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UNSW Library & eResearch. September 2011. Outline. UNSW Library & eResearch Library Repository Services eResearch examples Data librarianship and the UNSW ANDS-funded Seeding the Commons project Questions. University Library, UNSW. ‘ UNSW Library Lawn ’ by unsw.flickr.
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UNSW Library & eResearch September 2011
Outline UNSW Library & eResearch Library Repository Services eResearch examples Data librarianship and the UNSW ANDS-funded Seeding the Commons project Questions
University Library, UNSW ‘UNSW Library Lawn’ by unsw.flickr
Library Repository Services (LRS) Created: January 2009 Aim: To support online environments for research, learning and teaching “UNSW Library… is actively working with research projects, Schools and Research Centres to develop infrastructure and services that explore and meet this new role for libraries. The Library is focussed on standards-based, interoperable services and systems”
Projects Institutional Repository Membrane Research Environment HRH Knowledge Hub NCHSR Clearinghouse UNSW Seeding the Commons
Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO) Open source, freely accessible, scholarly e-Research tool Presents biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators Built upon the foundations of the ‘Dictionary of Australian Art Online’
Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Used by students and staff at the School of Chemistry, UNSW Based on software developed at the University of Southampton in the U.K. Data librarians developed a guide for assigning metadata to ELN posts as well as providing tailored advice to specific students
Data librarianship Develop understanding of issues in data librarianship Seek and carry out projects to gain experience in data librarianship Identify research data management services that UNSW Library could offer faculties and centres ‘OK...we won't make you wear them anymore. Today.’ by shadow planet
Researching the Researchers (Rsquared) project Aim: To investigate the existing data use and sharing practices of UNSW researchers. Methodology: Focus groups, an online survey and in-depth semi-structured interviews. ‘Research’ by Anders Sandberg
UNSW Seeding the Commons project Resources about research data management Records in Research Data Australia Protocols related to data management Connections between datasets and publications Infrastructure to support research data management
eResearch skills Managing, organising & describing resources Standards development & interoperability Archiving & preservation ‘Flu Genome Data Visualizer’ by Jer Thorp
Questions… ‘Question!’ by Stefan Baudy