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Science at the British Library
Lee-Ann Coleman
Head of Science, Technology and Medicine
Vision for Science, Technology & Medicine
at The British Library
The British Library will be recognised as a world-leading information hub for
scientific, technical and medical information, enabling researchers to
advance knowledge to enrich lives.
To enhance the competitiveness of UK science and innovation, we will
provide a portfolio of free and priced services, based on a thorough
understanding of the needs of STM researchers and the research lifecycle.
Through engagement with the research community, the public and young
people we will provide inspiration, information and education about science
and the scientific process.
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Science, Technology and Medicine strategy
Managing our collections
Information gathering
Establishing partnerships
Developing new services
A dedicated STM
team
Initiating new projects
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Science, Technology and Medicine Approach
STM Stakeholders
STM Researchers
Engage
Bioscience
Inspire
Inform
Environmental
science
Engage
Inspire
Inform
STM Content
STM Purchased
Reading rooms
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STM
Collection
Content
STM
Purchased
Document
supply
Enable
Optimize
Enable
RIC
UKPMC
Products and services
WWS
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Making the connection…
Connecting researchers with relevant information & data,
wherever it is and wherever they are
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Engage and understand researchers and their research
Identify ways in which we can add value – now & future
Enhance ease of discovery and access of current resources
Developing new, richer ways to explore and use digital information
Offering targeted services relevant to specific research domains
Provide:
Choice; Quality Assurance; Sustainable Discovery; Innovation
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Multidisciplinary resources
Breadth and Depth
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Print journals and books
 20k STM journal titles and 100% of
those indexed in ISI
Electronic material: Databases, journals,
reports, newspapers
Grey literature: Conference
proceedings, Reports, Theses
(ethos.bl.uk), Official publications
Patents
Maps
Sound recordings (inc. oral histories)
Web sites (http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/)
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Our role in science and medicine – Document Supply
Document supply to libraries and other research institutions
is mainly STM
Scan-on-demand and secure electronic delivery
Table of Contents database - Inside and BL Direct
Table of Contents database – ZETOC
 20,000 journals, tailored for the UK higher education
community, hosted by Mimas
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Our role in science and medicine – biomedical services
Health Care Information Service
 Medline/PubMed – indexing the UK input
 AMED – a database of research articles on
complementary medicine and allied health
The Science reading rooms at St Pancras
British Library Research Service
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Science, Technology and Medicine:
Data activities
Content
 Expand STM content to include online data in the focus areas of bio- and
environmental science:
 Selection criteria and workflows for a potential dataset discovery service
 Evidence-based approach: UKPMC additional content - image data
Resource Discovery
 Evidence-based approach: pilot discovery service to test user needs for data
discovery
 Consulting internally on the solutions for cataloguing and surfacing
external datasets
 Metadata required and available from selected data providers
Engagement
 Data centres, e.g. Biological Records Centre (NERC)
 Other data creators/owners, e.g. Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine,
Environmental Research Funders’ Forum
 Data ‘users’ and ‘re-users’, e.g. the UKPMC research image data survey and
users of a pilot data discovery service
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WorldWideScience.org
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Global science gateway based on US
Department of Energy’s Science.Gov
service
Multilateral partnership to enable
federated searching of national and
international scientific databases and
portals.
Launched in 2008
Large number of countries already
providing access to publicly funded
research outputs - latest addition is
China
Chaired by British Library
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Supporting New Developments:
The Research Information Centre
An adaptable, pluggable, open-access framework
for discovery, creation and sharing of information,
data, tools and other resources
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Developed by Microsoft External
Research & The British Library
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A Virtual Research Environment
for collaborative research projects
accessible via a web browser
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Aims to address ‘pain points’ or
inefficiencies of research project
management
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Initial focus in Biomedical
Research
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Development partners currently
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National Institute for Health
Research
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National Cancer Research
Institute Informatics Initiative
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MyExperiment Consortium
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UKPMC – new service in beta
UKPMC development projects commenced July 2008, first release
January 2010
Addresses 4 key aims through 4 work packages –
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Enhance the user experience (Text mining to enhance search)
Enable access to a wider range of information resources
(additional content e.g. Clinical guidelines, grey literature, DOH
publications, patents)
Provide access to a fuller range of biomedical and health
journal literature (EBI’s CiteXplore service)
Deliver metrics and the ability to analyse impact in new ways
(Grant Reporting System for Funders and Grantees)
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Vision for UKPMC
Discovery interfaces
(e.g. Intute)
Integrated with
community
interfaces
Accessed via
bibliographic
data
e-science
workbenches
Advanced
text/data mining &
visualisation
ETOC
UKPMC
Social publishing
forums & new
metrics for
authors/funders
Enhanced
content
Data supporting
interdisciplinary
research
BL
catalogue
Publisher
sites
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For further information
BL Website: www.bl.uk/science
Email: [email protected]
WorldWideScience: www.worldwidescience.org
UK PubMedCentral: www.ukpmc.ac.uk
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Engaging with the STM Community: Funding for biomedical
research in the UK
Understanding the drivers for biomedical research in the UK
•This area of research is well funded with the MRC and DH combined budgets over £1b/pa
and the contribution from the charity sector around £700m/pa
•Continued emphasis on deriving public benefit from research:
UKCRC established – to make UK world leader in clinical research
Best Research for Best Health – DH strategy to increase support for research
Cooksey Review of Health Research: formation of OSCHR, in 2007
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Good picture in UK of where and how medical research funding spent
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UKCRC Health Research Analysis (2006) examined spend of largest UK
biomedical funders (excluded industry)
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Identified 8 categories of Research Activity: showed that a third of
funding directed at underpinning research and a third at aetiology. Little
spending directed at prevention or disease management.
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Identified 20 Health categories: showed that cancer receives nearly a
third of funding, followed by neurological, infection, cardiovascular and
inflammation and immune systems.
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