1. eBank UK: linking scientific data, scholarly communication and learning Michael Day and Rachel Heery UKOLN, University of Bath http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/ebank-uk/ JISC Joint Programmes Meeting, Brighton, 7 July 2004

2. Outline eBank UK project aims Progress to date Potential use: –Integration in digital library services –Use in e-learning contexts –Open data repositories

3. The project team UKOLN (Bath) –Michael Day –Monica Duke –Rachel Heery –Liz Lyon –+ –Andy Powell Southampton –Les Carr –Simon Coles –Jeremy Frey –Chris Gutteridge –Mike Hursthouse Manchester –John Blunden-Ellis

4. eBank UK in a nutshell To develop a pilot service linking journal articles and scientific datasets (September 2003-August 2004) –Create institutional repository of crystallographic data (Southampton) –Modify EPrints.org software to handle datasets (Southampton) –Demonstrate eBank search service - linked to ePrints UK - indexing harvested descriptions of datasets and journal articles (UKOLN) –Embed eBank service into the PSIgate subject gateway (Manchester)

5. Project motivation Exponential growth in data arising from e-science requires new modes of data curation –Publication at source – need to embed deposit of datasets into the scientific workflow –More effective access to existing datasets –Enable re-use of data (and curation) –Enrich scholarly communication –Investigating recording the provenance of data

6. Crystallographic data workflow Set up data collection Collect data Process + correct images Solve structure Refine structure CIF RAW DATA DERIVED DATA RESULTS DATA 1 2 3 4 5 6

7. Progress so far Pilot institutional repository of crystallographic structure reports at Southampton Enhanced EPrints.org software Demonstrator eBank service at UKOLN Work to follow on embedding service into PSIgate Workshop planned August 2004

8. Demonstrator Structure reports and metadata created and stored at local site (initially Southampton) using EPrints.org software Metadata made available via OAI-PMH eBank demonstrator service harvests this metadata (OAI Service Provider) Potentially, other services can build on this infrastructure, e.g. links (citations) from published papers, the PSIgate portal, the JISC IE … Some diagrams …

9. Linking Crystallographic data and journal e-Prints EPrint (Local) EBank (World ) JOURNAL PUBLICATION DATA HOLDING INVESTIGATION RAW DERIVED RESULTS CIF STRUCTURE REPORT DATASET (Contains DATAFILES) REPORT (EPrint) EBank REPORT

10. ebank_dc record (XML) Crystal structure (data holding) Crystal structure report (HTML) Dataset Institutional repository eBank UK aggregator service ePrint UK aggregator service Subject service Harvesting OAI-PMH ebank_dc Harvesting OAI-PMH oai_dc Searching, linking and embedding dc:identifier dcterms:references Linking dc:type= “CrystalStructure” and/or “Collection” Model input Andy Powell, UKOLN. PSIgate portal Eprint oai_dc record (XML) dcterms:isReferencedBy dc:type=“Eprint” and/or ”Text” Eprint ‘jump-off’ page (HTML) Eprint manifestation (e.g. PDF) Linking dc:identifier

12. eBank (potential) links with eLearning Provide access to primary research data within learning materials –in the taught postgraduate curriculum in chemistry, undergraduate project work, chemical informatics courses Inclusion of e-research data in e- learning courses. –through links in reading lists, through essay assignments, through analytical problem solving, through practical work, through RDN PSIgate links, etc.

13. eBank (potential) generic solution During Phase 1 eBank has focussed exclusively on the chemistry domain and in particular within the area of crystallography. Potential to expand remit to: –wider range of crystallographic data –other chemistry sub-domains (e.g., combinational chemistry) –Other sciences, e.g., bioinformatics, physical sciences

14. Potential for Open eData Archives Possibilities for digital libraries to add value enhancing data with visualisation and scientific context –through the use of mark up languages (CML, CCML, MathML, etc). Encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration

15. In conclusion eBank demonstrates benefits to research community Potential for integration into digital library services –Moving from demonstrator to service, need to involve publishers and specialist services Potential for pedagogical benefits in teaching and learning –Wider issues of relation between research and learning in e-learning context