role of librarians in digital scholarship

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Role of Librarians in Digital Scholarship

Pio Omana

2015 March


Going Digital with ElsevierWhere can ELSEVIER help?

What is Digital Scholarship today?Defining what it is

Summary

How important are you?Help define the standards of digital scholarship


What is Digital Scholarship ?


is the use of digital evidence, methods of inquiry, research, publication and preservation to achieve scholarly and research goals.

Digital scholarship can encompass both scholarly communication using digital media and research on digital media.

An important aspect of digital scholarship is the effort to establish digital media and social media as credible, professional and legitimate means of research and communication.


What are the general drivers for this movement?

• Knowledge synthesis • Publishing in electronic-only journals

(hyperlinked) • Desire for feedback on work• Need to connect/interact/collaborate with other

scholars• D.S. is less expensive and more flexible than

print publishing• Access • Ability to merge scholarship with teaching


Current constraint / inhibitors?

• Digital can’t replace the human interactive experience• Lack of institutional recognition• Intellectual property concerns• Lack of trust in the future of technologies• Preservation/standards rollover/digital migration• Credibility and authenticity• Lack of literacy regarding digital information• Time • Technical knowledge• Worries about security


Why digital scholarship?


“I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in. Because, really, the moment you have any idea, the

second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this? Is it a book, is it a

movie, is it a this, is it a that, is it a short story, is it a breakfast cereal?" Really, from that moment, your

decision about what kind of thing it is then determines how it develops. So something will be very, very different if it's developed as a CD-ROM

than if it's developed as a book. - Douglas Adams, Interview with The Onion A.V. Club

(1998)


why digital scholarship?

○ - Bringing computing power to old humanities questions -

Working “with machines in ways and on scales that our

brains cannot” - Michelle Moravec

○ - Bringing different fields together

○ - Bringing students into research & original work

○ - Making scholarship broadly accessible

○ - Exploring relationships between culture and technology

○ - COLLABORATION

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Researchers are looking for a tool that will…

Help me to discover the relevant information

Keep me informed of the latest developments and news

Give me access to the detail

Make the process quick and easy

Source: Qualitative survey results “value of ScienceDirect A&G Researchers” June 2014

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Some types of DIGITAL Scholarship


How important are YOU?


Some questions you need to consider..

• What is driving Digital Scholarship? Is there a question of purpose or definitions?

• What are the current constraints and inhibitors? Time, money, tenure considerations?

• What are the success factors?• What has enabled you to engage in digital

scholarship?• What works? What kind of academic

support have you found useful?


process | productdigital pedagogy & digital projects


pedagogy (process)goal: exposes students to

the potential for technology to enhance or alter learning & research; includes reflection on the impact of the tech on learning

digital scholarship is either process or product or both

research project (product)goal: provides a long term

digital scholarly resource that takes advantage of the networked aspects of the Internet to further knowledge generation


planning for a digital scholarship project

3.managing the project

4.sustaining the project

2.identifying the team

1.defining the goals


define goals using design-thinking methodology

○ - interview potential end users● scholars, dh community, students, general public, etc.

○ - who is your audience for the project?

○ - how will it be used?

○ - how is it unique from other scholarly projects?

○ - how can others (scholars or general public)

participate/contribute?

○ - Pro activeness of Libraries


digital scholarship projects: collaboration is key...

Faculty/ScholarsLibrary/IT Students


developing a digital scholarship project is a networked process

library/IT○ copyright○ Metadata○ preservation○ project

management○ user experience

(UX) design○ tool identification○ upgrades○ training/support

faculty/scholars○ subject matter

expertise○ project goals○ shared authorship

students○ technical assistance○ research assistance○ prototype build/test


Managing your digital scholarship project

○ - roles, responsibilities○ - timelines and dependencies○ - prototyping○ - testing/feedback/iteration


Project Thinking


Sustaining your digital scholarship project

○ - plan for regular upgrades and updates to your project (2-3 year life cycle)

○ - collaborate with IT on long term space, tool and support needs

○ - collaborate with library on preservation strategy & inclusion in institutional repository

○ - Keen consideration of your partners witihin the project


Going digital with Elsevier!


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Available on my mobile device

No digital rights management

Integrated with other online sources such…

Available to my students for free

Available when library is closed

Easier to find

Easier to searchAnswered question 1846

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Data Source: 2012 Elsevier global market research study; responses from 2815 teachers.

“…online books help in finding teaching material easily from contents; saves time, and provides all relevant topics in one place.” Hussein Abdalla Hussein, University of Bahri/ Khartoum/Sudan

Teachers Rank the Benefits of eBooks (over printed books) in the library


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E-books cost less than print books to maintain

Cost Element Print Electronic

Space High Much less

Cleaning Low Much less

Maintenance Medium Much less

Electricity/climate control Low Somewhat less

Staffing Low Somewhat less

Circulation/Access Low Much less

Source: Paul N. Courant and Matthew “Buzzy” Nielsen , On The Cost of Keeping A Book, The Idea of Order: Transforming Research Collections for 21st Century Scholarship, June 2010


E-book cost per use is superior to Print

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Amount Spent

TotalUses

Cost Per Use

2007 $185,991

2008 $224,047 151,089 $1.48

2009 $204,678 251,273 $0.81

2010 $383,167 563,871 $0.68

2011 $732,725 709,944 $1.05

E‐books vs. Print books

$18 lowest cost per use for Print books

compared to

$1 average cost per use for e‐books

$18 lowest cost per use for Print books

compared to

$1 average cost per use for e‐books

Source: The Value of E-books to Academic Libraries, A Study of the E-books Catalogue at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, LIBVALUE, May 2011

Source: CARLI, 2008, A Domestic Monograph Collection Assessment in Illinois Academic Libraries: What are we buying and how is it used?


Source: IDC report “Extracting Value from Chaos” 6/11


Choosing your partners..

○ - Information on demand○ - competencies inclined with needs○ - Support in advocacy○ - Provides data and information for

baseline needs


Libraries in the Philippines..

Average Spending of E‐P

Institutions have Electronic Materials

Have infrastructure to gain electronic

content


Promote research dissemination

Generate knowledge across priority sectors

Enhance research productivity

Support for Higher Education Reform

Improve research capability

National Higher Education Research Agenda 2; andRoadmap – Public Higher Education Reform

1. Knowledge and technologies to advance national development and competitiveness2. Develop globally competitive universities by investing in R&D and extension, and modern facilities

Publicly‐funded HEIs as main instruments to meet needs of industry, public service and civil society

Philippine Development Plan (2011‐2016)

“In pursuit of inclusive growth”


Philippines vs South-east Asia Research Output – Malaysia’s spectacular growth

Singapore

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Steadily Improving Value despite slowing output…

Get cited Read

Publish Cite

Disseminate

Get cited share

Cite Trend

Investigate

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SUMMARY

Key takeaways :

1. Promote COLLABORATION - not just within the institution but think outside of the box.

2. Make a SHORT term and LONG term digitalization plan

3. YOU are very important, be capable and decide on the things you need

4. ACT together, same vision one GOAL5. BUDGET gap will always have a story to tell6. Take the INITIATIVE 7. INNOVATION opens up new possibilities


Make information and research SEXY! – Dr. Nap Juanillo, CHED


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