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A Role for Librarians in Curating Scientific Data - A Very Short Reading List

mwittin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:35:42 -0500

EDUCAUSE 2007

A Role for Librarians in Curating Scientific Data - A Short Reading List, Addendum

Thanks to Robert McDonald for convening our session and to all who attended and participated. Below is a short, selected reading list for those who are new to the topic and would like more background on issues related to data-driven science and data curation.

National Science Board. September 2005. "Long-Lived Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century."

Microsoft Research. March 2006. "Towards 2020 Science."

Association of Research Libraries. September 2006. "To Stand the Test of Time: Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Datasets in Science and Engineering."

NSF and JISC Repositories Workshop. September 2007. "The Future of Scholarly Communication: Building the Infrastructure for Cyberscholarship."

There are many, many other good sources of information in the literature, but this should be a good start for those who are new to the topic.

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Session: A Role For Librarians in Curating Scientific Data
Presenters: G. Sayeed Choudhury (Johns Hopkins) and Michael Witt (Purdue)

Abstract: In this session, presenters from two research-extensive universities will advocate a role for librarians in addressing the impending "data deluge" and the emerging need of researchers for help in describing, preserving, and providing access to their data. Activities taking place on their campuses to meet these needs will also be discussed.

EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Content Recruitment and Development

Carie417 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:06:43 -0500

In this 30-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Marjorie Hassen in a session entitled Content Recruitment and Development: A Proactive Approach to Building an Institutional Repository. Hassen explains Penn Library's model for administrating the University of Pennsylvania institutional repository, ScholarlyCommons@Penn.

An Interview with Bas Cordewener

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:38:54 -0600

In this 13 minute recording, we'll hear from SURF's Bas Cordewener to get a feel for the work of SURF and some interesting work born of international collaboration.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with Christopher Blackall

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:37:56 -0600

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from the National Portfolio Coordinator of the Australian National University, Christopher Blackall. Listen in as he shares thoughts on institutional repositories, standards, and more.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with Herbert van de Sompel

mpasiewicz — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:53:31 -0600

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear sit down with the Team Lead for Digital Library Research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Herbert van de Sompel. Listen in as he discusses a range of topics including institutional repositories, scholarly communications and more.

See also:
http://www.mesur.org
http://www.projectcounter.org
http://www.openarchives.org/ore/
http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with Sorel Reisman

mpasiewicz — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:15:30 -0600

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from MERLOT's Managing Director, Sorel Reisman. Listen in has shares some thoughts on the very interesting work of MERLOT.

An Interview with Terri Bays

mpasiewicz — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:15:41 -0500

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from Terri Bays, OCW Project Director at the University of Notre Dame. Listen in as she shares some thoughts on open courseware, institutional repositories and more.

ARL Institutional Repositories SPEC Kit

cwbailey — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:59:04 -0500

The Institutional Repositories SPEC Kit is now available from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). This document presents the results of a thirty-eight-question survey of 123 ARL members in early 2006 about their institutional repositories practices and plans. The survey response rate was 71% (87 out of 123 ARL members responded). The front matter and nine-page Executive Summary are freely available. The document also presents detailed question-by-question results, a list of respondent institutions, representative documents from institutions, and a bibliography. It is 176 pages long.

Here is the bibliographic information: University of Houston Libraries Institutional Repository Task Force. Institutional Repositories. SPEC Kit 292. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2006. ISBN: 1-59407-708-8.

The members of the University of Houston Libraries Institutional Repository Task Force who authored the document were Charles W. Bailey, Jr.; Karen Coombs; Jill Emery (now at UT Austin); Anne Mitchell; Chris Morris; Spencer Simons; and Robert Wright.

Here are some quick survey results:

Thirty-seven ARL institutions (43% of respondents) had an operational IR (we called these respondents implementers), 31 (35%) were planning one by 2007, and 19 (22%) had no IR plans.
Looked at from the perspective of all 123 ARL members, 30% had an operational IR and, by 2007, that figure may reach 55%.
The mean cost of IR implementation was $182,550.
The mean annual IR operation cost was $113,543.
Most implementers did not have a dedicated budget for either start-up costs (56%) or ongoing operations (52%).
DSpace was by far the most commonly used system: 20 implementers used it exclusively and 3 used it in combination with other systems.
Proquest DigitalCommons (or the Bepress software it is based on) was the second choice of implementers: 7 implementers used this system.
While 28% of implementers have made no IR software modifications to enhance its functionality, 22% have made frequent changes to do so and 17% have made major modifications to the software.
Only 41% of implementers had no review of deposited documents. While review by designated departmental or unit officials was the most common method (35%), IR staff reviewed documents 21% of the time.
In a check all that apply question, 60% of implementers said that IR staff entered simple metadata for authorized users and 57% said that they enhanced such data. Thirty-one percent said that they cataloged IR materials completely using local standards.
In another check all that apply question, implementers clearly indicated that IR and library staff use a variety of strategies to recruit content: 83% made presentations to faculty and others, 78% identified and encouraged likely depositors, 78% had library subject specialists act as advocates, 64% offered to deposit materials for authors, and 50% offered to digitize materials and deposit them.
The most common digital preservation arrangement for implementers (47%) was to accept any file type, but only preserve specified file types using data migration and other techniques. The next most common arrangement (26%) was to accept and preserve any file type.
The mean number of digital objects in implementers' IRs was 3,844.

An Interview with University of Texas at Austin's Fred Heath

mpasiewicz — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:29:00 -0500

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from Fred Heath, Vice Provost and Director at University of Texas at Austin. We'll touch on the decision to repurpose a building that housed a library of 90,000 books, learn why their library is encouraging students to use google, and find out about libqual.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with the University of Minnesota's Eric Celeste

mpasiewicz — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:00:00 -0500

In this 23 minute recording, we'll touch base with the University of Minnesota's Eric Celeste to learn about his work archiving Internet2 with Heritrix. We'll also learn about the UThink blog serivce and engage in a healthy discussion about social software.

At last fall's CNI meeting, I also spoke with the University of Minnesota's Joseph Konstan.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org