Breakout session from the Living the Future 7 Conference, April 30-May 3, 2008, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ. / The work of science is being transformed by the dynamics of several circumstances: change in many social, technological and environmental domains is so rapid that science has difficulty keeping up; science is becoming more data-intensive, driven by the need to observe and articulate theories about more and more complex phenomena, and data collection grows exponentially as new technologies facilitate data acquisition on a massive scale; ever more work occurs at the points where traditional scientific disciplines intersect; and there is a growing social expectation that science should help solve emergent, practical problems and project solutions into the future. In sum, the processes of science need to accelerate, to become increasingly inter- (and trans-) disciplinary, and to become more "solution-driven." What is the role of research libraries in addressing these challenges? In the absence of clear, successful organizational models, the ASU Libraries has been modeling cyberinfrastructure services in collaboration with multi-disciplinary, data-intensive sponsored research projects. This presentation presents a broad case study of the experience of the past three years, identifying challenges encountered and describing how strategic direction has been charted in response to needs of the scientific community. Topics to be discussed include: library identify and the culture of science; challenges of data classification and organization to enable integrative, multi-domain research; the role of data scientists; integrating scientific and data curation workflows; implementation of digital repository services; and how emergent synergies with research centers and institutes, informatics/computer science, and high-performance computing begin to blur administrative boundaries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/337129 |
| Date | 02 May 2008 |
| Creators | Howard, John B. |
| Contributors | Arizona State University |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. |
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