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Thanks to Jane to post these updates about DC-SAM happenings. As for DC2013 in Kuching, Malaysia, I have no idea how many of this group will be there. If anyone is going and interested in an informal gathering, I will be happy to coordinate. Jian From: Jane Greenberg <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: DCMI Community <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:05:45 +0000 To: DCMI Community <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: DC-SAM updates; DC-2012; + our wiki Greetings DC-SAM (Science and Metadata) community, Thank you to folks for sharing news and useful links relating to metadata for scientific/research data over the last year. Although our list traffic is low, the posts remain quite valid and informative; and we believe low traffic is not a bad thing. We know there’s interest, as DC-SAM membership continues to grow monthly. A few brief updates follow here: - Welcome Chelcie Rowell. Please join me in welcoming Chelcie as the new DC-SAM intern/document manager. Chelcie is a MSLS Candidate 2013, UNC-Chapel Hill, and a member of the SILS Metadata Research Center. She is also President, Information & Library Science Student Association (ILSSA) Graduate Assistant, North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. Her research interest focus in the area of metadata, digital preservation, and policy development. - Thank you to Craig Willis. We send a thank you and good wishes to Craig Willis, who graduated with his MSLS from UNC this past spring, and is off to UIUC for a Ph.D., and still a community member. - DC-2012. (Jian, Alex and I) are interested to know if folks on this list are attending Dublin Core 2012: Metadata for Meeting Global Challenges, 3 through 7, Sept. in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia! See: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2012/. If there’s a good cluster of DC-SAM folks attending perhaps people gather for a topical discussion or hold a "meet up" for a group dinner. Jian Qin will be putting out a call as the DC-SAM co-leader attending DC-2012. - NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Managing Scientific Research Data (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/scientific_data/). Folks on this list may be interested in this NISO/DCMI Webinar on 22 Aug. 2012; 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). Registration is still open. - Community members (who-are-we). DC-SAM membership continues to grow monthly and remains one of the largest DCMI communities. Members include metadata/informatics/computer science and engineering folks; people engaged in scholarly communications and digital libraries more generally; publishers; and scientists in a range of disciplines—primarily, although not exclusively, the natural sciences. Membership is free, and DC-SAM is simply an open forum for the exchanging ideas, sharing news, etc. About 1/4th of the members have listed their names and affiliation at: http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Science_and_Metadata_Members. Please consider listing your name, or let us know of any corrections. You can email Chelcie for this: chelcie at live dot unc dot edu. (We’ve had to move to this small-gate-keeping for member listing b/c the previous open listing/wiki was spammed.) We are considering opportunities to propose a SAM-related workshop for the coming year, and will keep folks posted. Please continue to share news of events, activities, and developments on this list. Thank you to all – from the community co-leaders, Jane, Alex, and Jian ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Greenberg, Professor and Director of the Metadata Research Center <MRC> School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <MRC> http://ils.unc.edu/mrc (+1-919-962-8066)