From daureen.nesdill at utah.edu Tue Dec 1 16:18:27 2015 From: daureen.nesdill at utah.edu (Daureen Nesdill) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:18:27 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Question about data on US soil Message-ID: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB13C8C1519@X-MB11.xds.umail.utah.edu> Hi, Somewhere I read that data generated from research supported by federal grants must only be located on US soil. It is not from the Export Control regulations. Does anyone know where this originated? Elsevier's Mendeley Data is housed on servers in Europe. Thanks for any assistance. Daureen Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS Research Data Management Librarian The Faculty Center @ the J. W. Marriott Library University of Utah 801-585-5975 daureen.nesdill at utah.edu ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0126-5038 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From cmmorris at duraspace.org Tue Dec 1 17:40:12 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:40:12 -0500 Subject: [Rdap] CALL for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016 Message-ID: *From the Open Repositories Conference 2016 organizers* December 1, 2015 Read it online: http://or2016.net/call-for-papers/ *Call for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World* The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016, will be held on June 13th-16th, 2016in Dublin, Ireland. The organizers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the program. As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we?ve been and, more importantly, where we?re heading. New development continues apace, and we?ve reached the time when many organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises. The theme of OR2016 is ?Illuminating the World.? OR2016 will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related infrastructure and processes: - bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light; - expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries; - increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows; - highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and - how we can organize to better support these - and other - infrastructures. We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical, practical, technical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work outside of these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. We are particularly interested in the following themes. 1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open Science Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support the needs of open science and open scholarship to make research as accessible and useful as possible, including: - Open access, open data and open educational resources - Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge - Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines - Compliance with funder mandates 2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their associated infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage collections, organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest include: - Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management - Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines - Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage collections - Reuse and analysis of content. 3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and collections Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes to highlight data patterns and user pathways through large corporas including: - Data and text mining - Entity recognition - Linked data - Standardized interfaces - Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes - Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts 4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the needs of research data and related software and workflows. Areas of interest are: - Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and workflows - Digital preservation tools and services - Reuse and analysis of scientific content - Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific knowledge 5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate integration with external systems, including: - CRIS and research management systems - Notification and compliance tracking systems - Identifier services - Preservation services and repositories - Publisher systems - Collection management systems and workflows 6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and assessment services for a range of content, including: - Bibliometrics - Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance) - Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and presenting impact 7. Managing Rights Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in the context of open repositories, including: - Research and scholarly communication outputs - Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons) - Embargoes - Requirements of funder mandates 8. Developing and Training Staff Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage organizations, research offices and computer centres, especially: - New roles and responsibilities - Training needs and opportunities - Career path and recruitment - Community support KEY DATES - 01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications - 01 February 2016: Registration opens - 28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference - 11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups - 13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference SUBMISSION PROCESS Conference Papers and Panels We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to four-pages (see below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of accepted papers and panels will be made available through the conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be made available in an open repository. In general, sessions will have three papers; panels may take an entire session or may be combined with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will be considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group presentation, poster or 24/7. Interest Group Presentations The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of relevant communities of interest is a key element of Open Repositories. One to two page proposals are invited for presentations or panels that focus on the work of such communities, traditionally DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio, describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories involving issues specific to these technical platforms. Further information about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on submissions will be forthcoming. 24x7 Presentations 24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more than 24 slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to two-pages. Similar to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7 presentations will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes, with each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and answer session involving the audience and whole block of presenters. This format will provide conference goers with a fast-paced survey of like work across many institutions, and presenters the chance to disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional poster. "Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository rants": brief expos?s that challenge the conventional wisdom or practice, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to provoke unconventional approaches to repository services. "Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around "repository raves": brief expos?s that celebrate particular practice and processes, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to repository services. Posters We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current work. Attendees will view and discuss your work during the poster reception. 2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating Insights Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open Repositories are software developers who work on repository software or related services. OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas Challenge that will provide a focus for showcasing work and exchanging ideas. Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we encouraged live hacking and audience participation, we invite members of the technical community to share the features, systems, tools and best practices that are important to you. Presentations can be as informal as you like, but once again we encourage live demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples of cool features and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our community possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief outline of what will be shared with the community. Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be forthcoming. Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks as papers, posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants 24x7 blocks. Workshops and Tutorials One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories are welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal: - The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey - Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole day) - A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session - How many attendees you plan to accommodate - Technology and facility requirements - Any other supplies or support required - Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session Proposal Templates The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare an effective submission. They will be provided in both the Word document and plain-text Markdown formats and provide details around the requirements for conference papers and panels and 24/7's and posters. These will be available from the conference website shortly. Submission system The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December 2015. PDF format is preferred. CODE OF CONDUCT We will be publishing guidelines for conduct at OR2016. As a reference, the OR2015 Code of Conduct is available at http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/ and the 2015 Anti-Harrassment Policy is at http://www.or2015.net/anti-harassment-policy/. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable us to provide support for a small number of full registered places (including the poster reception and banquet) for the conference in Dublin. The programme is open to librarians, repository managers, developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding. Please note that the programme does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence. It is anticipated that the applicant?s home institution will provide financial support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details and an application form will shortly be available on the conference website. CONTACT INFORMATION Program Co-Chairs - David Minor, University of California, San Diego - Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe - Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami contact: or16-program-chairs at googlegroups.com Local Hosts - Trinity College Dublin contact: OR2016 at conferencepartners.ie Conference Website and Social Media - website: http://or2016.net/ - twitter: @OR2016Dub and #or2016Dub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORConference/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Steve.VanTuyl at oregonstate.edu Mon Dec 7 15:10:41 2015 From: Steve.VanTuyl at oregonstate.edu (Van Tuyl, Steven) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:10:41 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Position Announcement: Data Management Specialist - Oregon State University Message-ID: Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) seeks a Data Management Specialist to work with dedicated and innovative faculty and staff in our Center for Digital Scholarship and Services. Responsibilities * Makes contact and works with faculty and academic units outside of the library to develop and sustain services in support of curation of data produced at OSU. * Consults with researchers about their data, its management, reuse, and accessibility. * Assists researchers with creating data documentation and metadata aimed at preparing data for sharing in digital repositories. * Assists faculty in writing data management plans. * Assists faculty in meeting funder requirements for providing public access to research results, including data. * Is informed of, and keeps library and university faculty up to date on, national and international trends, legislation, and pending changes in public access requirements for data * Collaborates with Center faculty and staff in developing funding agency data deposit services and workflows * Participates in and leads campus initiatives, committees, and task forces relating to data management and storage. * Tracks international developments in data curation and participates in library, campus, regional, and national discussions regarding cooperative data curation activities and services. * Develops and maintains data services web pages that describe campus and funding agency data policies, guidelines, best practices and library services. * Identifies appropriate venues for data and serves as an intermediary between researchers and appropriate digital repository systems including ScholarsArchive at OSU. * Develops and delivers training and instruction for credit courses, workshops and other forum * Designs and produces training documents, self-guided tutorials, user guides and other print and web-based instructional materials. * Engages with the OSU community by building relationships with a specific academic unit, promoting library services and resources and contributing to library-wide conversations about strategic directions. * Actively participates in service activities in the library, on campus and within professional organizations * Contributes to the scholarly record by conducting, communicating, documenting research as well as sharing products resulting from the research Minimum Required Qualifications * A Master?s degree by date of appointment from an ALA-accredited program or a foreign equivalent degree, or a Master?s or higher degree in a data-intensive discipline * Demonstrable experience working with data in a research context * Demonstrated knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to data curation and management * Familiarity with one or more current scientific data conventions and metadata standards * Demonstrated capacity to work effectively and collegially with a diverse population * Ability to develop and execute a research agenda * Strong technical skills and technical problem-solving abilities * Excellent written and oral communication skills Preferred Qualifications * One year of relevant research data management and curation experience in an academic, scientific, or corporate setting * Advanced degree in a data intensive research field * Experience with one or more commonly used data repository platforms * An understanding of the research process from conception to completion (i.e. conception, data collection, analysis, synthesis, and publication) * Experience with digital tools used in data intensive research such as programming, GIS, or statistical software * Understanding of principles of data documentation and metadata in a research context * Experience working in an academic library environment * Grant writing experience * Familiarity with federal funding requirements for data management * Evidence of participation in professional societies and organizations Location Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, a great small college town with over 100 miles of biking trails, good local beer and coffee, and easy drives to the mountains, the coast, and Portland. OSU Libraries & Press staff are committed to core values of diversity, civility and sustainability. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Steve Van Tuyl Digital Repository Librarian Oregon State University Libraries & Press web | http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/vantuyls orcid | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-272X email | steve.vantuyl at oregonstate.edu phone | 541.737.3492 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dminor at ucsd.edu Tue Dec 8 13:14:56 2015 From: dminor at ucsd.edu (Minor, David) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:14:56 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] PASIG March 2016 Event Registration is Open! Message-ID: We are pleased to announce that Registration is open for the next PASIG event, March 9-11 in the beautiful city of Prague! The event will take place at the Czech National Library of Technology in the city, and will feature a range of presentations and social events. The cost is 200? until the end of January and 250? February 1 on. Just go to http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress for all information and to register. A list of local hotels is available on the website. Any organizations interested in sponsorships should contact art.pasquinelli at oracle.com. Sponsorship packages are: * Gold (logo, table, talk during vendor session, 2 free entries) ? 3,000? * Silver (logo, table, talk during vendor session, 1 free entry) - 1500? * Bronze (logo only, literature on a table) ? 500? The detailed agenda is still being finalized and will be published in the next few days. The basic flow is below: Day 1, Wednesday, 9 March: Preservation & Hardware 101 Morning session: Digital Preservation 101 Afternoon session: Hardware and Preservation Systems 101 There is also an optional morning Open Planets Federation meeting at the same time as the morning Digital Preservation 101 session. Day 2, Thursday 10 March: Morning sessions: - Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and Operations - Lightning round Afternoon sessions: - The Frontiers of Preservation: Recent developments and emerging challenges facing those who are tackling digital preservation - Vendor / Industry Interaction: Technical talks and updates from preservation service providers. Day 3, Friday 11 March: Morning sessions: - Project Updates on Digital Preservation Community Developments: Status checks on a wide range of programs. - Hardening Existing Systems with Preservation Capabilities: What can be done to increase the digital preservation capabilities of existing systems while making the most of current investments? Afternoon sessions: - Lightning round - Issues affecting our community: what are the issues faced in contemporary digital preservation environments? Speakers are still being finalized for the event, but will include representatives from: Bibliotheque nationale de France Czech National Library of Technology Digital Preservation Network Ex Libris FIZ Karlsruhe Open Planets Federation Oracle Oxford U. P&A Consult Qatar National Library Slovak Chemistry Library Stanford UC San Diego U. Oklahoma -- David Minor Program Director for Research Data Curation UC San Diego Library From fernandapeset at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 05:10:41 2015 From: fernandapeset at gmail.com (Fernanda Peset ) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 11:10:41 +0100 Subject: [Rdap] Fwd: [section-editors] Data Science Journal Call for Papers: Advances in Data Modeling and Knowledge Representation for Research Data In-Reply-To: <875B576E-A617-41CA-A810-E69F392E1BE1@codata.org> References: <875B576E-A617-41CA-A810-E69F392E1BE1@codata.org> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, find attached the last Call for Papers from CODATA Data Science Journal Kind regards from Spain Fernanda Peset http://www.datasea.es ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Simon CODATA Date: 2015-12-08 9:14 GMT+01:00 Subject: [section-editors] Data Science Journal Call for Papers: Advances in Data Modeling and Knowledge Representation for Research Data The Data Science Journal is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal dedicated to the advancement of data science and its application in policies, practices and management of Open Data. *The Data Science Journal is seeking papers for a special issue devoted to ?Advances in Data Modeling and Knowledge Representation for Research Data?.* - *Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2016* - *Detailed call for submissions: http://www.codata.org/news/94/62/Data-Science-Journal-Call-for-Papers-Advances-in-Data-Modeling-and-Knowledge-Representation-for-Research-Data * - *Data Science Journal: http://datascience.codata.org/ * *Call for Papers: Advances in Data Modeling and Knowledge Representation for Research Data* Research data systems have matured greatly over the last decade - partly in response to the growing complexity, amount, and heterogeneity of research data. Innovations such as data harmonization, interoperability frameworks, and feature extraction tools are greatly improving the capabilities of research communities to access and manipulate data in computing systems. Underpinning these new systems-level features and functionalities are a number of robust conceptual, logical, and physical data models. These include data- and curation-oriented models such as the Open Provenance Model and the Research Object Model, as well as ontologies of observable phenomena and objects such as the the Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) ontologies and the Gene Ontology. Unfortunately, the formal literature of data science often glosses over or excludes the design work that goes into developing and implementing these models. As a result it is often unclear how or why design decisions were made, or what advances and new techniques have been developed for data modeling and knowledge representation as they are applied to research data. This special issue seeks contributions from the Data Science community on the development, implementation, and evolution of data models and ontologies - including the use of knowledge representation languages like RDF and OWL in advancing the capabilities of research data systems. We welcome submissions that report on empirical research that is completed or in progress, as well as pieces that can clearly articulate grand challenges and opportunities for advancing our current understanding of data models, research data curation systems, and knowledge representation, more generally. *Submissions may cover topics including (but are not limited to):* - *Design choices: *A designer of a data model often faces choices between expressiveness, ease of use, and computational complexity - How are these tradeoffs accounted for in doing requirements engineering at the beginning stages of developing a curation system? - *Harmonization: *What are complications in, or best practices for harmoniz- ing conceptual models ? (e.g. FRBR + CIDOC CRM = FRBRoo) - *Interoperability: *How have data models been developed to facilitate cross or interdisciplinary data interoperability? - Requirements Engineering: Research data systems are often developed by ?working closely with data producers and potential systems users. How are requirements for a data model generated from these types of interactions? - *Ontology Development: *Ontologies capture a conceptualization of a domain. How are the essential aspects of research domain or a research data system to be analyzed for representation? How can an existing ontologies be evaluated for potential implementation or refinement? - *Sustainability: *Knowledge organization and representation activities con- tribute greatly to the sustainability and long-term success of a research data curation systems - How do these activities co-evolve with the discipline or domain that they serve? How have data models and metadata schemas been edited and revised to accommodate changes in scale, complexity, or heterogeneity of research data? - *Education: *What are the competencies necessary for doing knowledge representation work and research data systems development? How are these skills taught in classrooms, workshops, and continuing education programs *Submissions can be of two types:* *Research Papers *describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge and understanding in the subject matter and should be supported by relevant figures and where appropriate data. Research Papers should be no more than 8,000 words in length. *Practice Papers* report upon or critique a specific topic such as a particularly difficult aspect of doing data modeling, education in Knowledge Representation, or other topics related to the special issue?s focus. Practice Papers can either describe the finished outputs of a project, or the procedures, protocols, and models in use by an established research data system. Practice Papers should be no longer than 3,000 words in length. *Article Processing Charges (APCs): *Potential authors should note that Data Science Journal levies an APC of ?350 for each article (Research Paper or Practice Paper) published. Please contact the Guest Editors or Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Callaghan (sarah.callaghan at stfc.ac.uk), if you have any questions or think you will have difficulty meeting this cost. *The deadlines associated with this special issue are as follows: - Full papers due: March 31, 2016 - Special issue publication (anticipated): December, 2016 Special-issue Guest Editors* ? Nic Weber (University of Washington) nmweber at uw.edu ? Karen Wickett (University of Texas) ? Pascal Hitzler (Wright State University) ___________________________ NEW! APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CODATA-RDA RESEARCH DATA SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL: http://indico.ictp.it/event/7658/ NEW! CALL FOR PAPERS, DATA SCIENCE JOURNAL: http://datascience.codata.org/ RECENT CODATA REPORTS: http://codata.org/blog/2015/11/17/codata-collection-in-zenodo-recent-reports/ ___________________________ Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org E-Mail: simon at codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99 Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59 CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE _______________________________________________ section-editors mailing list section-editors at lists.codata.org http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/section-editors_lists.codata.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We will also for the first time have concurrent sessions during the conference. See the agenda for more details . *PRE-CONFERENCE MEETINGS* Pre-conference meetings will be held on Sunday, 17 Apr 2016. This time is available for groups who want to meet for workshops, informal or formal collaborations, or business meetings. Meetings should be related to the goals and mission of FORCE11 (www.force11.org/about ). If you are interested in meeting this day in the FORCE2016 venue, please submit a proposal via this form . *PROGRAM SESSIONS* *Submit an abstract to be considered as a presenter at one of the sessions listed below. * Each session will include multiple speakers and presentations , and will be approximately 10 minutes in length. Note, we are looking for volunteers for the ?Starting off on the right foot with data management? session. If you are someone who is willing to be called up to participate, nominate yourself using the form. A formal abstracts re not needed. ? *Open Access Session: *No see, no touch traps: still struggling to escape or free at last? ? *Data/Data Reuse Session:* Data by the people, for the people ? *Innovation Session:* Pitch it: innovation challenge ? *Data Sharing Session:* Starting off on the right foot with data management *DEMONSTRATIONS* Demonstration space is available and can be a stand alone demo or a demo with a poster. If you select on the application form a Demo presentation we will have a small table space for a laptop computer. Demo space is limited. *POSTERS* Poster spaces are available and can be a stand alone poster or a poster with a demo. There will be two poster sessions this year, on Monday, 04/18, from 6-9PM and on Tuesday, 04/19, from 11AM-1PM. Please go here for frequently asked questions . *TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS* We are pleased to be able to offer travel fellowships to encourage students and young scholars to attend FORCE2016. Our goal is to encourage students and young scholars to become a part of the FORCE11 community. Preference will be given to students based on need, as determined by the information to be provided in the form . Travel support has been provided through generous grants from a number of organizations. Fellowships of up to $1,200 are available for travel within the US and Canada, and up to $2,000 for international travel. In addition, conference registration fees will be waived for all travel fellowship recipients. As part of the fellowship, we will ask you to report on your experience of attending FORCE2016 in the form of an online post or video. Apply here . Thanks, Brian ------------------ Brian Westra Lorry Lokey Science Data Services Librarian University of Oregon Libraries -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From e-science at umassmed.edu Tue Dec 8 09:30:26 2015 From: e-science at umassmed.edu (E-Science) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 14:30:26 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Reminder: Poster Submission for the 8th Annual eScience Symposium Message-ID: <6806253756CE0C4CB2112B1B715DB0985F64CB69@ummscsmbx11.ad.umassmed.edu> Dear Colleagues, As a reminder, The Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School invites you to submit a proposal for a poster presentation at the Eighth Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian eScience Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. The theme of this year's symposium is "Library Research Data Services: Putting Ideas into Action" and will focus on data services and the many practicing roles of librarians. Attendees will hear a keynote overview of data services, participate in breakout sessions featuring services that libraries are currently implementing and discuss the future of data science with practicing librarians and library school educators. Every year we have a poster session! Participating in the symposium's poster session is a great way to share news of your related research, projects, or programs with colleagues. This year we want to hear about how you are planning data services or the services you are engaged in. The poster session will feature a poster contest with awards to the Most Informative in Communicating e-Science Librarianship, Best Example of e-Science in Action, and Best Poster Overall. All librarians and library school students planning to attend the symposium are invited to submit proposals! Please refer to poster submission instructions. The deadline for submitting a poster abstract is Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 (just 2 months away!). Submit your abstract today, save the date for April 6th, and stay tuned for registration opening in January! Interested in more information? Check out the confirmed agenda at the 2016 symposium conference page! Best, Julie Goldman Julie Goldman, MLIS Library Fellow Lamar Soutter Library University of Massachusetts Medical School (508) 856-2229 Julie.Goldman at umassmed.edu http://works.bepress.com/juliegoldman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2016 Call for Posters.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 150441 bytes Desc: 2016 Call for Posters.pdf URL: From cmmorris at duraspace.org Thu Dec 10 07:53:44 2015 From: cmmorris at duraspace.org (Carol Minton Morris) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:53:44 -0500 Subject: [Rdap] ALL ABOUT the Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Message-ID: *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Dec. 10, 2016 Read it online: http://bit.ly/1NW3peY Contact: Mary Molinaro *The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Explained* *The DPN digital preservation service guarantees academic institutions that their scholarly resources will survive into the ?far-future?.* *Ann Arbor, MI* The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) is the only large-scale digital preservation service that is built to last beyond the life spans of individuals, technological systems, and organizations. Like insurance, the DPN service provides members of the academy and their successors with a guarantee that future access to their scholarly resources will be available in the event of any type of change in administrative or physical institutional environments. By establishing a redundant and varied technical and legal infrastructure at multiple administrative levels the survival, ownership and management of preserved digital content in the future is assured for Digital Preservation Network members. The Digital Preservation Network (DPN) service is a planned scholarly ?dark archive?. That means that the content stored in DPN is not actively used or accessed, but can be made available for use at any time from multiple digital storage facilities. It is analogous to group long term insurance for academic scholarship that institutions invest in collectively to do what they could not do individually. *Insurance for scholarship* Why should anyone care about what a scholar one hundred years from now will be able to learn about what people knew, how they came about that knowledge or why they acted on it back in 2015, 1815 or 1215?especially because the Internet now provides instant answers to almost everything. We should all continue to focus on the present while losing sleep about the future, right? Not necessarily. There is a well-known saying attributed to George Santayana about history repeating itself ('Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'). While it sometimes seems that our political leaders do not learn from history, it would be an even greater tragedy if history were to be completely unavailable as a guidepost to the future. What if the born digital scientific discoveries and associated data of 2015 are lost? Will future generations be doomed to step backwards to replicate past experiments thereby jeopardizing future progress towards solving pressing environmental and societal problems? What if our grandchildren and great grandchildren never find out who we were and what our lives were like by being able to listen to our music, view our films, or see our photographs? What if a future student?s research for the traditional fifth grade report on local history is confined to what was indexed for the last five years in Google? *What could happen* The future is uncertain. Academic institutions require that key aspects of their scholarly histories, heritage and research remain part of the record of human endeavor in spite of, or perhaps because of whatever will happen next. As an emblematic part of institutional identity, the potential loss of core online academic collections that are part of what an institution means could be catastrophic. Oral history collections, born digital artworks, historic journals, theses, dissertations, media and fragile digitizations of ancient documents and antiquities are examples of these kinds of irreplaceable resources. What happens if a strategic institutional collection is lost? Will an institution be forced to struggle for survival? Do people lose jobs? Will a critical building block of knowledge be lost forever? The following are examples of ongoing types of events or situations that threaten the security of digital collections: ? A major weather event wipes out all digital files kept locally at a university library data center. ? Political instability forces the closure of an academic institution and associated online systems. ? Proprietary digital asset management software owned and operated by a for-profit company for an academic library malfunctions causing the loss of large tracts of strategic data. ? A collection curator retrieves selected files only to notice that their digital content has degraded over time. ? The unintended loss of taxpayer-funded research data cripples current scientific advancement and discredits a major government agency because the historic data cannot be replicated. ? Hackers break into a university data center and damage online digital collections. ? A budget crisis forces an administrative shift leaving large amounts of digital scholarly content without a home. ? A reorganization of academic departments puts related historic scholarly resources in jeopardy. ? Personnel in charge of curation and management of key institutional research change positions or pass away. If we lose what we know today we will have nothing to build on for tomorrow. Digital preservation of scholarly resources in DPN is like having a climate controlled seed bank where the carefully saved seeds of scholarship are stored to be brought to life far into the future. We don?t know what the far future of learning will be like, but we can plan now to make the raw materials of knowledge permanently accessible. By participating with DPN and depositing content into the system DPN member institutions are securing their most important and most at risk content for the future. The collections initially being deposited into DPN include cultural heritage materials, archival collections, and research data. Current DPN members will begin adding digital assets to the Digital Preservation Network through DuraCloud Vault, a cooperative development between DPN, DuraSpace and Chronopolis which will serve as the primary ingest point beginning in January. APTrust is currently processing content from its members and will deposit into the DPN federation in early 2016. View an introductory video about how DPN deposit in DuraCloud Vault operates here: https://youtu.be/_E8g774b6us. For questions and more information please contact DPN Chief Operating Officer and Service Manager Mary Molinaro at . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RVanDuinen at clir.org Thu Dec 10 13:12:01 2015 From: RVanDuinen at clir.org (Rita Van Duinen) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:12:01 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Apply Now CLIR/DLF Data Curation Postdoctoral Fellowships Message-ID: Dear RDAP Community, CLIR/DLF is currently seeking applicants for two-year fellowships (2016-2018) for recent PhDs in any science or social science disciplines interested in working in data curation, software curation. Fellowships provide professional development, education, and training opportunities in data curation, software curation for the sciences and social sciences. Through these fellowships, CLIR/DLF seeks to raise awareness and build capacity for sound data management practice throughout the academy. Deadline: December 30, 2015. For host institutions and positions descriptions: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc/applicants/dc-science Please share widely with your constituents! Thank you, Rita Van Duinen Curriculum and Research Strategist Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) www.clir.org rvanduinen at clir.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad.eden at valpo.edu Tue Dec 15 09:04:50 2015 From: brad.eden at valpo.edu (Brad Eden) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:04:50 -0600 Subject: [Rdap] Call for articles: Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) Message-ID: Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and other listservs. *Digital Library Perspectives* (*DLP*)(formerly known as *OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives*) is looking for articles related to its new aims and scope (below). The editor is looking for articles on all aspects of topics indicated below.. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. *DLP* is a peer-reviewed journal. Inquiries can be sent directly to the editor's email listed below (please do not reply to the list). Articles for review can be submitted directly to the Emerald ScholarOne system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dlp. Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Editor, *Digital Library Perspectives* Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 ___________________________________________________ *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP)* Journal history Previously published as *OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives* *Aims & Scope* *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) *is a peer-reviewed journal concerned with digital content collections. It publishes research related to the curation and web-based delivery of digital objects collected for the advancement of scholarship, teaching and learning. And which advance the digital information environment as it relates to global knowledge, communication and world memory. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends, initiatives, and developments. Including those in digital libraries and digital repositories, along with their standards and technologies. The editor invites contributions on the following, as well as other related topics: - ? Digitization - ? Data as information - ? Archives and manuscripts - ? Digital preservation and digital archiving - ? Digital cultural memory initiatives - ? Usability studies - ? K-12 and higher education uses of digital collections -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ldz at andrew.cmu.edu Tue Dec 15 17:09:00 2015 From: ldz at andrew.cmu.edu (Lisa Zilinski) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:09:00 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Reminder: RDAP16 - Atlanta, May 4-7 - Call for Participation Message-ID: The deadline for submitting a panel proposal is Friday, December 18, 2015 at midnight PST (GMT-8) ******** ** Please excuse any cross-posting ** Speak, Show, and Share at RDAP16: Call for Proposals (with apologies for cross-posting) Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2016 May 4-7, 2016 Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center, Atlanta, GA RDAP16, the seventh annual Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, is accepting proposals (max. 300 words) for two panels, interactive posters, and lightning talks. Themes for RDAP16 were selected by this year's planning committee with input from previous years' attendees and RDAP community members. Important Dates December 18, 2015 Panel Presentations Submissions Due January 15, 2016 Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks Submissions Due May 4-7, 2016 RDAP16 Conference and Workshops Panel Presentations, Interactive Posters, and Lightning Talks The RDAP Summit Program Committee solicits proposals for panel sessions (other panels are being curated by members of the program committee), posters, and (five minute) lightning talks on themes including, but not limited to, the following: * Policies concerning research data in your intuition * Partnership or obstacles between units involved with building or expanding research data services * Institutional responses to funding agencies' policies on research data * Tools developed and/or implemented for data curation and management * Data management and curation for humanities * Citations and altmetrics for research data * Institutional/data repositories * Data management education and training Panel sessions are 90-minute moderated discussions on a specific topic of interest. A submission should include: * A Panel Session Leader with a commitment to arrange the specific topic of interest; * 3-5 Panel Session Speakers with a commitment to join in under the specific topic. Submit your 300 word (maximum) summary or abstract, along with any supplementary documentation, for Panel Presentations by December 18, 2015. Submissions for Interactive Posters and (five minute) Lightning Talks are due January 15, 2016. Submit your proposals for RDAP16 here: http://www.softconf.com/asis/RDAP/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit View previous RDAP presentations and posters on our Slideshare site. Links to previous Summits' programs, videos and articles in the ASIS&T Bulletin are available on our RDAP Past Events page. Keep up with RDAP news by joining our Listserv, following us on Twitter or visiting our Facebook page. For questions, contact either of the RDAP16 program chairs, Lisa Zilinski at ldz at cmu.edu and Kate Dillon at katherine.dillon at sjsu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you! ---------------------------------- Lisa Zilinski Kate Dillon RDAP16 Program Co-Chairs Lisa Zilinski Research Data Consultant Libraries Faculty Carnegie Mellon University 412.268.6107 ldz at cmu.edu orcid.org/0000-0003-2967-9697 www.lisazilinski.com The best time to call me is email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bpralle at jhu.edu Fri Dec 18 12:42:33 2015 From: bpralle at jhu.edu (Barbara Pralle) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:42:33 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Position Announcement: Manager, Data Management Services at Johns Hopkins University Message-ID: Position Announcement: Manager, Data Management Services at the Johns Hopkins University The Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University seek a highly motivated, energetic, and seasoned professional to join our team as the Manager of the Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services (JHUDMS) unit. Now in its fifth year of operation the JHUDMS continues to expand research data management services support provided across Johns Hopkins University, while further integrating services into overall research support at the institution. This position will oversee a team of three data management consultants providing consultative support for data management planning, developing and delivering training to grow stronger data management practices, and working with researchers to archive their data in the JHU Data Archive. The ideal candidate will have experience with research data management services and a commitment to ongoing innovation. They will be practiced in leading project teams and building strong relationships and partnerships while ensuring the quality and effectiveness of day-to-day operations. A full position listing is at https://jobs.jhu.edu/jhujobs/jobview.cfm?reqId=302187&postId=2957 If you have any questions about the position or services please contact Barbara Pralle, Head of the Entrepreneurial Library Program, at bpralle at jhu.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: