Preparing librarians for their future tasks

Talk given at the Smart Humanity Conference in Amsterdam, 2019-11-14.

Transcript

1. 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
   14th November, 2019, Smart Humanity, Amsterdam
   https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3541920
   

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2. 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
   

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3. https://www.coalition-s.org/
   

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4. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000273
   

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5. https://www.projekt-deal.de
   

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6. 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
   

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7. 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
   

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8. 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
   

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10. illustration Ainsley Seago; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779
    

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11. Idea
    Study
    design
    Financing
    Data
    acquisition
    Data
    analysis
    Manuscript
    Peer review
    Publication
    

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12. 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
    

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13. 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
    

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14. 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
    

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15. Currently my favorite example ...
    

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16. Science ⇄ Technology
    

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17. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bertini_fresco_of_Galileo_Galilei_and_Doge_of_Venice.jpg - PD
    

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18. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leeuwenhoek_simple_microscope_(copy),_Leyden,_1901-1930_Wellcome_L0057739.jpg - CC-By by Wiki Commons User Fæ
    

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19. https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
    

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20. Software
    - an ubiquitous research tool
    https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
    

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21. https://www.flickr.com/photos/80030261@N06/9955408263 - CC-BY nationaleyeinstitute
    

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22. https://www.flickr.com/photos/80030261@N06/9955408263 - CC-By by Wiki Commons User EduVolunteer
    

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23. It is unquestionable that there is a
    strong and growing dependency of
    research on software.
    https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
    

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24. Software is also a result of
    scientific work.
    Quality, accessibility, citability, etc.
    have to be ensured.
    https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
    

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25. The importance of software for research
    is widely ignored.
    https://unsplash.com/@toddquackenbush?photo=IClZBVw5W5A - PD
    

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26. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1172988
    

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27. 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
    

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28. Train skills to find research items beyond articles efficiently.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3921008904/ – CC-BY by flick user wheatfields
    

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29. 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
    

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30. 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
    

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31. Think big, think global!
    Work on the knowledge commons.
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
    

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33. https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/vision/
    

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34. This should be the vision of every library!
    https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/vision/
    

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35. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
    

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36. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
    

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37. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite
    

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38. We are facing a huge skill gap.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/konradfoerstner/29662963497 – CC-BY by flickr user konradfoerstner
    

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39. Burton, Matt and Lyon, Liz and Erdmann, Chris and Tijerina, Bonnie (2018)
    

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40. https://librarycarpentry.org/
    

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41. https://librarycarpentry.org/
    

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42. https://librarycarpentry.org/
    

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43. https://librarycarpentry.org/
    

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44. New Bachelor at TH Köln: Data and Information Science
    copyright - TH Köln, IWS / Philipp Schaer
    

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45. Quite fresh – ZBIW of the TH Köln:
    Certificate course Data Librarian
    https://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2381033 – The Library of Congress
    

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46. 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
    

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47. https://hackyhour.github.io/Cologne/
    

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48. 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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