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oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1000
2010-06-18T17:17:44Z
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publication:libraries
Rsquared: researching the researchers. A study into how the researchers at the University of New South Wales use and share research data
Amos, Howard
Frances, Maude
Ruthven, Tom
This paper presents a research study of data usage, creation and sharing within different research communities at UNSW. The study identifies emerging data usage and management needs within the e-research life cycle of diverse research communities. Comparison is made with the outcomes of other studies that have examined e-researcher work practices in relation to their data. The paper examines the findings to understand what role researchers see libraries having, and discusses the development of a framework that libraries can use to support the curation and management of data and the development of tools and library support services that can be used across disciplines.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1001
2010-06-18T17:18:13Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Data curation in avian ecology: a case study from both the scientist’s and librarian’s view
Snadjr, Eric
This case study of a data curation project, which is currently in progress, demonstrates how a team of scientists has worked, in partnership with librarians, to plan to preserve their scientific output in an institutional repository. In addition, this case study offers a unique perspective. The author worked as one of the scientists in this particular research group for 10 years and is currently a science librarian working on this data curation project. As a result, the author has been an “insider” in discussions in both the scientist and librarian camps and provides viewpoints from both the scientist and librarian lenses.
The research group in this case study is the Ketterson/Nolan Research Group, a team of avian biologists in the Department of Biology Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. This research team has focused on the ecology, behavior, and physiology of a songbird, the dark-eyed junco. The research output from this group’s long-term (thirty year) study on this single species of songbird has resulted in rich data sets of a variety of subjects (e.g. population demographics, behavioral observations, DNA records, and natural history).
The research group and librarians are working toward more than just the preservation of data, but also the preservation of accompanying descriptive documents that place this large body of work into historical and educational contexts. Described within this case study are preliminary issues that the scientists and librarians have worked through as they have moved to preserve the research output in the library’s institutional repository.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1001/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Snajdr.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
long-term research
bird biology
data curation
institutional repositories
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1002
2010-06-18T17:18:41Z
publication:iatul2010
publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Survey of eResearch practices and skills at QUT, Australia
Bradbury, Stephanie
Borchert, Martin
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a multidisciplinary university in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and has 40,000 students and 1,700 researchers. Notable eResearch infrastructure includes the QUT ePrints repository, Microsoft QUT Research Centre, the OAK (Open Access to Knowledge) Law Project, Cambia and leading research institutes.
The Australian Government, via the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), is funding institutions to identify and describe their research datasets, to develop and populate data repositories and collaborative infrastructure, and to seed the Australian Research Data Commons. QUT is currently broadening its range of research support services, including those to support the management of research data, in recognition of the value of these datasets as products of the research process, and in order to maximize the potential for reuse. QUT is integrating Library and High Performance Computing (HPC) services to achieve its research support goals.
The Library and HPC released an online survey using Key Survey to 1,700 researchers in September 2009. A comprehensive range of eResearch practices and skills was presented for response, and grouped into areas of scholarly communication and open access publishing, using collaborative technologies, data management, data collection and management, computation and visualization tools. Researchers were asked to rate their skill level on each practice. 254 responses were received over two weeks. Eight focus groups were also held with 35 higher degree research (HDR) students and staff to provide additional qualitative feedback. A similar survey was released to 100 support staff and 73 responses were received.
Preliminary results from the researcher survey and focus groups indicate a gap between current eResearch practices, and the potential for researchers to engage in eResearch practices. Researchers are more likely to seek advice from their peers, than from support staff. HDR students are more positive about eResearch practices and are more willing to learn new ways of conducting research. An account of the survey methodology, the results obtained, and proposed strategies to embed eResearch practices and skills across and within the research disciplines will be provided.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1002/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Bradbury___Borchert.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
escience
e-science
e-research
eResearch
cyber-infrastructure
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1003
2010-07-21T12:44:37Z
publication:iatul2010
publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Data mining, data fusion, and libraries
Chiang, Katherine
Our computerized world churns out data and their analysis is a challenge. Data mining and data fusion are two complementary approaches to processing dynamic, large and/or heterogeneous data. They are already used in various research disciplines and real‐world applications and that use will grow. This paper describes and defines these approaches using examples, and suggests possible services and applications by libraries. The focus is on eliciting the common information concepts that might be of interest, not on understanding the details of the computer/information science work, or the validity of the approach in solving a particular research or commercial problem.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1003/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Chiang.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1004
2010-06-18T17:19:59Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
User-needs assessment of the research cyberinfrastructure for the 21st century
Johnston, Lisa
In support of the University of Minnesota’s goal to become one of the top three public research universities, the Research Cyberinfrastructure Alliance (RCA) was developed with the vision of facilitating access to state-of-the-art research computing systems and services, enhancing interdisciplinary research, and allowing researchers to explore radically new concepts, approaches, and tools. Founding members of the University’s RCA included individuals from college-level research computing units, the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and key leaders from the University’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and the University Libraries.
A key step for the RCA was to understand campus e-science needs and identify the challenges of engaging with relevant research computing resources and support. As a project of the 2009 President’s Emerging Leaders (PEL) program, our five member team of interdepartmental university staff was commissioned by the RCA to help lead this effort and recommend ways that the RCA university partners might respond.
In 2009 our team conducted an extensive user-needs assessment of 780 university faculty, research staff, and graduate students. The PEL survey assessed the current and future cyberinfrastructure needs in the following areas: data storage, data management, and networking infrastructure; collaboration with other researchers; tools and applications; high performance computing; and learning and workforce development.
The results of our PEL survey reflect a general need for e-science support and training that may affirm and further explain what other science and technology libraries are observing. Our formal recommendations and the resulting strategies toward implementing cyberinfrastructure for 21st century research will be described with emphasis on the opportunities and future roles that university libraries have in this campus-wide partnership.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1004/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Johnston.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1006
2010-06-18T17:22:20Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Get on your boots: a model for low-cost, regional professional development for science librarians at the University of Massachusetts
Schmidt, Maxine
Reznik-Zellen, Rebecca
The University of Massachusetts Five Campus System Science Librarians organized a low-cost, regional professional development program as part of a response to state-wide life science initiatives. Science Boot Camp for Librarians was envisioned as a casual but intensive immersion event into selected scientific subjects that employ networked computing capabilities for research and collaboration. The goal of the event was to provide librarians with subject awareness and networking opportunities to enable them to better engage faculty and research scientists with regard to e-science. This article focuses on the planning and execution of the event as an example of a successful, grass-roots professional development program for librarians engaged with the health and physical sciences.
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1006/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Schmidt.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
science librarianship
e-science
professional development
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1005
2010-06-18T19:01:15Z
publication:iatul2010
publication:iatul
publication:libraries
The e-research center: transforming a traditional science library
Bedard, Martha
van Reenen, Johann
At the University of New Mexico Libraries (UL) a year long process engaged faculty, students and library personnel in developing a new mission for the Centennial Science and Engineering Library (CSEL) that will re-purpose it to serve the evolving need for facilitating e-research. The authors discuss the vision of the UL for being at the center of data intensive and cyber-enabled research and the planned development of the eResearch Center (eRC). They share the planning process and ideas to revitalize a 25 year old science and engineering library into a collaborative transdisciplinary research hub. Plans include installing low-latency and high-availability network connections to the eRC to provide access to a fast, dedicated research network, training and resource collaboration with the campus high performance computing center, a visualization lab, collaborative environments, large-format data displays, and the provision of data life cycle management services. Finally, they share experiences and initiatives to involve the library and librarians more directly and deeply in faculty research and grant writing, and in working at a leadership level with the Office of the Vice President for Research
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
data curation
data lifecycle
e-research
e-science
library revitalization
information science
informatics
cyberinfrastructure
scientific collaboration
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1007
2010-06-18T17:23:02Z
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e-Science at the University of Minnesota: a collaborative approach
Johnston, Lisa
Hanson, Cody
In 2008 the University of Minnesota Libraries formed the E-science and Data Services Collaborative (EDSC). The group was formed amid an environment of emerging initiatives related to e-science at the University, and was intended to leverage our existing expertise, such as our nationally recognized assessments of researcher behavior, to develop new capacity and engage with campus partners to support e-science and data services. We will report on the EDSC’s progress to date, including the following four areas of focus:
• A Data Stewardship Report assessing requirements for support of e-science and data services, determining gaps in our capacity, and seeking out opportunities to develop necessary expertise including data curation, data preservation, data policies and virtual organizations.
• A staff education program assessing the needs of libraries staff related to e-science and data services to establish a position description framework that includes E-scholarship: a potential new model for library liaison roles across campus that supports interdisciplinary and data intensive research.
• In coordination with the University’s Research Cyberinfrastructure Alliance (members include the Libraries, Office of Information Technology, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Minnesota Super Computing Institute), a two-phased plan for a Web Development project that defines our core services and areas of expertise in “data services” in the context of other campus services and initiatives.
• Increasing campus awareness of data management issues through the creation of a library Web site and skills-based workshop for faculty, students and researchers about data management best practices and university policies, including those that support open data initiatives.
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1007/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Johnston___Hansen.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1009
2010-06-18T17:23:57Z
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Lessons learned from a two-year experience in science data literacy education
Qin, Jian
D'Ignazio, John
In spring 2008 and 2009, we offered a course “Scientific Data Management” to undergraduate and graduate students from science and technology majors with support from an NSF CCLI (award #0633447) grant. We actively advertised the course on campus and conducted outreach efforts to individual classes and faculty representing a wide range of science and technology disciplines. Each time the course was offered, we conducted pre- and post-course surveys to assess the instructional effectiveness and learning outcomes. This paper will describe our experience as well as lessons learned in three areas: science faculty perceptions on data management, effect of science curriculum structures on data literacy education, and changes of students’ perceptions and aptitudes, and discuss how the lessons learned will help shape our e- science Librarianship curriculum development, which is being funded by IMLS.
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1008
2010-06-18T17:23:31Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Coordinated research support services at Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Borchert, Martin
Young, Joseph
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a large multidisciplinary university located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is increasing its research focus and is developing its research support services. It has adopted a model of collaboration between the Library, High Performance Computing and Research Support (HPC) and more broadly with Information Technology Services (ITS).
Research support services provided by the Library include the provision of information resources and discovery services, bibliographic management software, assistance with publishing (publishing strategies, identifying high impact journals, dealing with publishers and the peer review process), citation analysis and calculating authors’ H Index. Research data management services are being developed by the Library and HPC working in collaboration.
The HPC group within ITS supports research computing infrastructure, research development and engagement activities, researcher consultation, high speed computation and data storage systems , 2D/ 3D (immersive) visualisation tools, parallelisation and optimization of research codes, statistics/ data modeling training and support (both qualitative and quantitative) and support for the university’s central Access Grid collaboration facility. Development and engagement activities include participation in research grants and papers, student supervision and internships and the sponsorship, incubation and adoption of new computing technologies for research. ITS also provides other services that support research including ICT training, research infrastructure (networking, data storage, federated access and authorization, virtualization) and corporate systems for research administration.
Seminars and workshops are offered to increase awareness and uptake of new and existing services. A series of online surveys on eResearch practices and skills and a number of focus groups was conducted to better inform the development of research support services.
Progress towards the provision of research support is described within the context organizational frameworks; resourcing; infrastructure; integration; collaboration; change management; engagement; awareness and skills; new services; and leadership.
Challenges to be addressed include the need to redeploy existing operational resources toward new research support services, supporting a rapidly growing research profile across the university, the growing need for the use and support of IT in research programs, finding capacity to address the diverse research support needs across the disciplines, operationalising new research support services following their implementation in project mode, embedding new specialist staff roles, cross-skilling Liaison Librarians, and ensuring continued collaboration between stakeholders.
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1008/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Borchert___Young.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
research support
escience
e-science
e-research
eresearch
cyber-infrastructure
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1010
2010-06-22T17:36:44Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Library applications, collaborations, and courses for geodata and geoinformatics
Miller, C. C.
This paper will overview several library GIS and geoinformatics projects, collaborations, and initiatives at Purdue that, taken together, formulate a reasonable plan of attack for geolibrarians interested in tackling some (not all) of the issues rolled up into e-geoscience and geoinformatics. Included as examples are a metadata harvesting/catalog project, collaborations with domain faculty, courses developed and taught, and e-data efforts. From this handful of examples an argument will be made that aggressive and efficient individual geolibrarians can impact and indeed steer geoinformatics and interdisciplinary research efforts project by project, then campus by campus, and simultaneously develop and evolve their library data services and strategies. But with a price.
2010-06-22T17:30:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
geoinformatics
GIS
geographic information systems
geolibrarianship
geospatial librarianship
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1012
2010-06-18T17:25:29Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
DataStaR: a data staging repository to support the sharing and publication of research data
Steinhart, Gail
The opportunities for new discoveries made possible by the widespread availability of large amounts of data are much in the news, as are the challenges associated with sharing research data and preserving it for the long term. Cornell University Library is engaged in a pilot project (funded by the National Science Foundation) to test the feasibility of a local “staging” repository to support data sharing among research collaborators while research is in progress, and to provide tools and support to publish data to permanent disciplinary or institutional repositories. DataStaR (short for “Data Staging Repository”) aims to leverage local support and infrastructure as well as external resources to ensure access to data. Researchers may store and share data with selected colleagues, select a disciplinary repository or Cornell’s own institutional repository for data publication, create high quality metadata in the formats required by external repositories and Cornell’s institutional repository, and obtain help from data librarians with any of these tasks. Supporting data sharing while research is in progress allows the library to engage with researchers much earlier in the research process, alerting DataStaR staff to opportunities to curate, publish and preserve research data. We describe the overall design and operation of the system, partnerships with Cornell researchers, and the benefits and challenges associated with taking this approach to data curation.
2010-06-22T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1012/viewcontent/IATUL_Steinhart_revised.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
data staging repository
data curation
data sharing
data publication
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1011
2010-06-18T17:24:58Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Leveraging institutional partnerships and individual expertise to support translational science: an extension of the informationist model
Johnson, Layne
Jacko, Julie
Watson, Linda
In Fall 2009, the Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) and the Institute for Health Informatics (IHI) at the University of Minnesota jointly recruited a new position titled Translational Science Information Specialist and IHI-Library Fellow to serve as library liaison to the University’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, to co-direct the graduate program in health informatics, and to leverage expertise to support University-wide initiatives in E-Science and data services. The position built on experience with and commitment to the concept of “informationist”. This paper reports the opportunities, challenges and evolving critical role of the Information Specialist as “curator” and “translator” of health data and information among many different organizational entities and community partners.
2010-06-22T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1011/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Watson___Johnson.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
health informatics
informationist
information specialist
translational science
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1013
2010-06-18T17:12:39Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
The SDSS and e-science archiving at the University of Chicago Library
Kern, Barbara
Armstrong, Dean
Blair, Charles
Farley, David
Feeney, Kathleen
Ielmini, Eileen
Long, Elisabeth
Meyer, Daniel
Wilkins, Peggy
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a co-operative scientific project involving over 25 institutions worldwide and managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) to map one- quarter of the entire sky in detail, determining the positions and absolute brightness of hundreds of millions of celestial objects. The project was completed in October 2008 and produced over 100 terabytes of data comprised of object catalogs, images, and spectra. While the project remained active, SDSS data was housed at Fermilab. As the project neared completion the SDSS project director (and University of Chicago faculty member) Richard Kron considered options for long term storage and preservation of the data turning to the University of Chicago Library for assistance. In 2007-2008 the University of Chicago Library undertook a pilot project to investigate the feasibility of long term storage and archiving of the project data and providing ongoing access by scientists and educators to the data through the SkyServer user interface. In late 2008 the University of Chicago Library entered into a formal agreement with ARC agreeing to assume responsibility for:
• Archiving of the survey data (long-term scientific data archiving)
• Serving up survey data to the public
• Managing the HelpDesk
• Preserving the SDSS Administrative Record
This paper outlines the various aspects of the project as well as implementation.
2010-06-22T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1013/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Kern.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1015
2010-06-18T17:14:33Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
e-Science and data support services: a survey of ARL members
Soehner, Catherine
Steeves, Catherine
Ward, Jennifer
After working for several years to promote research library support for e-science and e-research, the Association of Research Libraries E-science Working Group surveyed member libraries in the Fall of 2009 to gather data on the state of engagement with e-science issues. ARL members include the largest research libraries in the US and Canada and collectively support a substantial proportion of the North American research enterprise. The survey provides a current snapshot of data curation and e-science support activities, documenting a range of approaches and strategies evolving at research institutions and among research libraries.
The research libraries reported on widespread planning and development at their institutions and described a variety of models for service provision and infrastructure development. Library engagement in data curation was also common. Respondents provided information on library services, organizational structures, staffing patterns and staff development, and involvement in research grants, along with perspectives on pressure points for service development.
2010-06-23T20:00:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1014
2010-09-15T15:44:38Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Building a 'data repository' for heterogenous technical research communities through collaborations
Rombouts, Jeroen
Princic, Alenka
The paper describes the project ‘3TU.Datacentrum’, an initiative of the libraries of the three Dutch Technical Universities. Its aim is to build a data curation facility for the improvement of data management, providing data curation services for data producers of the Technical Universities and enabling data reuse.
The libraries initiated this project in their function as information- and knowledge brokers in emerging e-science. Playing a role in the management of research data offers an opportunity to get more thoroughly involved in the scientific process and to interconnect research data with all other sources managed by the libraries.
The project builds on the experience from previous TU Delft research (E-Archive and Darelux). Initial interviews with managers and researchers in leading research areas of the Technical Universities were followed by in-depth investigation of the benefits and barriers for data producers. Additional work with research groups in technology- and engineering science confirmed the need for collaboration in data management. Data producers from these heterogeneous research communities identified benefits for data producers in three clusters: quality improvement, increase in research impact and efficiency (saving time on administration).
Building the data curation infrastructure and setting up the data librarianship were the primary challenges for the library staff. In collaboration with national and international ‘colleagues’ of the data center the project is currently expanding the data set collection and selecting and developing formal license agreements, guidelines and tools, data citability, as well as selection and usage criteria for long-term access to and preservation of research data.
Preliminary conclusions are that while the data curation principle is easily adopted, the data producers will not as easily invest their time in data archiving. Building a data curation facility to meet the diverse needs of heterogeneous research communities requires considerable efforts that can only be realized by (inter)national collaboration between data centers and data users.
2010-06-22T22:30:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
data repository
data center
data curation
data management
3TU.Datacentrum
data librarianship
heterogeneous research communities
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1016
2010-06-18T17:15:21Z
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publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Making the transition from text to data repositories
Sweetkind-Singer, Julie
Schwarzwalder, Robert
Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has been a national leader in developing repository strategies for digital text and image files. Stanford University Libraries began work on long-term preservation and access to geospatial data over five years ago after being awarded a Library of Congress grant through the National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program (NDIIPP). The desire to build on this expertise led to an initiative two years ago to develop a strategy for acquiring, preserving, managing and providing services for a broader range of scientific and technical data. Progress to date has included: a better understanding of the issues related to managing scientific and technical data; technical solutions for ingesting, storing and providing access to data; and, approaches to partnering with Stanford’s academic community. This presentation will provide program and technical details on SULAIR’s current strategy for managing scientific and technical data, summarize the challenges we anticipate in developing a comprehensive data program, and – we hope – initiate a discussion of areas in which universities with similar interest could form collaborations to develop programs and protocols.
2010-06-23T20:00:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1016/viewcontent/IATUL_Paper_Sweetkind.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
data repositories
long-term preservation
scientific data
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1017
2010-06-18T17:15:56Z
publication:iatul2010
publication:iatul
publication:libraries
Creating a university research data registry: enabling compliance, and raising the profile of research data at the University of Melbourne
Porter, Simon
Shadbolt, Anna
The University of Melbourne is one of the richest sources of research data in Australia making it a highly desirable contributor to Australia’s emerging Research Data Commons – an initiative of the nationally funded Australian Research Data Service (ANDS). This paper will outline how The University of Melbourne partnered with (ANDS) to test a framework for exposing a number of research data collections from a variety of research communities at the university. It will identify how the project evolved with multiple agendas including;
1) The need to enable university research data and records policy compliance.
2) Participation in the national research data commons, and
3) Creating virtual research profiles for cross organizational research themes, as a way of strengthening cross disciplinary research.
Underpinning these agendas is an approach to populating the research data registry based on the reuse of already collected data on research. In this project we considered it critical that processes used for collecting information about research datasets leverage existing information that the University already collects about research such as grants and publications. Using this information, we tested how readily we were also able to detect the existence of research data sets, along with the probable associated researchers, project description, departments, and research classifications before individual researchers were directly engaged. Such an approach required command of research administrative datasets collected by the University’s Research Office, but also the clever use of Library technologies to quickly source and scan publications for descriptions of research data. The result of these ‘linked data’ connections between research data sets and the rest of the research information framework was stored in an RDF triple store using an instance of the VITRO platform created by the University of Cornell. The paper will also cover the choice of VITRO as an appropriate platform to base a research data registry.
2010-06-23T20:00:00Z
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research data management
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2010-10-07T03:39:36Z
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Scholarly communication at the dawn of e-science: vision and projects in the field of high-energy physics
Mele, Salvatore
Vigen, Jens
e-Science bears great promises for mankind, and effective e-Infrastructures (a.k.a. cyberinfrastructures) will be necessary to enable this vision.
e-Science also brings opportunities and challenges for the world of scholarly communication: it amplifies the needs of scientists for fast, effective, unrestricted communication of ideas and scientific results, through Open Access; it enables automation of librarianship intelligence, providing new services to the scientific community for the discovery of information; it calls on libraries and information professionals to fill new roles, as evolving actors in the scholarly communication chain.
The field of High-Energy Physics (HEP) has pioneered infrastructures for scholarly communication, with half a century of tradition in Open Access and pre-print dissemination and two decades of experiences in repositories. Scholarly communication in HEP is now moving fast in the e-Science era. This contribution will discuss three main axes of evolution: the INSPIRE project, the SCOAP3 initiative, data preservation in the field.
The INSPIRE project, jointly executed by the four leading laboratories in the field, in the US and Europe, has a unique role in the daily workflow of HEP scientists. It is the successor of the SPIRES platform, and in synergy with arXiv.org and leading publishers in the field is building a next-generation platform for scientific information in HEP. New repository services have been designed and will be presented: discovery of related information, author disambiguation, impact assessment, automated key-wording. These are based on a unique, curated, corpus of 750’000 records, among which 500’000 Open Access full-text documents
The SCOAP3 initiative aims to convert to Open Access the entire volume of the peer-reviewed literature of the field, therefore enabling e-Science applications on this corpus of information. It bears an additional e-Science dimension through its global approach to a new vision of scholarly communication, where libraries worldwide federate to enable a more efficient and economic action at the interface of peer-review, repositories and Open Access.
Data preservation in HEP is in its infancy, and faces enormous challenges. The first findings of DPHEP, the international study group in Digital Preservation for HEP will be presented, focusing on the roles of dedicated “archivists” for the field and the opportunities for specialized repositories/libraries.
2010-06-21T22:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul2010/conf/day1/6
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2010-10-07T03:40:05Z
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Cyberinfrastructure in Canada: challenges, opportunities, and threats
Houle, Louis
Schmidt, Janine
Cyberinfrastructure is used variously to encompass a wide variety of developments, including-infrastructure, cloud computing, cyberenvironments, grid computing, virtual research environments, e-research and e-science. Cyberinfrastructure has been used in Canada to describe the various underpinnings of data acquisitions, data storage, data management, data mining and other online manipulations of data. Another layer has been added by the need to link researchers around the globe and to provide the means for collaborative activity to advance knowledge. This paper presents an overview of recent cyberinfrastucture initiatives within Canada and compares Canadian activity with developments elsewhere in the world. Is Canada behind, ahead, or about in the same place as others? What are the challenges and the opportunities?
Canada’s developments are being facilitated by CANARIE’s investments through its network-enabled platform program (NEP) which is providing the platforms for analysis of data. Are Canadian libraries seizing the opportunities provided by these new challenges? Initiatives like ODESI and Synergies are helping and the paper will address additional efforts which could be made by research libraries to deal with the data deluge.
2010-06-23T20:00:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul2010/conf/day3/4
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2010-07-06T15:26:06Z
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Remarks before the IATUL
Bement, Arden L
31st IATUL conference opening comments by Arden Bement, Director of the Global Policy Research Institute, Purdue University
2010-06-21T15:45:00Z
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International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
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2010-07-14T20:10:04Z
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Data curation: just in time, or just in case?
Lesk, Michael
Fourth Plenary Session, Theme: Collaborations
2010-06-23T15:45:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1021/viewcontent/iatul_clean.pdf
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2010-07-08T18:27:23Z
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Calcium requirements in adolescents: discoveries from Camp Calcium
Weaver, Connie M
2010-06-21T20:30:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1022/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Jacob_Carlson_Camp_Calcium.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
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2010-07-08T19:11:11Z
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Disciplinary data inventory: introductory plenary session comments
Carlson, Jacob
Jacob Carlson's introductory comments to the second plenary session on the theme "Disciplinary Data Inventory" at the 31st IATUL conference
2010-06-21T20:30:00Z
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2010-07-08T18:40:21Z
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Ensuring the integrity, accessibility, and stewardship of research data in the digital age
Kleppner, Daniel
National Academy of Sciences, 2009
2010-06-21T16:15:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1023/viewcontent/IATUL_Kleppner.pdf
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University
oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:iatul2010-1025
2010-07-08T19:23:22Z
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Covering the last mile: developing e-science data services with liaison librarians
Gabridge, Tracy A
2010-06-21T17:45:00Z
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/context/iatul2010/article/1025/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Covering_the_last_mile_handout.doc
International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference
Purdue University