From oneiros at annoying.org Sat Sep 8 13:10:48 2012 From: oneiros at annoying.org (Joe Hourcle) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:10:48 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Notes on 2012 August BRDI meeting References: Message-ID: <2875E0F0-4D42-40E3-BF7A-F0C5CE6F6153@annoying.org> Rather than just paste it all in, I've put it on a website for those interested: http://vso1.nascom.nasa.gov/joe/notes/brdi/BRDI_2012_Aug_notes.txt I only attended the first day of the meeting (Aug 29th), and the symposium; I didn't go to the open portion of their meeting on the 30th. Their program is at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_070714 ... Likely the most important things for this group: Presentations & audio recordings from the July 19th symposium on digital curation workforce development are online: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_070217 In September, BRDI should be putting out three reports on the following topics: attribution (from last Augusts' meeting) the case for sharing data science knowledge discovery NSF has started funding on what they were calling the 'Data Web Forum', but not might be renamed the 'Research Data Alliance', which in part is looking to put together an IETF-like framework. If I understood correctly, they'd then be soliciting RFCs-like documents of what different groups are doing, so that we can build on each other's good ideas. IMLS mentioned plans for 'regional data hubs', where groups could go to digitize their holdings, without having to invest in all of the equipment themselves. (not in the notes) BRDI/CODATA is going to be working on a 2014 CODATA bid. As CODATA is typically in October, and the bid's being prepared by Bonnie Carroll (an ASIS&T past-president), I suggesting that she look into if there were advantages of coordinating w/ the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Both Bonnie and Dick Hill were willing to looking into that. Upcoming Meetings (sorry, not a whole lot of info on these) Oct 17-18, a meeting on digital curation in Redmond, Washington. Dec. 11th, a 'Big Data' workshop at the Library of Congress -Joe From oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov Wed Sep 12 14:38:11 2012 From: oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov (Joe Hourcle) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:38:11 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Fwd: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Archiving 2013 Call for Papers References: Message-ID: <5E909305-1568-49A4-84FA-0150AEC6261E@grace.nascom.nasa.gov> I suspect this is going to conflict w/ the RDAP meeting ... but theirs is 4 days long, and it's just down the road from Baltimore for those who might want to try hitting both. (although, traffic in DC in April, particularly along tidal basin really sucks because of the cherry blossoms) -Joe Begin forwarded message: > From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" > Date: September 12, 2012 2:20:51 PM EDT > To: "CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition" > Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Archiving 2013 Call for Papers > Reply-To: "CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition" > > CNI is pleased to serve again this year as a cooperating organization for the IS&T Archiving Conference. > ---------------------- > > IS&T is pleased to announce the 10th Archiving Conference which will be held April 2-5, 2013 in Washington, DC. The deadline for submitting presentation abstracts is November 15, 2012. > > A PDF of the Call for Papers can be found at www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving. > > The annual event presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in this exciting field. > Archiving 2013 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and interactive display presentations. It brings together attendees from around the world represent industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. > > Proposed program topics include: > > Preservation of Digital Assets > > Storage technologies: novel approaches, monitoring, and reliability > Migration strategies > Preservation of social media content > Intellectual property, rights management, and legal aspects > Standards and guidelines > Innovative projects and activities > Technical Processes and Workflows > > Digital imaging technologies > Metadata generation, searching, and indexing > Quality management, certification, and efficiency > File formats for digital archiving > Color management in capture and display > Development of software and tools > Digital Curation > > Prioritizing collections for digital archiving > Cost models and benefit of preservation > Digital forensics and data recovery > Curation of scientific research data > Strategies for databases and multidimensional data > Automated review of restricted information > Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We would be pleased to see you in Washington, DC for the conference. > > Best regards, > > Diana Gonzalez > IS&T Conference Program Manager > archiving at imaging.org > 703/642-9090 x 106 > > From dm2764 at columbia.edu Fri Sep 14 17:10:55 2012 From: dm2764 at columbia.edu (Danianne) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:10:55 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Job Posting: Research Data Manager - Columbia University Message-ID: <50539D5F.2020608@columbia.edu> Job Posting: Research Data Manager - Columbia University Reporting to the Director of the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) (http://cdrs.columbia.edu/), a division of the Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, the *Research Data Manager* will work closely with the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, staff within CDRS (particularly the Digital Repository Manager and the Head of the Scholarly Communication Program), data librarians and librarian subject specialists, and others within the Columbia University community on planning, outreach, and policy development to address the data life cycle needs of researchers at Columbia University and its affiliates. S/he will also work closely with the Libraries Digital Program Division staff and the Metadata Librarian on implementation of best practices in data curation, storage, archiving, and preservation. * Works as an active member of CDRS in a senior role, contributing to the Center?s initiatives and leading specific projects. * Works with library divisions and appropriate campus units (Executive Vice President for Research, CUIT, Research Computing Executive Committee, etc.) to plan, implement, and evaluate sustainable services for data-intensive research across the university. * Works with library colleagues to acquire original research data and to provide training and outreach relating to research data. * Promotes the use of repositories, including Academic Commons (http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/), for data management, public access, and preservation. * Works with faculty, graduate and post-doctoral students, academic and administrative units, and research centers to enable them to better manage, describe, archive, preserve, and make available university research data. * Advises and trains faculty, graduate and post-doctoral students, and administrators in writing data management plans. * Participates in campus initiatives, committees, and task forces related to data management and storage and in developing policies for data management as part of the campus research community. * Monitors developments in data standards and best practices and participates in discussions regarding cooperative data curation and data life cycle management activities and services on the local, regional, national, and international level. * Oversees interns interested in working on research data issues. Required Qualifications * Bachelor?s degree (preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Information and Communications Technology, or related degree) or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred. * 4-6 years of related experience. * Demonstrated knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to the management, curation, and archiving of digital data. * Familiarity with entire research data life cycle. * Experience with institutional, data, or subject repository systems. * Proven ability in and desire for doing outreach and training across campus. * Demonstrated ability to work collegially and cooperatively within and across organizations. * Demonstrated record of managing projects and bringing them to a conclusion in a timely fashion. * Familiarity with common metadata standards, e.g., DDI; understanding of ontology and semantic relationships highly preferred. * Excellent analytical, organizational, management, oral and written communications, and interpersonal skills. Preferred Qualifications * Master?s degree in library or information science or in computer science, information systems, or related technical field. * Track record of working collegially inside and outside of a library organization to innovate and deliver new services in a research environment. * Experience working with projects involving various data and metadata standards (e.g., Dublin Core, EAD, TEI, DDI, METS, MODS, PREMIS). *To apply:* For immediate consideration, please submit a cover letter and r?sum? online at: jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=131862 One of the world?s leading research universities, Columbia provides outstanding opportunities to work and grow in a unique intellectual community. Set in the Morningside Heights academic village, Columbia also presents the unmatched dynamism, diversity, and cultural richness of New York City. 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URL: From jrcarlso at purdue.edu Mon Sep 17 15:14:09 2012 From: jrcarlso at purdue.edu (Carlson, Jacob R) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:14:09 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Data Curation Profiles Symposium Message-ID: The Purdue University Libraries will be hosting a symposium on data curation, and the roles Data Curation Profiles might play in addressing issues related to research data on Monday September 24, 2012, from 9:00 am to 2:15 pm EST. The physical event is by invitation only, but we invite you to watch a streaming video feed of the event through the following Windows Media Live Stream URL: mms://video1.itap.purdue.edu/DCPSymposium You must have Windows Media Player installed to view. The Institute of Museum and Library Services funded grant, "Understanding Curation through the use of Data Curation Profiles" provided workshops in using the Profile to over 360 librarians. The goal of this project was to provide librarians with the knowledge, training and means to engage faculty in discussions about their research data, how they work with and manage their data, and their needs in organizing, sharing, publishing, or preserving this data. The symposium will be a wrap-up of the research that went into the project. The schedule of panels and presentations is as follows: * Keynote Address: "The Deluge of Data Metaphors: grappling with the meaning of data curation" (9:00 - 9:30am) Chuck Humphrey, Data Library Coordinator from the University of Alberta Libraries. * Panel on the experiences of practitioners (9:30-10:30am) Katie Dunn (RPI), Chris Eaker (University of Tennessee), Daureen Nesdill (University of Utah), Lisa Zilinski (University of Southern Florida), Marianne Bracke (Purdue) * Panel on educational needs (10:45-11:30am) Dr. Suzie Allard (University of Tennessee), Nabil Kashyap (University of Michigan), Elaine Martin (University of Massachusetts Medical School) * Panel on broader perspectives (11:30-12:15am) Dianne Dietrich (Cornell University), Holly Surbaugh (Stratus Consulting), Dr. Nancy McGovern (MIT via skype) * Presentation and discussion: What have we learned from the DCP Workshops? (12:30-1:30) Jake Carlson & Scott Brandt (Purdue) * Panel on opportunities in the data curation landscape (1:30-2:15) Rachel Frick (DLF), Chuck Thomas (IMLS via skype), Dr. Helen Tibbo (UNC-Chapel Hill) The twitter hashtag for the event is #dcptoolkit. No registration is required for viewing the video streaming. The video of the event will be made available for later viewing on the Data Curation Profiles website: http://datacurationprofiles.org/. -------------------------------------- Jake Carlson Associate Professor of Library Science Data Services Specialist Purdue University Libraries 504 W. State St., STEW 279E West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058 Ph: (765) 494-6665 jrcarlso at purdue.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Tue Sep 18 11:24:12 2012 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:24:12 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] NEWS RELEASE: DuraSpace and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Partner to Provide Cost-Effective Cloud Storage/Preservation Services In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 18, 2012 Contact: Carol Minton Morris, (cmmorris at duraspace.org); Jan Zverina ( jzverina at sdsc.edu) Read it online: http://bit.ly/OAPyH0 *DuraSpace and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Partner to Provide Cost-Effective Cloud Storage and Preservation Services** DuraCloud Gives Institutions the Option to Use Academic Cloud Storage* *Winchester, MA* The DuraSpace organization and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, announced today that DuraCloud http://duracloud.org and SDSC?s cloud storage services https://cloud.sdsc.edu/hp/index.php have been fully integrated to provide additional preservation services and storage for researchers, students, academics, and industry users. Customers now have the option of choosing the world's largest academic cloud storage system through DuraCloud. Access to commercial cloud providers Amazon and Rackspace along with SDSC Cloud Storage are available simultaneously through a single web based platform, DuraCloud. DuraSpace CEO Michele Kimpton explains the significance of the partnership: "SDSC is an important strategic partner for us in that they are the first academic-based production cloud offering and we envision together building an academic-based open cloud infrastructure with a layer of services provided by DuraCloud. We see this as the first step in this direction and are thrilled." ?SDSC is pleased to deploy its OpenStack-based cloud storage service to support essential data preservation services for academic institutions and other users,? said Ron Joyce, SDSC?s associate director of IT services. ?This new partnership is a win-win for both of us. It provides SDSC with a new avenue of potential opportunities in the academic community as we look to fill a critical gap in academic data management services for institutions across the country, and gives DuraCloud expanded resources with which to grow their own customer base.? DuraCloud and SDSC?s cloud storage combined services integration gives customers the following benefits: - SDSC?s cloud storage is providing colleges and universities with the ability to meet institutional storage and preservation requirements in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. - Universities can access both commercial and academic cloud storage through a single provider and web application, DuraCloud. - Customers can have a single service agreement and contract with DuraSpace and get access to all cloud providers, including Amazon, SDSC, and RackSpace. *About SDSC Cloud Storage* SDSC?s cloud storage services (https://cloud.sdsc.edu/) provide academic and research partners with a cost-effective way to store, share, and archive data, including extremely large data sets. Utilizing the open standard cloud storage software, OpenStack, with Swift Object Storage, content is written to multiple physical storage arrays simultaneously, ensuring at least two verified copies exist on different servers at all times. Once objects are in the SDSC Cloud they are immediately available over the web to other users, the public, or just the content originator. By assigning a URL to each file or container created, SDSC?s Cloud provides a simple way to expose and share any amount of data. *About DuraCloud* DuraCloud (http://duracloud.org) is a platform that enables users to manage, preserve, and access content in the cloud, as well as utilize multiple cloud providers through a single web based dashboard. DuraCloud simplifies the task of moving copies of content into the cloud and storing them with several different providers. As a result, it eliminates the risk of storing content with a single cloud provider. On top of providing a single interface through which to replicate and manage content across multiple underlying cloud stores, DuraCloud also offers a suite of preservation and archiving services. -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmmorris at fedora-commons.org Thu Sep 27 14:20:30 2012 From: cmmorris at fedora-commons.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:20:30 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] NEWS RELEASE: Dell, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive w/ Open Source Fedora Repository Software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Sept. 27, 2012 Contact: Carol Minton Morris, (cmmorris at duraspace.org) Read it online: http://dell.to/NTBQDv *From Dell Global Education Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and DuraSpace* *Dell and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Create Preservation Archive with Open Source Fedora Repository Software* ? One of the largest public university libraries in the country uses open source software on Dell DX Object Storage Platform to manage and protect digital assets ? University lowers storage total cost of ownership with scalability to support archive growth *ROUND ROCK * Working with Dell, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created a new digital archive for its university system that simplifies how it manages digital assets, including rare books and faculty intellectual property output such as research documents, papers and lectures ? content typically produced in multiple digital formats. The new archive reduces storage costs and streamlines the management, retention and protection of scholarly works through a solution based on the Dell DX Object Storage Platform and DuraSpace Open Source Fedora Commons Repository Software. Critical for the university was the ability to meet today?s needs and to scale efficiently over time as digital content evolves and grows. Explosive data growth and large data sets make it more difficult for libraries, museums and government organizations to efficiently preserve and protect documents, multimedia content and digital assets for future generations. As one of the largest public university libraries in the world, the Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign manages the intellectual property and digital content created by faculty, administrators and students -- from one-of-a-kind, fragile books that can create 600 to 800 image objects once digitized, to retiring professors? collections of work over a 20- to 25-year tenure. After considering its digital archive and retention goals, the University of Illinois customized a version of Fedora Repository Software and combined it with the Dell DX Object Storage Platform. The platform automatically replicates an archive master and a working master of each file to simplify data backup, storing one copy on the University?s main library cluster and a second copy in its engineering library. In the future, a third copy will be archived in the cloud to further simplify data access and sharing across the University system. The Dell DX Platform also produces metadata to manage the archive, identifying files that need to be transitioned from older to newer digital formats for future generations. And the DX Object Storage Platform?s plug and play framework lets archivists add additional retention capacity to the digital archive as it is needed, simply and efficiently. *Quotes* John Mullen, Vice President, Education and State & Local Government, Dell ?With the transition from stacks and the Dewey Decimal system to bytes, clusters and metadata, academic libraries need a digital archiving strategy that addresses their immediate and future needs. The University of Illinois? innovative and open approach to this challenge is a practical model for any university.? Thomas Habing, Research Programmer, Research and Development, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Library ?This opportunity provides us with extra resources to further the development of the Library?s digital preservation archive. It also allows us to continue to utilize Open Source Fedora Commons Repository Software while at the same time employing a commercially-supported object storage platform with many digital preservation features, such as replication and validation, which we will not need to implement ourselves. Plus, we can share all of our development efforts back to the open source community which helps everyone, including Dell.? Michele Kimpton, CEO of DuraSpace ?The Open Source Fedora repository platform is used by more than 400 institutions around the globe. We believe commercial implementations, such as Dell, provide our users with the best of both worlds -- hardware and services from a large-scale commercial vendor integrated with open source software, Fedora Repository. The total package provides users with greater transparency and durability in the long run.? *About Dell* Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.com. *About University of Illinois* The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has long been ranked among the nation?s most distinguished teaching and research institutions. Its diverse, world-class programs reflect the mission of a land-grant university. The largest public university in Illinois, the Urbana campus was chartered by the state in 1867 as the Illinois Industrial University and opened its doors to students in 1868. Its library is ranked highly nationally and globally, and its collections and services are used heavily by students, faculty, and scholars. For more information, please visit www.library.illinois.edu. *About DuraSpace* DuraSpace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. DuraSpace software and services are used worldwide as solutions for open access, institutional repositories, digital libraries, digital archives, data curation, virtual research environments and more. The organization?s open-source technology portfolio includes DSpace open access repository application and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud, a cloud-based software service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure to enable durability and access to digital content. For more information, visit www.duraspace.org . *Contact Information* Kari Sherrodd Dell Global Education Communications +1 (512) 728 2835; Kari_Sherrodd at dell.com Heather Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant Director of Advancement for Publications and Public Affairs +1 (217) 333 3758; hmurphy at illinois.edu Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications +1 (607) 592 3135; cmmorris at duraspace.org -- Carol Minton Morris DuraSpace Director of Marketing and Communications cmmorris at DuraSpace.org Skype: carolmintonmorris 607 592-3135 Twitter at DuraSpace Twitter at DuraCloud http://DuraSpace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: