Do Libraries meet Research 2.0?
May 07, 2015
Do Libraries
meet Research 2.0?
orCollaborative Tools and their
Relevance for Research Libraries
Guus Van den Brekel, Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen
(UMCG), The Netherlands.Member of
European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)
The Problems? Outline
Everything 2.0 & Research
Workflow & Collaboration
Implications for Research Libraries
Problems?
Library Disconnects
&
Bypassing the Library
The Global Environment Changed …The web has become a
global laboratory for communication and sharing
http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/science-in-the-youtube-age-519472
What are Researchers looking for on the Web?
What are Researchers looking for on the Web?
• Tools for improving their workflow, to gain efficiency
• Communication, sharing, collaboration, dissemination research ideas and output
• to possibly get bigger recognition and reward of their research output
Tools for collaboration out there
• Planning & Admin • Workflow• Data management • Communication • Sharing• Analysis, statistical• Publishing, (peer) reviewing• Preservation, archiving
Unlimited …
Research 2.0 : some aspects
Communities & collaboration powered by web 2.0Resources: creating, storing, organising, sharing,
exchange, distribution, browsing, searching, re-use, enrich, re-create
Faster, more efficient, greater competetiveness, repeatable, more productive …
Enables open feedback and reviews of workA machine-understandable format allows others to
take the data and analyze it independently
Scientists are certainly looking for it…
General Social Software
• Blogs, Wiki’s, Social Networks i.g.Facebook
• Web-based office tools, Google Docs
• Sharing data, references, pictures, videos
• Communication, in all sorts
• Twitter? PloS
• Virtual worlds, Second Life
Virtual Worlds
Strong in visualization, education, teaching, simulation, roleplay ánd worldwide collaborative projects
OpenWetWare
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By Scientists, for Scientists
http
://science
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/
NeuroCommons
ResearchConnect
http
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n.ac.uk/gra
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But we also see others offering services…
All kinds of parties research using web 2.0 to connect and integrate into the workflow of scientist and researchers.
Commercially, focus on Scientists
NaturePrecedings
http://precedings.nature.com/
Biomedexperts
http://ww
w.biom
edexperts.com
'What is happening in the world is bypassing university libraries’
Professor Peter Murray-Rust
Reasons NOT to ignore Social Networks and the tools offered
• Efficiency possibilities • Build professional communities
– Research – Management
• Build learning communities • Build sharing communities• Build community support through
outreach
Online Social Networks in Healthcare & LibrariesPF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, [email protected]
More Reasons ….
• Connection, communication, collaboration, consultation
• Discuss & share information (articles, photos, videos, cases, data, methodologies)
• Q&A, rapid response (sometimes), serendipitous discovery
• Global, international connections & opportunities• Find employment & research opportunities• Emerging trends, topics, medications, treatments,
insights in your field
Online Social Networks in Healthcare & LibrariesPF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, [email protected]
Do we see the libraries look for it as well?
• The question is not whether the shift is going to happen, but how fast?
• It will change the behaviour of researcher, new ways of thinking and operating; we should adapt
“(Get) Into The Workflow”
Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC
And get to the people!
libraryConsumer environmentsManagement environment
Licensed
Bought
Faculty&students
Digitized AggregationsResource sharing
…
Institutional WorkflowPortals, CMS, IR, …
PersonalWorkflowRSS, toolbars, ..
Network level workflowGoogle, …
Integratedlocal consumer environment?Library web presenceResource sharing, …
Integratedlocal consumer environment?Library web presenceResource sharing, …
Source: Lorcan Dempsey, CIC 2007
There are the Virtual Research Networks (VREs)
• JISC VRE
• MS Sharepoint
• MyExperiment
• D4Science
• DARIAH
Key Points• Communication
between researchers and librarians
• Play a role in the exchange and sharing of research-based information in social network technologies
• Re-define the library, services, it’s systems, to reach: Visibility, Findability, Searchability and Accessibility
• Branding and marketing the library: embed & integrate
• Libraries should collaborate, communicate, cooperate, facilitate, support learning & research
ScHARR Library Public Page (Netvibes)
http://www.netvibes.com/scharr
Strategical Implications
• Developing the supporting infrastructure for – Creation– Data management– Communication
• Re-focus policyStaff development & expertiseSoft-, hardware choice
• By collaboration and partnership with other organizational parties, but also externally
• Embedded libraries • Collaborative libraries
-There is a “battle” going on for the Scientists -
“They got their work and data, now they want the people as well
..
We should be there first …and get them back quickly”
Thank you for your attention!
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