UNSW Library & eResearch
September 2011
Outline
• UNSW Library & eResearch
• Library Repository Services
• eResearch examples
• Data librarianship and the
UNSW ANDS-funded
Seeding the Commons
project
• Questions
University Library, UNSW
‘UNSW Library Lawn’ by unsw.flickr
Library Repository Services (LRS)
Created: January 2009
Aim: To support online
environments for research,
learning and teaching
“UNSW Library… is actively working with
research projects, Schools and Research
Centres to develop infrastructure and
services that explore and meet this new
role for libraries. The Library is focussed
on standards-based, interoperable
services and systems”
Projects
Membrane
Research
Environment
Institutional
Repository
HRH
Knowledge Hub
NCHSR
Clearinghouse
UNSW Seeding
the Commons
Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO)
• Open source, freely
accessible, scholarly
e-Research tool
• Presents biographical
data about Australian
artists, designers,
craftspeople and curators
• Built upon the foundations
of the ‘Dictionary of
Australian Art Online’
Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)
• Used by students and staff
at the School of Chemistry,
UNSW
• Based on software
developed at the University
of Southampton in the U.K.
• Data librarians developed a
guide for assigning
metadata to ELN posts as
well as providing tailored
advice to specific students
Data librarianship
• Develop understanding of
issues in data librarianship
• Seek and carry out projects
to gain experience in data
librarianship
• Identify research data
management services that
UNSW Library could offer
faculties and centres
‘OK...we won't make you wear them anymore. Today.’ by shadow planet
‘Data slide’ by Tom Woodward
Researching the Researchers (Rsquared) project
Aim: To investigate the
existing data use and
sharing practices of UNSW
researchers.
Methodology: Focus
groups, an online survey
and in-depth semistructured interviews.
‘Research’ by Anders Sandberg
Rsquared project findings
UNSW Seeding the Commons project
Resources
about research data
management
Protocols
related to data
management
Infrastructure
to support research
data management
Records
in Research Data
Australia
Connections
between datasets
and publications
eResearch skills
• Managing, organising &
describing resources
• Standards development &
interoperability
• Archiving & preservation
‘Flu Genome Data Visualizer’ by Jer Thorp
Questions…
‘Question!’ by Stefan Baudy