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Knowledge Exchange CNI, 14-15 December 2009, Sigrun Eckelmann
Knowledge Exchange
CNI, 14-15 December 2009, Sigrun Eckelmann
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German Research Foundation (DFG)
Denmark’s Electronic Research Library
Joint Information Systems Committee(United Kingdom)
SURFfoundation(Netherlands)
Shared aim: innovative use of ICT to support Research and Education
Who is Knowledge Exchange?
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Our vision“To make a layer of scholarly and scientific content openly available on the Internet”
Fredensborg October 2009
KE Approach
By sharing knowledge, exploring differences, collaborating and promoting international dialogue, the Knowledge Exchange seeks to:• Increase the return on national investment in ICT
infrastructure, services and projects in higher education and research
• Add genuine value to the activities of the partners• Support the European agenda by promoting better access to
information resources in higher education and research• Create the optimal virtual environment for the Higher
Education and Research Community who need to choose from a wide array of possible technologies and approaches
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Working Groups
Primary Research Data Open Access Licensing Libraries in the Digital Age Interoperable Digital Repositories Virtual Research Environments
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Activities in the years 2005 - 2008
Petition to EU for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results
Tender for Multinational Licences Institutional repositories workshop
Amsterdam
And in 2009...
‘Costs and Benefits of Open Access in UK, Netherlands and Denmark’
• Three national studies during the first half of 2009• Joint study added value to already existing knowledge• Presented in seminar to European Commission
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Studies on Persistent Identifiers
Long term identification for storage & retrieval– complex field (many alternative developments)– need for open, non proprietary, trusted HE&R friendly system– Collaboration of KE and relevant external partners
State-of-affairs study regarding Persistent Identifier usage in 6 countries
User Requirements for a global resolver infrastructure
Roadmap to achieve a working global resolver service
http://www.persid.org
Workshop ‘Main drivers for successful re-use of research data’
Approach and goal of the workshop Explicit focus on benefits, challenges and obstacles of re-using data
from a researcher’s perspective What are the main drivers for success? What is missing? What is the current state of data related infrastructure? What actions might be taken by the different stakeholders to improve
the conditions for a successful re-use of research data?
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Outcomes
65 participants, 24 presentations Outstanding overview on the lessons learned Despite individual differences characterising the disciplines,
recurrent pattern of comparable challenges and obstacles: Technical issues Methodological implications Social background Incentives for researchers required
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Impressions
Way forward
• Senior management is satisfied with achievements• Exploring possibilities for extended membership• Informing and giving rise to other collaborations
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Thank you!
http://knowledge-exchange.info
Dr. Sigrun EckelmannDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Email: [email protected].: 0049 – 228 – 885 – 2344
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