understanding escience: reflections on a houston symposium
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Understanding eScience:Reflections on a Houston Symposium
• Purpose: A new and emerging opportunity for librarian/patron research support
• What is eScience?
• What have we, as librarians, done with it?
• What can you do with it?
Take Away…
What is eScience?
• Data-driven
• Multi-disciplinary & multi-institutional
• Fuels the Research Life Cycle
eScience is…
Research Question
Research Design
Data Collection
and Description
Data Processing
and Analysis
Data Archiving
Results Disseminati
on and Publication
Data Preservation
Data Available
Research Data Life Cycle
Librarians and eScience–Why?
Hosting a symposium
The Texas Medical Center Library
Neil
Neil Rambo, MLISDirector, NYU Health Sciences Library
Layne Johnson, PhDTranslational Science Information Specialist,
University of Minnesota
Neville Prendergast, BGSc DipEd MLS
Director, Rudolph Matas Medical Library, Tulane University
Jen Ferguson, MS MLISData Services Librarian, Northeastern University
CHALLENGES
SUCCESS
!
Survey Says…
79% -- "A” grade for Overall Effectiveness
75% -- Met Audience Expectations
69% -- Provided useable skills and knowledge
Down the Road…
66% -- Visited The TMC Library eScience website
59% -- Planning their own eScience events
35% -- Our symposium directly influenced their work in eScience
What are we doing now?
http://www.library.tmc.edu/escience/
http://www.library.tmc.edu/escience/
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/
Our Future Goals
Where can librarians take this?
• Educate yourself
• Establish eScience skillsets
• Immerse your organization
2012 Association of Research Libraries/Digital Library Federation (ARL/DLF)/DuraSpace E-Science Institute
Defining eScience Roles for Librarians
• Data Managers• Consulting with researchers on use of data
management tools
• Liaison• Gathering information, setting up
communication between stakeholders
• Promoters• Providing information on eScience events
and news
• Purpose: A new and emerging opportunity for librarian/patron research support
• What is eScience?
• What have we, as librarians, done with it?
• What can you do with it?
Take Away…
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Thank You!Joanne Romano,MLS [email protected] Lopez, MSIS [email protected] Maianh Phi, MLIS [email protected]
Data Management & Planning. Oregon State University Libraries. Accessed 10/8/12, http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/1346-Data-Management-Planning?tab=515626
eScience Portal for NewEngland Librarians. Accessed 8/14/12, http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu/escience
Hey, Tony, and Jessie Hey. “e-Science and Its Implications for the Library Community.” Library Hi Texh 24, no. 4 (2006): 515-28.
Jones, E. 2008. E-SCIENCE TALKING POINTS FOR ARL DEANS AND DIRECTORS. October 24, 2008. Association of Research Libraries. http://www.arl.org/rtl/escience/
“SoutteReview” 2010. Newsletter of the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. December 2010, Issue 34, page 1.
TMC Library eScience website. http://www.library.tmc.edu/escience/
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This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.”