big Data +
Data Science
Institute for Data Sciences & Engineering: • Cybersecurity Center • Financial and Business Analytics Center • Foundations of Data Science Center • Health Analytics Center • New Media Center • Smart Cities Center
3. Communication
Future: Electronic Lab Notebooks
Thank you. Questions?
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
[email protected] @j_lancaster
http://www.slideshare.net/jeffreylancaster