Building Library Labs

A survey of existing and planned Library Labs around the world

In preparation for the international Building Library Labs event coming up at the British Library in London on 13-14 September 2018, we are gathering a few details about existing and planned Library Labs from delegates.

This information will be used to shape the programme, and will also be shared during and after the event to promote knowledge exchange and networking in this area.

Please note that the British Library is committed to protecting your privacy and will only use your personal information in the ways described in its Privacy Policy.

The short survey below contains 14 questions and should only take 5-10 minutes to complete.

Thank you for participating and we look forward to seeing you in September!

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* 1. Name of Lab / Centre

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* 2. Lab website

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* 3. When was your 'Lab' born?
(If 'will' be born - just put in an 'estimated' date)

Date / Time

Date

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* 4. How is your Lab funded? Check all that apply.

Directly funded by institutional budgets

Externally funded

Income generation activities (charged services)

Other

Tell us more...

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* 5. Mission / Purpose statement of the Lab

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* 6. Who does your Lab primarily aim to serve? Check all that apply.

Academic Researchers (Higher Education)

Business & Industry Professionals (Entrepreneurs, etc.)

Creative Professionals (Artists / Writers)

Software Developers

General Public & Community Groups

Schools / Teachers

Staff/Institutional Colleagues

Other(s)

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* 7. What activities does your Lab typically undertake? Check all that apply.

Administering small grants for research projects (e.g. residencies/fellowships/travel grants)

Dedicated collaborative project support (e.g. proposal development/management/technical)

Creating new datasets & digital collections (e.g. digitisation, data cleaning, enhanced metadata creation)

Facilitating access to data & digital collections at scale

Providing training in digital methods & tools

Public engagement (e.g. exhibitions/lectures/special events)

Building and providing custom tools for researchers

Your own research, projects & experiments

Research data management (e.g. hosting/preservation of research data)

Storage & hosting of research project websites

Provision of specialist software and hardware for researchers (e.g. GIS tools)

Handling digital scholarship reference enquiries from scholars

Providing an innovation space for the parent organisation

Other(s)/Comment

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* 8. Does your Lab have a dedicated physical space?

Yes

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* 9. Does your Lab facilitate access to restricted digital collections / data ?

Yes

If yes, tell us more about how you go about it (e.g. computers on premises, virtual research environment etc.).

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* 10. Does your Lab facilitate access to large datasets?

Yes

If yes, tell us more about how you go about it (e.g. APIs - computational access to collections, shipping hard-drives, direct download from the web).

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* 11. Please tell us about any flagship projects & key initiatives your Lab has undertaken. Titles and links to additional information are just fine!

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* 12. Where does your Lab fit in the overall organisational structure, and how is it currently staffed (types of roles, etc.)?

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* 13. Please feel free to upload a structure diagram if you feel it will be helpful to illustrate question 12

DOCX, DOC, JPEG, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG file types only.

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* 14. Lab Contact Details

Name

Job Title

Institution

City/Town

Country

Email Address

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* 1. Name of Lab / Centre

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* 2. Lab website

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* 3. When was your 'Lab' born?(If 'will' be born - just put in an 'estimated' date)

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* 4. How is your Lab funded? Check all that apply.

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* 5. Mission / Purpose statement of the Lab

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* 6. Who does your Lab primarily aim to serve? Check all that apply.

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* 7. What activities does your Lab typically undertake? Check all that apply.

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* 8. Does your Lab have a dedicated physical space?

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* 9. Does your Lab facilitate access to restricted digital collections / data ?

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* 10. Does your Lab facilitate access to large datasets?

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* 11. Please tell us about any flagship projects & key initiatives your Lab has undertaken. Titles and links to additional information are just fine!

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* 12. Where does your Lab fit in the overall organisational structure, and how is it currently staffed (types of roles, etc.)?

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* 13. Please feel free to upload a structure diagram if you feel it will be helpful to illustrate question 12

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* 14. Lab Contact Details

* 3. When was your 'Lab' born?
(If 'will' be born - just put in an 'estimated' date)