Warwick Library Symposium | Cathrine Harboe-Ree and David Groenewegen

Stepping outsideThe library outside the library

Cathrine Harboe-Ree and David Groenewegen, Warwick, 2015

Stepping outside

1. Embracing the future– Value add, not transactions

2. Enabling, not serving– Partners and collaborators– Capability building– Platforms for community

3. Leading, not following4. Making a difference

– Outcome focused– Communicating the difference

we make5. A user view of the world

Monash context

• Big university• Research intensive• Global• “Young and hungry”• Resources-challenged

Transforming scholarship

Key statistics 2014: BT,BL

User education

Information literacy

Information literacy +

learning skills

Research Skill Development Framework

Research skills development

An ongoing journey

Work Skill Development Framework

Continuum of skills development

11SeptembIgniting the RSD Framework: a

Work Skill Development Framework

Collaboration with faculties

Example 1: Pharmacy

Example 2: Business and Economics

The University’s online initiatives

“During discussion subsequent to the presentation, members acknowledged the Library’s significant engagement with Monash’s education strategy, and leading role in development of in-curricula skills through

engagement with faculties by librarians/learning skills advisers, and observed that increased visibility and integration of the range of

collaborative activities in this space were vital to sustaining momentum in enhancing development of students’ employability skills.”

Transforming scholarship

Stepping outside

New roles Knowledge management Transforming scholarly communication

– Repository– Publishing– Research data management– ARROW, DART, ARCHER, ANDS

It’s all about partnering

Monash University Research Repository

Over 140,000 records Publications required for

government reporting Journal collections Research data Student newspaper Patents Rare Books material PhD theses Faculty of Business and

Economics working papers Open Access material

Open Access: a dead end

The journal war is lost Gold OA will win There is no role for the library in Gold OA other

than as agent of APC payments Or as a repository owner of Green versions that

most people don’t want This is a waste of our skills and experience.

But...

Research data management

Mainstreamed through: Incorporation into teaching and engagement Infrastructure for all researchers

– Advice– Tools– Storage– Publication

Collaboration between Researchers, Faculties, Library, eSolutions, MeRC, MIGR and Research Office

The 21st Century Microscope

Ecosystem: software solutions

Funding application and

approval

Pure

Ethics approval

(solution under

consideration)

Data collection and processing

Instrument integration

MyTardis

LabArchives

GitHub

monash.figshare

Data analysis, storage and management

Desktop labs

Massive

Research Data Storage

Monash (RDSM)

LabArchives

GitHub

monash.figshare

Publication of results and data

Pure

monash.figshare

Published data retention and

disposal

monash.figshare

Research Data

Storage Monash (RDSM)

Archiving and

preservation solution

(currently under

investigation)

Assumptions

Monash researchers create an unknown but substantial amount of research data every year

The vast bulk of this data is stored and managed in locations that do not enable easy discovery, sharing or re-use

Our researchers want to be able to manage their data in methods that they control that make sense with their workflows and disciplinary expectations

Monash does not have enough people to hold everyone’s hands in this

We should provide people, tools and services that enable Research Data Management (RDM)

Storage as entry point to RDM

Key for researchers is ability to manage and control how they

– store– share

Then use the same tool to – publish

Underpinned by the Data Curation Continuum

We need tools that are:

Convenient and easy to use Obviously better than what researchers were

already doingAble to create metadata at points when it is

relevantAllowing researcher controlMaking publishing of data a one click processThe flexibility of the cloud with the confidence of

ongoing institutional storage

Research data ecosystem

Data only

monash.figshareweb interface

Data andmetadata

Monash datastorage

Metadataand DOI

Research Data Australia

Monash publications repository

Monash dataArchives

Data andMetadata

monash.figshareweb interface Metadata

and DOIData only

researcher

Typical user

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monash.figshareweb interface

Data andmetadata

Metadataand DOI

Research Data Australia

Monash publications repository

Data andMetadata

Metadataand DOI

labarchives @ monashweb interface

Laboratoryuser

Data only

labarchivesdatastorage

labarchivesdataarchives

Data only

Data only

Monash datastorage

Monash dataArchives

Data only

Laboratory user

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Advantages for researchers

Manage and control their research data Private and collaborative storage spaces Securely stored in Monash storage Accessible from anywhere Make research outputs citable, sharable,

discoverable Data can be discoverable without being open

Building the future

How does this contribute to: – The University’s effectiveness?– Our rankings and reputation?– A desire to collaborate with, work at or

study at Monash? How do we know?

– The courage of our convictions, combined with evidence-based decision-making

Thank you

[email protected]@groenewegendave

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