Conference poster In 5th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA), Hersonissos, Crete (GR), June 6-8, 2012
Extracting and sharing data citations from Google Scholar for collaborative e...sfausto
This document discusses extracting citation data from Google Scholar for Brazilian Library and Information Science journals as a pilot study. The authors conducted searches of 24 Brazilian LIS journals using Publish or Perish software. They extracted and shared the citation data through Google Drive spreadsheets and conducted preliminary analysis using Tableau Public software. The goal was to demonstrate Google Scholar's potential as an alternative data source for bibliometric studies of journals not well-represented in commercial databases, and to encourage further collaborative investigation by Brazilian scientometric researchers.
Chinese-language literature about Wikipedia: a metaanalysis of academic searc...Hanteng Liao
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a webometric analysis of the academic search
engine result pages (SERPs) of the Chinese-language term of
“Wikipedia” across major Chinese-speaking regions of mainland
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Because of the academic
outcome, the findings can also be interpreted for further metaanalysis,
or “research about research”, of the Wikipedia research
in Chinese-language literatures. The findings cover the results
from four major search platforms: CNKI Scholar, Google Scholar
China, Google Scholar Hong Kong and Google Scholar Taiwan.
Cross tabulation of the results shows the major institutions
(journals and academic departments) and scholarly archives for
Chinese-language Wikipedia research. The findings suggest that
there exists a divide between mainland Chinese academic
sources/search results on one hand, and Hong Kong/Taiwanese
ones on the other. Meta-analysis based on academic SERPs have
implications for identifying the gaps and potentials in
internationalization of Wikipedia research.
What do Chinese-language microblog users do with Baidu Baike and Chinese Wiki...Hanteng Liao
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a case study of information engagement based on microblog posts gathered from Sina Weibo and Twitter that mentioned the two major Chinese-language user-generated encyclopaedias. The content analysis shows that microblog users not only engaged in public discussions by using and citing both encyclopaedias, but also shared their perceptions and experiences more generally with various online platforms and China’s filtering/censorship regime to which user-generated content and activities are subjected. This exploratory study thus raises several research and practice questions on the links between public discussions and information engagement on user-generated platforms.
Awareness of digital library among library professional inprjpublications
This document summarizes a study on the awareness of digital libraries among library professionals in Dindigul District, India. It used questionnaires and interviews of 50 library professionals. The study found that 32% of respondents were aged 41-50, 30% had a Master's in library science, and 44% were aware of open source digital library software. Overall, 66% had a favorable opinion of digital libraries and 60% were aware of the concept, with 72% interested in applying digital libraries. The study concluded digital libraries are useful assessment tools that allow for sharing of materials.
Connecting the ‘long tails’ of content and usersprj_publication
Academic libraries hold unexplored resources ("long tail" of content) and serve niche users not reached through traditional means. Social media can connect these long tails by allowing libraries to package obscure content and map niche users on social media platforms. Libraries can identify relevant unexplored content, analyze its value, tag it for searchability, and share on social networks. They can also understand users' interests, map what social media they use, and create profiles to connect enriched content with prospective niche users. This helps academic libraries better serve users not served through traditional channels.
ONTOLOGY SERVICE CENTER: A DATAHUB FOR ONTOLOGY APPLICATION dannyijwest
With the growth of data-oriented research in humanities, a large number of research datasets have been
created and published through web services. However, how to discover, integrate and reuse these distributed
heterogeneous research datasets is a challenging task. Ontology is the soul between series digital humanities
resources, which provides a good way for people to discover and understand these datasets. With the release
of more and more linked open data and knowledge bases, a large number of ontologies have been produced
at the same time
Lecture for a course at NTNU, 27th January 2021
CC-BY 4.0 Dag Endresen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-5497
See also http://bit.ly/biodiversityinformatics
https://www.gbif.no/events/2021/lecture-ntnu-gbif.html
Extracting and sharing data citations from Google Scholar for collaborative e...sfausto
This document discusses extracting citation data from Google Scholar for Brazilian Library and Information Science journals as a pilot study. The authors conducted searches of 24 Brazilian LIS journals using Publish or Perish software. They extracted and shared the citation data through Google Drive spreadsheets and conducted preliminary analysis using Tableau Public software. The goal was to demonstrate Google Scholar's potential as an alternative data source for bibliometric studies of journals not well-represented in commercial databases, and to encourage further collaborative investigation by Brazilian scientometric researchers.
Chinese-language literature about Wikipedia: a metaanalysis of academic searc...Hanteng Liao
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a webometric analysis of the academic search
engine result pages (SERPs) of the Chinese-language term of
“Wikipedia” across major Chinese-speaking regions of mainland
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Because of the academic
outcome, the findings can also be interpreted for further metaanalysis,
or “research about research”, of the Wikipedia research
in Chinese-language literatures. The findings cover the results
from four major search platforms: CNKI Scholar, Google Scholar
China, Google Scholar Hong Kong and Google Scholar Taiwan.
Cross tabulation of the results shows the major institutions
(journals and academic departments) and scholarly archives for
Chinese-language Wikipedia research. The findings suggest that
there exists a divide between mainland Chinese academic
sources/search results on one hand, and Hong Kong/Taiwanese
ones on the other. Meta-analysis based on academic SERPs have
implications for identifying the gaps and potentials in
internationalization of Wikipedia research.
What do Chinese-language microblog users do with Baidu Baike and Chinese Wiki...Hanteng Liao
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a case study of information engagement based on microblog posts gathered from Sina Weibo and Twitter that mentioned the two major Chinese-language user-generated encyclopaedias. The content analysis shows that microblog users not only engaged in public discussions by using and citing both encyclopaedias, but also shared their perceptions and experiences more generally with various online platforms and China’s filtering/censorship regime to which user-generated content and activities are subjected. This exploratory study thus raises several research and practice questions on the links between public discussions and information engagement on user-generated platforms.
Awareness of digital library among library professional inprjpublications
This document summarizes a study on the awareness of digital libraries among library professionals in Dindigul District, India. It used questionnaires and interviews of 50 library professionals. The study found that 32% of respondents were aged 41-50, 30% had a Master's in library science, and 44% were aware of open source digital library software. Overall, 66% had a favorable opinion of digital libraries and 60% were aware of the concept, with 72% interested in applying digital libraries. The study concluded digital libraries are useful assessment tools that allow for sharing of materials.
Connecting the ‘long tails’ of content and usersprj_publication
Academic libraries hold unexplored resources ("long tail" of content) and serve niche users not reached through traditional means. Social media can connect these long tails by allowing libraries to package obscure content and map niche users on social media platforms. Libraries can identify relevant unexplored content, analyze its value, tag it for searchability, and share on social networks. They can also understand users' interests, map what social media they use, and create profiles to connect enriched content with prospective niche users. This helps academic libraries better serve users not served through traditional channels.
ONTOLOGY SERVICE CENTER: A DATAHUB FOR ONTOLOGY APPLICATION dannyijwest
With the growth of data-oriented research in humanities, a large number of research datasets have been
created and published through web services. However, how to discover, integrate and reuse these distributed
heterogeneous research datasets is a challenging task. Ontology is the soul between series digital humanities
resources, which provides a good way for people to discover and understand these datasets. With the release
of more and more linked open data and knowledge bases, a large number of ontologies have been produced
at the same time
Lecture for a course at NTNU, 27th January 2021
CC-BY 4.0 Dag Endresen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-5497
See also http://bit.ly/biodiversityinformatics
https://www.gbif.no/events/2021/lecture-ntnu-gbif.html
Geospatial Data and Key Characteristics of Geospatial Data Analysis and ScienceLuis Bermudez
The growing complexity and interdisciplinarity of research and applied science questions requires the developments of standards to exchange data within continuously growing communities as well as across domains. In most domains, geo-spatial data is the fundamental base layer for data science and analysis, as the vast majority have some spatial characteristics or apply to elements in space. Using the available standards, a good level of interoperability can already be realized. Nevertheless, the increasing complexity of research questions, the growing number of available data, and the increasing range of data providers, ranging from citizen scientists to fully automated sensor networks making their data directly available at the Internet, require even richer models that need to be developed to enhance the level of interoperability.
National level strategy for Open Principles in GeospatialSuchith Anand
This session at FOSS4G UK conference 2016 at the Ordnance Survey UK is aims to start the process of bringing together interested participants from government, industry and academia to discuss ideas on best practices in open source geospatial implementations, open data, open standards, opportunities for geo industry, migration to open source GIS ,economic benefits, accelerating innovation ecosystems , skills development and educational opportunities, creating highly skilled jobs, expanding startups and accelerating the digital economy. There is a need for having a national level strategy for enabling the public sector to save money, innovate and make more effective policy decisions.
This document summarizes geospatial applications in civil engineering. It discusses how remote sensing and GIS techniques can be used for site investigations, terrain mapping and analysis, water resources engineering, town planning and urban development, transportation network analysis, and landslide studies. Specific applications are described, including using drones for site investigations, terrain analysis tools like slope and aspect maps, watershed and hydrologic modeling, and urban planning. Data sources, tools, and workflows are also outlined.
From zero to hero with running your asp.net core 1 application in a docker co...Maurice De Beijer [MVP]
This document discusses running ASP.NET Core applications in Docker containers. It begins with an introduction to containers and Docker, explaining that containers package applications and dependencies to ensure a consistent environment. It then covers building and running Docker images, including creating a minimal Dockerfile. The document suggests benefits of Docker like consistent environments for development, testing and production.
Docker - container and lightweight virtualization Sim Janghoon
Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. It uses containers, which are lightweight and portable execution environments, to isolate applications and their dependencies from one another. Containers are created from Docker images, which are templates that contain binaries, libraries and configuration files needed to run an application. Namespaces and control groups allow containers to share resources on the host machine while maintaining isolation.
This document provides an introduction to Docker and includes instructions for several exercises to help users learn Docker in 90 minutes. The document covers downloading and running Docker containers, creating Docker images, understanding Docker layers, exposing container ports, using Dockerfiles to build images, and sharing images in Docker repositories. The exercises guide users through hands-on experience with common Docker commands and concepts.
Architecting .NET Applications for Docker and Container Based DeploymentsBen Hall
This document discusses using Docker containers to deploy .NET applications. It covers running a basic ASP.NET application in a Docker container, linking multiple containers together, and using tools like Docker Gen and Consul for service discovery. It also explores possibilities for the future like running SQL Server and Visual Studio in containers, and how Docker can help close the gap between development and production. The overall message is that Docker is a useful tool for deploying many types of applications, including those built on .NET.
IMGS Geospatial User Group 2014: Hexagon Geospatial Vision, Mission and StrategyIMGS
Fusing the Real and Digital Worlds i.e. the world we live in and its digital reflection.
We need to close the productivity gap in order to increase efficiency and productivity.
The world is not build of single customers but of ecosystems that integrate technology between sectors and so gain synergies. Hexagon offers the possibility to use smart data to make smart decisions.
An overview of Docker and Linux containers. There are three parts:
An introduction to Docker and containers
A demo that the audience can try out
An overview of the various vendors and groups in this space
The demo is meant to be a simple, step-by-step recipe that introduces the basic commands and ends by spinning up a node.js app using two linked containers: node and redis.
The final section explores the companies and groups that are working on containers, either complementing Docker's contributions or in direct competition with them.
Docker Container Lifecycles, Problem or Opportunity? by Baruch Sadogursky, JFrogDocker, Inc.
Docker is hot. However, as Docker container use spreads into more mature production pipelines, there can be issues about control of Docker images to ensure they are production-ready. Is a promotion-based model appropriate to control and track the flow of Docker images from development to production? We will demonstrate how to implement a promotion model for docker images, and then show how to distribute them to any kind of consumer, being it a customer or a data center.
Policies for geospatial collections: a research in US and Canadian academic l...Giannis Tsakonas
This document summarizes a research study on geospatial collection development policies in US and Canadian academic libraries. It includes the session overview, research framework, definitions, literature review, objectives, methodology, findings, and conclusions. The methodology involved analyzing the websites of 21 academic libraries for their geospatial policies. The findings show variability in policies but many included general information, collection details, and references to open data. The conclusions are that policies lack homogeneity and more research is needed on policies in other countries.
ABSTRACT. There is an emergent and global trend that integrates bibliometrics and text-mining practices and tools within academic library new services. In this poster, we
present three recent local initiatives, targets and first results, which are order to support the scientific research activities at universities. The cases of three University Libraries in South America are presented, namely, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, and two in Colombia, Universidad Nacional in Medellín and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bucaramanga. According to the data collected through a survey, there is evidence of a growth, after libraries training programs, in the use of databases structured electronic information. This is
especially so in sources indexed in citation databases, such as Scopus and Web of Science and in the volume of records downloaded. There is also evidence of a mutually beneficial engagement of researchers and librarians in the development of technology state of the art and research trends reports. Finally is early to know the extension and impact of these new activities in redefining the role of libraries in the knowledge transfer processes of academic communities.
Poster presented at 4th Global Tech Mining Conference (GTM 2014), Leiden, The Netherlands, Sept. 2, 2014. www.gtmconference.org/
RDAP14 Poster: Ashley Sands Who will manage scientific research data?ASIS&T
Research Data Access & Preservation Summit
March 26-28, 2014
San Diego, CA
Who will manage scientific research data?
Ashley Sands, University of California, Los Angeles
Adoption Of Online Databases In Public Libraries An Australian Case StudyLori Moore
This document summarizes a case study that evaluated the adoption of online databases in public libraries in Victoria, Australia. Researchers used an interpretivist framework and Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory to understand how both library staff and patrons perceived and used four new online databases. Through focus groups and surveys with staff and patrons across different libraries, the study found that training was key to improving understanding and adoption of the new databases, as both staff and patrons were slow to accept the technologies initially. The researchers believe Rogers' theory can help explain barriers to adoption for new technologies in libraries.
What to do about data? An overview of guidelines and policies for dataset co...Sarah Young
Datasets are increasingly emerging as a ‘new currency’ in collection development. While purchasing models may in some ways mirror more traditional forms of electronic information, there are many unique considerations in the collection and acquisition of datasets. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which academic libraries have formalized dataset collection development policies and to highlight some of the key considerations in the development of such policies. The focus here is on commercially available datasets, rather than datasets produced at home institutions.
Supporting research life cycle librariansSherry Lake
The document discusses the role of academic libraries in supporting the research data lifecycle. It notes trends like increasing data regulation and a lack of data management training for researchers. Libraries are well-positioned to help address these challenges due to their expertise in areas like intellectual property, relationship building, and providing access to information. The document outlines how roles like the data research scientist and research data management librarian can help libraries engage with researchers throughout the entire data lifecycle from collection to long-term preservation.
The University of Edinburgh has undertaken several initiatives to improve research data management practices among researchers:
- Projects funded by JISC aimed to enhance the university's data library services and support researchers in sharing and managing their data. This included establishing an institutional data repository.
- Engaging with researchers through a data audit found that storage was often insufficient and data was not well managed or documented. This highlighted the need to support researchers in better data management practices.
- Current efforts include developing research data storage and management policies, providing training through the Research Data MANTRA project, and recommending ways to address researchers' data storage and documentation needs. The goal is to help researchers share, publish and enable reuse of research data.
Organizational Implications of Data Science Environments in Education, Resear...Victoria Steeves
Data science (DS) poses key organizational challenges for academic institutions. DS is a multidisciplinary field that includes a range of research methodologies and fields of inquiry. DS as a domain is interested in many of the same issues as libraries: data access and curation, reproducibility, the value of ontologies, and open scholarship. At the same time, identifying opportunities to collaborate and deploy unified services can be challenging. The Data Science Environment (DSE) program, co-funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore and Alfred P. Sloan foundations, provides resources to help universities develop collaborations between researchers, develop tools in DS, and create new career paths for data scientists. Working groups within the DSE focus on reproducibility, career paths, education/training, research methods, space issues, and software/tools. This program has introduced new opportunities for libraries to explore how to engage with this community and consider how to bring the expertise in the DS community to bear on library missions and goals. In this panel, program members from each of the three partner universities, the University of Washington, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley, consider the research questions of the DSE and the organizational impact of these groups in the University as a whole and for the libraries specifically. The panel will employ a case-study presentation model framed through three lenses: the role of data sciences in information science, the
potential career paths for data scientists in libraries, and the potential
amplification of information services (e.g. data curation, institutional repositories, scholarly publishing).
CNI Program: Talk Description: https://www.cni.org/topics/digital-curation/organizational-implications-of-data-science-environments-in-education-research-and-research-management-in-libraries
Video of Talk--Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/149713097
Video of Talk--YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0G9JsPMEXY
Edinburgh DataShare: Tackling research data in a DSpace institutional repositoryRobin Rice
1) The document discusses Edinburgh DataShare, a data repository at the University of Edinburgh that was established as part of the DISC-UK DataShare project to explore new ways for academics to share research data over the internet.
2) It describes lessons learned from establishing the repository, including that top-down drivers are important for data sharing, and that data libraries can help bridge communication between researchers and repository managers.
3) The document recommends that institutions develop research data policies to clarify rights and responsibilities regarding data sharing and management.
Research data support: a growth area for academic libraries?Robin Rice
This document summarizes a presentation given by Robin Rice from the University of Edinburgh on research data management and the role of academic libraries. The presentation covered open science and the FAIR data principles, drivers for research data management policy changes, examples of research data management services, and the changing skills needed in academic libraries to support research data. It provided an overview of the University of Edinburgh's research data services, which include tools and support across the data lifecycle from writing data management plans to long-term data preservation. The presentation also discussed the skills important for data librarians and ways for librarians to develop skills in open science and research data management.
Geospatial Data and Key Characteristics of Geospatial Data Analysis and ScienceLuis Bermudez
The growing complexity and interdisciplinarity of research and applied science questions requires the developments of standards to exchange data within continuously growing communities as well as across domains. In most domains, geo-spatial data is the fundamental base layer for data science and analysis, as the vast majority have some spatial characteristics or apply to elements in space. Using the available standards, a good level of interoperability can already be realized. Nevertheless, the increasing complexity of research questions, the growing number of available data, and the increasing range of data providers, ranging from citizen scientists to fully automated sensor networks making their data directly available at the Internet, require even richer models that need to be developed to enhance the level of interoperability.
National level strategy for Open Principles in GeospatialSuchith Anand
This session at FOSS4G UK conference 2016 at the Ordnance Survey UK is aims to start the process of bringing together interested participants from government, industry and academia to discuss ideas on best practices in open source geospatial implementations, open data, open standards, opportunities for geo industry, migration to open source GIS ,economic benefits, accelerating innovation ecosystems , skills development and educational opportunities, creating highly skilled jobs, expanding startups and accelerating the digital economy. There is a need for having a national level strategy for enabling the public sector to save money, innovate and make more effective policy decisions.
This document summarizes geospatial applications in civil engineering. It discusses how remote sensing and GIS techniques can be used for site investigations, terrain mapping and analysis, water resources engineering, town planning and urban development, transportation network analysis, and landslide studies. Specific applications are described, including using drones for site investigations, terrain analysis tools like slope and aspect maps, watershed and hydrologic modeling, and urban planning. Data sources, tools, and workflows are also outlined.
From zero to hero with running your asp.net core 1 application in a docker co...Maurice De Beijer [MVP]
This document discusses running ASP.NET Core applications in Docker containers. It begins with an introduction to containers and Docker, explaining that containers package applications and dependencies to ensure a consistent environment. It then covers building and running Docker images, including creating a minimal Dockerfile. The document suggests benefits of Docker like consistent environments for development, testing and production.
Docker - container and lightweight virtualization Sim Janghoon
Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. It uses containers, which are lightweight and portable execution environments, to isolate applications and their dependencies from one another. Containers are created from Docker images, which are templates that contain binaries, libraries and configuration files needed to run an application. Namespaces and control groups allow containers to share resources on the host machine while maintaining isolation.
This document provides an introduction to Docker and includes instructions for several exercises to help users learn Docker in 90 minutes. The document covers downloading and running Docker containers, creating Docker images, understanding Docker layers, exposing container ports, using Dockerfiles to build images, and sharing images in Docker repositories. The exercises guide users through hands-on experience with common Docker commands and concepts.
Architecting .NET Applications for Docker and Container Based DeploymentsBen Hall
This document discusses using Docker containers to deploy .NET applications. It covers running a basic ASP.NET application in a Docker container, linking multiple containers together, and using tools like Docker Gen and Consul for service discovery. It also explores possibilities for the future like running SQL Server and Visual Studio in containers, and how Docker can help close the gap between development and production. The overall message is that Docker is a useful tool for deploying many types of applications, including those built on .NET.
IMGS Geospatial User Group 2014: Hexagon Geospatial Vision, Mission and StrategyIMGS
Fusing the Real and Digital Worlds i.e. the world we live in and its digital reflection.
We need to close the productivity gap in order to increase efficiency and productivity.
The world is not build of single customers but of ecosystems that integrate technology between sectors and so gain synergies. Hexagon offers the possibility to use smart data to make smart decisions.
An overview of Docker and Linux containers. There are three parts:
An introduction to Docker and containers
A demo that the audience can try out
An overview of the various vendors and groups in this space
The demo is meant to be a simple, step-by-step recipe that introduces the basic commands and ends by spinning up a node.js app using two linked containers: node and redis.
The final section explores the companies and groups that are working on containers, either complementing Docker's contributions or in direct competition with them.
Docker Container Lifecycles, Problem or Opportunity? by Baruch Sadogursky, JFrogDocker, Inc.
Docker is hot. However, as Docker container use spreads into more mature production pipelines, there can be issues about control of Docker images to ensure they are production-ready. Is a promotion-based model appropriate to control and track the flow of Docker images from development to production? We will demonstrate how to implement a promotion model for docker images, and then show how to distribute them to any kind of consumer, being it a customer or a data center.
Policies for geospatial collections: a research in US and Canadian academic l...Giannis Tsakonas
This document summarizes a research study on geospatial collection development policies in US and Canadian academic libraries. It includes the session overview, research framework, definitions, literature review, objectives, methodology, findings, and conclusions. The methodology involved analyzing the websites of 21 academic libraries for their geospatial policies. The findings show variability in policies but many included general information, collection details, and references to open data. The conclusions are that policies lack homogeneity and more research is needed on policies in other countries.
ABSTRACT. There is an emergent and global trend that integrates bibliometrics and text-mining practices and tools within academic library new services. In this poster, we
present three recent local initiatives, targets and first results, which are order to support the scientific research activities at universities. The cases of three University Libraries in South America are presented, namely, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, and two in Colombia, Universidad Nacional in Medellín and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bucaramanga. According to the data collected through a survey, there is evidence of a growth, after libraries training programs, in the use of databases structured electronic information. This is
especially so in sources indexed in citation databases, such as Scopus and Web of Science and in the volume of records downloaded. There is also evidence of a mutually beneficial engagement of researchers and librarians in the development of technology state of the art and research trends reports. Finally is early to know the extension and impact of these new activities in redefining the role of libraries in the knowledge transfer processes of academic communities.
Poster presented at 4th Global Tech Mining Conference (GTM 2014), Leiden, The Netherlands, Sept. 2, 2014. www.gtmconference.org/
RDAP14 Poster: Ashley Sands Who will manage scientific research data?ASIS&T
Research Data Access & Preservation Summit
March 26-28, 2014
San Diego, CA
Who will manage scientific research data?
Ashley Sands, University of California, Los Angeles
Adoption Of Online Databases In Public Libraries An Australian Case StudyLori Moore
This document summarizes a case study that evaluated the adoption of online databases in public libraries in Victoria, Australia. Researchers used an interpretivist framework and Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory to understand how both library staff and patrons perceived and used four new online databases. Through focus groups and surveys with staff and patrons across different libraries, the study found that training was key to improving understanding and adoption of the new databases, as both staff and patrons were slow to accept the technologies initially. The researchers believe Rogers' theory can help explain barriers to adoption for new technologies in libraries.
What to do about data? An overview of guidelines and policies for dataset co...Sarah Young
Datasets are increasingly emerging as a ‘new currency’ in collection development. While purchasing models may in some ways mirror more traditional forms of electronic information, there are many unique considerations in the collection and acquisition of datasets. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which academic libraries have formalized dataset collection development policies and to highlight some of the key considerations in the development of such policies. The focus here is on commercially available datasets, rather than datasets produced at home institutions.
Supporting research life cycle librariansSherry Lake
The document discusses the role of academic libraries in supporting the research data lifecycle. It notes trends like increasing data regulation and a lack of data management training for researchers. Libraries are well-positioned to help address these challenges due to their expertise in areas like intellectual property, relationship building, and providing access to information. The document outlines how roles like the data research scientist and research data management librarian can help libraries engage with researchers throughout the entire data lifecycle from collection to long-term preservation.
The University of Edinburgh has undertaken several initiatives to improve research data management practices among researchers:
- Projects funded by JISC aimed to enhance the university's data library services and support researchers in sharing and managing their data. This included establishing an institutional data repository.
- Engaging with researchers through a data audit found that storage was often insufficient and data was not well managed or documented. This highlighted the need to support researchers in better data management practices.
- Current efforts include developing research data storage and management policies, providing training through the Research Data MANTRA project, and recommending ways to address researchers' data storage and documentation needs. The goal is to help researchers share, publish and enable reuse of research data.
Organizational Implications of Data Science Environments in Education, Resear...Victoria Steeves
Data science (DS) poses key organizational challenges for academic institutions. DS is a multidisciplinary field that includes a range of research methodologies and fields of inquiry. DS as a domain is interested in many of the same issues as libraries: data access and curation, reproducibility, the value of ontologies, and open scholarship. At the same time, identifying opportunities to collaborate and deploy unified services can be challenging. The Data Science Environment (DSE) program, co-funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore and Alfred P. Sloan foundations, provides resources to help universities develop collaborations between researchers, develop tools in DS, and create new career paths for data scientists. Working groups within the DSE focus on reproducibility, career paths, education/training, research methods, space issues, and software/tools. This program has introduced new opportunities for libraries to explore how to engage with this community and consider how to bring the expertise in the DS community to bear on library missions and goals. In this panel, program members from each of the three partner universities, the University of Washington, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley, consider the research questions of the DSE and the organizational impact of these groups in the University as a whole and for the libraries specifically. The panel will employ a case-study presentation model framed through three lenses: the role of data sciences in information science, the
potential career paths for data scientists in libraries, and the potential
amplification of information services (e.g. data curation, institutional repositories, scholarly publishing).
CNI Program: Talk Description: https://www.cni.org/topics/digital-curation/organizational-implications-of-data-science-environments-in-education-research-and-research-management-in-libraries
Video of Talk--Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/149713097
Video of Talk--YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0G9JsPMEXY
Edinburgh DataShare: Tackling research data in a DSpace institutional repositoryRobin Rice
1) The document discusses Edinburgh DataShare, a data repository at the University of Edinburgh that was established as part of the DISC-UK DataShare project to explore new ways for academics to share research data over the internet.
2) It describes lessons learned from establishing the repository, including that top-down drivers are important for data sharing, and that data libraries can help bridge communication between researchers and repository managers.
3) The document recommends that institutions develop research data policies to clarify rights and responsibilities regarding data sharing and management.
Research data support: a growth area for academic libraries?Robin Rice
This document summarizes a presentation given by Robin Rice from the University of Edinburgh on research data management and the role of academic libraries. The presentation covered open science and the FAIR data principles, drivers for research data management policy changes, examples of research data management services, and the changing skills needed in academic libraries to support research data. It provided an overview of the University of Edinburgh's research data services, which include tools and support across the data lifecycle from writing data management plans to long-term data preservation. The presentation also discussed the skills important for data librarians and ways for librarians to develop skills in open science and research data management.
Rightscaling, engagement, learning: reconfiguring the library for a network e...lisld
1) The document discusses how libraries need to shift from being collection-centric to engagement-based by building new relationships on institutional and network levels.
2) It provides examples of how libraries can improve discovery and access through collaborative initiatives like shared print repositories and developing discovery layers.
3) Libraries are encouraged to explore distinctive engagement services that enhance student experience and research, like curating data assets and measuring researcher impact. This requires reallocating resources away from redundant infrastructure towards new partnerships.
Engineers in Greece rely on a variety of information sources to solve problems and stay up-to-date in their field. This study examines the information seeking habits of engineers through analyzing library usage statistics, interviews, and citations in published papers. The study aims to understand engineers' information needs and behaviors, how they may differ from other groups, and how information services can be improved. Both qualitative and quantitative data is used to explore how engineers communicate, what resources they use, and their relationship with libraries.
Access To Online Databases Predicate For Faculty Research OutputSamantha Martinez
This document summarizes a research study that examined the role of access to online databases in faculty research output at universities in Nigeria. It provides background on the importance of faculty research and how access to information resources can facilitate research. The study aimed to identify the most accessible online databases for faculty, constraints to access, and strategies to overcome constraints. It reviewed literature on access to online databases, their advantages, and common constraints like technological issues, lack of infrastructure, and economic barriers. The study employed a descriptive research design and survey methodology to collect data from faculty across multiple universities.
This document discusses the need for digital curation specialists in library settings to manage the growing volume of scholarly data and output. It recognizes that libraries have the skills and infrastructure to curate digital resources but will need new roles like digital curators, archivists, and data scientists. These roles require new training programs and concentrations in areas like data curation to develop specialists that can preserve, organize, and provide access to digital collections over the long term.
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1. Geospatial data in library collections
Ifigenia Vardakosta and Sarantos Kapidakis
Laboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing
Department of Archives and Library Science
Ionian University
{ifigenia, sarantos}@ionio.gr
Introduction
Spatial data is from its nature eminently fuzzy and have
characteristics which differentiate them from other data
such as heterogeneity, volume, the need to be updated
over time etc (Janee, 2009; Erwin & Sweetkind‐Singer,
2010). Libraries as the main organizations for collecting,
managing and disseminating information, in response to
the growing needs of their users, collect geographic
information and develop GIS services. As the value of a GIS
is dependent on the quality of the data contained in the
system, makes data undoubtedly the most important
component of a GIS since their ability to be combined with
many datasets adds more value to them. The purpose of
this paper is to investigate the types of geospatial data and
their formats as they are presented in geographical
collections that academic libraries sustain.
Results
The elements related to “types”, “formats” and “subject” of
geospatial data in academic libraries collections, as they
appear in their websites were examined in the current survey.
Our investigation identified a variety of different kinds of
digital data as shown in Fig.1. Synonym words (e.g.
views/photos) grouped together and the number of policies in
which it appears was noted. Results ranked according the
number of times the specific word was mentioned in the text
of policies. Aerial view/photos, atlases and datasets consist
the most common types of data collections.
Subject categories that libraries choose to offer to their
users include both Physical and Human Geography.
Under those two broad categories are a wide range of
subcategories which also grouped and ranked
according their present in policies’ texts. Thus,
Topography, Geology and Environmental aspects are
the main thematic fields from “Physical Geography”
category (Fig. 3a) while Historical events, Political and
Administrative Divisions, Socio‐economic patterns and
Transportation systems are at the top of priorities for
“Human Geography” (Fig. 3b).
Aims and Objectives
Despite the great amount of literature concerning GIS
services implementation and GIS data, no empirical
assessment has yet been available for types and formats
of GIS data that are distributed through academic libraries
that have developed geographical collections. In the digital
era where many applications of geographical information
have been adopted in everyday life (PDA’s, mobile phones
etc), those data sustain one of the main “traditional”
organized collections provided in library environment.
The intension of this study is to explore the geospatial
data that libraries with geographical collections maintain.
Therefore, the research questions formed in this context
are:
1) What are the main types of geospatial data that
libraries collect?
2) In what format geospatial data are collected?
3) What are the main subjects categories that libraries
choose to offer to their users?
This research follows on our initial research related to
academic libraries around the world that provide
geographical collections and GIS services (Vardakosta &
Kapidakis, 2011). More specifically, we choose to research
the websites of 24 academic libraries worldwide that in a
previous research we reveal the characteristics of their
geospatial collection development policies (Vardakosta and
Kapidakis, 2012) so to record the information related to
types, subject and format of data. Our intention to follow
this method was based on these findings and particularly on
those that relates geospatial collection development
policies with provided data. To answer the aforementioned
questions our study adopts the content analysis method
(Robson, 2002; Hahn & Schmidt, 2005 ; Bennett &
Nicholson, 2007). Thus, our study was focused on
investigating the policies’ text of those 24 academic libraries
and attempting to make a categorization of elements
browsing for “types” or “kind”, “format” and “subject” of
content. This categorization that took place after the
libraries’ websites were evaluated helped us group the
different aspects of our main heading which was “geospatial
data”. For this study needs should be clear that the word
“type” reflects the different kinds of autonomous
information collections, the word “format” reflects the
medium that information is stored and the word “subject”
reflects the thematic divisions that collected information
refers.
The work presented in this paper seeks to gain better insight
of geospatial data that academic libraries are interest of
nowadays that the public concern about them is growing up.
Our research regarding “types”, “formats” and “subjects” of
geospatial data that academic libraries demonstrate in their
GCDPs indicates their transition to digital era. Through their
collections and the way they build them prove that are
dynamic organizations capable to transform their services
according their user needs and the adoption of new
technologies. The variety of formats, types and subjects of
geospatial data that libraries sustain is another indicator of
their importance for education and research. The rapid
development of web applications related to geographical
information does not seem to affect the traditional collection
building as the diversity of data has shown. Finally, the
variety in which geospatial data can be viewed or collected
proves their specific nature.
Future Work
Further work regarding data is yet to be done since this initial
work was exploratory. Expanding this research in other types
of libraries such as National Libraries or Public ones will allow
us to have an overview of geospatial data held by libraries
worldwide. Furthermore, study of particular issues related to
the universities own data and the kinds of metadata they use
is a topic that needs additional research.
Fig.3a:Subject (Physical Geography) in Academic Libraries
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Acknowledgments
Fig.2: Formats of Geospatial Data in Academic Libraries
Authors wish to thank Dr Maria Monopoli and Ms Anna
Mastora for their useful advice.