Data Scientist Training for Librarians course begins in January
Librarians, here’s a unique opportunity to get your hands dirty with data! The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, John G. Wolbach Library is offering a course, “Data Scientist Training for...
View ArticleNETSL conference: Call for Lightning Talks
Posted on behalf of Jennifer Eustis, President of the New England Technical Services Group The Many Hats of Technical Services The New England Technical Services Librarians 2013 Conference College of...
View ArticleUpdate on Science Boot Camp 2013
The Science Boot Camp planning group has been busy making plans for the fifth annual Science Boot Camp which will be held this year on June 12-14th at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The group...
View ArticleOf sequestration and crowdfunding
Submitted by guest contributor Regina Fisher Raboin, Data Management Services Coordinator, Science Research & Instruction Librarian, Tisch Library, Tufts University. Well, it’s here, sequestration,...
View ArticleNew roles for supporting scholarly communication in research libraries
Last week at a symposium in Arizona, 32 research librarians gathered to discuss the challenge of ensuring that research libraries add value to the scholarly enterprise in a user-centric networked...
View ArticleCrossing That Bridge We Have Come to: Teaching Students How to Manage...
Submitted by guest contributor Andrew Creamer, Project Coordinator for Research Data Management Education Initiatives, University of Massachusetts Medical School Crossing That Bridge We Have Come to:...
View ArticleShout-out to RDM for Librarians tutorial
I just came across a user-friendly online course booklet that teaches librarians the fundamentals of research data management: “RDM for Librarians” Created by Sarah Jones and Marieke Guy of the...
View ArticleJune 11 ASIS&T webinar: Stewarding Research Data with Fedora and Islandora
From the RDAP mailing list: The next PASIG monthly webinar will be June 11 at 11:30am EST. This webinar is free to ASIS&T members, $20 for non-members. It will be archived. The registration...
View ArticleLittle Data/Big Data @ My Institution
Submitted by guest contributor Elizabeth Schneider, Director of the Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital. During the last week, I was presented with an opportunity to think about data of...
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Chris Erdmann, Director of the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard, wins best...
Submitted by guest contributor Amy Stout, Computer Science Librarian, MIT Lars Nielsen, CERN, and Chris Erdmann, Harvard Astrophysics, won the vote for best poster at OAI8 in Geneva (CERN workshop on...
View ArticleCall for Proposals for Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation...
Submitted on behalf of Chris Eaker, Chair of committee for the Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries of ASIS&T. The Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries (SIG DL) of ASIS&T is...
View ArticleScience Boot Camp 2013 videos now on YouTube!
If you didn’t get a chance to attend this year’s New England Area Librarians Science Boot Camp at University of Massachusetts Amherst–or even if you did–all the presentations are now available on the...
View ArticleUsing the e-Science Portal to Explore Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Submitted by guest contributor Barbara Merolli, Science Librarian at the College of the Holy Cross. Recently, I participated in a discussion of collaborative efforts between the sciences and the...
View ArticleSept. 5th #medlibs chat: The Informationist
Join in on the Twitter conversation with #medlibs this Thursday evening, Sept. 5th at 9 PM EST as Sally Gore from UMass Medical School discusses the role of librarian informationists on research...
View ArticleSupporting Open Science with Academic Startups
Submitted by guest contributor Howard Silver, Biological Engineering Librarian and Head of Instruction & Reference Services at the Hayden Library, MIT. I was fortunate to attend a presentation...
View ArticleRec. read: Special issue of Science on Science Communication
Recommended reading from Regina Raboin, Science Research & Instruction Librarian and Data Management Services Coordinator at Tisch Library, Tufts University, and chair for the New England...
View ArticleTeaching RDM with the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum
Are you teaching or planning to teach research data management? The New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum (NECDMC) provides lesson plans, teaching modules, customizable slide...
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