Challenges & opportunities in the preservation of (digital) information: the case of European research librariesMuseo de las Ciencias Teatro de UNIVERSUM
November 6th- 8th, 2013 Susan ReillyProjects Manager
LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche
[email protected]@skreilly
Contents
About LIBER Drivers for (digital) preservation in research libraries Challenges & opportunities
LIBER: reinventing the library of the future
Largest network of European reseach libraries: 450 in over 40 countries
Mission:
To provide an information infrastructure to enable research in LIBER institutions to be world class
Advocacy
LIBER Projects
Reshaping The
research library
Scholarly Communication
&Research
Infrastructure
Activities impacting preservation in research libraries
We know that…
1. Libraries are engaging in mass digitisation projects
2. Deposit of born digital content being legislated for
3. Some are collecting born digital (Websites, e-journal etc) anyway
4. Responsible for institutional repositories
5. Developing role in research data management
Driver 1: scholarship is changing…
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Change in information seeking behaviour (Google
Generation) Culture of ‘openness’
but preservation is still essential
“one thing about scholarship will never change: scholars will demand access to information resources to examine what others have discovered and thought; to use and reuse evidence and scientific conclusions; and to publish results of their own research based on these resources. That is why their sources must be authentic, reliable, easy to find and retrieve, and easy to use and reuse”
Paul N. Courant (2008) No brief candle, http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
No. 1 benefit of digital preservation to organisations*
“Increased use of content as a result of better findability and availability”
*From APARSEN WP36 survey of libraries (Sep212)
No. 2 benefit to organisations
“Ensure the integrity of research results”
Driver 2: ensure our investment
All European cultural heritage available online by 2025 (Neelie Kroes)
All public domain masterpieces available in Europeana(Digital Agenda)
Cost= 10 billion per year over the next 10 years (Collections Trust)
Challenge 1= types of information
Scholarly discourse Digital cultural heritage Research data Dynamic Web content
(1) Data contained and
explained within the article
(2) Further data explanations in
any kind of supplementary files to articles
(3) Data referenced from the article and
held in data centers and repositories
(4) Data publications, describing available datasets
(5) Data in drawers and on
disks at the institute
The Data Publication Pyramid
How do we preserve this?
Newspapers Complex format Large files Richness of metadata
Challenge 2= sustainability
Recognition of the benefits of digital preservation by key decision-makers
Incentives for the decision-makers to act in the public interest
A process for selecting digital materials for long-term preservation
Mechanisms to secure an on-going, efficient allocation of resources (e.g. skills) to digital preservation activities
Appropriate governance of digital preservation activities
Selection
Seems to indicate there is no selection process/set of critieria
Resource allocation
Lack of human resources/skills
Incomplete cost models
Business models may not meet short term needs
Open to new revenue streams and shared services
Governance
57% of organisations have incorporated DP in strategy 49% in mission and vision
?But 89% rate DP as
important?!
Opportunity 1= collaboration
Common Vision Shared Infrastructure Shared Services Business Cases
Shared Infrastructure: Europeana Cloud
Common storage infrastructure for metadata and content Increase accessibility of content Develop common standards Facilitate the development of tools
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