Presentation DFG Bonn 16 september 2015
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The document discusses the Text and Data Mining (TDM) project at Leiden University Libraries, focusing on the needs of researchers and the challenges faced in accessing and utilizing text collections. It highlights trends in humanities and science, the goals of the project, findings on researcher experiences with TDM, and the ongoing negotiations surrounding open access policies. The project aims to improve library collections for TDM and ensure that researchers can effectively utilize digital resources.
Presentation DFG Bonn 16 september 2015
- 1. Discover theworld at Leiden UniversityDiscover theworld at Leiden University Text- & Data Mining at Leiden University from a Library Perspective Drs. Isabel Brouwer | Leiden University Libraries DFG | Bonn - 16 September 2015
- 2. Discover theworld at Leiden University New areas of expertise in research support Leiden University Libraries (UBL) • Virtual Research Environments • Open Access • Data Management & Data Curation • IPR • Publication Support • GIS • Text- & Data Mining
- 3. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM - Limitations • Limitation to text (collections) • Focus on two international trends: 1) Humanities: increasing use of TDM on digital text corpora NL: eHumanities group - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW) 2) Science: growing importance of TDM digital content for Literature Based Discovery (Swanson linking)
- 4. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM - Goals Gain insight into: • The impact of the 2 above mentioned international trends on Leiden researchers • To what extend would they use our collections for TDM? • What do researchers need and wish for this purpose? • What does the library have to do to make collections suitable for TDM? • What supporting services could the library offer?
- 5. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM – Project Team • Librarians: • Leiden University Libraries (UBL) • Walaeus Library-Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) • Researchers: • Faculty of Humanities: • Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) • Book & Digital Media Studies (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society- LUCAS) • Biosemantics group-Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC)
- 6. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM – Approach • Phase 1 : exploratory study - Desk research - Symposia, workshops • Phase 2: execution - Interviews - Pilots - Symposium ‘ Digital Scholarship and the Role of the Library’ - Available sources, TDM license agreements, criteria digitized collections - TDM Website - Selection TDM tools • Phase 3: evaluation, recommendations - End of Project Report
- 7. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM – Findings (1) • Humanities - TDM mainly done by Computational Linguistics, History, Area Studies and Book & Digital Media Studies - Texts from digitization projects (libraries, archives, Google Books) - Researchers digitizing themselves - Databases like Factiva (newspapers) becoming popular • Science - TDM mainly done in Biomedical Sciences (-omics) - Literature Based Discovery – not at the scale that we expected • Bibliometrics - Science - Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Faculty of Social Sciences
- 8. Discover theworld at Leiden University UBL Project TDM – Findings (2) • Leiden researchers that use TDM have encountered various difficulties in relation to accessibility and usability of textual data for TDM • Difficulties in relation to copyright law and license agreements: no access at all, restrictions, etc. • Different ways to deal with barriers by researchers • And libraries - Elsevier TDM agreement not accepted by the UKB (partnership of Dutch University Libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands ) - Negotiations with Elsevier now part of negotiations on OA and done at a national level by the VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands) - No agreement yet
- 9. Discover theworld at Leiden University Open Access position of the Dutch Government • 2013: State Secretary Sander Dekker announced a national transition to OA • 2016: if necessary legislation • 2018: 60 % OA • 2024: 100 % OA • Preference for gold OA • Negotiations will all publishers involved will be done by: - VSNU (The Association of Universities in the Netherlands) - UKB (the partnership of University Libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands) - SURF market (the collaborative ICT organization for Dutch higher education and research) • No new contracts without agreements about OA
- 10. Discover theworld at Leiden University Removing barriers Researchers play a vital role in OA! International level: • European Commission • The League of European Research Universities (LERU) • The Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) • The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) National level: • Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) • The Partnership of University Libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands (UKB)
- 11. Discover theworld at Leiden University Thank you very much for your attention! http://www.library.leiden.edu http://www.library.leiden.edu/teaching- researching-publishing/manage-your- research/data-and-text-mining/ @bellabrouwer @ubleiden