coleman: latest trends in data analysis for the scholarly and academic publishing community
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Latest trends in Data Analysis for the Scholarly and Academic Publishing Community by Lee-Ann Coleman, PhD, Head of Science, Technology and Medicine, The British Library for the October 16, 2013 NISO Virtual Conference: Revolution or Evolution: The Organizational Impact of Electronic Content.TRANSCRIPT
A National Library: Playing a role in data
Lee-Ann Coleman PhD
Head of Science, Technology & Medicine
@ScienceBL
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Custodians of old books
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National library of the UK
Here for everyone who wants to do research
Archiving since 1662
Provide access to 45k eJournals & newspapers, eBooks, datasets &
800 bibliographic databases
2M sound recordings, 4M maps, 5M reports, theses, conference papers, the world’s largest patents collection (c.50M) & 8M stamps
Legal deposit incl. non-print publications (from April 2013)
Print occupies > 600km shelving
300TB of data in the Digital Library
And we are embracing digital
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Science team
Catering for contemporary science
Developing services Engaging and inspiring
Collaborations & PartnershipsResearch
Managing collectionsDelivering new content
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Information lifecycle
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The value of research data
• Data are a vital part of the scientific record
• But what is/should be/will be the role of libraries in this changing landscape?
• Data as a format is very different from traditional library content, so are libraries equipped with the knowledge, technology and capacity to deal with it?
• How should libraries prepare for this?
We examined the landscape of data and assessed the services that the British Library might offer
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Testing dataset discovery
A service involving a ‘new’ material type raised questions about:
• Users• Selection• Metadata• Operational sustainability
Preliminary work:• Studies conducted on our behalf• Literature review of user behaviour• Internal scoping to define suitable
processes and systems
Lead to a pilot service, using existing systems
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Selection criteria
These considered:
Scope: Subject Value to research
Access: Restrictions Stability Copyright
Quality: Creators Publishers
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Datasets discovery in Explore the British Library
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>500 research datasetsEnvironmental ScienceTropical & Rare Diseases
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• A wide variety of approaches were used to search
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The benefits of citing data
• Checking facts
• Obtaining easier access to data
• Enabling re-use of data
• Providing acknowledgement to a wider group – the data centre, curators etc.
• Supporting openness and transparency
Reich NG, Perl TM, Cummings DAT, Lessler J (2011) Visualizing Clinical Evidence: Citation Networks for the Incubation Periods of Respiratory Viral Infections. PLoS ONE 6(4): e19496. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019496
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Why finding and citing data is not easy
• No widely used method to identify datasets
• No widely used method to cite datasets
• No effective way to link between articles and datasets
• How can we solve these challenges?
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The Digital Object Identifier is a persistent identifier that directs users to an online object, even if it changes location.
Why DOIs?
• Most widely used identifier for research articles
• Researchers and publishers already know how to use them
• Puts datasets on the same playing field as articles
• The DOI system offers an easy way to connect the article with the underlying data
Why DOIs?
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DataCite
• Established in 2009 as a not-for-profit organisation
• A member of the International DOI Foundation
• A Registration Agency for DOI names
• 18 full members from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (2m DOIs)
• Members work with data centres in their own countries
• Provide a shared infrastructure for minting DOIs
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British Library's role in DataCite
International DOI Foundation
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• The British Library is one of 18 international members of DataCite
• We are an allocating agent
• We provide the DataCite infrastructure, enabling UK Data Centres to ‘mint’ DOIs for data
• While the aim is to support researchers, we do not work with individuals - they must deposit to a data centre/institution
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Examples of UK data centres with DOIs
DOI:10.5285/1a91c7d1-ec44-4858-9af2-98d80f169bbd
