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Bitesize talk: British Library Labs update, 2016 competition finalists and staff awardMahendra Mahey
1200 - 1210, Wednesday, 21st September 2016,Bitesize talk: British Library Labs update, 2016 competition finalists and staff award,Meeting Room K,St Pancras, British Library.
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http://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labsFunded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Beta launch this month!
http://data.bl.ukOfficial launch November 7, 2016
Data
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Competition
Awards
Projects
Tell us your ideas of what to do with our digital content
Show us what you have already done with our digital content
Talk to us about working on collaborative projects
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Roadshows
• 18 events between Feb 1 – Apr 4, 2016
• Mostly universities
• Showing our data
• Coming up with ideas of what to do with it
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Researchers…
Researchershttps://goo.gl/WutNyi
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Curators / Researchers
Access & Reuse Group
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Developers/ Technical
Staff
Project Board
Universities & wider
The World
ResearchersBL Labs
British Library
Digital Scholarship
DigitalContent
United Kingdom
Advisory Board
Digital Research
Stakeholders involved in Labs
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Wider…not just Researches
Researchershttps://goo.gl/WutNyi
Artistshttp://goo.gl/nNKhQ2
LibrariansCurators
https://goo.gl/9NWZUW
Software Developershttps://goo.gl/7QQ5Tf
Archivistshttps://goo.gl/x7b4tg Educators
https://goo.gl/qh01Mi
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Why are doing this?
• Working closely with and listening to those who want use our digital collections and data for their work and helping to build services, tools and processes to support them
• We can learn how we are and should be supporting them.– Is the access to digital collections we provide sufficient?– Do we have the right tools?– Do we provide the right support?– Where are the gaps between what they want and what we can
give?– How do we build the bridges to overcome them?– Many more reasons…
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Some Lessons Learned so far…
• Everything starts from an idea and conversation!
• Need to have several conversations with several stakeholders and tap into their tacit knowledge that isn’t always written down.
• Expectations change when researchers see the data, systems and experience the ‘culture’ of the organisation
• We tend to work with researchers who can be ‘flexible’ with their research questions and are willing to embrace challenges
• Often misunderstandings because of jargon & different meaning of words
• Embrace dirty data, it may never be perfect!
• People like the ‘kudos’ of the Library
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Some Lessons Learned so far…(2)
• Many researchers have the domain knowledge but lack the technical skills to use Digital Research methods. Should they be teamed up with those that have problems that need solving (Computing) or get trained?
• Identifying / bridging gaps for researchers to use data, help them navigate through the Library to get the data they want
• Huge appetite to use digital content & data (e.g. Flickr Commons stats)
• Start small and simple, but think big!
• Embrace serendipity, work fast, give it energy.
• Learn the lessons, tell the positive stories and move on!
• Fail faster (don’t be afraid), small experiments, reject perfectionism
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BL Labs Staff Awards
• At least one digital item used
• Intranet news article posted today with more details
• Current staff / teams eligible
• Deadline 12:00 (BST) 24 October 2016
• To enter go to form:
https://goo.gl/CSqu0j• Winners announced at the Labs Symposium 7 November 2016
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Labs Symposium 2015
(L-R): Caroline Brazier, Chief Librarian; Competition winners Katrina Navickas and Adam Crymble; Dr Adam Farquhar, Head of Digital Scholarship
Dr Adam Crymble Dr Katrina Navickas
Labs Competition Winners 2015
Research – Ian Gregory et al Creative / Artistic – Mario Klingemann
Entrepreneurial – Dina Malkova Jury's Special Mention – James Heald
Labs Award Winners 2015
(L-R): George Oates; Jenn Phillips-Bacher; Paul Downey and Mia Ridge
Professor David De RoureKeynote Speech
Panel Session
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Labs Symposium 2016
• Monday 7 November 2016, 0930 - 1730
• St Pancras, Conference Centre
• FREE, book now!
https://goo.gl/2twnr5
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Other Labs connected events in 2016
• 6 October – Black Abolitionists in 19th Century Britain
– https://goo.gl/WxigUQ• 7 November – We Are Amused! A Night of Victorian Humour
– https://goo.gl/QASR6K• 12 November – The Way Ahead? Map Making and Digital Skills for
Geography Teaching
– https://goo.gl/f014YR• 26 November – Walking Tour
• Please contact [email protected], to be published soon
