1. Knowledge Exchange CNI, 14-15 December 2009, Sigrun Eckelmann

2. Who is Knowledge Exchange?
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Denmark’s Electronic Research Library
Joint Information Systems Committee
(United Kingdom)
SURFfoundation (Netherlands)
Shared aim: innovative use of ICT to support Research and Education

3. Our vision
“To make a layer of scholarly and scientific content openly available on the Internet”
Fredensborg October 2009

4. KE Approach
By sharing knowledge, exploring differences, collaborating and promoting international dialogue, the Knowledge Exchange seeks to:
Increase the return on national investment in ICT infrastructure, services and projects in higher education and research
Add genuine value to the activities of the partners
Support the European agenda by promoting better access to information resources in higher education and research
Create the optimal virtual environment for the Higher Education and Research Community who need to choose from a wide array of possible technologies and approaches

5. Working Groups Primary Research Data Open Access Licensing
Libraries in the Digital Age
Interoperable Digital Repositories
Virtual Research Environments

6. Activities in the years 2005 - 2008
Petition to EU for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results
Tender for Multinational Licences
Institutional repositories workshop Amsterdam
And in

7. ‘Costs and Benefits of Open Access in UK, Netherlands and Denmark’
Three national studies during the first half of 2009
Joint study added value to already existing knowledge
Presented in seminar to European Commission 7

8. Studies on Persistent Identifiers
Long term identification for storage & retrieval
complex field (many alternative developments)
need for open, non proprietary, trusted HE&R friendly system
Collaboration of KE and relevant external partners
State-of-affairs study regarding Persistent Identifier usage in 6 countries
User Requirements for a global resolver infrastructure
Roadmap to achieve a working global resolver service 8 8

9. Workshop ‘Main drivers for successful re-use of research data’
Approach and goal of the workshop
Explicit focus on benefits, challenges and obstacles of re-using data from a researcher’s perspective
What are the main drivers for success? What is missing?
What is the current state of data related infrastructure?
What actions might be taken by the different stakeholders to improve the conditions for a successful re-use of research data? 9

10. Outcomes 65 participants, 24 presentations
Outstanding overview on the lessons learned
Despite individual differences characterising the disciplines, recurrent pattern of comparable challenges and obstacles:
Technical issues
Methodological implications
Social background
Incentives for researchers required 10

11. Impressions

12. Way forward COAR eInfranet
Senior management is satisfied with achievements
Exploring possibilities for extended membership
Informing and giving rise to other collaborations
COAR
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13. Thank you! http://knowledge-exchange.info13