The role of libraries in data exchange

Susan Reilly, Twitter:@skreilly

IFLA Science & Technology Section, Helsinki, 13th Aug 2012

Association of European Research LibrariesOur projects:

ContentEuropeana LibrariesEuropeana Newspapers

PolicyMEDOANET

InfrastructureAPARSENAAA StudyODE

LIBER & the European Research Infrastructure

Now and Next

• Authentication & authorisation• New skills

The Opportunities for Data Exchange Project

• identify, collate, interpret and deliver evidence of emerging best practices in sharing, re-using, preserving and citing data, the drivers for these changes and barriers impeding progress, in forms suited to each audience

• policy makers, funders, infrastructure operators, data centres, data providers and users, libraries and publishers

It’s multi-stakeholder!

(1) Data contained and

explained within the article

(2) Further data explanations in

any kind of supplementary files to articles

(3) Data referenced from the article and

held in data centers and repositories

(4) Data publications, describing available datasets

(5) Data in drawers and on

disks at the institute

The Data Publication Pyramid

Implications for libraries

Level of integration Implication for library

Data contained within the article

Data published in supplementary files to articles

Datasets referenced from the articles

Data published independently from written publications (“data publication”)

Data in drawers and on disks at the institute

Prepare for adequate preservation strategies

Presentation and preservation mechanisms

Persistent link

Citability of dataset Persistent link Perpetual access to dataset

Support publication process Curation of datasets Metadata and documentation

Engage in data management planning

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Background

Workshop at LIBER on linking data to publications Clear need to explore demand and need for new skills

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The Survey

• What is the role of libraries in data exchange?

• In what areas is the demand for support from researchers?

• What skills do libraries need to develop to support researchers in data exchange?

• How do we develop these skills ?

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The Survey

• Survey sent to circa 800 librarians, 110 respondents

• Also sent to AU/US libraries active in this area

• Seven criteria: 1. Availability

2. Findability

3. Interpretability

4. Reusability

5. Citability

6. Curation

7. Preservation

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The Results

• 81% of respondents see demand for support provision• Supply is nowhere near matching demand e.g.50% said there was a demand

to support the writing of data management plans, only 13% provide this support

• Only 32% of libraries believe they have the right skills in place to provide support (53% working on developing these skills

• The best place for underlying data is in official data repositories and archives (84%)

Differences with US/AUS libraries

More priority for data management plans

More priority for data citation

Agree that archiving data is most in demand

Current Practices

The future of data publishing

The best place for underlying data is in official data repositories and archives 84% agree75% US/AUS

Publications should always contain links to the underlying research data 74% agree

75% US/AUS

Data archives should have a system in place for persistent identifiers that properly support citation of datasets

74% agree

87.5% Research journals should have much stricter editorial policies on data availability

64% agree

25% Underlying data should be part of the peer review process 54% agree

37.5% Underlying data should be cited separately in the reference list 46% agree

37.5% Publishers and editors should only accept in supplements the summary datasets that are of direct relevance to the article

26% agree

12.5% There are not sufficient trustworthy data archives available for authors to deposit their data

+/- ¼ agree

24% agree

62.5%

Findability

Citability

Skills

What Skills ?

88% of expert libraries see subject expertise as important!

Developing Skills

Which measure for developing skills do you consider appropriate?

28%

41%

27%

1%

3% Integrate data managementinto professional education

Data management coursesfor librarians as continuingprofessional development

Practical literature andguidelines

N/A

Other (please specify)

Ready to ride the wave… ?