From cataloguing to digital curation: the role of libraries in data exchange
This paper describes the work of the Opportunities for Data Exchange (ODE) project, a project funded by the European Commission under Framework Programme 7. This project investigates issues surrounding data preservation, reuse and exchange from both sociological and technical view points.
Led by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the project has sought out stories of success and honorable failures. It has also brought together representatives of key stakeholder in the data preservation and sharing landscape. This has enabled dialogue between these stakeholder in order to identify opportunities for researchers, publishers and libraries to play their part in data exchange.
The growing need for research data preservation and curation services, the linking of data to publications, and increasing awareness of the potential of data sharing for innovation, presents a major opportunity for libraries to redefine their roles and embed themselves in the research process. In November 2011 ODE surveyed the 420 plus LIBER member libraries to establish what demand from researchers libraries are experiencing for support in data exchange, what roles they need to fulfill, and what new skills they need to develop and how. The results clearly emphasised the importance of the development of the role of the library in digital curation.
["Reilly, Susan K."]
["ischool", "toronto", "canada", "digital curation", "research data sharing", "libraries"]