SGER: EScience in the All-Digital Library

数字图书馆的发展目前侧重于传统服务，如搜索、存档和获取数字信息(如HathiTrust和Google Book Search)，但没有认识到eScience识别隐藏在数字收藏和科学数据库中的潜在信息的潜力。这个SGER正在探索在全数字图书馆中可能出现的新的科学研究形式。作为一个案例，我们正在使用康奈尔大学的曼恩图书馆，它将是首批将其至少80%的藏书数字化的大型科学图书馆之一。到目前为止，只有少数科学家意识到全数字图书馆提供的机会。这项研究的第一部分是从科学家那里收集关于他们所在领域的信息驱动型研究的潜力，以及他们需要的工具和服务的信息。研究的第二部分是进行试点实验，以深入了解对数字藏书进行信息密集型研究的实际困难。这将使用100,000本数字化图书的初始集合，我们正在为这些图书提供索引、简单数据挖掘和提取子集的工具。公开传播研究结果是这项研究不可或缺的一部分。其目的不仅仅是在全数字图书馆中探索eScience，而是使科学家能够在没有计算专家帮助的情况下进行eScience研究。为此，他们需要大学、图书馆和政府的支持。这种支持必须建立在对技术、人员和组织因素的充分了解分析的基础上，以最大限度地发挥全数字图书馆的好处。

Digital library developments currently emphasize traditional services, such as searching, archiving, and access to digital information (e.g., the HathiTrust and Google Book Search), but fail to recognize the potential for eScience to identify latent information that is buried in digital collections and scientific databases. This SGER is exploring the new forms of scientific research that are possible in an all-digital library. As a case study we are using Cornell's Mann Library, which will be one of the first large scientific libraries to digitize at least 80 percent of its book collections. As yet, only a few scientists are aware of the opportunities that an all-digital library offers. The first part of the study is gathering information from scientists about the potential for information-driven research in their domains, and the tools and services that they need. The second part of the study is undertaking pilot experiments to gain insights into the practical difficulties in carrying out information-intensive research on digital book collections. This will use an initial collection of 100,000 digitized books to which we are providing tools for indexing, simple data mining, and extraction of subsets. Public dissemination of the results is an integral part of this study. The aim is not simply to explore eScience in the all-digital library, but to enable scientists to carry out eScience research without the help of computing specialists. For this they need support from universities, libraries, and the government. This support must be built on a well-informed analysis of the technical, human, and organizational factors that will maximize the benefits of the all-digital library.