creating an e-environment for scholarship: dream or reality?
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Creating an e-Environment for scholarship: dream or reality?
Dr Heila Pienaar Deputy Director: e-Information Strategy & e-Research Enablement
Department of Library ServicesUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa
heila.pienaar@up.ac.za ; http://www.library.up.ac.za/profile/heila_pienaar/cv.pdf
Mandate: Library is responsible for the management of academic information
and knowledge, and for leading the University in information and knowledge
innovation
Enable teaching & learning
e-Strategy
Community & professional engagement
Enable research
•Information literacy training (e.g. using game technology)
•Learning centre / commons
•Integration with ClickUP (web pages with full-text information resources)
•Relevant reserved information collection
•Faculty libraries with information specialists for each subject
•Relevant information collection (extensive e-resources)
•Information literacy training for postgraduates and researchers
•Enhanced research competencies
•Planned research commons
•Open access repositories
•Open mandate (UP articles)
•Digitisation & preservation
•Web 2 tools
•e-Research: research data management & VRE’s (virtual research environments)
•Carnegie African Library Leadership Academy
•Mamelodi library community outreach
•Presenting workshops on e-skills
•World Digital Library
• In the Library’s risk register dated February 2010:
• Risk: “Not taking advantage of new IT tools, concepts & breakthroughs to improve current services and create new services”
• Context: – “Slow uptake of new innovations by academic clients
and library staff obstruct new and improved services– Lack of understanding that IT tools have conceptual
implications / new concepts are embedded in IT; a different way of looking at the world e.g. virtual worlds” (Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE: 4.35 minutes)
Why such an emphasis on E?
Content
• e-Information Strategy
• Governance
• Examples of products of the e-Strategy in support of Scholarship
Why an e-Information Strategy?
• Can be seen as a high-level Innovation Strategy for any organisation
• Integrate e-Information applications within a broad framework
• Help to focus the organisation • Keep the organisation on the cutting edge of
new developments • Establish a framework for capacity e.g. staff, IT
to implement the strategy• Actually just another term for a focused
corporate Knowledge Management strategy
Objective: Creating an e-Environment for Scholarship
e-Research e-Learning
Digitisation & Preservation
Open ScholarshipRepositories
Library web
Web / Library 2
e-Resources
e-Information Strategy focus
areas
Mobile services
Governance• Deputy-director: e-Information Strategy &
e-Research Enablement is responsible for the development & implementation of the strategy
• e-Service unit is responsible for the research, development, implementation & maintenance of e-products & services that support the strategy
• e-Steering committees (matrix teams) are responsible for co-ordination and development of their respective focus areas
e-Service Unit• Deputy-director: e-Strategy & e-Research
enablement: dr Heila Pienaar
• UP Repositories manager: Hettie Groenewald
• UP Digitisation manager: Ria Groenewald
• UP Open Access manager: Elsabe Olivier
• Library Web manager: Christelle Steyn
Subject librarians
Project / matrix teams to implement focus areas
e-Steering committees (project teams)
• Library e-Service steering committee (overarching): Dr Heila Pienaar (chair)
• e-Research steering committee: dr Heila Pienaar• e-Learning steering committee: Christelle Steyn• Digitisation & Preservation steering committee: Ria
Groenewald • Open Scholarship steering committee: Elsabe Steyn• Repositories steering committee: Hettie Groenewald• Library web steering committee: Christelle Steyn• Web / Library 2 steering committee: Janice de Wee• e-Resources steering committee: Soekie Swanepoel• Mobile services steering committee: Bettie de Kock• Ex officio members of Library e-Service steering commitee:
Library executive, Library IT manager (Leonora Wydeman), 3 members of the Faculty managers (Johann van Wyk, Susan Marsh, Maureen du Pisanie)
Objective: Creating an e-Environment for Scholarship
e-Research e-Learning
Digitisation & Preservation
Open ScholarshipRepositories
Library web
Web / Library 2
e-Resources
e-Steering committees’
managers
Mobile services
Bettie De Kock
Hettie Groenewald
Christelle Steyn
Heila Pienaar Christelle
Steyn
Soekie Swanepoel
Elsabe Olivier
Janice de Wee
Ria Groenewald
Roles & responsibilities of steering committees
• Chairs are responsible for the establishment of their steering committees
• Steering committees are responsible for their own strategic & implementation plans
• Steering committees to co-ordinate with one another
• Steering committees to discuss progress etc with the e-Service steering committee on a regular basis
• Steering committees are responsible for good communication and interfaces between line and project perspectives
e-Research
Objective: to do faster, better and different interdisciplinary
research• e-Research advocacy• Virtual Research Environment (VRE) projects• Research data management initiatives
Advocacy: e-Research Seminar May 2009
Welcome: Prof Robin Crewe, VC Research, University of Pretoria, South Africae-Research in the United Kingdom: Mathew J. Dovey, Programme Director (e-Research), JISC Executive, UKe-Research and MS Research: Lee Dirks, Director, Education & Scholarly Communication, Microsoft Corporation – External Researche-Research and digital preservation: Dr Dawid L. Giaretta (MBE), Associate Director, Digital Curation Centre, UK & Project leader: CASPAR, PARSE. Insight, ISO standard for audit and certification of digital repositoriese-Research in South Africa: Prof Colin J Wright, Head: Research, Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), dr Martie van Deventer, Portfolio Manager CSIR’s Information Services, South Africa & Wim Hugo, Managing Director, MBV Equsys/Consulting.
SA Malaria researchers’ VRE components
Project management
Project management system
Proposal writing
Document management system
Generic software e.g. MS / Open Office
Real time communication
Skype, smart board, video conferences
Training / mentoring etcE-learning
system for researchers
Identification of funding sources
Identification of research area
Literature review & indexing
Identification of collaborators
Internal shared database of indexed articles
Dissemination & artifacts
Web/wiki/blog: search engines, databases; researchers & topics; funders, portals, communication, projects
Repositories: research results; experiments; literature & documents
Red: noneOrange: someYellow: all
Scientific workflow
(Collaborative) Electronic Lab book
Sophisticated instruments that generate digital information and data
Servers with data files
(Free) Data analysis software
Integrated data management system
Access to research networks & super computers; access to labs with in silico screening +
Mathematical modelling tools; numerical algorithm tools; simulation software; in silico experiments
Demonstrator interface
Access and authentication
Alerts and RSS feeds – may help with info overload
Library resourcesInternet resources
BL / MS RIC: Manage-ment of published info
ResearchGate: research collaboration
OPENWETWARE: Lab Notebook on Blog
myexperiment: scientific workflows
archer e-Research toolkit: data management
nanoHUB: subject gateway built on
HUBzero platform
HUBzero: access to interactive simulation
tools
Research data managementSurvey of research data management practices at the University of Pretoria. Survey of 52
researchers on their data management practices by 16 information specialists. The report is available.
Very Large Database initiative. In an attempt to address the data needs of academic institutions and projects of national interest, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has recently mandated the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) to initialise an intervention known as the Very Large Data Base (VLDB). It is hoped that with the contribution from the stakeholders, the VLDB intervention would be able to implement the appropriate mechanism to support and enhance the key data-bound research and operations of today and tomorrow (Jeff Chen, CHPC, April 2010). UP Library is working closely with dr Chen to realise this initiative.
World Data Centre for Biodiversity and Human Health in Africa. A meeting were attended by Wim Hugo (SAEON), Dr Daisy Selematsela & Henda vd Berg (NRF), Dr Martie van Deventer (CSIR) and Dr Heila Pienaar (UP) to discuss the funding, development and implementation of the proposed World Data Centre. Department of Science & Technology has contracted SAEON to develop a shared platform and substantial overlap exists with the platform required for the World Data Centre. The United States Geological Survey is sponsoring some of the work needed, as well as NRF/CSIR/UP (funds are available via the 1st African Digital Curation Conference). The prototype will be available mid June. The NeDICC consortium will meet to discuss the agenda for this prototype development. A presentation will also be given at the Codata data management conference in Cape Town, 27-29 October 2010 http://www.codata2010.com/
e-LearningIntegration of web resource pages with the different modules of the e-Learning system
Teaching e-Skills to UP librarians:60 minutes workshops
Games for Information Literacy
Digitisation > Digital Collectionshttp://www.library.up.ac.za/digital/index.htm
World Digital Library (WDL)
e-Resources, global search engine & catalogue
Open Scholarship
Repositories
Digital Repository ModelDigital Repository Model
Only digital material can be submitted: digitized or digitally born
UP Library manages 2 repositories
UPSpace statistics 4 Jan 2010 - 10 March 2010
• Top 5 Communities accessed:• 1. Engineering, Built Environment & Information Technology http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/71• 2. Economic & Management Sciences http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/1682• 3. Education http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/63• 4. South African National Veterinary Repository http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/3809• 5. Veterinary Science http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/78• Top 5 Sub-communities accessed:• 1. Architecture http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/72• 2. Southern African Transport Conferences http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/5201• 3. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/8641• 4. Research Articles (Jonathan Jansen ) http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/111• 5. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/11004• Top 5 Collections accessed:• 1. Campus Buildings http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/6523• 2. Pretoria Environs Buildings http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/11706• 3. Africana Books Collection http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/4911• 4. LLM Dissertations (Centre for Human Rights) http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/927• 5. Jonathan Jansen Collection http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/108• Top 5 items accessed:• 1. Curriculum reform in South Africa: a critical analysis of outcomes-based education• http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/132• 2. Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien. Deel 1, A-J• http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/9290• 3. Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien. Deel 3, P tot Z.• http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/9288• 4. Language and other background factors affecting secondary pupils' performance in Mathematics in South• Africa http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/4915• 5. Geslacht-register der oude Kaapsche familien. Deel 2, A tot O• http://repository.up.ac.za/upspace/handle/2263/9289
Examples: Repository content
Blogger: UPSpace metadata training
Facebook: Information specialists available in the student environment
YouTube channel for UP Libraryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0f-qHSHM4
Web & Web 2 tools
Source: National Geographic, March 2010
Library web: gateway to tools, information resources & experts
In conclusion
In conclusion: it is still more of a dream than a reality, but we are moving in the right direction …
Bibliography• Pienaar, H., Van Deventer, M. 2009. To
VRE or not to VRE? Do South African malaria researchers need a virtual research environment? Ariadne, 59, April 2009. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue59/pienaar-vandeventer/
• Pienaar, H., Smith, I. 2008. Development of a library 2.0 service model for an African library. Library Hi Tech News, 25(5): 7-10. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContainer.do;jsessionid=78A376CF81DB520E7A35DEC90D1DB231?containerType=Issue&containerId=6013282
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Source: http://www.library.up.ac.za/profile/heila_pienaar/cv.pdf
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