eBank UK linking scientific data, scholarly communication and.ppt

Outline eBank UK project aims Progress to date Potential use: Integration in digital library services Use in e-learning contexts Open data repositories The project team UKOLN (Bath) Michael Day Monica Duke Rachel Heery Liz Lyon + Andy Powell Southampton Les Carr Simon Coles Jeremy Frey Chris Gutteridge Mike Hursthouse Manchester John Blunden-Ellis eBank UK in a nutshell To develop a pilot service linking journal articles and scientific datasets (September 2003-August 2004) Create institutional repository of crystallographic data (Southampton) Modify EP software to handle datasets (Southampton) Demonstrate eBank search service - linked to ePrints UK - indexing harvested descriptions of datasets and journal articles (UKOLN) Embed eBank service into the PSIgate subject gateway (Manchester) Project motivation Exponential growth in data arising from e-science requires new modes of data curation Publication at source – need to embed deposit of datasets into the scientific workflow More effective access to existing datasets Enable re-use of data (and curation) Enrich scholarly communication Investigating recording the provenance of data Crystallographic data workflow Progress so far Pilot institutional repository of crystallographic structure reports at Southampton Enhanced EP software Demonstrator eBank service at UKOLN Work to follow on embedding service into PSIgate Workshop planned August 2004 Demonstrator Structure reports and metadata created and stored at local site (initially Southampton) using EP software Metadata made available via OAI-PMH eBank demonstrator service harvests this metadata (OAI Service Provider) Potentially, other services can build on this infrastructure, e.g. links (citations) from published papers, the PSIgate portal, the JISC IE … Some diagrams … eBank (potential) links with eLearning Provide access to primary research data within learning materials in the taught postgraduate curriculum in chemistry, undergraduate project work, chemi