Ensuring access to the record of science: driving changes in the role of research libraries APE2014 Berlin, 29 th January Susan Reilly Projects Manager LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de

Contents  About LIBER  Drivers for (digital) preservation in research libraries  Roles & opportunities

LIBER: reinventing the library of the future  Largest network of European research libraries: 410 in over 40 countries Mission: To provide an information infrastructure to enable research in LIBER institutions to be world class

Advocacy LIBER Activities Reshaping The research library Scholarly Communication & Research Infrastructure

Activities impacting preservation in research libraries We know that… 1.Reaseach practices are changing in more connected era 2.Deposit of born digital content being legislated for 3.Libraries collecting born digital (Websites, e-journal etc) anyway 4.Responsible for institutional repositories 5.Developing role in research data management 6.Libraries are engaging in mass digitisation projects

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,

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”

What is the scholarly record?  Journal articles  Research data  E-books  Digital/digitised cultural heritage  Dynamic Web content

E-journals  Not “owned” by the library  Increasingly complex format  Need provision for DP in license provision  Move to open access adding complexity  Need to rely on third party solutions  Role moves to intermediary  Responsibility to set out DP provisions at selection stage Image:

Open access articles  Library can archive a copy without infringing copyright  Licensing issues with content in green repositories  Who takes responsibility for gold OA? Not all gold publishers are equal (see DOAJ)  Role returns to content provider/collector  But who is responsible for preserving what?  Danger of duplication of effort

Journal articles are just the tip of the pyramid!  Reseach data management plans  Data curation  Archiving & preservation  Role is to support research data management  Responsibility to make data findable, citable, available and reuseable

Digitised cultural heritage & dynamic web content  The Bentham  Est to release entire works of Jeremy Bentham  Went from analog to digitised  eJournal: The Journal of Bentham Studies  Website  Crowdsourcing platform for transcription of manuscripts  Role to support long term curation Out of funding! aka_S%2BR_FINAL.PDF

Ensuring 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

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

Roles reflected in governance  57% of organisations have incorporated DP in strategy  49% in mission and vision ? But 89% rate DP as important?!

Resource sharing/collaboration role  Develop shared international infrastructure for legal e- deposit (roll out e-depot to Europe!)  Engage in best practice networks (APARSEN) to promote skills and define standards  Provide centralised digital curation platforms (e.g. UCL Digital Collections See b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R) b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R  Look to the future! (implications of the Cloud?)

Intermediary role  Publishers  Agree DP provisions with publishers  Promote shared archive services e.g. CLOCKKS & Portico  Encourage use of simple licences (cc-by) for OA  Researchers  Advise on licences/copyright  Support creation of data management plans  Promote DP services/benefits

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