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The APARSEN Virtual Centre of Excellence:
how we got here
Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk
Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK
APARSEN webinar, November 2014
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The prehistory of APARSEN
Where did we start?
EU Conference
“Permanent Access to the Records of Science”
November 2004 , The Hague
Conclusion: to establish a “European Task Force Permanent
Access”
2008: Stichting “Alliance for Permanent Access to the Records
of Science”
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
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The APARSEN project 2011–2014
• A Network of Excellence in digital preservation
• Funded by European Commission
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7th Framework Programme — Digital Libraries and Digital
Preservation
• Four years ending December 2014
• Coordinated by Science and Technology Facilities Council
(UK)
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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The motivation for APARSEN
• Broad scope
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Application domains
Aspects of the problem
Approaches and techniques
• Defragmentation of effort
• Leading to a Virtual Centre of Excellence founded on a
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common vision of digital preservation
Digital preservation as an enabler of value
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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The motivation for APARSEN
• Data deluge
• Massive growth of digital information
• Value
• How to gain benefit from this information?
• Preservation
• Which information should be preserved?
• Usability
• How to ensure the information is understandable in future?
• Centre of Excellence
• Tools, services, consultancy, training
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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Partners in APARSEN
STFC, FTK, CSC, AFPUM, KNAW-DANS, CINI,
FORTH, FRD, LTU, UNITN, UPAT, UEssex
Airbus
ICT
STM
DPC
LIBER
Industrial
design/
engineering
Universities
and research
institutes
Membership
organisations
STFC, ESA,
CINES
Research data
archives
ICT, GLOBIT,
Inmark, Tessella
IBM Israel, SBA
Vendors
National
libraries
Big science
DNB
BL
KB
ONB
CERN, ESA
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
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Approach of APARSEN
TRUST
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
USABILITY
ACCESS
COMMON VISION
Stream 1
Integration
Stream 2
Technical
research
Stream 3
Non-technical
research
Stream 4
Sustainable
uptake
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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Background expertise
Results of APARSEN’s
WPs
Common vision
Virtual Centre of
Excellence
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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The common vision
• The common vision brings coherence
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Underpinning the Virtual Centre of Excellence
Wider interest outside the project
• Defragmentation through positioning individual
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developments in a common framework, and understanding
where we are and what still needs to be done
Features of the common vision
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Evidence based
Different perspectives
Several levels of detail
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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The Virtual Centre of Excellence
• There are some precedents: IMPACT, VCC-3D, PrestoCentre
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Foundation, OPF
What is it for?
- Developing the excellence
- Structuring the excellence: “coherence, cohesion and continuity”
- Spreading the excellence
Final output a “blueprint” for a Centre of Excellence, to be implemented
beyond the project
Underpinned by the common vision
Reflecting the changing landscape since the proposal was written:
Research Data Alliance
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
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Webinar, November 2014
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And now here we are …
… the end of one journey and the beginning of another
The APARSEN Centre of Excellence
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2014
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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Network of Excellence
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