[Asist-announce] Announcing ASIS&T Summit - Research Data Access and Preservation

[Richard Hill]

Research Data Access and Preservation - ASIST Summit 
Phoenix, AZ  |    April 9-10, 2010

Preliminary program at 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA10/ResearchDataAccessSummit2010.html

Researchers in all fields generate and analyze enormous quantities of
digital data. In fields ranging throughout the sciences and humanities,
managing, preserving, and sharing these data require substantial capital and
human resources and new kinds of information professionals who are able to
integrate technology, content, and policy skills. This summit aims to bring
together leaders in data centers, laboratories, and libraries in different
organizational and disciplinary settings to share ideas and techniques for
managing, preserving, and sharing large-scale research data repositories
with an eye toward achieving infrastructure-independent access and
stewardship. The summit will engage three kinds of leaders: those from
projects with experience in integrating high-performance technologies; those
from large scale collaboratories in science, social science, and the
humanities; and those from institutions coping with the challenges of
integrating different technologies and data collections. The summit will
address three main questions:
1.	What data access and preservation capabilities are required within
and across research groups?  
2.	What technical solutions exist to meet these needs and how do they
scale across domains?  
3.	What are the social contexts under which research communities
assemble to share data? 

Saturday will be a half day of sessions. The formal meeting ends at noon.
Saturday afternoon tutorials will be given for those who wish to focus on
particular concepts and systems. We expect to have a panel on each of the
above questions led by leaders who have practical experience dealing with
the associated challenges, and a few invited speakers. Participants will
have ample opportunities to interact with speakers and each other and
present techniques and concepts via posters and semi-structured discussions.
Demonstrations of integrated systems that address data management challenges
will be held, with opportunities to compare approaches and ask
implementation details.

Panel 1 - Data Life Cycle management
Texas Digital Repository - M. McFarland
Carolina Digital Repository - S. Michalak 
National Science Digital Library - M. Wright 
Michigan State University - C. Ghering

Panel 2 - Promoting Re-use of Scientific Collections 
Max Planck Institute for PsychoLinguistics - P. Wittenburg 
iPlant Collaborative - S. Ram 
International Virtual Observatory Alliance - R. Williams 
Odum Social Science Institute - J. Crabtree 
Sustainable Heritage through Multivalent ArchiviNg - P. Watry (INVITED)

Panel 3 - Large-scale Data Management Challenges 
Ocean Observatories Initiative - J. Orcutt 
National Climatic Data Center - E. Kearns 
Cinegrid - L. Herr 
Southern California Earthquake Center - P. Maechling

Panel 4 - NSF DataNet Initiatives
Data Conservancy - S. Choudhury
DataOne - W. Michener
DataNet Federation Consortium - R. Moore

Demonstration session - Technology Systems Integrated
Rule Oriented Data System - R. Moore 
L-Store - A. Tackett 
Fedora - D. Davis (INVITED)
SHAMAN - P. Watry (INVITED)

Panel 5 - Developing Assessment Criteria 
NARA - M. Conrad Data One - J. Greenberg 
Ocean Observatory Initiative - J. Graybeal 

Panel 6 - Legal and Social Implications of Shared Collections 
University of Michigan - A. Zimmerman 
NorthWestern University - N. Contractor

Chaired by Reagan Moore and an advisory board that includes William
Anderson, Christine Borgman, Hsinchun Chen, Sayeed Choudhury, Michael Lesk,
Gary Marchionini, William Michener, Art Pasquinelli, Sudha Ram, and Stu
Weibel.

In cooperation with the Coalition for Networked Information
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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
Fax: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900