From Xiao.Hu at du.edu  Sat Mar  3 17:45:40 2012
From: Xiao.Hu at du.edu (Xiao Hu)
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:45:40 -0700
Subject: [Rdap] Lightning Talks in RDAP 2012
Message-ID: <13EF7FC5A38CD64EB341CDABC670A30B1DB187EC5D@EXCH.du.edu>

Dear List, 

As some of you may have known, there will be a lightning talk session in Mar. 23, Friday morning in the RDAP summit. It is open to ALL attendees. And we encourage you to attend the RDAP summit and consider giving a lightning talk. 

A lightning talk is a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic related to any themes of RDAP. You may ask questions, invite people to help with your project, boast about something you did, or tell a short story. All these are very interesting and worth talking about. The lightening talks are to be informal, interactive, and spontaneous. 

If you are interested in giving a lightning talk. Please sign up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/16xi9JFwWhzoxTmAFNtBaVOjZZbkh9cAXfYlCoq5XCc8/edit

Slides are not required, but if you do have slides, please send them to xiao.hu at du.edu before the session starts.  For more information on lightning talk, please see  http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html by Mark Jason Dominus and http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html by Mark Fowler.

For information about RDAP 2012 including registration, please visit http://rdap12.posterous.com/
 
Looking forward to hearing from you!

P.S., Please keep in mind, giving lightning talks doesn't get you the discounted speaker ticket price, cover your hotel or your flight to New Orleans. If it turns out you can't make it, please let us know as soon as possible.

Xiao Hu 
on Behalf of RDAP12






















.


From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov  Mon Mar  5 12:13:22 2012
From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:13:22 -0500
Subject: [Rdap] Fwd: [Sigsti-l] Data At Risk Survey - Last Chance
References: <CADZ85O+7gxHxo6POPub1T9J=vJGvG-GDUep3H5Lhfp2+ximAwA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8EF91FD3-04F6-48F3-A860-0BCCFB8F63A8@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>


I didn't remember seeing this on the RDAP mailing list, but it's related to our efforts, so I'm passing it along.

(apologies for more cross-posting)

-Joe


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Cheryl Thompson <ct.annette at gmail.com>
> Date: March 5, 2012 10:42:17 AM EST
> To: sigsti-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigsti-l] Data At Risk Survey - Last Chance
> 
> Forgive the cross-posting.
> 
> 
> 
> This is just a reminder that this *Wednesday (3/7/12)* will be the last day
> to complete the Data At Risk survey (more details below)! We really need
> your input! Hearing your experiences with data is important to the success
> of the study.
> 
> To complete the survey, please click on the survey link:
> https://uncodum.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cCFP3j3xthD2ivq
> 
> Many thanks to those who have responded so far!
> 
> 
> 
> If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Thompson at
> cheryl_thompson at unc.edu <dari-sils at listserv.unc.edu>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Cheryl Thompson* <ct.annette at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:52 PM
> Subject: Saving Data At RIsk
> 
> I am a graduate student leading the Data-at-Risk Student Learning Circle,
> at the SILS Metadata Research Center, University of North Carolina at
> Chapel Hill.  Our work supports the international *Committee on Data for
> Science and Technology (CODATA) Data at Risk Task Group*?s efforts.
> 
> 
> 
> The following survey is intended for librarians, archivists and information
> custodians who are involved in any aspect of data curation.
> 
> 
> 
> We are seeking participation in an important survey on valuable, research
> data that are at risk of being lost forever. Examples of at-risk data
> include fragile laboratory notebooks, glass plates and floppy disks. By
> sharing your experience you are making a positive contribution to the
> future provision of data services within the scientific setting.
> 
> 
> 
> To complete the survey, click the link below.
> 
> 
> 
> [SURVEY URL]
> 
> 
> 
> NOTE: If you are unable to click on the link directly, please type the
> entire link into the address or location field at the top of your web
> browser, and press the ENTER key on your keyboard to access the survey.
> 
> 
> 
> Additional information on the study:
> 
> * *
> 
> *What are your rights as a research participant?*
> 
> You are being asked to take part in a research study. Participation is
> voluntary. You are free to skip any particular question and have the right
> to withdraw at any time. Responding to the survey indicates your consent to
> participate in the study.
> 
> * *
> 
> *Who is doing the survey?*
> 
> The survey is conducted by the UNC Data At Risk
> Initiative<http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/dari/>(DARI), a project of the
> Committee
> on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) <http://www.codata.org/> Data
> at Risk Task Group (DARTG) <http://ils.unc.edu/%7Ejaneg/dartg/>. Part 1 of
> the DARI project has developed an inventory to store information about
> endangered data. The goal of part 2 is to design data preservation
> strategies to save these data.
> 
> 
> *How will your privacy by protected?*
> 
> Your individual responses will be strictly confidential. Only aggregated
> data will be shared and no individual responses will be identified.
> Summaries of the results will be made available through conference
> presentations, publications and on the web at http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/dari/
> 
> * *
> 
> *What are the possible risks and benefits from being in the study?*
> 
> There are no anticipated risks or benefits to you; however, there will be
> benefits to the scientific and library community at large in that knowledge
> of data at risk will help them design data rescue and preservation
> efforts.
> 
> * *
> 
> *Does the study have ethics approval?*
> 
> Yes, this research is reviewed by the UNC Institutional Review Board that
> works to protect your rights and welfare. If you have questions or concerns
> you may contact, anonymously if you wish, the University of North Carolina
> at Chapel Hill Institutional Review Board at (919) 966-3113 or by email to
> IRB_subjects at unc.edu.
> 
> * *
> 
> *What if you have questions about the study?*
> 
> If you have any questions about the study or know of others who would like
> to participate, please do not hesitate to contact me at
> cheryl_thompson at unc.edu <dari-sils at listserv.unc.edu>
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you. Your participation will enhance the completeness and accuracy of
> the study?s conclusions.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> 
> Cheryl A. Thompson
> 
> Data At Risk Initiative, CODATA
> 
> SILS Metadata Research Center
> 
> School of Information and Library Science,
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> 
> Email: cheryl_thompson at unc.edu <dari-sils at listserv.unc.edu>
> 
> Web: http://ils.unc.edu/mrc/dari
> _______________________________________________
> Sigsti-l mailing list
> Sigsti-l at asis.org
> http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigsti-l




From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov  Mon Mar 19 14:05:30 2012
From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:05:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Rdap] [ESIP-all] Monday Update: 2012 ESIP Summer Meeting -
 Registration and Sessions |[]| Student Fellow Application | Around the
 Federation (fwd)
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1203191400340.84976@moat.nascom.nasa.gov>



I'd have waited 'til after the RDAP meeting to send this, but the deadline 
for the Student Fellows program is March 23rd (this Friday).

-Joe




---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:36:43 -0600
From: Erin Robinson <erinrobinson at esipfed.org>
To: esip-all at rtpnet.org
Subject: [ESIP-all] Monday Update: 2012 ESIP Summer Meeting - Registration and
     Sessions | Visioneers Today - Future meeting themes | Student Fellow
     Application | Around the Federation

Hi All -

*The 2012 ESIP Summer
Meeting<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Summer_2012_Meeting>
* planning is coming together. Thanks to all who have contributed to the
theme and already submitted sessions. The final theme is: "ESIP Community
Leadership: Innovating throughout the Data Lifecycle". The theme builds on
the meme that ESIP participants are leaders in their domain of expertise
and by participating in community effort they create innovation through the
entire data lifecycle and for their particular organization.

    - Registration is
open<http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1078265>-
Early bird rate through June 15. For the first time, virtual
participants
    are requested to register as well as the in person participants.
    - Session submission
    <http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Summer_2012_Meeting#Submit_a_Session>and
    plenary speaker ideas are requested through March 31. Session submission is
    open to anyone in the community. Even if it's just an idea start the
    session form and others interested in similar topics might add on.


[trimmed]

*ESIP Student Fellows <http://esipfed.org/page-12>*- Last reminder for
the student
fellow application <http://esipfed.org/page-12>. So far, we've received 14
outstanding applicants from all over the country. In particular, if you
know students interested in Discovery, IT&I, Cloud, Visualization please
share this opportunity.

*Around the Federation: *

    - Jim Frew, professor at UCSB and past ESIP president, was featured in
    an article last week in Martin and
McCune<http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/the-background-on-your-bytes-40220/>on
provenance of ocean color data. Exciting work!
    - AGU ESSI is using the ESIP wiki to coordinate session
submissions<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/2012_AGU_ESSI_Session_Ideas>in
an effort to reduce sessions that need to be combined after the fact.

[trimmed]


Let me know if you have items for next week's Monday Update! Have a great
week!

Erin

*Erin Robinson*
Information and Virtual Community Director
Foundation for Earth Science | 314.369.9954 | erinrobinson at esipfed.org
www.esipfed.org
[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Federation-of-Earth-Science-Information-Partners-ESIP/150015055044779>
  [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/ESIPFed> [image:
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From michael at psu.edu  Thu Mar 22 10:30:01 2012
From: michael at psu.edu (Michael J. Giarlo)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Rdap] RDAP12 housekeeping updates
Message-ID: <afbcb615-989f-46b0-96aa-20d9b251846a@ucs3.ait.psu.edu>

Hi folks,

Posters for today's poster session may be set up in the "Irish Channel" room during or after the afternoon break at 2:45pm. The session begins at 5pm.  Poster presenters will have an opportunity to give a one-minute "pitch" for their posters during the 4:30pm-5pm session (in the main RDAP12 room).

Interested in the #rdap12 dine-around? See the map and curated list of food & entertainment options linked here: http://bit.ly/ykeUFS

We'll be gathering slides from all of our panelists today at #RDAP12 and posting them at Slideshare: http://slidesha.re/GG0a3O

-Mike


From susan.parham at gmail.com  Thu Mar 22 11:06:36 2012
From: susan.parham at gmail.com (Susan Wells Parham)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:06:36 -0500
Subject: [Rdap] Job posting - Research Data Librarian, Georgia Tech Library
Message-ID: <CAN1OdSeNk1ZvfNSB=Z8x0--6a6BfWwGhfeRZFppPGZHKLCXSOg@mail.gmail.com>

Apologies for cross-posting ...
I'm at RDAP, so if you're interested in talking about this position, let me
know.  I also have a position for Scholarly Communication Librarian.
Susan
-------------------------

 *GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY*

*GT LIBRARY *

*POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT*

* *

*Research Data Librarian *

The Georgia Tech Library invites applications for an energetic, flexible,
and innovative professional to join the Scholarly Communication & Digital
Curation Services team of the Georgia Tech Library. Georgia Institute of
Technology (http:// http://www.gatech.edu/) is situated on an attractive
400-acre campus in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city. The
Institute is a major public research university with premier programs in
science, engineering, management, and other disciplines with an enrollment
of more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Institute
memberships include the Association of American Universities (AAU), the
University System of Georgia, and the Georgia Research Alliance. In
addition to its campus in Atlanta, Georgia Tech has campuses in France,
Ireland, Costa Rica, Singapore, and Shanghai.



The Georgia Tech Library (*http://www.library.gatech.edu*) is a member of
the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of Southeastern
Libraries.  Its facilities include the Price Gilbert Memorial Library with
an adjoining Crosland Tower, the Architecture Library, and the G. Wayne
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.  Clough Commons opened in 2012,
isdedicated to student academic enrichment and innovative learning
opportunities and is managed by the Library.  The Library and Learning
Excellence staff consists of more than 150 FTE faculty, academic
professionals, and staff.  **



*Position:*

The Georgia Tech Library seeks a collaborative and innovative professional
to take a lead role in the expansion of our research data curation and
management services.  Reporting to the Head of Scholarly Communication &
Digital Curation Services, the Research Data Librarian will participate in
a range of activities to advance the Library?s strategic objectives for
e-Science support and data stewardship.   As a member of the
cross-functional Research Data Project Team, the incumbent will coordinate
group meetings and help shape data curation plans and strategies.

*
*

*Responsibilities:*

?       Participate in the development of research data services, including
coordinated data management consultation and training

?       Engage in a team-based approach to the development of data
repository infrastructure and tools; will include gathering system
requirements and sharing stakeholder specifications

?       Coordinate the management of new research data collections, working
with researchers to collect, manage, preserve and provide long-term access
to locally generated data

?       Implement metadata standards and best practices; develop metadata
policies

?       Assist researchers with developing data management plans, and serve
as an advocate for research data stewardship across the Institute

?       Work closely with technologists, archivists, subject librarians,
and other campus partners to manage the digital intellectual output of
Georgia Tech

?       Participate in the development of digital curation plans, policies,
procedures, and initiatives that enable digital asset preservation and
access

?       Lead specific projects and teams, and seek collaboration
opportunities within the library, on campus, and with other institutions

*Qualifications:*

*Required*:  ALA-accredited master?s degree in library and information
science, or equivalent advanced degree.  Evidence of ability to work well
with staff, faculty, and graduate students. Knowledge of appropriate
digital library technologies and related accepted best practices, digital
data curation, and web-based applications; understanding of issues related
to research data such as retention and intellectual property issues.
Working knowledge of current metadata standards such as Dublin Core, MODS,
and METS.   Excellent interpersonal communication skills; a demonstrated
record of professional contributions; and a demonstrated ability to work
collaboratively in cross-functional working groups.

*Desired*: Experience in undertaking library-based digital collection
projects.  Working knowledge of repository systems such as DSpace and
Fedora. Expertise in science metadata standards.

*Salary & Benefits: *

Appointments will be made at the Librarian I (entry-level) or Librarian II
level, based on qualifications and experience.  Minimum salary for
Librarian I is $46,000.   Librarians are members of the General Faculty and
are non-tenured.  The benefits package includes 21 days vacation, 12 paid
holidays, 12 days sick leave, health/dental insurance options, and
retirement options including TIAA/CREF.  Relocation Allowance supported by
the Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund.  Visit the Georgia Tech home page
at *http://www.ohr.gatech.edu* to view the benefits package.

**

*Application Process: *

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and will be accepted until the
position is filled. Candidates are urged to apply as soon as possible to
receive full consideration. Employment is contingent on proof of the legal
right to work in the United States. Send letter of application, resume, and
names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of 5 references to:

* *

*Sharon Baines*, SPHR
HR Officer
GT Library
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0900

Sharon at gatech.edu (preferred method)



An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution.  The university has a strong
commitment to diversity and encourages applications from candidates of
diverse cultural backgrounds.







-- 
Susan Wells Parham
Head, Scholarly Communication & Digital Curation Services
Georgia Institute of Technology Library
404-894-4522
susan.parham at gatech.edu <susan.parham at gatech.edu>
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From michael at psu.edu  Thu Mar 22 15:03:25 2012
From: michael at psu.edu (Michael J. Giarlo)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:03:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Rdap] Modified program schedule
Message-ID: <35da7bd8-897e-48ac-84f7-35acc0a8fa71@ucs3.ait.psu.edu>

Hi folks,

Today's program has been updated to reflect the delays caused by lunch: http://rdap12.posterous.com/pages/program

The short of it: both afternoon panels and the break have been pushed 30 minutes later, poster pitches will be from 5pm-5:15pm.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility!

-Mike, on behalf of the RDAP12 planning committee


From susan.parham at gmail.com  Sun Mar 25 12:48:48 2012
From: susan.parham at gmail.com (Susan Wells Parham)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:48:48 -0500
Subject: [Rdap] RDAP12 Evaluation
Message-ID: <CAN1OdSe=A24VTQ+yDDbh-LMO5WEoLGWXY9a6AwoQhTzG3=GmCQ@mail.gmail.com>

Don't forget to take the RDAP12 evaluation survey:
http://svy.mk/rdap2012<http://t.co/i1GO7VkJ>



-- 
Susan Wells Parham
Head, Scholarly Communication & Digital Curation Services
Georgia Institute of Technology Library
404-894-4522
susan.parham at gatech.edu <susan.parham at gatech.edu>
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From pvince at tulane.edu  Mon Mar 26 12:56:16 2012
From: pvince at tulane.edu (Vince, Pat R)
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:56:16 +0000
Subject: [Rdap]  RDAP12 presentation videos
Message-ID: <04EEA9B379859E4FB05001E6B96CE57F07B188BF@BY2PRD0310MB352.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Michael,

Do you know about when the presentation videos will be available.

Thanks,
Pat

Pat Vince
Director of User Services and Library IT
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library 
Tulane University 
7001 Freret St. 
New Orleans, LA 70118 
(504) 247-1369





From mweaver at asis.org  Mon Mar 26 15:31:23 2012
From: mweaver at asis.org (Melissa Weaver)
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:31:23 -0500
Subject: [Rdap] RDAP12 presentation videos
In-Reply-To: <04EEA9B379859E4FB05001E6B96CE57F07B188BF@BY2PRD0310MB352.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
References: <04EEA9B379859E4FB05001E6B96CE57F07B188BF@BY2PRD0310MB352.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <CAJy+gy0UuHYJ30CNQ0jwqZ0y6VuU29bVute1W9Ltb9P60HbE8g@mail.gmail.com>

The estimate is June for completed videos. Our videographer must finish
semester first.

Thank you,
Misty Weaver
On Mar 26, 2012 11:57 AM, "Vince, Pat R" <pvince at tulane.edu> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Do you know about when the presentation videos will be available.
>
> Thanks,
> Pat
>
> Pat Vince
> Director of User Services and Library IT
> Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
> Tulane University
> 7001 Freret St.
> New Orleans, LA 70118
> (504) 247-1369
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rdap mailing list
> Rdap at mail.asis.org
> http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap
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From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov  Wed Mar 28 15:26:10 2012
From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:26:10 -0400
Subject: [Rdap] Scientists Anonymous
References: <1F67819B-1773-4FAC-A3AD-3A6A50E3FE9C@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
Message-ID: <2E4D1B79-EFA3-4275-8C1B-DC5E938A6977@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>


I think the presentations from the lightning talks have been posted yet (the others are slowly trickling in at http://www.slideshare.net/asist_org/tag/rdap12 ), but I promised to send to the list the text in the slides ... and the background explanation, so I don't have to repeat myself.

-Joe


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Joe Hourcle <oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
> Date: December 8, 2011 9:42:19 AM EST
> To: earth-space-science-informatics at lists.nasa.gov
> Subject: Scientists Anonymous
> 
> 
> 
> For those people who asked about the list I had posted yesterday on the message board (sorry, no xkcd yesterday, I'll put one up today), it started after one too many talks last year with the effective topic of 'I have a lot of data, and it's hard to deal with', and in my snarkiness, I asked one of the other audience members why we we still saw the need for those talks, as hadn't we moved on yet?  And then I realized, it was a therapy session -- they're getting it off their chest.  But they still have a long way to go:
> 
> (this is slightly different, as I seem to tweak it each time)
> 
> Scientists Anonymous
> The 12 Steps of Science Informatics
> 
> 1.	We admitted we were powerless over our data?that our science had become unmanageable.
> 2.	Came to believe that a Power greater than our science discipline could restore us to sanity.
> 3.	Made a decision to turn our will and our data over to the care of non-physicists.
> 4.	Made a searching and fearless inventory of our data.
> 5.	Admitted to data-modelers, to ourselves, and to another scientist the exact nature of our data. (including assumptions, and possible sources of bias)
> 6.	Were entirely ready to have non-physicists remove all these defects of our data systems.
> 7.	Humbly asked non-physicist programmers to remove our data system?s shortcomings.
> 8.	Made a list of all researchers we had harmed (by our data management practices), and became willing to make amends to them all.
> 9.	Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
> 10.	Continued to take personal inventory of our data and when it had sources of error, promptly documented it.
> 11.	Sought through mailing lists and conferences to improve our conscious contact with the informatics community, praying only for knowledge of better data practices and the power (and funding) to carry that out.
> 12.	Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to scientists, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
> 
> 
> (and yes, this is related to the xkcd that I had up there Tuesday : http://xkcd.com/793/ )
> 
> -Joe




From band at praxis101.com  Wed Mar 28 16:47:03 2012
From: band at praxis101.com (William L Anderson)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:47:03 -0500
Subject: [Rdap] Scientists Anonymous
In-Reply-To: <2E4D1B79-EFA3-4275-8C1B-DC5E938A6977@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
References: <1F67819B-1773-4FAC-A3AD-3A6A50E3FE9C@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
	<2E4D1B79-EFA3-4275-8C1B-DC5E938A6977@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
Message-ID: <4F7378C7.9050902@praxis101.com>

Hi Joe, thanks for the 12 steps. By the way, can you share the slides
you showed on your FRBR ideas? I want to follow up on that work.

Thanks again for the help in organizing and participating.

Bill

On 3/28/12 2:26 PM, Joe Hourcle wrote:
> 
> I think the presentations from the lightning talks have been posted yet (the others are slowly trickling in at http://www.slideshare.net/asist_org/tag/rdap12 ), but I promised to send to the list the text in the slides ... and the background explanation, so I don't have to repeat myself.
> 
> -Joe
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Joe Hourcle <oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
>> Date: December 8, 2011 9:42:19 AM EST
>> To: earth-space-science-informatics at lists.nasa.gov
>> Subject: Scientists Anonymous
>>
>>
>>
>> For those people who asked about the list I had posted yesterday on the message board (sorry, no xkcd yesterday, I'll put one up today), it started after one too many talks last year with the effective topic of 'I have a lot of data, and it's hard to deal with', and in my snarkiness, I asked one of the other audience members why we we still saw the need for those talks, as hadn't we moved on yet?  And then I realized, it was a therapy session -- they're getting it off their chest.  But they still have a long way to go:
>>
>> (this is slightly different, as I seem to tweak it each time)
>>
>> Scientists Anonymous
>> The 12 Steps of Science Informatics
>>
>> 1.	We admitted we were powerless over our data?that our science had become unmanageable.
>> 2.	Came to believe that a Power greater than our science discipline could restore us to sanity.
>> 3.	Made a decision to turn our will and our data over to the care of non-physicists.
>> 4.	Made a searching and fearless inventory of our data.
>> 5.	Admitted to data-modelers, to ourselves, and to another scientist the exact nature of our data. (including assumptions, and possible sources of bias)
>> 6.	Were entirely ready to have non-physicists remove all these defects of our data systems.
>> 7.	Humbly asked non-physicist programmers to remove our data system?s shortcomings.
>> 8.	Made a list of all researchers we had harmed (by our data management practices), and became willing to make amends to them all.
>> 9.	Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
>> 10.	Continued to take personal inventory of our data and when it had sources of error, promptly documented it.
>> 11.	Sought through mailing lists and conferences to improve our conscious contact with the informatics community, praying only for knowledge of better data practices and the power (and funding) to carry that out.
>> 12.	Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to scientists, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
>>
>>
>> (and yes, this is related to the xkcd that I had up there Tuesday : http://xkcd.com/793/ )
>>
>> -Joe
> 
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From rhill at asis.org  Thu Mar 29 09:55:03 2012
From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:55:03 -0400
Subject: [Rdap] FW: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Administration "Big Data" Research and
	Development Program and Event
Message-ID: <201203291355.q2TDt3K3028645@mail.asis.org>

Forwarded.  Dick Hill

__________
Richard Hill
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-----Original Message-----
From: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition [mailto:CNI-ANNOUNCE at cni.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:51 AM
To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition
Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Administration "Big Data" Research and Development
Program and Event

The Obama Administration is holding an event at 2-3:30PM Eastern to 
announce the rollout of a major new multi-agency research and 
development program based on "big data". The event will be streamed at

http://live.science360.gov/bigdata/

(I don't know if it will be archived for later replay)


There are a fact sheet and a press release at the OSTP site,

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_fact_
sheet.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_press
_release.pdf

The fact sheet has links to agency specific sites for more details.

Among the press coverage, see today's New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/technology/new-us-research-will-aim-at-flo
od-of-digital-data.html?_r=1

(Steve Lohr, the author of the piece, is scheduled to moderate a 
panel at today's session.)


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI


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From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov  Thu Mar 29 11:26:23 2012
From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:26:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Rdap] Scientists Anonymous
In-Reply-To: <4F7378C7.9050902@praxis101.com>
References: <1F67819B-1773-4FAC-A3AD-3A6A50E3FE9C@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
	<2E4D1B79-EFA3-4275-8C1B-DC5E938A6977@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
	<4F7378C7.9050902@praxis101.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1203291116460.6716@moat.nascom.nasa.gov>



On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, William L Anderson wrote:

> Hi Joe, thanks for the 12 steps. By the way, can you share the slides
> you showed on your FRBR ideas? I want to follow up on that work.

I'll give them to anyone who asks (Bill, I'll send it separately), but 
there's a chance that I *might* have the free time to write it up for the 
ASIS&T annual conference, and I don't know what they count as 
'unpublished' (AGU counts posting it on a website as 'published')

I have *not* sent the 'FRBR Aggregates as Collections' stuff to Misty.

Oh, and the other handout with my poster, which was a follow-up from 
last year's 'Vocabulary for Virtual Observatories and Data Systems' 
poster.  As it wasn't an official presentation, I've saved it to:

 	http://vso1.nascom.nasa.gov/vso/misc/vocab_2p2.pdf

-Joe


From rduerr at nsidc.org  Thu Mar 29 11:41:51 2012
From: rduerr at nsidc.org (Ruth Duerr)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:41:51 -0600
Subject: [Rdap] Scientists Anonymous
In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1203291116460.6716@moat.nascom.nasa.gov>
References: <1F67819B-1773-4FAC-A3AD-3A6A50E3FE9C@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
	<2E4D1B79-EFA3-4275-8C1B-DC5E938A6977@grace.nascom.nasa.gov>
	<4F7378C7.9050902@praxis101.com>
	<alpine.OSX.2.00.1203291116460.6716@moat.nascom.nasa.gov>
Message-ID: <4F139AD1-0CF4-4D36-8815-49DFCC1714D5@nsidc.org>

Hi Joe,

Would you consider allowing the ESIP Fed data management training folks (of which I am one) to use your 12 steps in the set of training materials they are developing for scientists?  Draft modules can be found at http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Data_Management_Course_Outline.  Also, if you see any topics missing that you'd like to create modules for, please feel free.  They will be peer-reviewed and formally published on the ESIP commons site (complete with DOI and versioning).

Ruth

On Mar 29, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Joe Hourcle wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, William L Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Hi Joe, thanks for the 12 steps. By the way, can you share the slides
>> you showed on your FRBR ideas? I want to follow up on that work.
> 
> I'll give them to anyone who asks (Bill, I'll send it separately), but 
> there's a chance that I *might* have the free time to write it up for the 
> ASIS&T annual conference, and I don't know what they count as 
> 'unpublished' (AGU counts posting it on a website as 'published')
> 
> I have *not* sent the 'FRBR Aggregates as Collections' stuff to Misty.
> 
> Oh, and the other handout with my poster, which was a follow-up from 
> last year's 'Vocabulary for Virtual Observatories and Data Systems' 
> poster.  As it wasn't an official presentation, I've saved it to:
> 
> 	http://vso1.nascom.nasa.gov/vso/misc/vocab_2p2.pdf
> 
> -Joe
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From walter at sfu.ca  Thu Mar 29 13:03:17 2012
From: walter at sfu.ca (Walter Piovesan)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:03:17 -0700
Subject: [Rdap] RDAP Summit wrap-up presentation
Message-ID: <D9550A9D-8BE9-413F-9945-B59736ADAA73@sfu.ca>

Anyone know if the slides from Reagan Moore's wrap-up session will be made available soon.?

-walter
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From bhayes at email.unc.edu  Thu Mar 29 13:56:31 2012
From: bhayes at email.unc.edu (Hayes, Barrie E)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:56:31 +0000
Subject: [Rdap] UNC-Chapel  Hill Data Stewardship report now available
Message-ID: <DBE5E6D2652658429811C8ECF52DDDE60EC3686A@ITS-MSXMBS4F.ad.unc.edu>

Apologies for cross-posting.

Over the last year, a Provost-appointed task force at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigated the data management landscape through literature review, conversations with faculty and staff, and an in-depth faculty survey designed and administered by the Odum Institute.  The resulting report was submitted to University administrators in mid-February with recommendations for university policies and procedures.  While the recommendations specific to our campus have been redacted, the rest of the report is now publicly available online:

http://sils.unc.edu/sites/default/files/general/research/UNC_Research_Data_Stewardship_Report.pdf

Although the main body of the report covers material with which many on this list are likely  familiar, the appendices may be of interest.  Appendix 5 provides the interview questions for the group's initial case studies of how faculty manage their research data, some of which are highlighted in the text of the report.  Appendix 6 provides the faculty survey instrument; and Appendix 7 presents the summarized results of the survey, with a total of 2,765 respondents.

Best,

Barrie

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