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ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar
Computer Science and EngineeringIIT Bombay
May 16, 2005
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ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
Some Observations
Tamil Proverb
What has been learned is like a fistful of sand, what remains is likethe whole earth!
Solution?
Giving a scholar access only to raw information is like giving onlyseeds to a hungry man.
Way Forward?
If I have seen further [than others] it is by standing on theshoulders of giants... Issac NewtonHow can Libraries close this gap? Are they in competion with ICT?
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
Some Observations
Tamil Proverb
What has been learned is like a fistful of sand, what remains is likethe whole earth!
Solution?
Giving a scholar access only to raw information is like giving onlyseeds to a hungry man.
Way Forward?
If I have seen further [than others] it is by standing on theshoulders of giants... Issac NewtonHow can Libraries close this gap? Are they in competion with ICT?
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
Some Observations
Tamil Proverb
What has been learned is like a fistful of sand, what remains is likethe whole earth!
Solution?
Giving a scholar access only to raw information is like giving onlyseeds to a hungry man.
Way Forward?
If I have seen further [than others] it is by standing on theshoulders of giants... Issac NewtonHow can Libraries close this gap? Are they in competion with ICT?
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
Information Hierarchy
How are libraries affected?
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How Much Information?
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Paper Vs. Digital
A tree can produce about 80,500 sheets of paper, thus it requiresabout 786 million trees to produce the world’s annual paper supply.The UNESCO Statistical Handbook for 1999 estimates that paperproduction provides 1,510 sheets of paper per inhabitant of theworld on average. ...
Moreover, today’s research relies more on global digital datacollections of observatoinal, experimental or computationaldata
1 Protein Data Bank
2 Temperature/Climate Data
3 Earth Sciences/Social Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/meetings/2005/LLDDC draftreport.pdf
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Global Collaboration: CERN Project
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How Much Information
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Library of the Future?
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Online Journals
Even this is costly (INDEST to the rescue?)
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Open Access Journals
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What is open access publishing?
1 Free and unrestricted online access to the research literatureand databases
2 Users are licensed to download, print, copy, redistribute, anduse
3 Author retains copyright and the right to be acknowledged
4 Papers are deposited in a public database that allowssophisticated searches (such as PubMedCentral)
5 (Bethesda Principles, April 2003)
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Why is open access important?
1 Maximum impact for authorsaccess to the largest possible audience
2 New ways to access and use literaturefull-text searching and mining (e.g. Google Scholar)
3 Greatly expanded access to researchfor scientists, educators, physicians, the public
Economic analysis athttp://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc WTD003181.html
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ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
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ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
Arxiv.org
arXiv.org is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics,non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. Thecontents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academicstandards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by CornellUniversity, a private not-for-profit educational institution. arXiv isalso partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Digitizing Books also!
Google’s Project
Google will digitize all volumes in the University of Michigan andStanford University library systems along with parts of researchlibraries at Harvard, the New York Public Library, and OxfordUniversity in England. More information on the scope of projectsat the individual institutions can be found at news.com. Theproject looks to be an extension of Google Print and GoogleScholar, while reaching all the way back to the Stanford librarydigitization project where Google originated.
Europe’s Response
Nineteen European national libraries have joined forces against aplanned communications revolution by Internet search giant Googleto create a global virtual library, organizers said Wednesday. The19 libraries are backing instead a multi-million eurocounter-offensive by European nations to put European literatureonline.G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
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Digitizing Books also!
Google’s Project
Google will digitize all volumes in the University of Michigan andStanford University library systems along with parts of researchlibraries at Harvard, the New York Public Library, and OxfordUniversity in England. More information on the scope of projectsat the individual institutions can be found at news.com. Theproject looks to be an extension of Google Print and GoogleScholar, while reaching all the way back to the Stanford librarydigitization project where Google originated.
Europe’s Response
Nineteen European national libraries have joined forces against aplanned communications revolution by Internet search giant Googleto create a global virtual library, organizers said Wednesday. The19 libraries are backing instead a multi-million eurocounter-offensive by European nations to put European literatureonline.G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
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Open Access not only for Consumers!
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Wikipedia
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Why no Indian Languages?
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Libraries vs AmazGoogle
Modern Students demand
1 Comprehensive
2 Accessible
3 Immediate gratification
4 Followability of data
What they expect from a Library? E-learning!
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Open World Catalog
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Learning Spaces
WebMANAGEMENT
PR
ESERVATION
RE
TRIEVAL
SU
BM
ISSION
DSpace an open source dynamic digital repository
Submitter
End-user
CollectionCurator
1 2 Data files, also called bitstreams, are
organized together into related sets. Each bitstream has a technical format and other technical information. This technical information is kept with the bitstreams to
Web-based interface makes it easy for a
submitter to create an archival item by depositing files. DSpace was designed to handle any format from simple text documents to datasets and digital video.
3 An item is an "archival atom" consisting of
grouped, related content and associated descriptions (metadata). An item's exposed metadata is indexed for browsing and searching. Items are organized into collections of logically-related material.
6 DSpace is committed to going beyond reliable file
preservation to offer functional preservation where files are kept accessible as technology formats, media, and paradigms evolve over time for as many types of files as possible.
4 A community is the highest level of the
DSpace content hierarchy. They correspond to parts of the organization such as departments, labs, research centers or schools.
7The end-user interface supports browsing and
searching the archives. Once an item is located, Web-native formatted files can be displayed in a Web browser while other formats can be downloaded and opened with a suitable application program.
File
Metadata
File
5DSpace's modular architecture
allows for creation of large, multi-disciplinary repositories that ultimately can be expanded across institutional boundaries.
archive updated to
current format
Collection
Item
Community
Dynamic Diagramswww.DynamicDiagrams.com
Visual Explanation by
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ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
G. Sivakumar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay [email protected]
ICT in Science & Engineering: Library Perspective
How to Future Proof?
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Blogging
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A Library Blog
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Reading Blogs
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Future of S&T?
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Acknowledgements and References
Material freely borrowed/adapted from may web sources (CreativeCommons Licence- www.creativecommons.org)Excellent starting pointThe JISC/CNI Meeting 2004 The future of scholarship in thedigital agehttp://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2004/programme.html
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