all -- a reminder (below). happy to hear from folks on any ideas, and
also folks who may be interested in helping w/the peer review too. several
folks have all ready agreed, but a few more folks would be great, given
the turn-around time that has been requested for this special *timely*
issue. :)
best wishes, jane
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:03:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Jane Greenberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: DCMI Science and Metadata Community <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Call-for-submissions/Journal of Library Metadata
Journal of Library Metadata (*please feel free to forward)
SPECIAL ISSUE: Metadata for Scientific Data
This special issue of the Journal of Library Metadata presents metadata-related
trends and practices, research, collaborations, and educational initiatives
supporting digital data curation, lifecycle management, and use.
Scientific research, in nearly every domain, increasingly relies on digital
information structures for collecting data, collaborating and disseminating
findings. This change has introduced many new challenges and opportunities for
collecting, preserving, accessing, using, and sharing research data. Digital
libraries, repositories, and many types of information centers are seeking
metadata solutions addressing these data management challenges and for
advancing the scientific enterprise. Library and information science educators
are enhancing curriculum offerings to include metadata courses, and integrating
these offerings into digital curation programs. Additionally, libraries and
specialized communities are developing and promoting metadata standards to
support data sharing. This special issue of JLM presents *metadata* trends and
practices, research and development activities, collaborations, and educational
initiatives supporting curation, lifecycle management, and use of digital data
stored in library, repository, and related environments.
Please forward submissions electronically (Word document or RTF) to the guest
editor at:
Jane Greenberg: [log in to unmask]
Submission Procedure:
Full manuscripts (10-40 typed pages, double-spaced) are to be submitted on or
by February 17, 2010. Authors will be notified by February 26, 2010. Final
copies, with *all* final edits will be due NO LATER than March 17, 2010.
Formatting and citation instructions for authors are found @:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1938-6389&linktype=44.
All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Metadata curation supporting e-science, life-cycle management,
authentication, provenance tracking, and other functions and services.
- Metadata creation and quality control processes and policies supporting the
management, access, and preservation of digital data.
- Metadata structures and programs enabling and demonstrating data sharing and
re-use, linked data, and interoperability among digital collections and
repositories.
- Semantic web and metadata registry developments for machine-driven processing
of digital data.
- International, national, and emergent metadata vocabularies and semantic
systems, such as ontologies, scientific taxonomies, Dublin Core application
profiles.
- Exploration or use of Web 2.0 (or Web 3.0) technologies integrated with
metadata efforts (e.g., Folksonomies) for describing or sharing digital data.
- Metadata models (e.g., DCAM, RDF, METS, FRBR) and their application to
digital data.
- Identifiers (e.g., DOIs) and other naming conventions for tracking,
authenticating, and providing access to digital data
- Community, consortial, or organizational initiatives curating and providing
access to digital data.
- Educational initiatives and attention to metadata and digital data curation
for a new, growing generation of information professionals.
The Journal of Library Metadata retitled from the Journal of Internet Cataloging
to reflect a wider focus is the exclusive forum for the latest research,
innovations, news, and expert views about all aspects of metadata applications
in libraries, repositories, and other information centers. This focused
journal comprehensively discusses practical, applicable information that
libraries can effectively use in their own information management. Specialized
knowledge, the latest technology, and top research are presented pertaining
specifically to evolving metadata use in libraries and related information
centers. More information about the Journal of Library Metadata can be found
online at www.haworthpress.com.
Happy New Year! jane
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Jane Greenberg, Professor
Director of the Metadata Research Center <MRC>
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB #3360
205 Manning Hall Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3360
Email: [log in to unmask] Tel.:
919-962-8066/Fax.: 919-962-8071
Web: http://ils.unc.edu/~janeg
<MRC> http://ils.unc.edu/mrc
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