warwick library symposium | cathrine harboe-ree and david groenewegen
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Stepping outsideThe library outside the library
Cathrine Harboe-Ree and David Groenewegen, Warwick, 2015
Stepping outside
1. Embracing the future– Value add, not transactions
2. Enabling, not serving– Partners and collaborators– Capability building– Platforms for community
3. Leading, not following4. Making a difference
– Outcome focused– Communicating the difference
we make5. A user view of the world
Monash context
• Big university• Research intensive• Global• “Young and hungry”• Resources-challenged
Transforming scholarship
Key statistics 2014: BT,BL
User education
Information literacy
Information literacy +
learning skills
Research Skill Development Framework
Research skills development
An ongoing journey
Work Skill Development Framework
Continuum of skills development
11SeptembIgniting the RSD Framework: a
Work Skill Development Framework
Collaboration with faculties
Example 1: Pharmacy
Example 2: Business and Economics
The University’s online initiatives
“During discussion subsequent to the presentation, members acknowledged the Library’s significant engagement with Monash’s education strategy, and leading role in development of in-curricula skills through
engagement with faculties by librarians/learning skills advisers, and observed that increased visibility and integration of the range of
collaborative activities in this space were vital to sustaining momentum in enhancing development of students’ employability skills.”
Transforming scholarship
Stepping outside
New roles Knowledge management Transforming scholarly communication
– Repository– Publishing– Research data management– ARROW, DART, ARCHER, ANDS
It’s all about partnering
Monash University Research Repository
Over 140,000 records Publications required for
government reporting Journal collections Research data Student newspaper Patents Rare Books material PhD theses Faculty of Business and
Economics working papers Open Access material
Open Access: a dead end
The journal war is lost Gold OA will win There is no role for the library in Gold OA other
than as agent of APC payments Or as a repository owner of Green versions that
most people don’t want This is a waste of our skills and experience.
But...
Research data management
Mainstreamed through: Incorporation into teaching and engagement Infrastructure for all researchers
– Advice– Tools– Storage– Publication
Collaboration between Researchers, Faculties, Library, eSolutions, MeRC, MIGR and Research Office
The 21st Century Microscope
Ecosystem: software solutions
Funding application and
approval
Pure
Ethics approval
(solution under
consideration)
Data collection and processing
Instrument integration
MyTardis
LabArchives
GitHub
monash.figshare
Data analysis, storage and management
Desktop labs
Massive
Research Data Storage
Monash (RDSM)
LabArchives
GitHub
monash.figshare
Publication of results and data
Pure
monash.figshare
Published data retention and
disposal
monash.figshare
Research Data
Storage Monash (RDSM)
Archiving and
preservation solution
(currently under
investigation)
Assumptions
Monash researchers create an unknown but substantial amount of research data every year
The vast bulk of this data is stored and managed in locations that do not enable easy discovery, sharing or re-use
Our researchers want to be able to manage their data in methods that they control that make sense with their workflows and disciplinary expectations
Monash does not have enough people to hold everyone’s hands in this
We should provide people, tools and services that enable Research Data Management (RDM)
Storage as entry point to RDM
Key for researchers is ability to manage and control how they
– store– share
Then use the same tool to – publish
Underpinned by the Data Curation Continuum
We need tools that are:
Convenient and easy to use Obviously better than what researchers were
already doingAble to create metadata at points when it is
relevantAllowing researcher controlMaking publishing of data a one click processThe flexibility of the cloud with the confidence of
ongoing institutional storage
Research data ecosystem
Data only
monash.figshareweb interface
Data andmetadata
Monash datastorage
Metadataand DOI
Research Data Australia
Monash publications repository
Monash dataArchives
Data andMetadata
monash.figshareweb interface Metadata
and DOIData only
researcher
Typical user
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monash.figshareweb interface
Data andmetadata
Metadataand DOI
Research Data Australia
Monash publications repository
Data andMetadata
Metadataand DOI
labarchives @ monashweb interface
Laboratoryuser
Data only
labarchivesdatastorage
labarchivesdataarchives
Data only
Data only
Monash datastorage
Monash dataArchives
Data only
Laboratory user
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Advantages for researchers
Manage and control their research data Private and collaborative storage spaces Securely stored in Monash storage Accessible from anywhere Make research outputs citable, sharable,
discoverable Data can be discoverable without being open
Building the future
How does this contribute to: – The University’s effectiveness?– Our rankings and reputation?– A desire to collaborate with, work at or
study at Monash? How do we know?
– The courage of our convictions, combined with evidence-based decision-making
