From maria at tacc.utexas.edu Tue Feb 2 10:08:21 2016 From: maria at tacc.utexas.edu (Maria Esteva) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:08:21 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Summer internship opportunity Message-ID: Hi all, Please distribute this summer internship opportunity at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. We are seeking a self-motivated and responsible graduate student to conduct research and development to enhance capabilities for remote, interactive and collaborative image analyses for the Digital Rocks Portal. https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/education/stem-programs/digital-rocks Best, Maria Esteva -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Digital-rocks Flyer-ed-v5.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1397947 bytes Desc: Digital-rocks Flyer-ed-v5.pdf URL: From zvowell at calpoly.edu Tue Feb 23 12:27:52 2016 From: zvowell at calpoly.edu (Zach Vowell) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:27:52 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] CfP: Software Preservation Network 2016 Forum Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Software Preservation Network (SPN) 2016 Forum will be Monday, August 1st, 2016 on the Georgia State University campus in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SPN 2016 Forum theme,"Action Research: Empowering the Cultural Heritage Community and Mapping Out Next Steps for Software Preservation" reflects the mission of the Software Preservation Network (SPN) to solicit community input and build consensus around next steps for preserving software at scale - in the larger effort to ensure long-term access to digital objects. Community participation is key to success - Be apart of the SPN 2016 Forum program! Registration will be free but space is limited! Proposals are invited on topics such as: * Current collaborations/consortial efforts * Collective software licensing approaches * Preservation efforts * Emulated or virtualized access options * Organizational structures that have worked for other multi-institutional initiatives that may work for software preservation The SPN project team believes that the practice of critical reflection around software preservation must incorporate members from complementary domains to actively participate in a coordinated effort to develop a sustainable, national strategy for proprietary software licensing and collection - pulling heavily from the collective, lived experience and expertise of researcher-practitioners in software development, law, archives, libraries, museums, and other domains. While proposals that provide historical context for software collection or preservation are welcome, every proposal should include the following components: * Relevance to the Software Preservation Network project (what core component of the network does the proposal address?) * Pre-conference materials for attendees (surveys, worksheets, thought piece, etc.) * Session participant outcomes and how those outcomes pipe into the larger discussion of a national software preservation strategy * Assessment method - how would you define a successful session? How would you gauge the productivity of your session? Session format options include but are not limited to: * Use cases (30-45 minute presentation): describes specific institutional cases/situations where software played a key role in providing (or not being able to provide, as the case may be) access to digital collection material * What IFs (5-10 minute presentation): lightning talks that propose a realistic "what if?" scenario for addressing some aspect of software preservation * Context panels (45-60 minutes): provide contextual information about issues related to software preservation * Workshops (30-60 minutes): small group breakout activities that asks participants to reflect on and refine emerging solutions to software preservation Important Dates: April 4: Deadline for forum proposal submissions April 5: Registration opens April 18: Notification of acceptance May 31: Registration closes More information about the forum, the call for proposals, and registration is available on the the Software Preservation Network website. Friendly Regards, Zach Vowell, >, Digital Archivist, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University Jessica Meyerson, >, Digital Archivist, Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Tue Feb 23 13:09:00 2016 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:09:00 +0000 Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Announcing the Coursera Data Management and Sharing MOOC - Opening March 1st Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B5BA17C@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> Please excuse cross-postings. The School of Information and Library Science and the Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the MANTRA team at the University of Edinburgh are pleased to announce the forthcoming Coursera MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Research Data Management and Sharing. This is a collaboration of the UNC-CH CRADLE team (Curating Research Assets and Data Using Lifecycle Education) and MANTRA. CRADLE has been funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop training for both researchers and library professionals. MANTRA was designed as a prime resource for postgraduate training in research data management skills and is used by learners worldwide. The MOOC uses the Coursera on-demand format to provide short, video-based lessons and assessments across a five-week period, but learners can proceed at their own pace. Although no formal credit is assigned for the MOOC, Statements of Accomplishment will be available to any learner who completes a course for a small fee. The Research Data Management and Sharing MOOC will launch 1st March, 2016. Subjects covered in the 5-week course follow the stages of any research project. They are: * Understanding Research Data * Data Management Planning * Working with Data * Sharing Data * Archiving Data Dr. Helen Tibbo from the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill delivers four of the five sets of lessons, and Sarah Jones, Digital Curation Centre, delivers the University of Edinburgh-developed content in Week 3, Working with Data. Quizzes and supplementary videos add to the learning experience, and assignments are peer reviewed by fellow learners, with questions and answers handled by peers and team teachers in the forum. Staff from both organizations will monitor the learning forums and the peer-reviewed assignments to make sure learners are on the right track, and to watch for adjustments needed in course content. The course is open to enrolment now, and will 'go live' on 1st March. https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-data-management-and-sharing Hashtag: #RDMSmooc A preview of one of the supplementary videos is now available on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVqImna7cU Please join us in this data adventure. -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: