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<div>June 5, 2012<br>Contact: Carol Minton Morris <<a href="mailto:cmmorris@duraspace.org" target="_blank">cmmorris@duraspace.org</a>><br>
Read it online: <a href="http://bit.ly/KtNnZi" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KtNnZi</a><br><font size="4"><b><br>Announcing the 2012 ARL/DLF/DuraSpace E-Science Institute</b></font><br><i><font size="4">New
partners, expanded communities mean more learning opportunities for
librarians, repository managers, researchers, and technologists</font></i><br>
<br><i>Ithaca, NY</i> DuraSpace is pleased to announce the 2012
Association of Research Libraries/Digital Library Federation
(ARL/DLF)/DuraSpace E-Science Institute (ESI) scheduled for the
2012-2013 academic year. This Institute will be offered to academic and
research library audiences seeking opportunities to boost institutional
support of e-research and the management and preservation of our
scientific and scholarly record. The new Institute will include ongoing
communication with the ARL/CLIR Connect E-Science/E-Research
Community–an interactive website for ESI participants to maintain
contact with one another, the ESI faculty, and experts and professionals
in the fields of information and library science to build a community
of emerging practice. DuraSpace has an excellent track record of
offering online professional webinars, and DLF provides both
professional expertise and numerous ways for the community to connect
and continue the conversation.<br>
<br></div>"The DLF is excited to continue our involvement with this important
effort and looks forward to working with Duraspace," said DLF Director
Rachel Frick.<div><div><br>
<br>The 2012 E-Science Institute will build on the strengths of the
inaugural 2011 E-Science Institute developed by MacKenzie Smith, DeEtta
Jones and a group of expert faculty [<a href="http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/escieninstitute/esi-facultybios.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.arl.org/rtl/eresearch/escien/escieninstitute/esi-facultybios.shtml</a>] in collaboration with ARL and DLF.<br>
<br>"The ARL/DLF E-Science Institute was a unique opportunity to help a
large number of research libraries develop strategies for engaging with
e-science and digital research on their campuses and collaboratively.
The new Institute under development by DuraSpace will take what we
learned from that experience to create a valuable learning experience
and an ongoing community collaboration for this critical library
program. I hope every library will avail itself of this opportunity."
said MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian, University of California, Davis.<br>
<b><br>More about the E-Science Institute</b><br>The E-Science Institute
was designed in 2011 to help research libraries develop a strategic
agenda for e-research support, with a particular focus on the sciences.
The Institute consists of a series of interactive modules that take
small teams of individuals through a dynamic learning process to
strengthen and advance their strategy for supporting computational
scientific research. The Institute begins with a series of modules for
teams to complete at their institutions, and culminates with an
in-person workshop. Local institution assignments help staff establish a
high level understanding of research support background needs and
issues.<br>
<br>Development of course materials for the 2011 Institute was funded by
the sponsors and supporting institutions of ARL and CLIR/DLF and was
only available to their members. Going forward, the E-Science Institute
will be managed by the DuraSpace organization and will be open to all
institutions.<br>
<br>“The first E-Science Institute was a tremendous success,” said ARL
Executive Director Charles B. Lowry. “ARL will work closely with
DuraSpace to shape the new Institute and support ARL membership as
library e-research services mature individually and collectively."<br><br>
ARL members and CLIR sponsors were surveyed about the anticipated 2012
Institute design. Respondents indicated a preference for a format that
would include a series of online courses as well as an optional
in-person capstone event. An additional focus on humanities as well as
the sciences plus in-depth presentations in areas that participants
indicated were of high interest will be offered this year. <br><br>
Look for announcements about specific dates as they become available.
Sign up here if you would like to be notified when date and registration
information is available: <a href="http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute" target="_blank">http://duraspace.org/e-science-institute</a>.<br>
<b><br>About <a href="http://www.arl.org/" target="_blank">ARL</a> (Association of Research Libraries)</b><br>ARL
is a membership organization that influences the changing environment
of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research
libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this
mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries,
providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly
and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and
expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research
libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests
with those of allied organizations.<br>
<br><b>About <a href="http://www.diglib.org/" target="_blank">DLF</a> (Digital Library Federation)</b><br>The
purpose of CLIR’s Digital Library Federation program is to build and
support a robust, engaged community whose members share a vested
interest in advancing digital libraries. To this end, DLF serves as a
resource and catalyst for collaboration among digital library
developers, project managers, and all who are invested in digital
library issues.<br>
<b><br>About the <a href="http://duraspace.org" target="_blank">DuraSpace</a> organization</b><br>DuraSpace
is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 2009
when the Fedora Commons organization and the DSpace Foundation, two of
the largest providers of open source repository software, joined to
pursue a common mission to preserve our shared scholarly, scientific and
cultural record. The DuraSpace community includes more than 1,500
worldwide institutions that use DSpace or Fedora open source repository
software to provide durable access to documents, imagery and media.<br>
<br>DuraSpace has established infrastructure, workflow and
administrative support to ensure that long-distance presentations are
conducted in a crisp and professional manner. Effective management of
online scheduling, publicity, rehearsals, marketing, distribution,
registration and post-production contribute to learning satisfaction.
Online sessions are hosted using the EDUCAUSE Adobe Connect platform and
are recorded for asynchronous viewing. Presenters receive full survey
reports conducted at the conclusion of each presentation.<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Carol Minton Morris<br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br>cmmorris@DuraSpace.org<br>
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