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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Just as the New England Journal of Medicine reaches a much broader audience than solely the New England medical community, the e-Science Portal for New England Librarians is not limited to
New England Librarians! Funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region and originated by our e-Science outreach group at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School, the intended audience for the Portal
is librarians, library students, information professionals, and individuals interested in:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Library roles in e-Science<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Fundamentals of domain sciences<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Emerging trends in supporting networked scientific research<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">As we approach the third anniversary of the e-Science Portal, I’m pleased to announce that we’re expanding the Portal’s Editorial Board to include librarians beyond the New England region.
The following new Content Editors for the e-Science portal bring a wealth of expertise and work experience in data librarianship to the portal project:
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Data Management: Daina Bouquin, Data and Metadata Services at Weill Cornell Medical College.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Data Literacy: co-Editors Jake Carlson, Associate Professor of Library Science and Data Services Specialist, Purdue University, and Amanda Whitmire, Assistant Profession and Data Management
Specialist at Oregon State University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Scholarly Communications: Margaret Henderson, Director of Research Data Services at Virginia Commonwealth University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Trends & Technologies: Stacy Konkiel, Science Data Management Librarian, University of Indiana- Bloomington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">My UMMS colleague, Andrew Creamer, is Editor for Professional Development. I will be managing the e-Science Community Blog and will be Content Editor for the Portal’s Science Resources section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Portal’s Editorial Board Co-Chairs are Jen Ferguson, Assistant Head, Research & Instruction, Science and Data Services at Northeastern University; and Katie Houk,<br>
Research & Instruction Librarian, Liaison to Biomedical & Research Sciences, at the Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Tufts University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In addition to managing content in their delegated Content Areas, the Portal’s Content Editors and other guest contributors will be writing blog posts here on the
<a href="http://esciencecommunity.umassmed.edu/2013/12/09/registration-for-2013-ne-e-science-symposium-is-open/">
e-Science Community Blog</a>. Stay tuned to the e-Science Community blog by following NERescience on Twitter for latest updates. And be sure to keep visiting the
<a href="esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu/index">e-Science Portal</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Donna Kafel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Donna Kafel, RN, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">e-Science Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lamar Soutter Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Massachusetts Medical School<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">55 Lake Ave. North<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Worcester, MA 01655<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(508) 856-1267<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>the e-Science portal for New England Librarians<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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