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

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Proteopedia

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NeuroCommons

http://scivee.tv

SciVee

ResearchConnect

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http://openresearch.org

OpenResearch

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/

http://ww

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ynetresearch.com

MyNetResearch

http://ww

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endeley.com

Mendeley

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, pfa@umich.edu

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, pfa@umich.edu

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!

Guus van den BrekelEmail: a.j.p.van.den.brekel@med.umcg.nl / brekelajp@gmail.comTwitter: digicmbBlog: digicmb.blogspot.comNetvibes: www.netvibes.com/digicmbSlideshare: www.slideshare.net/digicmbFacebook: http://profile.to/guusvandenbrekel/Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=18148582Second Life: Namro Orman

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