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Preparing Subject Librarians For An Open Access World, Linda Masselink, Jodi Tyron
Preparing Subject Librarians For An Open Access World, Linda Masselink, Jodi Tyron
Linda Masselink
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Development Of A Scholarly Communications Program At Grand Valley State University, Doug Way
Development Of A Scholarly Communications Program At Grand Valley State University, Doug Way
Doug Way
Presented as part of the Institute on Scholarly Communication ARL-ACRL ISC Webinar Series, Program 4A: Broader Library Involvement in Building Programs—Organizational Strategy. Program 4A will focus on the shifting roles of libraries and their staffs, specifically as it relates to broader involvement in scholarly communications activities. Speakers will discuss how libraries are conceiving of their work differently and how they are filling these needs. Case studies will highlight the time and energy scholarly communications activities are taking at their institutions and how the work is managed. Scheduled Speakers *Karen Williams, Associate University Librarian for Academic Programs, University of Minnesota Libraries …
Research Data: Who Will Share What, With Whom, When, And Why?, Christine L. Borgman
Research Data: Who Will Share What, With Whom, When, And Why?, Christine L. Borgman
Christine L. Borgman
The deluge of scientific research data has excited the general public, as well as the scientific community, with the possibilities for better understanding of scientific problems, from climate to culture. For data to be available, researchers must be willing and able to share them. The policies of governments, funding agencies, journals, and university tenure and promotion committees also influence how, when, and whether research data are shared. Data are complex objects. Their purposes and the methods by which they are produced vary widely across scientific fields, as do the criteria for sharing them. To address these challenges, it is necessary …
The Digital Future Is Now: What The Humanities Can Learn From Escience, Christine L. Borgman
The Digital Future Is Now: What The Humanities Can Learn From Escience, Christine L. Borgman
Christine L. Borgman
As the digital humanities mature, their scholarship is taking on many characteristics of the sciences, becoming more data-intensive, information-intensive, distributed, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative. While few scholars in the humanities or arts would wish to be characterized as emulating scientists, they do envy the comparatively rich technical and resource infrastructure of the sciences. The interests of all scholars in the university align with respect to access to data, library resources, and computing infrastructure. However, the scholarly interests of the sciences and humanities diverge regarding research practices, sources of evidence, and degrees of control over those sources. This talk will explore the …
The Digital Archive: The Data Deluge Arrives In The Humanities, Christine L. Borgman
The Digital Archive: The Data Deluge Arrives In The Humanities, Christine L. Borgman
Christine L. Borgman
The data deluge has began to overwhelm the sciences, as instruments such as sensor networks and space telescopes are generating far more data than can possibly be inspected manually. Only digital tools can make sense of these vast volumes of data. As the humanities draw more heavily on digital archives, their scholarship is taking on many characteristics of the sciences, becoming more data-intensive, information-intensive, distributed, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative. However, the humanities typically lack the technical infrastructure available to the sciences. The scholarly interests of the sciences and humanities also diverge with respect to research practices, sources of evidence, and degrees …