ditto to Diane Hillman's message below re: the Salo piece, a must read!

The issue of Ariadne noted (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue64/) also 
reports on a 'data services needs assessment' by Brian Westra @ U.of 
Oregon, characterising aspects of data curation issues for scientists.

j

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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:59:09 -0400
From: Diane I. Hillmann <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: invitation/DC-Science and Metadata (SAM) meeting agenda (fwd)

  Those considering attending the meeting (and even those who cannot), might be 
interested in a recent Ariadne article by Dorothea Salo, "Retooling Libraries 
for the Data Challenge" (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue64/salo/), which 
provides an excellent analysis of the issues around libraries and 
scientific 
research data.

Diane Hillmann

On 9/3/10 12:20 PM, Jane Greenberg wrote:
> apologies for crossposting...just spreading the word!
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> The DC-SAM community meeting will be held on Thursday, October 21, 4-5:30 PM,
> at the DC 2010 conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
> 
> The SAM meeting is open to all -- members, newcomers, and those who are just
> curious.
> 
> Community co-leaders (Stu Weibel and I) will oversee an introduction; three
> confirmed presenters will address important topics--and allow for discussion 
> +
> Q&A; and there will be an open discussion targeting SAM issues and 
> activities.
> 
> Presenters/topics listed here:
> 
> ~ Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, National Information Standards
> Organization (NISO)
> 
> Title:  NISO/National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS)
> Supplemental Journal Article Materials
> 
> Brief abstract:  This presentation will first introduce NISO.  Background and
> outcomes of NISO led work in this area will be presented. Insights and
> questions will be offered to stimulate discussion on how this work relates to
> metadata for scientific data and opportunities promoting interchange and
> connecting with data repositories and other initiatives. [draft abstract]
> 
> 
> ~ Joan Starr, Manager, Strategic and Project Planning, California Digital
> Library
> 
> Topic:  DataCite and the DataCite Metadata Kernel
> 
> Brief abstract:  DataCite is an international consortium that offers an easy
> way to connect an article published in a scholarly journal with the 
> underlying
> data. The DataCite Metadata Kernel aims to support the larger goals of 
> DataCite
> by recommending a standard citation format for datasets; providing the basis
> for interoperability with other data management schemas; promoting dataset
> discovery, and laying the groundwork for future services. This presentation
> will introduce DataCite and give an overview of the DataCite Metadata Kernel.
> 
> 
> ~ Jian Qin, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse
> University
> 
> Topic:  E-Science, Data, and Metadata: Linking Research to Teaching
> 
> Brief abstract:  This presentation reports the experience and issues from a
> linked data research project and what implications this project and our
> previous scientific data literacy project have on science metadata research 
> and
> teaching.
> 
> 
> ~ Open discussion
> 
> * What are the most pressing metadata related challenges relating to metadata
> for scientific research data?
> 
> * What solutions have you sought out, explored, or discovered?
> 
> 
> ~ DC-SAM activities
> 
> * SAM priorities and community value
> 
> * Liaison with other communities
> 
> * SAM specific tasks or activities to-be-determined
> 
> [NOTE:  There may be a tweaks in presenter abstracts, and possibly an
> additional presenter, but we are pretty well set.]
> 
> Meeting materials will be made accessible via the SAM wiki a.s.a.p.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing folks in Pittsburgh.
> 
> best wishes, jane + stu
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jane Greenberg, Professor and
> 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
> .
>