science at the british library lee-ann coleman head of science, technology and medicine
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Vision for Science, Technology & Medicine at The British Library
The British Library will be recognised as a world-leading information hub for scientific, technical and medical information, enabling researchers to
advance knowledge to enrich lives.
To enhance the competitiveness of UK science and innovation, we will provide a portfolio of free and priced services, based on a thorough
understanding of the needs of STM researchers and the research lifecycle.
Through engagement with the research community, the public and young people we will provide inspiration, information and education about science
and the scientific process.
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Science, Technology and Medicine strategy
Establishing partnerships
Information gathering
A dedicated STM team
Developing new services Initiating new projects
Managing our collections
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Science, Technology and Medicine Approach
STM ContentSTM PurchasedLD CollectionReading roomsDocument
supply
RIC WWSUKPMC
Engage
STM Purchased
STM Content
Products and services
Inform Inspire
Enable
Bioscience Environmental science
STM Researchers
STM Stakeholders
Engage
Inspire
Enable
Inform
Optimize
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Making the connection…
Connecting researchers with relevant information & data,wherever it is and wherever they are
Engage and understand researchers and their research Identify ways in which we can add value – now & future Enhance ease of discovery and access of current resources Developing new, richer ways to explore and use digital information Offering targeted services relevant to specific research domains
Provide:
Choice; Quality Assurance; Sustainable Discovery; Innovation
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Multidisciplinary resources
Breadth and Depth Print journals and books
20k STM journal titles and 100% of those indexed in ISI
Electronic material: Databases, journals, reports, newspapers
Grey literature: Conference proceedings, Reports, Theses (ethos.bl.uk), Official publications
Patents Maps Sound recordings (inc. oral histories) Web sites (http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/)
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Our role in science and medicine – Document Supply
Document supply to libraries and other research institutions is mainly STM
Scan-on-demand and secure electronic delivery
Table of Contents database - Inside and BL Direct
Table of Contents database – ZETOC 20,000 journals, tailored for the UK higher education
community, hosted by Mimas
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Our role in science and medicine – biomedical services
Health Care Information Service Medline/PubMed – indexing the UK input AMED – a database of research articles on
complementary medicine and allied health
The Science reading rooms at St Pancras
British Library Research Service
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Science, Technology and Medicine:Data activities
Content Expand STM content to include online data in the focus areas of bio- and
environmental science: Selection criteria and workflows for a potential dataset discovery service Evidence-based approach: UKPMC additional content - image data
Resource Discovery Evidence-based approach: pilot discovery service to test user needs for data
discovery Consulting internally on the solutions for cataloguing and surfacing
external datasets Metadata required and available from selected data providers
Engagement Data centres, e.g. Biological Records Centre (NERC) Other data creators/owners, e.g. Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine,
Environmental Research Funders’ Forum Data ‘users’ and ‘re-users’, e.g. the UKPMC research image data survey and
users of a pilot data discovery service
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WorldWideScience.org
Global science gateway based on US Department of Energy’s Science.Gov service
Multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.
Launched in 2008 Large number of countries already
providing access to publicly funded research outputs - latest addition is China
Chaired by British Library
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Supporting New Developments:The Research Information Centre
Developed by Microsoft External Research & The British Library
A Virtual Research Environment for collaborative research projects accessible via a web browser
Aims to address ‘pain points’ or inefficiencies of research project management
Initial focus in Biomedical Research
Development partners currently include:
National Institute for Health Research
National Cancer Research Institute Informatics Initiative
MyExperiment ConsortiumAn adaptable, pluggable, open-access framework for discovery, creation and sharing of information, data, tools and other resources
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UKPMC – new service in beta
UKPMC development projects commenced July 2008, first release January 2010
Addresses 4 key aims through 4 work packages –
Enhance the user experience (Text mining to enhance search) Enable access to a wider range of information resources
(additional content e.g. Clinical guidelines, grey literature, DOH publications, patents)
Provide access to a fuller range of biomedical and health journal literature (EBI’s CiteXplore service)
Deliver metrics and the ability to analyse impact in new ways (Grant Reporting System for Funders and Grantees)
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Integrated with
community interfaces
Enhanced content
BLcatalogue
Accessed via bibliographic
data
Publisher sites
ETOC
Discovery interfaces (e.g. Intute)
Advanced text/data mining &
visualisation
Social publishing forums & new
metrics for authors/funders
e-science workbenches
Data supporting interdisciplinary
research
Vision for UKPMC
UKPMC
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For further information
BL Website: www.bl.uk/science
Email: [email protected]
WorldWideScience: www.worldwidescience.org
UK PubMedCentral: www.ukpmc.ac.uk
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Engaging with the STM Community: Funding for biomedical research in the UK
Understanding the drivers for biomedical research in the UK
•This area of research is well funded with the MRC and DH combined budgets over £1b/pa and the contribution from the charity sector around £700m/pa
•Continued emphasis on deriving public benefit from research:UKCRC established – to make UK world leader in clinical researchBest Research for Best Health – DH strategy to increase support for researchCooksey Review of Health Research: formation of OSCHR, in 2007
• Good picture in UK of where and how medical research funding spent• UKCRC Health Research Analysis (2006) examined spend of largest UK
biomedical funders (excluded industry)• Identified 8 categories of Research Activity: showed that a third of
funding directed at underpinning research and a third at aetiology. Little spending directed at prevention or disease management.
• Identified 20 Health categories: showed that cancer receives nearly a third of funding, followed by neurological, infection, cardiovascular and inflammation and immune systems.