From ljohnsto at umn.edu Mon Jun 1 08:56:22 2015 From: ljohnsto at umn.edu (Lisa Johnston) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 07:56:22 -0500 Subject: [Rdap] Book Call for Proposals (CFP): Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I invite you to submit a proposal for the forthcoming book: Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository to be published in print and online by ACRL in 2016. This CFP includes two types of content submissions, book chapters and shorter case studies, therefore please consider proposing multiple topics. The deadline for proposals is August 10, 2015. Feel free to contact me with questions, Lisa Johnston (editor) Official Call for Proposals The forthcoming publication Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository (ed. Lisa R. Johnston) aims to guide readers across the data life-cycle through the practical strategies and techniques for curating research data in a digital repository setting. The workflow steps for appraising, ingesting, selecting, describing, providing standard metadata, transforming, contextualizing, disseminating, licensing and preserving digital research data will be explored in detail. The examples highlighted will focus specifically on digital research data, yet they should draw from existing practice in the digital curation and archives communities, and thus not recreate the wheel, but provide a solid base from which to build. Librarians, institutional repository managers, and digital libraries staff will benefit from these approaches to data curation brought together in one volume. The chapters in this book will flow across the sequential steps one might take to curate a dataset from pre-ingest (working with the data creator) to eventual reuse. Theory will be supplemented with practical approaches for curating research data from experts and practitioners in academic, institutional and disciplinary data repositories. Specific, detailed tasks will be solicited, such as: detecting personally identifiable information, repository software for ingested data files, and transforming proprietary software files into archival formats for long-term preservation. Outline of Book Topics: Part 1: Setting the stage for data curation at your institution. This section will describe the needed environment from which to launch and sustain data curation services. Many factors that precede and/or influence data curation practice are explored. Theory-based book chapters (2000-5000 words) are sought in the following areas: - Institutional and/or funder policies in support of data curation efforts. - Coordination of data services with other campus units. - Data management guidance on how to create/collect data that facilitates sharing and long-term reuse. - Data repository software and technology implementation: review of potential options or case studies of implementation. - Financial and business models for paying for the costs of data curation. - Understanding the disciplinary differences in data reuse: philosophies of sharing or not sharing amongst researchers. Part 2: Data Curation Handbook: Procedures and Techniques. This section will focus on practical approaches for curating data. The chapters will follow the data curation life-cycle and sequentially detail the approaches, tools and techniques used by data curators for ingesting, accessioning, describing, providing standard metadata, transforming, contextualizing, disseminating, licensing and preserving digital research data. Practical, essay-length case studies (approx. 200-1000 words) are solicited that describe a firsthand approach or tool used by the author(s). Multiple submissions by are encouraged. Possible topics include: - Recruitment strategies for your curation service - Collection policies for data repositories - Tools to inventory and evaluate the content of submission (e.g., format validation tools, virus check, file analyzer, etc.) - Risk factors for data archives (e.g., Detecting PII, HIPAA, and other sensitive information - Data ownership issues (e.g., dealing with proprietary data and copyrighted information) - Ingesting "big" data into your repository: approaches that work for ingest and dissemination of large (>1TB) data files - Copyright and data: how trademarks, licenses, patents or other tools impact data curation - Dealing with human subjects data (e.g., IRB agreements, PII, HIPAA, etc.) and how to determine the right approach for curation (e.g., deidentification, enclave, etc.) - Restrictions on data sharing (e.g., embargo, request a copy) - Deposit, ingest, and curation practices in disciplinary-specific data archives - Data documentation methods and techniques - Applying metadata standards for disciplinary data - Archival considerations for research data (e.g., original file structures, last modified dates, file names, etc.) - Long-term considerations for data file formats (e.g., proprietary files formats such as Microsoft Excel) - Examples of visualization tools in a data repository context - Dissemination services for research data, such as full-text indexing, ORCIDs, persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs, PURLs, handles, etc.), linked data, funder IDs (Fundref) or others - Policies and techniques to facilitate data citation best practices - Managing end-users of data: Download and reuse tracking, Terms of Use or reuse-agreements - Managing data authors: Handling take down requests, linking to future publications that use the data, versioning issues - Techniques for the active preservation of data files in a range of formats Part 3: Ethical and Appropriate Reuse of Data. This section explores the goals and outcomes of the final step in the data curation life-cycle: reuse. Theory-based book chapters (2000-5000 words) are sought in the following areas: - Analytics for how data reuse is tracked and interpreted (e.g., download statistics, altmetrics, publication citations, etc.). - The role of creative commons, public domain dedication and open data licenses for research data. - Quality measures for data (e.g., peer-review, user feedback, rating systems, etc). - Data derivatives: Creating subsets, compilations, transformations, and mashups of data from existing repositories. - Data as a publication: current trends and perspectives. - When should data "die"? Issues for data retention schedules and deaccessioning. - The current state of linked data repositories (e.g., SHARE notification system, the National Data Service, others). Submission Procedure: The editor invites proposals for two types of content: 1. Abstracts up to 500 words for book chapters (topics in Part 1 and Part 3) should be submitted to Lisa Johnston (ljohnsto at umn.edu) by August 10, 2015. Full book chapters (2000-5000 words) selected for the book will be due November 30, 2015. 2. Practical case studies (200-1000 words) describing a tool or approach used by the authors for Part 2 should be submitted in full by August 10, 2015. If all stages of the life-cycle are not covered, future solicitations may be made to book chapter authors. Contact Lisa Johnston (ljohnsto at umn.edu), with further questions. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lisa Johnston Research Data Management/Curation Lead and Co-Director of the University Digital Conservancy University of Minnesota Libraries 108 Walter Library, Minneapolis, MN 55455 p: 612.624.4216 F: 612.625.5583 http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement | http://conservancy.umn.edu ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-9240 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are interested or would like more information, feel free to contact San Cannon (Sandra.Cannon at kc.frb.org) or Deng Pan (Deng.Pan at kc.frb.org) . We both are at the IASSIST conference in Minneapolis this week and would be very excited to tell you all about the jobs, the new center, and why it will be awesome to work here! Deng Pan| Manager, Research Library Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Office: 816.881.2970 | Cell: 816.288.2938 E-mail: deng.pan at kc.frb.org Website: http://kansascityfed.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Special Brown Bag: Research Council Travel Grant Recipients - IDCC Research Sharing. Best! Amy -----Original Appointment----- From: Barton, Amy J Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 5:47 PM To: Barton, Amy J; libfap at purdue.edu; libfacul at purdue.edu; Pejsa, Stanislav (spejsa at purdue.edu) Cc: Stephens, Gretchen .; Pejsa, Stanislav Subject: Special Brown Bag: Research Council Travel Grant Recipients - IDCC Research Sharing When: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:00 PM-1:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Where: HSSE Conference Room Presenters: Tao Zhang and Marianne Stowell-Bracke IDCC (London) research and experience sharing Come join us for this special Brown Bag to learn about our colleagues? research presentations at IDCC, and perhaps some interesting London experiences. Best! Amy Research Council and Seminars Committee, Brown Bag Coordinator Best! Amy Amy J. Barton (n?e Hatfield), MLS Assistant Professor of Library Science, Metadata Specialist Purdue University Libraries, Research Data (765) 494-6333 hatfiea at purdue.edu STEW, 348 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wak57 at cornell.edu Fri Jun 5 13:48:41 2015 From: wak57 at cornell.edu (Wendy A. Kozlowski) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 17:48:41 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Data Management Position at Harvard Medical School In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This posting may be of possible interest to members of this group. -Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Hopeman, Morgan W [mailto:Morgan_Hopeman at hms.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 9:49 AM Good Morning, My name is Morgan Hopeman and I am a member of the Research Information Technology Solutions team at Harvard Medical School. We recently created a position for a Research Data Manager and are looking for someone to work with the committee and researchers to establish appropriate data lifecycle strategies in the biological sciences. I was wondering whether you or your community might have a connection to interested candidates and if you would be willing to share the posting below with your colleagues. Link to Aspire posting: https://sjobs.brassring.com/tgwebhost/jobdetails.aspx? jobId=1145272&PartnerId=25240&SiteId=5341&type=mail&JobReqLang=1&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=5341&JobSiteInfo=&gqid=0 Shortened link: http://goo.gl/tBNgno I appreciate any assistance you can provide. If you (or anyone) has any questions, or I can provide any additional information, let me know. Thank you, Morgan Hopeman From zhan1022 at purdue.edu Tue Jun 9 13:39:51 2015 From: zhan1022 at purdue.edu (Zhang, Tao) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 17:39:51 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Job: Engineering Information Specialist openings at Purdue University Libraries Message-ID: <2535440D5B465B43BF4C081EDD851E8F757E5D23@WPVEXCMBX06.purdue.lcl> (Please excuse cross-postings.) Purdue University is looking to hire 2 Engineering Information Specialists. Both are tenure-track faculty positions to help support the expansion of the College of Engineering. The Engineering Information (EI) Specialist 1. acts as a liaison with two to four Schools in the College of Engineering; 2. participates in interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects, including sponsored research, within the Libraries and the College of Engineering; 3. makes connections between engineering faculty and units of the Libraries to enable greater research productivity, sustainable publication and dissemination of scholarship and data; 4. participates in the development of information literacy outcomes, through an informed learning approach, in support of the University's new undergraduate core curriculum that requires information literacy outcomes for all undergraduates; 5. and contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the Libraries. As a member of the Libraries faculty, the EI Specialist must articulate a research agenda that explores questions within the EI Specialist's area of specialization, resulting in a scholarly publication record as required for promotion and tenure at Purdue University. More information is available at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/about/employment/ Tao Zhang, PhD Assistant Professor of Library Science Digital User Experience Specialist Purdue University Libraries O: 765-496-3869 M: 919-448-5042 zhan1022 at purdue.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hmiller at fit.edu Tue Jun 9 17:47:34 2015 From: hmiller at fit.edu (Holly Miller) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 21:47:34 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Research Data Specialist at Florida Institute of Technology Message-ID: Please excuse cross posting. We have a great position available in sunny Florida! Research Data Specialist Florida Institute of Technology Libraries are seeking a creative and highly motivated individual for the position of Research Data Specialist. This is a full-time staff position reporting to the Data & Government Information Librarian. The Research Data Specialist will join a team of librarians developing initiatives to assist faculty and students in managing the lifecycle of data resulting from research projects of all types, and develop a data services program to support use, curation and reuse of data by engaging with the research practices of faculty and students at appropriate points in the research process. The Data Specialist will also manage the Digital Scholarship Lab (open Jan. 2015). S/he will have the aptitude to stay abreast of scientific research trends, data documentation tools, and standards important for data exchange, reuse, and interoperability. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science or other data intensive discipline, excellent problem solving and analytical skills, ability to work well in a collaborative team-based environment and excellent oral and written communication skills. A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in data related processes is required. To apply for this position, complete an application form at https://fit.hiretouch.com/home/jobs-board/job-details?jobID=23233&job=research-data-specialist and send a detailed cover letter addressing how your experience matches the qualifications, a curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of at least three references to: Angela Taylor Director, Enabling Infrastructure Evans Library Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 321-674-7725 libadmin at fit.edu Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and will be accepted until the position is filled. 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Registration link: https://www.dataone.org/dataone-users-group-meeting-registration-2015 The 2015 DUG Meeting is collocated with the Summer ESIP Federation Meeting. The DUG will be a 2 day event featuring plenary presentations, topical breakout sessions and community led round tables. Join us to learn more about DataONE; network with informatics, data management and domain science colleagues; and provide feedback on the prioritization and development of DataONE tools and services. We look forward to seeing you. Christopher B. Eaker Assistant Professor & Data Curation Librarian College of Architecture & Design Liaison University of Tennessee Libraries John C. Hodges Library, Room 236 chris at utk.edu (865) 974-4404 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hoadriank at gmail.com Fri Jun 12 12:53:53 2015 From: hoadriank at gmail.com (Adrian Ho) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:53:53 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Help ACRL understand your needs for scholarly communication information Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting Hello, ACRL is conducting a survey to find out colleagues' needs for information about scholarly communication. They would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to fill out the survey no later than June 23rd: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B9HFY3L Details about the survey are noted below. Have a good weekend! Adrian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Subject:* Help ACRL understand your needs for scholarly communication information We're pleased to invite you to help ACRL better understand your needs for scholarly communication information. Our popular ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit (http://www.acrl.ala.org/scholcomm) is always evolving with updated content. We want to know if we're continuing to meet your needs for quick, basic information on scholarly communication topics and for specific tools (such as case studies, handouts, presentations and videos) to adapt and use on your own campus. Please provide your feedback at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B9HFY3L. A brief review of the toolkit will remind you about the content that is available. ACRL believes that scholarly communication issues are central to the work of all academic librarians and all types of institutions. We see it as vital to the work of all academic librarians that they understand the basics of the evolving scholarly communication system. The ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit was created to support library staff seeking to align their programs with an essential byproduct of their parent institutions - the creation, protection, dissemination and archiving of new knowledge. *Your participation is key* We value your feedback. Help us improve the ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit so it can better serve you as a resource for scholarly communication discussions in Library Science curricula, inside academic libraries, and for your outreach programs to faculty and administrators. *To thank you for your time, once you complete the questionnaire, you will entered into a drawing to win a free registration for an ACRL webcast of your choice.* *To participate* We invite you to help us by providing feedback in a brief questionnaire at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B9HFY3L. We estimate it will take 20 minutes of your time. To participate, please complete the questionnaire no later than June 23. 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The ScholarSphere service was collaboratively developed by The University Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS) to offer coordinated digital stewardship support for Penn State e-research and e-science initiatives. Fedora-Migrate [2] and Fedora Migration Utilities [3] are now available for community testing to ensure that Fedora community members have the tools they need to begin work toward establishing Fedora 3 to 4 repository tests and production workflows. Most pilot institutions tested Fedora-Migrate and Fedora Migration Utilities while taking slightly different approaches to using the migration tools to determine how to move towards establishing production Fedora 4 repositories. Last year the National Library of Wales [4], The University of New South Wales [5], York University [6], and Columbia University [7]developed pilot projects to test the migration of content from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 under a variety of scenarios in preparation for the launch of production repositories with superior Fedora 4 features. Each institution took a slightly different approach to scoping their test project and defining its successful implementation. Like Penn State?s ScholarSphere, Columbia University?s Academic Commons took advantage of the Fedora-Migrate tool to determine if Fedora 3 data could be modeled in Fedora 4. The Fedora-Migrate tool, which is designed primarily for Hydra implementations with an emphasis on those based on Sufia, iterates over existing Fedora 3 objects using the Rubydora gem. For each object it finds, it creates a new object with the same id in Fedora 4 and proceeds to migrate each datastream, including versions if they are defined, and verifies the checksum of each. Permissions and relationships are migrated as well but using different procedures due to the changes to permissions and relationships in Fedora 4. Developers at Columbia noted that future migrations would require additional modifications to Fedora-Migrate because more Fedora 3 features are used as part of Columbia content models. The National Library of Wales (NLW) tested the general Migration Utilities to process their Fedora 3 FOXML documents and convert them to Fedora 4 resources. The NLW pilot project tested the migration of a large Newspaper title (187,331 objects) and a modern digitized Journal with complex rights issues. The NLW team found that the the Migration Utilities were easy to use. The team tested the utilities and were able to provide valuable feedback to the developers by logging issues in the JIRA bug tracker. This feedback allows for improvement of the migration utilities to support a broader range of use cases. University of New South Wales (UNSW) directed their pilot efforts towards coming up with a strategy for upgrading the Library?s Fedora 3-based repositories. A key part of this strategy was the development of a Fedora 4 data model that would remain compatible with existing UNSW repositories but would also align with the Portland Common Data Model [8]. The project has established a test Fedora 4 instance that implements the preliminary data model, and later in 2015 the first UNSW legacy repository will be migrated to Fedora 4. York University Libraries has developed YUDL which is an institutional Islandora repository that runs on the latest version of all Islandora Foundation modules. The repository is as close to a stock/generic Islandora instance as possible. The aim of the project was to serve as a basis for a generic Islandora Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 upgration using Fedora Migration Utilities. To this end, the project contributed greatly to the development of the Fedora Migration Utilities, including detailed mappings from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 data models. These Fedora 4 migration tools, Fedora-Migrate [2] and Fedora Migration Utilities [3], are now available thanks to community efforts. Please download, test and provide feedback to help improve them! 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Participants can expect to come away with a deep Fedora 4 learning experience coupled with multiple opportunities for applying hands-on techniques working with experienced trainers and Fedora gurus. A draft curriculum, including presentations slides, is available here . Online booking for Fedora Camp accommodations is now available here . Details: - Group Name: Fedora Camp Training Workshop/Duke University Library - Group Code: FCTW - Check-in: 15-NOV-2015 - Check-out: 19-NOV-2015 - Hotel Name: Hilton GaHirden Inn Durham/University Medical Center - Hotel Address: 2102 West Main Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705 - Phone: 919-286-0778 Attendees may either click the link above or use the group code when booking to get the discount rate of $119/night. The rooms are blocked off at that rate from Nov. 15-19. They may also book nights before or after that date range, but not at the same rate/guarantee. Attendees should book early. 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With the present questionnaire you are kindly requested to answer the questions as librarians / users of geographic information systems and geospatial data. The purpose of the research is mapping the geospatial collections. We seek to identify if the development of geospatial collections was based on certain Geospatial Collection Development Policies (GCDPs) as well as the volume of open access utilization in libraries regarding geographical information. Additionally, we anticipate that this research will reveal whether libraries collect in their repositories the locally produced geospatial data or not and provide innovative services to their users. Even though the questionnaire has been structured to be answered by librarians/employees solely working on geographic collections and GIS services, nevertheless librarians/employees others than Map/GIS experts can also participate testifying their opinion for geospatial collection development. The questionnaire is structured in six sections: 1)Demographics 2)Geospatial Collection Development 3)Repository Geospatial Collection 4)GIS Services 5)Policies 6)Opinions. Participants will be driven from one section to another based on their answers. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1V6ndufvMIqj3ev9gGqOJ8kCPLhxI-HWf5LW1CEGGqUo/viewform The questionnaire is anonymous and the results will be used exclusively in the above work. Please fill in this questionnaire carefully, clearly and objectively in order to contribute to the validity of the data that will be collected. It is estimated that the average completion time is approximately 15 minutes. Thank you for taking the time to assist me in my educational endeavours. If you have any questions, please, feel free to contact me. 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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... URL: From hjsyoo at ucsd.edu Tue Jun 23 19:12:26 2015 From: hjsyoo at ucsd.edu (Yoo, Ho Jung) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:12:26 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] repository for confocal images of heart In-Reply-To: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB138C64CCA@X-MB4.xds.umail.utah.edu> References: <4BB8E3E08D34034DB9A7D4F285555FB138C64CCA@X-MB4.xds.umail.utah.edu> Message-ID: <57754D4D6BF25D4CAD41A24F80784C63653F3CC5@XMAIL-MBX-AH2.AD.UCSD.EDU> Hi Daureen, UCSD's National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research manages these two databases for images: Cell Centered Database: http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/index.shtm Cell Image Library: http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/ If your researcher hasn't come across them already, he might find them useful. Cheers, Ho Jung _____________________________________________ Ho Jung Yoo | Analyst & Project Manager hjsyoo at ucsd.edu | 858-534-6032 Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego Library Integrated Digital Infrastructure http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation From: Rdap [mailto:rdap-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Daureen Nesdill Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:00 PM To: Research Data, Access and Preservation Subject: [Rdap] repository for confocal images of heart Hi all, I have a researcher who evaluated dyes used for imaging a rats heart using fiber-optics confocal microscopy (FCM). He is looking for a data repository for images. I've gone through NIH's list of repository and re3data and have found nothing suitable. Any ideas about a repository for this type of images or one for papers that outline procedures? Any assistance will be appreciated. Daureen Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS Research Data Management Librarian The Faculty Center @ the J. W. 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Submit your questions to DataQ at ResearchDataQ.org and our editorial team of experts will craft a response to share with the community. Look for another message once the site is live and the community's questions and answers are posted. The DataQ project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries SP-02-14-0020-14. Have a question about asking questions at DataQ? A project update can be found at the ResearchDataQ.org site. Erica M. Johns Research Data and Environmental Sciences Librarian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143 Albert R. Mann Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel: (607) 255-0158 Email: emj73 at cornell.edu Website: http://data.research.cornell.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hoadriank at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 19:26:39 2015 From: hoadriank at gmail.com (Adrian Ho) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:26:39 -0400 Subject: [Rdap] Data, data everywhere -- but how to manage and govern? Message-ID: Of possible interest: Christine Borgman: Data, data everywhere -- but how to manage and govern? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmLahgVJFk Universities are drowning in data, not only data produced by their researchers and students, but also data they collect about their communities. Research data are subject to sharing and retention requirements by funding agencies and journals. Data from course management systems, faculty personnel records, security cameras, and social media are being used as indicators for decision making. In this talk Christine L. Borgman -- author of the new book "Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World" and Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at UCLA -- identifies challenges faced by universities in managing and governing these complex categories of data. Adrian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jqin at syr.edu Thu Jun 25 10:55:56 2015 From: jqin at syr.edu (Jian Qin) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:55:56 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] ASIS&T SIG/STI Sponsors a Best Paper Award -- Deadline for submission: 7/31 Message-ID: <3fc00e67876240a6a57814b8e02e56c2@EX13-MBX-09.ad.syr.edu> ASIS&T SIG/STI Sponsors a Best Paper Award The special interest group (SIG), Scientific and Technical Information, is pleased to announce their annual Best Paper Award. This award is conferred upon a research article, which is acknowledged by our peers as the best paper in the library and information science literature that pertains to the subject of scientific and technical information. The winner will receive a cash stipend of $500 that is earmarked for attending the 2015 ASIS&T annual conference, held this year November 6-10, in St. Louis Missouri. Anyone interested in applying for this year's STI Best Paper Award, please read the guidelines and instructions below. Please send your paper submissions to the Award Jury Chair: Professor Qin Jian (jqin at syr.edu). Submission deadline for the award is July 31, 2015. Rules for Applying for the SIG/STI Best Paper Award 1. Nature of the award Author or authors who win the STI best paper award will receive a cash stipend of $500, which is ear-marked for the awardee, or awardees, to attend the ASIS&T annual conference. The award shall be announced by the Jury Chair by no later than one month prior to the start of the annual ASIS&T conference. 2. Purpose of the award The purpose of the SIG/STI award is to recognize the best paper in the library and information science literature that is devoted to the subject of Scientific and Technical Information. The paper is required to be published in the literature within the two previous calendar years. It must be published in either a peer reviewed journal or a conference proceeding. 3. Eligibility criteria for the award * Peer reviewed paper or conference proceeding, must be published during the previous two calendar years. * At least one author must be a current member of ASIS&T. * At least one author must register for the ASIS&T annual conference and attend the SIG/ STI business meeting during the ASIS&T annual conference. * The subject of the paper must fall within the subject of Scientific and Technical Information. 4. Administration of the award The Paper Award is sponsored by SIG/STI. It is administered by the SIG STI Awards Jury. 5. Nominations for the award Nominations for the Best Paper Award shall be submitted by email to the Award Jury Chair. The nomination must include: a full citation and a brief summary that justifies why the paper was nominated; a copy of the article should accompany the nomination. An individual may nominate himself or herself. 6. Selection of the Awardee Jury members will gain access to the papers nominated for the award. Content of each eligible paper shall be appraised by the jury members. Each paper will be assessed through an established set of criteria and can accrue a maximum number of 100 points. Each paper will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria: * Theoretical or conceptual framework relevant to the description of scientific and technical information systems and services. (Maximum: 10 points) * Well defined problem statement, sound methodology and clearly documented references. (Maximum: 20 points) * Significance and implications of the research findings. (Maximum: 30 points) * Innovation and originality of research. (Maximum: 30 points) * Clarity of expression. (Maximum: 10 points) 7. Presentation of Award In recognition of winning the best paper award, the recipient, or recipients, will receive the $500 award, which will be presented at the yearly SIG/STI business meeting held during the annual ASIS&T conference. 8. Publicity The award shall be posted in the STI listserv, the STI web site, and STI social media site. In addition, it shall also be posted by any chapter with which the winner is affiliated. 9. Deadline * The Call for Submissions for the SIG STI Paper Award shall be published during the spring. * The Submission Deadline is July 31th. * The awardee will be notified approximately one month before the start of the ASIS&T annual meeting. 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Daureen From: Rdap [mailto:rdap-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Yoo, Ho Jung Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 5:12 PM To: Research Data, Access and Preservation Subject: Re: [Rdap] repository for confocal images of heart Hi Daureen, UCSD's National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research manages these two databases for images: Cell Centered Database: http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/index.shtm Cell Image Library: http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/ If your researcher hasn't come across them already, he might find them useful. Cheers, Ho Jung _____________________________________________ Ho Jung Yoo | Analyst & Project Manager hjsyoo at ucsd.edu | 858-534-6032 Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego Library Integrated Digital Infrastructure http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation From: Rdap [mailto:rdap-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Daureen Nesdill Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:00 PM To: Research Data, Access and Preservation Subject: [Rdap] repository for confocal images of heart Hi all, I have a researcher who evaluated dyes used for imaging a rats heart using fiber-optics confocal microscopy (FCM). He is looking for a data repository for images. I've gone through NIH's list of repository and re3data and have found nothing suitable. Any ideas about a repository for this type of images or one for papers that outline procedures? Any assistance will be appreciated. Daureen Daureen Nesdill, MS, MLIS Research Data Management Librarian The Faculty Center @ the J. W. 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If you submitted a complete proposal, expect to be notified of status by early August. Presenters will be guaranteed a registration place at the Forum! Voting closes on July 6, 11:59 PM ET. One vote per proposal, per person, please. 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 Amanda.Whitmire at oregonstate.edu Tue Jun 30 00:25:18 2015 From: Amanda.Whitmire at oregonstate.edu (Whitmire, Amanda) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:25:18 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] Job posting: AUL at Oregon State University Libraries Message-ID: Hello RDAP! We have a position open at OSU that I would love to share with the data community. We are looking for an Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication. Our last AUL went through the E-Science Institute with me, and I?d love to have another data-savvy person in this position. Here is the description (a snip-it): Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries and Press invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month, tenure track Associate University Librarian position. OSU Libraries and Press seeks an innovative, dynamic and experienced library leader to join the organization's leadership team as the Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication. As part of the senior administrative team, the AUL for Research and Scholarly Communication will shape the Libraries' digital library strategies as they advance the development and communication of scholarly research and further the University's goal of becoming a top ten land-grant institution. She/he will guide the Libraries' path to excellence in delivering services and digital content and lead initiatives that promote Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education to the OSU community and beyond. Salary range is $95,000-$105,000, which is quite comfortable for the cost of living in Corvallis. See more info at the link below, or search https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/ for the posting number below. * https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=67427 * Job posting number 0015257 If you have any questions about Corvallis, I?d be happy to answer them. I?m not on the search committee, but I can point you toward someone if you have a question for them. Spread the word! Cheers, Amanda -- Amanda L. Whitmire, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Data Management Specialist Oregon State University Libraries & Press About | http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/staff/whitmira Research | http://dmpresearch.library.oregonstate.edu/ ORCID iD | http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-8879 amanda.whitmire at oregonstate.edu 541.737.3133 | @AWhitTwit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burgeskt at ucmail.uc.edu Tue Jun 16 08:18:52 2015 From: burgeskt at ucmail.uc.edu (Burgess, Kristen (burgeskt)) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:18:52 -0000 Subject: [Rdap] Position Announcement Message-ID: <760824D43E2A1C4EA1D82F5053887FAE2E29993E@UCMAILA7.ad.uc.edu> The University of Cincinnati (UC) Libraries seek an Assistant Director for Health Sciences Library (HSL) and Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions (Winkler Center) Operations. The Assistant Director for HSL and Winkler Center Operations provides leadership and coordination for the daily operations of the Health Sciences Library and Winkler Center. In collaboration with other members of the HSL leadership team, the Assistant Director assists with development of policies and procedures, implementation of the UC Libraries strategic plan, facilities management and scheduling, and financial and human resources allocation. The Assistant Director plays a central role in developing new programs and coordinating collection development and management. For the full position description and information about how to apply, see http://bit.ly/1IxeKfp . UC is an EE/AA employer. Kristen Burgess, MSLS Assistant Director for Research and Informatics Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library University of Cincinnati Libraries 513-558-3071 | kristen.burgess at uc.edu| www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From community at islandora.ca Mon Jun 29 15:06:18 2015 From: community at islandora.ca (Islandora Community) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:06:18 -0300 Subject: [Rdap] REMINDER: Islandora Conference August 3 - 7 in Charlottetown, PEI Message-ID: There is just a little over a month left until the first Islandora Conference takes place on the campus of UPEI in Charlottetown, PE. Planning to attend? Book your accommodations soon! It's a lovely spot in the summer and hotels fill up accordingly. On campus housing still has a few rooms left, for a budget option: http://islandora.ca/camps/conference2015/travel You also have the opportunity to win your registration by designing a logo for the conference. The deadline is close, so get your logo in now! http://islandora.ca/camps/conference2015/logocontest Not sure if you want to attend? Check out our full schedule of Islandora sessions and workshops, with speakers from a wide variety of organizations, joining us from all over the world: http://islandora.ca/camps/conference2015/schedule Questions? Please contact us at community at islandora.ca and we'd be happy to help. Regards, The Islandora Conference Team http://islandora.ca/camps/conference2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianna.marshall at wisc.edu Tue Jun 30 13:27:00 2015 From: brianna.marshall at wisc.edu (Brianna Marshall) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:27:00 +0000 Subject: [Rdap] following up after research data consultations Message-ID: Hey RDAP! I lead a campuswide group that provides education around research data management topics for the UW-Madison community. We currently use Gimlet to document consultations and any other interactions we have. However, we're also trying to figure out the best way to follow up and solicit feedback from community members. Right now we're envisioning sending out a survey within a few days of the interaction to gauge initial feedback, then an additional survey three months or so later to see if there were any other notable effects (e.g., they got the grant they applied for, the concepts we discussed together are working/not working in their lab, etc). I'm curious. How are others following up after data management consultations? What questions are you asking? How do you measure success? We're also hoping to add in a section where community members have the option of adding a brief testimonial that we can use on our website and promotional materials, so I would be interested in whether others are collecting this type of information too. Thanks so much! 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