From kevco at unm.edu Sun Nov 2 14:44:10 2014 From: kevco at unm.edu (Kevin Comerford) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 19:44:10 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Welcome to SIG-DL Members attending ASIS&T! Message-ID: Hi everyone, I just wanted to welcome all the SIG-DL members attending ASIS&T in Seattle this week, and mention that I will be at the New Members brunch at Noon, and I?ll also be at the Welcome Reception/SIG Rush tonight at 7pm. Both events are at the Cirrus Room in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. Stop by and say hello if you are attending one of these events! Kevin Comerford SIG-DL Chair Assistant Professor / Digital Initiatives Librarian University of New Mexico Libraries kevco at unm.edu 505) 277-6341 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jakecar at umich.edu Mon Nov 17 16:37:28 2014 From: jakecar at umich.edu (Jacob Carlson) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:37:28 -0500 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Job Posting: Research Data Curation Librarian at the University of Michigan Message-ID: The University of Michigan Library is ramping up its data services program. We are currently seeking a passionate and talented librarian to join us in shaping and delivering these services. An excerpt of the position is below. The full job positing can be found at: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/103342/research_data_curation_librarian Review of applications will begin Dec 8th. Research Data Curation Librarian Job Summary The University of Michigan, a leader in undergraduate and graduate education and one of the world's premier research universities, has prominent faculty, rigorous academic programs, and a diverse cultural and social environment. By advancing new modes of scholarly communication, engaging users in innovative and relevant ways, and developing collections and services that directly support the teaching, learning, and research mission of the University, the University of Michigan Library is leading the re-imagining of the research library in the digital era. The University of Michigan Library has embarked on an aggressive and exciting initiative to address research data management needs at the University, and is seeking a forward-thinking and innovative Research Data Curation Librarian to join the team. Reporting to the Research Data Services Manager, the Research Data Curation Librarian will advance the library's mission to create and sustain data services for the campus that support the mission of the University of Michigan researchers through our Research Data Services (RDS) unit. RDS is responsible for strategic planning, coordination, and deployment of research data services directed at facilitating the research lifecycle. This includes creating and implementing data management assistance for the campus, outreach to faculty in collaboration with subject specialists, informationists, training, and assessment of RDS programs and services. RDS operates in 4 key areas: 1) Education, Awareness and Community Building, 2) Technical Infrastructure, 3) Policy and Strategy, and 4) Consultation and Services. The responsibilities of the Research Data Curation Librarian will fall in all key areas; the initial focus of this position will be to contribute to the development of the data repository in collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders, in the library and across campus. The University of Michigan Library is committed to recruiting and the retaining a diverse workforce and cultivating an environment that allows and encourages all employees to contribute the fullest expression of their diverse backgrounds, skills, and life experiences to their work and towards the fulfillment of the Library's mission. Responsibilities While partnering with colleagues at the U-M Office of Research, Information Technology Services, Advanced Research Computing, as well as academic programs, institutes, departments, and colleges across campus, the Research Data Curation Librarian will: Work with researchers to curate and archive data - The Librarian will work with researchers to identify, recruit, ingest and deposit data in the library's digital repository, adhering to local policies and national and international standards and best practices. - The incumbent will play a significant role in outreach to the research community to deposit data in both the digital repository or appropriate subject repository, as well as creating training programs, help guides and web resources for Data Education and RDS for internal and external audiences. - When necessary the Librarian will consult with researchers on metadata standards and data sensitivity characterization. Create, support and sustain technical infrastructure - In collaboration with key partners, will act as the Research Data Services point person for the data repository. - Investigate integrative infrastructures to connect campus needs to the repository. - Design and implement workflows, and execute technical processes involved in managing the lifecycle of digital datasets including data transformation projects. Work with campus stakeholders on larger data collections issues - Serve as a consultant to researchers and librarians on data issues and services. - Perform data management planning with principle investigators and researchers. - Assist in the development and delivery of training and instructional materials on data curation. - Provide guidance and instruction on discovery, acquisition and use of research data in the public domain. Engage and participate in all aspects of the RDS and library services as appropriate - Participate in research data management consultations, data curation activities and the development of resources, documentation and instructional content about data curation. - Participate in selected cross-library working groups to create and improve services. - Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications - ALA-accredited Master's degree or an equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience. - Demonstrated knowledge of or direct experience working with or managing research data. - Knowledge of information technologies, standards and best practices prevalent in digital or data curation. - Ability to articulate roles in the research data ecosystem. - Knowledge of technologies for data management and curation, and familiarity with preservation principles and practices. - Ability to work independently and effectively with others as a team within a complex and fluid organization. Ability to work well in a multicultural and collaborative environment. - Possess excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to present and share ideas clearly and effectively to a diverse audience. Desired Qualifications - Experience documenting workflows and procedures. - Knowledge of metadata formats, including Dublin Core, MODS, METS, and data exchange protocols such as SWORD and OAI-PMH. - Experience working with digital repository or content management systems. - Experience in identifying researcher information needs and in creating effective services to meet those needs. - Demonstrated experience in the acquisition and management of born-digital or digitized library, archival, or research materials. - Demonstrated commitment to customer service. - Demonstrated time management and project completion skills. U-M EEO/AA Statement The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. -Jake ----------------------------------------------------- Jake Carlson Research Data Services Manager Stephen S. 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I strongly encourage you to apply if you have any uncertainty about how to pursue your research agenda, including design and execution. >From the Call for Proposals: "We seek librarians with a passion for research and a desire to improve their research skills. IRDL is designed to bring together all that the literature tells us about the necessary conditions for librarians to conduct valid and reliable research in an institutional setting. The cohort will be chosen from a selective submission process, with an emphasis on enthusiasm for research and diversity from a variety of perspectives, including ethnicity and type and size of library. The Advisory Board, comprised of librarians with research experience in a variety of settings, will use an open review process to select participants who will travel to Los Angeles, California, participate in all Institute activities, and conduct a research project during the 2015-2016 academic year. The online application requires a proposed research project that will be revised at the workshop and will be the basis for the study to be completed in the coming year." Librarians accepted into the program "will receive, at no cost to them, instruction in research design and a full year of peer/mentor support to complete a research project at their home institutions. The summer Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) workshop is supplemented with pre-Institute learning activities and a personal learning network that provides ongoing mentoring." The workshop will be held on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, from July 13-23, 2015. More information is available at: http://irdlonline.org/call-for-proposals/. Regards, Christopher B. Eaker Assistant Professor & Data Curation Librarian College of Architecture & Design Liaison University of Tennessee Libraries John C. 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As of July 2013, Asia accounts for the largest share of online users in the world at 48.4%, followed by 21.8% from the Americas, and 19% from Europe. With this global development, the diversity of user languages on the Web has increased dramatically, leading to new challenges and opportunities for information access providers and consumers. The MWA workshop will bring together researchers working on Cross-/Multilingual Search & Discovery, the Multilingual Social Web, as well as the Multilingual Semantic Web, in order to promote the exchange of complementary ideas and applicable/transferrable techniques between these areas. The goal of the workshop is to advance the current state of the art in Multilingual Web Access techniques, and, most importantly, to increase the adoption of multilingual techniques, methods, and tools in real-world Web applications. -------- Themes of interest -------- Themes of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Multilingual Web search & discovery - Multilingual recommender systems - Multilingual news systems - Cross-/multilingual information retrieval - Multilingual Web user needs & behavior - Interactive MWA systems & interfaces - Personalized multilingual search systems - Multilingual social network analysis - Methods & tools for information & community linking - Multilingual semantic knowledge extraction, representation, and annotation - Multilingual ontology mapping & data linking - Sharing multilingual language resources as open web data - Integration of language technology with multilingual Web content, e.g. automated translation, automated text annotation for topic detection, named entity recognition and disambiguation - Evaluation: methods, collections, and metrics for MWA - Language resources for MWA - Cultural aspects of MWA - Risk-aware MWA - Privacy and Data Protection of multilingual Web content and data across jurisdictions ----------- Submissions ----------- We solicit submissions of long (up to 6 pages) and short papers (up to 3 pages) from diverse backgrounds, with the aim of promoting the exchange of ideas between researchers working in the above-mentioned areas. For full details on the submission format and procedure, please refer to the Submission Instructions page athttp://www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/MWA2015/submission.html. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, and ability to promote discussion. *** Accepted papers will be included in the WWW conference companion volume that is published together with the main proceedings by ACM. *** --------------- Important dates --------------- Feb 11, 2015: Submission Deadline Feb 27, 2015: Notification to Authors Mar 8, 2015: Camera-ready Due May 19, 2015: Workshop -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- Ben Steichen (University of British Columbia, Canada) - ben.steichen at ubc.ca Nicola Ferro (University of Padua, Italy) - ferro at dei.unipd.it Dave Lewis (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) - Dave.Lewis at scss.tcd.ie Ed H. 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