Presentation for the ALA Annual Meeting, July 13, 2009, for the ACRL Science and Technology Section panel: Big Science, Little Science,  E-Science: The Science Librarian’s Role in the ConversationIMLS grant # RE-05-06-0036-06unpublishednot peer reviewe

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Data Curation in LIS Education and Libraries

Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship Repository

  Data Curation in LIS Education and Libraries Melissa CraginCenter for Informatics Research in Science and ScholarshipGraduate School of Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJuly 13, 2009ACRL-STS PanelBig Science, Little Science, E-Science: The Science Librarian’s Role in the Conversation   Overview Data Curation defined Problems and implications Education initiatives Related research  Data curation is… The active and on-going management of (research) data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science, and education. Activitiesenable data discovery and retrievalmaintain data qualityadd valueprovide for re-use over timearchivingpreservationTasksappraisal and selectionrepresentationauthentication data integritymaintaining linksformat conversions  Current problems in curationTheory, policy, application, practice conceptualizing collections lifecycles selection and appraisal continuity of access to usable and useful data sustainable service models  new divisions of labor and new roles limited infrastructure technical and human resource allocation  Data curation: What’s new for libraries? engaging with scientists during research production cycles technical infrastructure, research groups new service examples supporting data handling and management  facilitating data deposition data literacy training and support new collaborations with various offices campus IT, Research officers, archives   Data literacy search and retrieval selection assessing quality determining appropriate “fit” manipulation citation and attribution consultation and training  Additional complexities with implications for services data complexity  variation for what is transformed, when, and how representation of evidentiary value what is shared when… engagement with intersecting data communities collection forms can highly complex web-based content may need re-construction for ingest into IRs databased collections can have additional, non-trivial requirements management of value-added services to meet needs of distinct primary user groups and re-use groupsCuration in theSciencesRequired Core Courses Foundations of Data Curation Digital Preservation Systems Analysis & MngtBuilding a workforce through professional education4-day curriculum for practicing academic librarians and other research data practitioners CurationIn theHumanitiesSummer InstitutesDigital LibrariesBIS Ontology Development Intro: Biological Informatics     Problems and Resources Information Transfer and Collaboration in Science   Biological Information SpecialistBegan in 2006 - part of campus-wide bioinformatics program – others in CS, crop sciences, animal sciences, chemical & biomolecular eng.  GSLIS only department not focused on computational molecular biology, but biological informatics broadly construed:Knowledge base: user communities, interoperability, digital preservation, data modeling, ontology development, digital aggregation, information architecture Emphasis on data curation and supporting integrative science.Requires expertise in LIS and research domain. “Tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral or health data, including those to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyze, or visualize such data.        (NIH, BISTI)(NSF/IIS/CISE – 0534567, 2006, Palmer, PI)  BIS curriculumCampus core requirement in biology, CS, & bioinformatics.GSLIS distribution requirement of one course in 3 of 4 areas:Information Organization and Knowledge RepresentationInformation Resources, Uses and Users Information Systems and AccessDisciplinary FocusNew course offerings: Literature-based discovery  Data mining Thesis strongly recommended  Skills for Biological Information Specialists1) Evaluation and implementation of information systems user based assessment and continual quality improvement for the development of tools that work and are used.2) Information acquisition, management, and dissemination. development of digital libraries, data archives, institutional repositories, and related tools.3) Information organization and integration structuring information for optimal use and sharing, and standards development.ISs will develop functional applications that are integrated with current science practice, training professionals to support science by building expertise in three areas:  1. Data Curation Education Program (DCEP) - IMLS/LB, 2006 - Heidorn, PI 2. Extending Data Curation to the Humanities (DCEP+) - IMLS/LB - 2008, Renear, PI  Masters concentration in MSLIS, distance option   Foundation in digital data collection & management, representation, preservation, archiving, standards, policy.    Emphasis on enabling data discovery and retrieval, maintaining quality, adding value, and providing for re-use over time.Data Curation Education Program  Skills for data curation• knowledge of scholarly communication processes    and how research works domain knowledge (or access to it!) ability to talk to domain experts,  programmers, and   technologists systems analysis ability to track and assess emerging technology metadata (incl. disciplinary standards) understanding of how databases work technical and programming expertiseCore curation contentFoundations of Data CurationDigital Data Scholarly Communication Lifecycles Collections Infrastructures & RepositoriesSelection and Appraisal Metadata Standards & Protocols Archiving & Preservation Intellectual Property & Legal Issues Workflows; Data Re-use & Value Policy & Cooperative Alignments Scientific Information Work Assignments:20 cases developed this semesterCritiques of data management plansDigital Preservation   Archival Theory & Diplomatics    OAIS Reference Model    Data Formats    Digital Archival Objects   Preservation Strategies:    Emulation vs. Migration    Authenticity, Integrity & Trust    Evaluation & Value   Digital Preservation & The LawAssignments:Planning Grant Application Trusted Repository Assessment Science BIRN (Biomedical Informatics Research Network)  Maryann Martone  Smithsonian Libraries, Biodiversity Heritage Library T. Garnett & M. Kalfatovic U.S. Geological Survey David Soller Marine Biological Laboratory Indra Neil Sarkar  Missouri Botanical Garden  Chris Freeland & Chuck Miller Field Museum of Natural History Joanna McCaffrey  US Army ERDC-CERL General William D. Goran Snow and Ice Data Center Ruth Duerr  Johns Hopkins Libraries Sayeed ChoudhuryHumanities Perseus Project Greg Crane OCLC Lorcan Dempsey Women Writers Project, Brown University Julia Flanders Unit for Digital Documentation, University of Oslo Christian-Emil Ore  IATH, University of Virginia Daniel Pitti Center for Computing in the Humanities, Kings College Harold ShortPartnerships with research & data centers  Summer Institute on Data Curation: Extending the DC Curriculum to Practicing LIS Professionals1st Summer Institute on Data Curationfocus on scientific data topics: Digital data Data integrity & authenticity  Appraisal and selection Preparation for ingest Digital preservation standards  Day-to-day preservation work Repository architectures2nd Summer Institute:  Humanities Data Curationfocus on managing textual data  topics:  metadata XML/TEI text encoding format and encoding management institutional repository systems digital preservation management of versions and provenance   SIDC feedback: needed skills and requested content Policy, management and legal issues The Data Interview and then what..? Examples of functioning projects and current collaborations Meeting reluctance – moving the DC agenda forward Metadata hands-on – applications and working with forms  There is so much that is new… The Information Environments of Humanities Scholars BioGeomancer (BG) Project Information and Discovery in Neuroscience Creation and use of Gene Ontology annotations in model organism databasesit is critical for research to inform what we teach.  BECHAMEL Markup Semantics Project Digital Collections and Content ECHO DEPository Quality and Reliability Dynamics BIS & DCEP Needs AssessmentsFlickr users: stancia, rh  creative commonsStudies within and across domains  research practices & needs           e-research libraries & repositoriesVasconcelos Library Flickr user: rageforst creative commons•  How should research data communities be defined for curation purposes?•  What domain differences make a difference for curation requirements? •  How do we aggregate and represent data collections to add value and aid access and use for researchers?  GSLIS Curation Research Data Curation Profiles Project        (Purdue University Libraries, D. Scott Brandt, PI, IMLS NLG 2007-2009)In collaboration with librarians, working closely with scientists to study research data management / metadata workflow policies for archiving and access system requirements for managing data in a repository librarians roles and skill sets to support archiving and sharingData Conservancy (an NSF DataNet award)         (pending, Led by Johns Hopkins Univ. Libraries, Sayeed Choudhury, PI)Establish a new library-based data cyberinfrastructure paradigm  partnering with Illinois, UCLA, Cornell, NCAR, MBL, Snow & Ice Data Center  6th International Digital Curation Conference Chicago, ILDec. 7-9, 2010Digital Curation Centre, UKand co-hosted by Graduate School of Library and Information Science  Thank youcragin@illinois.eduThis work is funded in part by IMLS, grant award # RE-05-06-0036-06.

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