[Rdap] NEWS RELEASE: Announcing the 2012 ARL/DLF/DuraSpace E-Science Institute

Tue Jun 5 10:01:43 EDT 2012

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
June 5, 2012
Contact: Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris at duraspace.org>
Read it online: http://bit.ly/KtNnZi
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Announcing the 2012 ARL/DLF/DuraSpace E-Science Institute*
*New partners, expanded communities mean more learning opportunities for
librarians, repository managers, researchers, and technologists*

*Ithaca, NY* DuraSpace is pleased to announce the 2012 Association of
Research Libraries/Digital Library Federation (ARL/DLF)/DuraSpace E-Science
Institute (ESI) scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
This Institute will be offered to academic and research library audiences
seeking opportunities to boost institutional support of e-research and the
management and preservation of our scientific and scholarly record. The new
Institute will include ongoing communication with the ARL/CLIR Connect
E-Science/E-Research Community–an interactive website for ESI participants
to maintain contact with one another, the ESI faculty, and experts and
professionals in the fields of information and library science to build a
community of emerging practice. DuraSpace has an excellent track record of
offering online professional webinars, and DLF provides both professional
expertise and numerous ways for the community to connect and continue the
conversation.

"The DLF is excited to continue our involvement with this important effort
and looks forward to working with Duraspace," said DLF Director Rachel
Frick.

The 2012 E-Science Institute will build on the strengths of the inaugural
2011 E-Science Institute developed by MacKenzie Smith, DeEtta Jones and a
group of expert faculty [
http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/escieninstitute/esi-facultybios.shtml]
in
collaboration with ARL and DLF.

"The ARL/DLF E-Science Institute was a unique opportunity to help a large
number of research libraries develop strategies for engaging with e-science
and digital research on their campuses and collaboratively. The new
Institute under development by DuraSpace will take what we learned from
that experience to create a valuable learning experience and an ongoing
community collaboration for this critical library program. I hope every
library will avail itself of this opportunity." said MacKenzie Smith,
University Librarian, University of California, Davis.
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More about the E-Science Institute*
The E-Science Institute was designed in 2011 to help research libraries
develop a strategic agenda for e-research support, with a particular focus
on the sciences. The Institute consists of a series of interactive modules
that take small teams of individuals through a dynamic learning process to
strengthen and advance their strategy for supporting computational
scientific research. The Institute begins with a series of modules for
teams to complete at their institutions, and culminates with an in-person
workshop. Local institution assignments help staff establish a high level
understanding of research support background needs and issues.

Development of course materials for the 2011 Institute was funded by the
sponsors and supporting institutions of ARL and CLIR/DLF and was only
available to their members. Going forward, the E-Science Institute will be
managed by the DuraSpace organization and will be open to all institutions.

“The first E-Science Institute was a tremendous success,” said ARL
Executive Director Charles B. Lowry. “ARL will work closely with DuraSpace
to shape the new Institute and support ARL membership as library e-research
services mature individually and collectively."

ARL members and CLIR sponsors were surveyed about the anticipated 2012
Institute design. Respondents indicated a preference for a format that
would include a series of online courses as well as an optional in-person
capstone event. An additional focus on humanities as well as the sciences
plus in-depth presentations in areas that participants indicated were of
high interest will be offered this year.

Look for announcements about specific dates as they become available. Sign
up here if you would like to be notified when date and registration
information is available: http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute.
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About ARL <http://www.arl.org/> (Association of Research Libraries)*
ARL is a membership organization that influences the changing environment
of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research
libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission
by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing
leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher
education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise,
facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping
a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied
organizations.

*About DLF <http://www.diglib.org/> (Digital Library Federation)*
The purpose of CLIR’s Digital Library Federation program is to build and
support a robust, engaged community whose members share a vested interest
in advancing digital libraries. To this end, DLF serves as a resource and
catalyst for collaboration among digital library developers, project
managers, and all who are invested in digital library issues.
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About the DuraSpace <http://duraspace.org> organization*
DuraSpace is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded
in 2009 when the Fedora Commons organization and the DSpace Foundation, two
of the largest providers of open source repository software, joined to
pursue a common mission to preserve our shared scholarly, scientific and
cultural record. The DuraSpace community includes more than 1,500 worldwide
institutions that use DSpace or Fedora open source repository software to
provide durable access to documents, imagery and media.

DuraSpace has established infrastructure, workflow and administrative
support to ensure that long-distance presentations are conducted in a crisp
and professional manner.  Effective management of online scheduling,
publicity, rehearsals, marketing, distribution, registration and
post-production contribute to learning satisfaction. Online sessions are
hosted using the EDUCAUSE Adobe Connect platform and are recorded for
asynchronous viewing. Presenters receive full survey reports conducted at
the conclusion of each presentation.

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
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