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

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.