[mla-nynj] SLA-NY @ METRO February 29: Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories

[Miguel Figueroa]

Professional Development Opportunity from SLA New York Chapter.

SLA-NY @ METRO is a series of FREE professional development opportunities
for all library and information professionals in the New York area.

Friday, February 29, 2008 2:30-4:00 PM 

Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories  (Click U Web Seminar
Replay) 

To RSVP or for questions, contact miguel.a.figueroa at gmail.com 

Please Note:  This is a REPLAY of a Click University Webinar.  The session
will take place at METRO's offices (57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor, between
University and Broadway). 

Institutional repositories- which are becoming commonplace at academic and
research libraries, corporations, and government agencies-provide a platform
for collecting, preserving, and providing access to publications
electronically. As librarians move farther upstream in the research cycle,
they find that many of the same skills and technologies can be applied to
curating and archiving research data. Networked instrumentation,
simulations, and other devices of computation are generating unprecedented
amounts of data and information-much of which is poorly described and
preserved, if at all-and potentially lost forever. 

This seminar will use institutional repositories as a backdrop for learning
and applying basic data curation concepts. Participants will explore a
rationale for archiving and sharing data and a role for librarians in
collaborating to address the data deluge. We will examine current,
general-use data-sharing services such as Swivel and Freebase, as well as a
variety of specific disciplinary and institutional data archives and
projects. Participants will be able to determine if an institutional data
repository is appropriate for their organizations and get tips for starting
one. 

Presenter 

Michael Witt
<http://sla.learn.com/learncenter.asp?id=178409&sessionid=3-E60ED34C-679A-46
F9-91CE-6DE7CE476B84&mode=show&page=286> , Interdisciplinary research
librarian, assistant professor of library science, Purdue University 

Who Should Attend? 

This seminar is designed for info pros whose work supports research and
development and who are interested in curating science data as a part of
their institutional repository and collection or knowledge-management
responsibilities. Participants do not need to have experience with
institutional repository software or programming to particpate. Familiarity
with institutional repository and digital library concepts and principles is
helpful but not required for this introductory seminar. 

Critical Learning Questions 

What are the basic concepts of institutional data repositories? 
What is the rationale for archiving and sharing research data? 
How are new technologies affecting science and knowledge generation, and
what is cyber infrastructure? 
How can librarians collaborate to meet the needs of researchers by
collecting, preserving, and providing access to research data? 
What are some of the issues and challenges related to institutional data
repositories, including metadata, ingest and scale, preservation,
intellectual property, access control, and policies? 
Does my organization need an institutional data repository? 


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-- 
Miguel A. Figueroa

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