Research Data - A Challenge for Academic Libraries

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Research Data-

A Challenge for Academic Libraries

XI. International Conference on University LibrariesMexico-CityNovember 06th - 08th 2013

Prof. Dr. Peter SchirmbacherComputer and Media ServiceBerlin School of Library and Information [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmbacher.Computer and Media Service

Berlin School of Library and Information Science


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Agenda



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1. Introduction

2. Research Data

3. Function and Requirements

4. Research Data Management5. Registry of Research Data

Repositories


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The Changing Communication Process or the characteristic of an academic working place

Computer supportedResearchers are working in a “cloud”

multimedia (without a fixed carrier medium)Text; Audio- a. Videofiles; …

Access to the worldwide KnowledgeLibraries, digital information systems, ubiquitous inf.

Location independent (every time in the net)University, at home, at the conference location, ect.

Worldwide collaboration researchsecure platforms and so on

1. Introduction

Prof. Dr. Peter SchirmbacherComputer- und Medienservice

Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft

Reference: Michael Nentwich, 2003, Cyberscience – Research in the Age of the Internet, S. 24


2. Research Data

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“[…] digital data being a (descriptive) part or the result of a research process. This process covers all stages of research, ranging from research data generation, which may be in an experiment in the sciences, an empirical study in the social sciences or observations of cultural phenomena, to the publication of research results. Digital research data occur in different data types, levels of aggregation and data formats, informed by the research disciplines and their methods. With regards to the purpose of access for use and re-use of research data, digital research data are of no value without their metadata and proper documentation describing their context and the tools used to create, store, adapt, and analyze them.” (Kindling & Schirmbacher, 2013)


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Survey on Research Data Management at HU Berlin

a) Where does your research data derive from? Please indicate your main sources.

Text documents

Experiments

Surveys and interviews

Observations

Statistics and reference data

Simulations

Other

Images

Logfiles and usage data

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Publikation von Forschungsdaten

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Enquete-Kommission Internet und digitale Gesellschaft, 2012.

Enquete-Kommission of the German Parliament:Internet and digital Society


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2. Research Data


The Royal Society, 2012.



„Scientists should communicate the data they

collect and the models they create, to allow free

and open access, and in ways that are intelligible,

assessable and usable for other specialists in the

same or linked fields wherever they are in the

world. Where data justify it, scientists should make

them available in an appropriate data repository.

Where possible, communication with a wider public

audience should be made a priority, and particularly

so in areas where openness is in the public interest.“


European Commission: Recommendations for the Memberstates

European Commission. (2012). Commission Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information. C(2012) 4890 final. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/recommendation-access-and-preservation-scientific-information_en.pdf



2. Research Data


High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data, 2010.

• „Researchers and practitioners from any discipline are able to find, access and process the data they need. They can be confident in their ability to use and understand data, and they can evaluate the

degree to which that data can be trusted.“

• “Producers of data benefit from opening it to broad access, and prefer to deposit their data with

confidence in reliable repositories. A framework of repositories is guided by international standards, to

ensure they are trustworthy.”Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmbacher.Computer and Media Service


Vision 20302. Research Data


Van der Graaf, M., & Waaijers, L. 2011.

• Incentives for scholars • Training the researcher and users• Building the infrastructure

„The three main challenges in developing an ecosystem of data repositories are (1) gaps in the present data infrastructure and (2) connectivity issues (between the workflow of researchers and the institutional data infrastructure and between institutional and national data infrastructures) and (3) long-term financial basis.”

• Funding the infrastructureProf. Dr. Peter Schirmbacher.Computer and Media Service


2. Research Data


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3. Research Data - Functions and Requirements



Functions of Research Data

• Instrument of Proof

• Point of Communication

• Reputation

• Re-Use


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3. Research Data - Functions and Requirements



Requirements for Research Data1. Accessibility2. Sustainability3. Traceability4. Authenticity5. Quality assurance6. assessment7. Speed of publishing8. Integrity


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b) Please indicate data types more specifically.

Other

Video recordings

Multi-dimensional visualisations and models

Audio recordings

Data specific for your field or instrument

Images

Programmes and applications

Databases

Spreadsheets

Texts

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c) Please indicate specific data types you work with.

Climate modelling

Text-corpora / annotations

Topographic data

Satellite imagery

Remote sensing

GIS data

Patient data

Other

Surveys

Spectra

Statistic analysis

Measurement series

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4. Research Data Management



Other

I have no need for support or services.

Support on compiling a data management plan if requested by a research funder.

Advice & guidance on general research data management issues.

Advice & guidance on specific issues (e.g. when submitting your research data to a journal along with a manuscript).

Advice & guidance on citing and publishing (your own) data.

Advice & guidance on technical issues (e.g. metadata, standards, long-term archiving/preservation).

Advice & guidance on legal issues (z.B. access restrictions, sensible data, licensing).

Secured and backed-up storage for my research data.

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h) What support or services do you wish to have at HU?


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5. Registry of Research Data Repositories



EC: ICT infrastructures for e-science„The landscape of data repositories across Europe is fairly heterogeneous, but there is a solid basis to develop a coherent strategy to overcome the fragmentation and enable research communities to better manage, use, share and preserve data.“

European Commission. (2009). ICT infrastructures for e-science. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2009) 108 final. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0108:FIN:EN:PDF


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PANGAEA, http://www.pangaea.de

GEO, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/


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BDPP, http://www.digitalpantheon.ch

SDDB, http://www.scientificdrilling.org


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Open Data LMU, http://data.ub.uni-muenchen.de

PURR, http://research.hub.purdue.edu


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re3data.org• will be a global registry of research data repositories• will cover research data repositories from all

academic disciplines• will help researchers, funding bodies, publishers and

scholarly institutions to find research data repositories

• aims to promote a culture of sharing, increased access and better visibility of research data

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Thanks to my colleagues from

Electronic Publishing Working Group at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:Maxi Kindling, Elena Simukovic, Paul Vierkant,

Re3data project group: Roland Bertelmann, Jens Klump, Heinz Pampel,

Frank Scholze, Hans-Jürgen Goebelbecker, Jens Gundlach

gracias por vuestra atención!

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