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Building An E-Science Portal For Librarians: A Model Of Collaboration, Donna Kafel, Myrna E. Morales, Robert J. Vander Hart, Sally A. Gore, Andrew Creamer, Javier Crespo, Elaine R. Martin

Sally A. Gore

The e-Science Portal for New England Librarians (http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu) is an openly accessible website targeted specifically for librarians working in research institutions that generate, share, store and/or use data for basic scientific research in the health, biological, and physical sciences. The portal provides links to information on e-Science, e-Science librarianship, current practices, and science disciplines. The portal’s e-Science Community blog http://esciencecommunity.umassmed.edu serves as a bulletin and discussion forum for the latest news, upcoming events, and commentaries. While the portal was originally developed to provide e-Science information to New England Librarians, its openly accessible content is relevant to librarians interested in networked …