Data librarianship - Preparing librarians for their future tasks

Keynote talk given at the "International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries",23rd July – 25th July 2019. Aberystwyth, Wales.

Transcript

1. 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
2. • 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
3. • 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
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/konradfoerstner/8993843172/ – CC-BY by flickr user konradfoerstner
5. 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
6. https://www.coalition-s.org/
7. 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
8. https://sci-hub.tw
9. 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
10. https://scholar.google.com
11. Even more good news: We have excellent discovery services for books ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147 – CC-BY by flickr user subcircle
12. https://books.google.com/
13. 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
14. https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch
15. 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/72153088@N08/6510934443 – CC-BY by flickr user asenat29
16. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrowleyRussellLeeIceman.jpg
17. Dear librarians, don’t take the existence of libraries for granted. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrowleyRussellLeeIceman.jpg
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
22. illustration Ainsley Seago; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779
23. Idea Study design Financing Data acquisition Data analysis Manuscript Peer review Publication
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. Currently my favorite example ...
28. Science ⇄ Technology
29. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bertini_fresco_of_Galileo_Galilei_and_Doge_of_Venice.jpg - PD
30. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leeuwenhoek_simple_microscope_(copy),_Leyden,_1901-1930_Wellcome_L0057739.jpg - CC-By by Wiki Commons User Fæ
31. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
32. Software - an ubiquitous research tool https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
33. https://www.flickr.com/photos/80030261@N06/9955408263 - CC-BY nationaleyeinstitute
34. https://www.flickr.com/photos/80030261@N06/9955408263 - CC-By by Wiki Commons User EduVolunteer
35. It is unquestionable that there is a strong and growing dependency of research on software. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
36. Software is also a result of scientific work. Quality, accessibility, citability, etc. have to be ensured. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
37. The importance of software for research is widely ignored. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
38. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1172988
39. 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
40. Train skills to find research items beyond articles efficiently. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3921008904/ – CC-BY by flick user wheatfields
41. 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
42. 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
43. Think big, think global! Work on the knowledge commons. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
45. https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/vision/
46. This should be the vision of every library! https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/vision/
47. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
48. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
49. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite
50. https://libraryperformance.org/
51. Question for you: How do we measure all that? https://libraryperformance.org/
52. We are facing a huge skill gap. https://www.flickr.com/photos/konradfoerstner/29662963497 – CC-BY by flickr user konradfoerstner
53. Burton, Matt and Lyon, Liz and Erdmann, Chris and Tijerina, Bonnie (2018)
54. https://librarycarpentry.org/
55. https://librarycarpentry.org/
56. https://librarycarpentry.org/
57. https://librarycarpentry.org/
58. New Bachelor at TH Köln: Data and Information Science copyright - TH Köln, IWS / Philipp Schaer
59. 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
60. 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
61. https://hackyhour.github.io/Cologne/
62. 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