Scholarly Communication.Working Group on e-Science

Members of the Working Group on e-Science

• Chair: Ms Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Secretary: Drs Dafne Jansen, Utrecht University Library, The Netherlands
• Mr Adam Farquhar, British Library, UK
• Mr Marc van den Berg, Tilburg University Library, The Netherlands
• Mr Wolfram Horstmann, Bielefeld University, Germany
• Ms Annikki Roos, Viikki Campus Library, Helsinki, Finland

E-science, primary data, innovative research work flows, 2010-2012

LIBER’s engagement in e-science will focus on educational and policy roles, and on strategic partnerships. The Steering Committee will prepare a work programme for the 2010-2012 period that will be presented in a series of workshops, organised by the Working Group.

The first workshop will be held during the LIBER 2011 Conference. The workshops should provide answers to the following questions:

• definition of e-science, e-research and other relevant concepts
• description and analysis of trends
• identification of opportunities for research libraries (new products and services): involvement in innovative scholarly communication workflows
• creation of discovery and management systems for digital (primary) data
• preservation of, permanent access to and sharing of digital (primary) data and the role for institutional repositories
• description of the skills needed for information professionals and how they can be part of distributed (virtual) research team
• impact on library infrastructures and resources
• impact on the nature of licensing agreements
• recommendations on strategies for research libraries

For further information on the first workshop, check out our "Events" section!