summary and outlook paul sheehan director of library services, dcu tum 1 st december 2010

Summary and Outlook

Paul Sheehan

Director of Library Services, DCU

TUM

1st December 2010

Summary

• Library brand a trusted, authoritative resource (La Trobe)

• Library space a safe, learning environment (La Trobe, Dr Faultstich)

• …online services now as important (TUM RK)• “Librarians now at heart of change” (Dr Seidel)• Need knowledge of information, HE, and wider

environments (CPUT, NTU)• Emphasis on knowledge management (TUM RK)

– Discovery, creation, dissemination, evaluation

Summary

• Generic online info literacy embedded in curriculum (La Trobe, DCU)

• Provide research skills programs (la Trobe, CPUT)

• Advise on management of research data (La Trobe, CPUT, Dr Faultstich)

• Team approach - library information teams (TUM)• Proactive: seek alliances with patrons and faculty

(TUM, CPUT)• Information industry developments (NTU)

Summary

• What are the key competencies for information librarians? (TUM, CPUT)

• Knowledge management + (TUM RK)• New competencies – data (Dr Faultstich)• ...creative, soft skilled, experimental (TUM RK)• Job families (BMW)• Functional skills/personal skills (BMW)• Social network as agent for competence changing

(BMW)

The Future – Learning

• DBpedia

http://wiki.dbpedia.org/OnlineAccess

• Community adaptation of Wikipedia • Allows extraction of structured information from within

Wikipedia entries – persons, places, things• Uses RDF to formulate and present queries

http://dbpedia.org/About

http://wiki.dbpedia.org/OnlineAccess

The Future - Learning

Information behaviour of the researcher of the future

A British Library / JISC Study

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/reppres/gg_final_keynote_11012008.pdf


• Study investigating how “Google generation” searching for content

• People born after 1993

• First time anyone has profiled on a large scale information seeking behaviour by age

• Are there new, different, ways of searching for and using information?



• 60% of journal users view no more than 3 pages• Average time spent on e journal site 4-8 minutes• Young people’s information literacy has not changed

since earlier generations of technology e.g CD-ROMs• Poor understanding of information needs • Little evaluation of information for relevance, accuracy,

authority• Little use of advanced search facilities• Unsophisticated mental map of internet


The Future – A Google generation?

• Like all web users prefer information in short summaries

• They are not expert searchers• 2007 UK survey found 57% of teenagers used

relatively low level technology• Large minority of US students enter university with

low level of information literacy• Project Information Literacy: Truth to be Told report


Learning - New roles and skills• Library sites need to be assimilated to search engine look and

performance. Mobile apps.(TUM RK)• More analysis of users digital and literacy skills• Linking high level university policies (reducing plagiarism) to

information literacy (TUM RK, DCU)• Investigating varied information skills requirements across

subjects• In university contexts, relating Information skills to student

retention, and life skills in a knowledge society (TUM RK, DCU)• Going outside the library – e.g. investigating new learning

communities• Continuing professional education


The Future - Research

Crystaleye

http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/crystaleye/

The aim of the CrystalEye project is toaggregate crystallography from web resources,and to provide methods to easily browse,search, and to keep up to date with the latest

published information.



The Future - Research

E Science• Large scale co-operative research

• Large scale shared infrastructures

• Record now includes data, not just papers

• New models of publication

Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship ofResearch Data in the Digital Age

National Academy of Sciences, 2009

Dr. Daniel KleppnerMassachusetts Institute of Technology

• A sea-change in digital data and large data collections in science and engineering

• Policy making is increasingly data-driven and complex (e.g. climate change, environment, drug approval)

• Concerns about integrity (stem cell scandal, digital image manipulation)

• Differences in “data cultures” between fields (e.g.expectations regarding openness and sharing, etc.)

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=iatul2010

Dr. Daniel Kleppner

Three Core Principles

• Integrity

• Accessibility

• Stewardship

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=iatul2010

Dr. R Luce – OCLC Study

• Researchers Value Ease of Use and Increased Efficiency– Google is ‘good enough’ – When information tools are complex or time consuming,

researchers choose not to use them and make do– It’s all about working faster or simplifying life in a significant way

• Libraries must articulate and create our own future– “I don’t visit the library anymore –it’s all online”– Researchers: inability to create consistent and shareable metadata

+ disorganized storage strategies --don’t see libraries as having much to offer

– Researchers require practical evidence of direct value of research tools and services

http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul2010/files/2010/07/IATUL-2010_Luce.pdf

Dr. R Luce

• “… the idea of quality, provenance, and metadata about data is woefully inadequate in most science training”

• How is the awareness gap closed, who is responsible for training new grad students in good data practices?

• Who develops and disseminates institutional policies?

• How do we knit together emerging de-facto practices and developing standards and policies


Research - new roles and skills

• Engagement - actively seek new ways to work in the scientific enterprise with research colleagues

• New publication models and synergies e.g. Crystaleye/Open Access

• Extending skills - data archiving/ metadata standards

• Developing job families

Thank You

…and thanks to TUM

summary and outlook paul sheehan director of library services, dcu tum 1 st december 2010

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