Welcome to the Conference!
The conference participants were welcomed in an introduction by Professor David Nicholasof CIBER/UCL,and then it was straight into the presentations and panel discussions.
Dr. Joyce Ray of the Institute of Museums and Library Studies presented on the the importance of digital preservation and curation. She introduced the Data Lifecycle Model, "a graphical, high-level overview of the stages required for successful curation and preservation of data from initial conceptualisation or receipt."
Dr. Joyce Ray - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Professor David Baker, Deputy Chair of the Board of JISC, spoke about the "Environment and Discovery" of e-publishing and e-publications. This included an explanation of how e-publications are currently shared (see diagram below) and the the work that JISC and other organizations are doing (and need to do) to ease the flow of digital information.
Professor David Baker - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Framing the Discussion – Different Perspectives
Kevin Ashley, Director of the JISC Digital Curation Centre presented the facinating "Perspectives on Digital Curation, Data and Publishing: Why, How, Where?"He discussed the importance of data sets and citing and/or referencing data.
Ashley is of the belief that "data in support of publication should be as accessible as the publication itself," meaning that the research data sets used to produce a textual journal publication of findings should accompany the publication to enable as much transparency as possible. New digital environments make this possible (and easy). Making data accessible "increases citation rates" and is therefore better for authors and publishers.
Making data sets available, citable, and discoverable is also vital to supporting reseach accross disciplines. Ashley provided the example that a "data on rock types of Crete" that was created to support a publication in a geological journal could also be used to support an art history journal on a "theory about the sources of pigments used on Minoan pottery."
Kevin Ashley - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Wilma Mossink the legal adviser of the Netherlands based Surf Foundation, preseted "Access to Research Data: Action is Needed but What Action?" Continuing Kevin Ashley's discussion on the growing importance of data sets to the research environment, Mossink explored how Surf and other organizations are working to "provide permanent access to research data, enhanced publications & collaboratories." Unfortunately, there are few of these types of projects working to provide "heterogeneous data infrastructure which results in many different forms of data networking & management" and much work remains to be done.
Wilma Mossink - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Dr. Eefke Smit, Director of Technology and Standards, International Association of Science Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) presented "Entering the Data Era; Digital Curation of Data-intensive Science…… and the Role Publishers Can Play." The lecture continued the discussion on data and focused how publishers can adjust to the new data-centric research environment.
Dr. Smit said that most publishers and the scientific community still do not view data as a "publication," a paradigm which, in her view, must end. Digital curation of data also remains a problem, with most research institutions giving little thought to the archival preservation of their data sets.
Dr. Smit laid-out ways in which publishers could commit and contribute to the research environment by ensuring digital preservation of data and making it more readily available and sharable:
Dr. Eefke Smit - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Research on Researchers
Next-up three leading information scientists shared their knowledge of the use of data by scholars. They included Professor Carol Tenopir of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Professor Carole Palmer of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Dr. Michael Jubb the director of the Research Information.
The most common theme of these lectures involved the idea that most scholars, especially scientists, are interested in sharing data and that the library, archival, and publishing world must remain committed to developing new methods of providing data access to scholars.
Professor Carol Tenopir - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Professor Carole Palmer - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Dr. Michael Jubb - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
The conference participants were welcomed in an introduction by Professor David Nicholasof CIBER/UCL,and then it was straight into the presentations and panel discussions.
Dr. Joyce Ray of the Institute of Museums and Library Studies presented on the the importance of digital preservation and curation. She introduced the Data Lifecycle Model, "a graphical, high-level overview of the stages required for successful curation and preservation of data from initial conceptualisation or receipt."
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| The Digital Curation Lifecycle Model |
Dr. Joyce Ray - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Professor David Baker, Deputy Chair of the Board of JISC, spoke about the "Environment and Discovery" of e-publishing and e-publications. This included an explanation of how e-publications are currently shared (see diagram below) and the the work that JISC and other organizations are doing (and need to do) to ease the flow of digital information.
Professor David Baker - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Framing the Discussion – Different Perspectives
Kevin Ashley, Director of the JISC Digital Curation Centre presented the facinating "Perspectives on Digital Curation, Data and Publishing: Why, How, Where?"He discussed the importance of data sets and citing and/or referencing data.
Ashley is of the belief that "data in support of publication should be as accessible as the publication itself," meaning that the research data sets used to produce a textual journal publication of findings should accompany the publication to enable as much transparency as possible. New digital environments make this possible (and easy). Making data accessible "increases citation rates" and is therefore better for authors and publishers.
Making data sets available, citable, and discoverable is also vital to supporting reseach accross disciplines. Ashley provided the example that a "data on rock types of Crete" that was created to support a publication in a geological journal could also be used to support an art history journal on a "theory about the sources of pigments used on Minoan pottery."
Kevin Ashley - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Wilma Mossink the legal adviser of the Netherlands based Surf Foundation, preseted "Access to Research Data: Action is Needed but What Action?" Continuing Kevin Ashley's discussion on the growing importance of data sets to the research environment, Mossink explored how Surf and other organizations are working to "provide permanent access to research data, enhanced publications & collaboratories." Unfortunately, there are few of these types of projects working to provide "heterogeneous data infrastructure which results in many different forms of data networking & management" and much work remains to be done.
Wilma Mossink - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Dr. Eefke Smit, Director of Technology and Standards, International Association of Science Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) presented "Entering the Data Era; Digital Curation of Data-intensive Science…… and the Role Publishers Can Play." The lecture continued the discussion on data and focused how publishers can adjust to the new data-centric research environment.
Dr. Smit said that most publishers and the scientific community still do not view data as a "publication," a paradigm which, in her view, must end. Digital curation of data also remains a problem, with most research institutions giving little thought to the archival preservation of their data sets.
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| According to STM, 84% of scientific research institutions have plans to safely preserve their digital data sets, and only 4% have plans to curate them past 2015. |
Dr. Smit laid-out ways in which publishers could commit and contribute to the research environment by ensuring digital preservation of data and making it more readily available and sharable:
 |
Research on Researchers
Next-up three leading information scientists shared their knowledge of the use of data by scholars. They included Professor Carol Tenopir of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Professor Carole Palmer of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Dr. Michael Jubb the director of the Research Information.
The most common theme of these lectures involved the idea that most scholars, especially scientists, are interested in sharing data and that the library, archival, and publishing world must remain committed to developing new methods of providing data access to scholars.
Professor Carol Tenopir - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Professor Carole Palmer - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
Dr. Michael Jubb - Click here to view the PowerPoint Presentation
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