1. Research data in library catalogues and the joint initiative of European technical libraries for data registration
Jan Brase
Workshop Primary data for libraries
ICSTI winter meeting, march 2nd 2009
2008

2. The TIB as a DOI Registration agency

3. Problem: The research trajectory
Data
… is lost!
are
analysed
synthesised
interpreted
become
Information
… is traceable is
published
Knowledge, as published through scientific literature, is the last step in a process originating from primary scientific data. (Click)
These data are analysed, synthesised, interpreted (Click)
and we gain information. (Click)
The outcome of this process is published (Click)
as a scientific article, which is the classical shape of knowledge.(Click)
We can access the article in an easy way (Click)
We can trace the information in the article (Click)
But in today’s practice data are primarily stored in private files, not in secure institutional repositories, and effectively are lost.
becomes
Knowledge
… is accessible
Publication

4. Approach
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has started the project Publication and Citation of Scientific Primary Data to increase the accessibility of scientific research data, starting with the field of earth science.
TIB is now established as a “non-commercial” DOI-registration agency for scientific research data as a member of the International DOI Foundation (IDF).

5. Data and article
The DOI system offers an easy way to connect the article with the underlying data:
The dataset:
G.Yancheva, . R Nowaczyk et al (2007)
Rock magnetism and X-ray flourescence spectrometry analyses on sediment cores of the Lake Huguang Maar, Southeast China, PANGAEA
doi: /PANGAEA
Is supplement to the article:
G. Yancheva, N. R. Nowaczyk et al (2007)
Influence of the intertropical convergence zone on the East Asian monsoon
Nature 445, 74-77
doi: /nature05431

6. Results Citability of research data High visability of the data
Easy re-use and verification of the data sets.
Scientific reputation for the collection and documentation of data (Citation Index)
Encouraging the Brussels declaration on STM publishing
Avoiding duplications
Motivation for new research

7. Scope
The TIB registers research data worldwide from a scientific, technical or medical background.
So far over 600,000 information objects have received a DOI name.
The storage, maintaining and evaluation of the contents lies with the content providers (institutions, data centers, …) the data centers

8. Content providers, Data centers, who are responsible for:
Quality assurance
Storage of the content and accessibility
Creation of metadata
The TIB stores the metadata and keeps it searchable.

9. Research data in library catalogues

10. Examples
Catalogue:
Dataset1:
/GFZ.SDDB.1128
Dataset2:
/PANGAEA
Dataset3:
/PANGAEA

11. Building an infrastructure

12. An ideal cycle of research
Data
analysed
synthesised
interpreted
Accumulation
Publication (DOI)
Research
Catalogue
Publication(DOI)
Data archive
Publishers
Information
Experiment
Publication(DOI)
linking
Peer-Review
Inspiration
Publication

13. 3 layered Data Infrastructure
Libraries
Search results, DOI-Registriation
Costs: 0,01 – 1 Euro per dataset
Data centers
Storage, Quality assurance , Metadata
Costs: 50 – 500 Euro per dataset
(usually around 1% of data creation costs)
Scientists
Data harvesting, Data production
Costs: – Euro per dataset,
(unlimited)

14. ? Problems Missing Infrastructure in many disciplines
Missing funding possibilities
Missing policies for data contribution ! ? ?

15. Cooperations
In 2008 TIB has started a pilot project with Thieme Chemistry.
Chemical research data as supplement to articels from chemical journalss SYNLETT and SYNTHESIS will be registered with DOI names from TIB.
The data sets will be stored at Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe.
Access will be free of charge.

16. Joint initiative of European technical libraries for data registration

17. Re-organisation
So far the TIB is a DOI registration agency for primary data (and other non-commercial scientific information) with other local institutions as its customers.
In 1999 the publishers funded their independent DOI agency CrossRef
In 2008/2009 TIB will transit the DOI registration to a new worldwide agency, carried by local information institutes and libraries.

18. Opportunities
Easy access to the DOI system for non-commercial information institutes and libraries worldwide.
Access to Research Data is part of the national responsibilities. As science is international we aim at creating a global cooperation with national representatives.

19. Partners The core group of partners are:
ETH Zürich Library, Switzerland
L’Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique
(INIST), France
TU Delft library, The Netherlands
Technical Information Center of Denmark
British Library
Always open for other institutions