Data librarianship – Preparing librarians for their future tasks Prof. Dr. Konrad U. Förstner ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne, Germany & TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany 25th July, 2019, LibPMC, Aberystwyth, Wales https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3351357
• I am here to bring a new perspective not old wisdom • I am a scientist and not a librarian • My very opinionated views / wishes • Mostly focussing on research libraries https://www.flickr.com/photos/redjar/113823307/ – CC-BY by flickr user redjar
• I am here to bring a new perspective not old wisdom • I am a scientist and not a librarian • My very opinionated views / wishes • Mostly focussing on research libraries And, yes, I might be wrong! Let’s have a discussion. https://www.flickr.com/photos/redjar/113823307/ – CC-BY by flickr user redjar
The good news: Open Access is on its way to become the default publishing mode. https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
Even more good news: Basically all scientific publications are already now as full-text online availble and easy to get at a single location. https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
Even more good news: We have excellent discovery services for scientific articles ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
Even more good news: We have excellent discovery services for books ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
Still not done - even more good news: We have excellent discovery services for datasets! https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
Congratulations! An illegal (IMO: not immoral!) website is has a better UX than libraries ... and libraries are competing against a billion dollar tech giant that has the best software engineers in the word. (+ real universal Open Access is on its ways (that is really good)) https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6510934443 – CC-BY by flickr user asenat29
The mission remains the same: Research libraries must preserve research output and provide access to it. https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/3137422976/ – CC-BY by flickr user nostri-imago
Libraries should become major publishers (again) and the drivers of open access. https://www.flickr.com/photos/yorkjason/3265889476/ – CC-BY by flickr user yorkjason
Help scientific communites to flip their journals to open access or start new open access journals following the the Fair Open Access Principles.* * https://www.fairopenaccess.org https://www.flickr.com/photos/yorkjason/3265889476/ – CC-BY by flickr user yorkjason
Idea Study design Financing Data acquisition Data analysis Manuscript Peer review Publication Open Access Open Education Resources Open Peer Review Pre-prints Open Source Open Data Open Lab Notebooks Citizien Science Open Grants Social Media Collaborative writing Open Licenses
Not trivial! Numerous different file formats, licences, privacy issues, legal requirements, provenance and interaction between different items ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/heydrienne/22078028/ – CC-BY by flick user heydrienne
Not trivial! Numerous different file formats, licences, privacy issues, legal requirements, provenance and interaction between different items ... Librarians can become consultant for all these topics. https://www.flickr.com/photos/heydrienne/22078028/ – CC-BY by flick user heydrienne
It is unquestionable that there is a strong and growing dependency of research on software. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
Software is also a result of scientific work. Quality, accessibility, citability, etc. have to be ensured. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
Ultimate access creates new problems: Increased effort to find and process information. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3921008904/ – CC-BY by flick user wheatfields
Train skills to find research items beyond articles efficiently. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3921008904/ – CC-BY by flick user wheatfields
And yes - compete with Google and build better, open discovery services. Together we can be strong. See Peter Kraker’s #DontLeaveItToGoogle initiative. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3921008904/ – CC-BY by flick user wheatfields
Libraries must train the skills and build tools to find, connect and integrate, literature, information and data to create new knowledge. https://www.flickr.com/photos/capcase/4970062156/ – CC-BY by flickr user capcase
Currently under contruction at the ZBIW of the TH Köln: Certificate course Data Librarian https://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2381033 – The Library of Congress
Formal education is helpful but only one part of the solution. Be brave, connect, learn continously, practice, play with technology. https://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2381033 – The Library of Congress
What are your questions? konrad.foerstner.org / @konradfoerstner zbmed.de / @ZB_MED th-koeln.de / @th_koeln https://www.flickr.com/photos/nateone/3768979925/ – CC-BY by flick user nateone
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