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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal">To continue to enhance collaborative New England Region libraries’ support of e-science initiatives for their research institutions, the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is hosting the
<b>8th Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium</b>. This day-long event will serve as an educational and collaborative opportunity for science and health sciences librarians to discuss e-science resources, in addition
to future roles that libraries and librarians might take on to support their institutions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The theme of this year's symposium is “<b>Library Research Data Services: Putting Ideas into Action</b>.” Focusing on librarians involved in RDS, the
</span>broad goal of this symposium is to build off what has been discussed at the pervious symposia in order to give librarians a chance to share their current efforts in supporting scientific research. Discussions will inform how librarians can take action
at their own institutions to engage in e-science initiatives, and also look at the roles of librarians in the dynamic field of data science.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2016 Symposium is set to<span style="color:black"> focus on data services and the many practicing roles of librarians. Attendees will hear a keynote overview of data services from
<b>Kendall Roark</b>. Kendall is an Assistant Professor and Research Data Specialist at Purdue University Libraries, and also a member of the CLIR/DLF eResearch Faculty. She will provide a broad perspective on the research data management services that US and
Canadian libraries are implementing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A new session at the symposium this year will be breakout sessions: participants will be able to attend 2 of 4 planned sessions featuring services that libraries are currently implementing. Options include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Compliance</span></b><span style="color:black"> with Margaret Henderson, Director of Research Data Services; and Hillary Miller, Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Data Information</span></b><span style="color:black"> Literacy with Jake Carlson, Research Data Services Manager, University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Data Repositories</span></b><span style="color:black"> with Lisa Johnston, Research Data Management/Curation Lead, Co-Director of the University Digital Conservancy, University of Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:black">Informationist</span></b><span style="color:black"> with Leah Honor, Library Fellow, Informationist Liaison to the Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Initiative, University of Massachusetts Medical
School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the afternoon, there will be presentations from two panels discussing the future of data science with library school educators and practicing data librarians. Participants on the panels include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Library Educators</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Suzie Allard, Associate Dean for Research, University of Tennesee at Knoxville, Co-investigator of DataONE<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Matthew Burton, Visiting Assistant Professor and Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Jian Qin, Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Rong Tang, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Librarians</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Christopher Erdmann, Head Librarian, Wolbach Library, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Margaret Henderson, Director of Research Data Services, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Andrea Thomer, Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, as with previous symposia, a poster session will be held, to highlight work in e-science that has been accomplished at various libraries in the region while also encouraging discussion and networking among event participants. This
year’s symposium will again feature a poster competition with three different competition categories. You are invited to
<a href="http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/escience_symposium/posters.html">submit a poster abstract</a>; we are still accepting submissions!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The symposium will be held on <b>Wednesday, April 6th, 2016</b> in the Faculty Conference Room at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. The event is free of charge, but advance registration is required;
due to strict space limitations, attendance will be capped at 90 people. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For further details, please visit the symposium website: <a href="http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/escience_symposium/2016">
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/escience_symposium/2016</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope that you will consider participating in what should prove to be an informative and thought-provoking experience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please RSVP by completing the <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/eOXIbIKhZo">
registration form</a>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank You,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elaine Martin, DA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Library Services, Lamar Soutter Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Massachusetts Medical School<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please direct any questions to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Julie Goldman, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Fellow<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 Avenue North<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Worcester, MA 01655<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(508) 856-2229<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Julie.Goldman@umassmed.edu"><span style="color:blue">Julie.Goldman@umassmed.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://works.bepress.com/juliegoldman/"><span style="color:blue">http://works.bepress.com/juliegoldman/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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