[SOA] Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories: WebEX in Blue Ash

[Janet M. Carleton]

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Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories

Co-Sponsored by the Special Libraries Association: Cincinnati Chapter

Date

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Time

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location

SWON Libraries Office

Speaker(s)

Michael Witt is the Interdisciplinary Research Librarian and an assistant
professor of library science for the Purdue University Libraries and its
Distributed Data Curation Center (http://d2c2.lib.purdue.edu). The approach
of the D2C2 is to integrate librarians and the principles of library
science into interdisciplinary research to solve problems related to
curating research data in complex, distributed environments. He has
conducted research, published, and presented nationally and internationally
on topics related to digital libraries, institutional repositories, and
scientific data curation. His M.L.S. is from the School of Library and
Information Science at the Indianapolis campus of Indiana University.

Description

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS DELIVERED THROUGH WEB CONFERENCING TO THE SWON
LIBRARIES OFFICE.

Institutional repositories- which are becoming commonplace at academic and
research libraries, corporations, and government agencies-provide a
platform for collecting, preserving, and providing access to publications
electronically. As librarians move farther upstream in the research cycle,
they find that many of the same skills and technologies can be applied to
curating and archiving research data. Networked instrumentation,
simulations, and other devices of computation are generating unprecedented
amounts of data and information-much of which is poorly described and
preserved, if at all-and potentially lost forever.

This seminar will use institutional repositories as a backdrop for learning
and applying basic data curation concepts. Participants will explore a
rationale for archiving and sharing data and a role for librarians in
collaborating to address the data deluge. We will examine current,
general-use data-sharing services such as Swivel and Freebase, as well as a
variety of specific disciplinary and institutional data archives and
projects. Participants will be able to determine if an institutional data
repository is appropriate for their organizations and get tips for starting
one.

Critical Learning Questions

What are the basic concepts of institutional data repositories?

What is the rationale for archiving and sharing research data?

How are new technologies affecting science and knowledge generation, and
what is cyber infrastructure?

How can librarians collaborate to meet the needs of researchers by
collecting, preserving, and providing access to research data?

What are some of the issues and challenges related to institutional data
repositories, including metadata, ingest and scale, preservation,
intellectual property, access control, and policies?

Does my organization need an institutional data repository?

Additional Reading

Before the presentation, attendees should read The Power of Babble, by
Jonathon Keats, Wired issue 15.04.

Other Suggested Reading

To Stand the Test of Time: Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Data Sets in
Science and Engineering, Association of Research Libraries, ARL/NSF
Workshop on Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Data Collections, September
2006.

Towards 2020 Science, Microsoft Research, March 2006.

Tony Hey, Anne Trefethen. The Data Deluge: An e-Science Perspective, UK
e-Science Core Program, January 2003.

Meal

Light snacks will be provided

Audience

This seminar is designed for info pros whose work supports research and
development and who are interested in curating science data as a part of
their institutional repository and collection or knowledge-management
responsibilities. Participants do not need to have experience with
institutional repository software or programming to particpate. Familiarity
with institutional repository and digital library concepts and principles
is helpful but not required for this introductory seminar.

Contributing Member of SWON Libraries

$10

Friend of SWON Libraries

$10

Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS

$10

Other

$20

The deadline to register is Wednesday, February 20th, 2008


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Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's Studies Bibliographer
     Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
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