- Research Data Management Practices
- Digital and Traditional Archives Management
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Data Quality and Management
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Online and Blended Learning
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Advanced Data Storage Technologies
- Information and Cyber Security
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Web and Library Services
- Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Topic Modeling
- Categorization, perception, and language
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2016-2019
Pennsylvania State University
2010-2016
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2006-2009
Yale University
1996
Metadata librarian positions have been increasing in academic and research libraries the last decade, paralleling expanded provision of, thus description of access to, digital resources. Library literature has only begun to explore significance implications this new, still evolving role. In context a twenty-first-century library, what knowledge experience should metadata have? How different is job from cataloging librarian? One way determine kinds qualifications skills being sought consult...
<strong>Objective</strong>: Many academic and research institutions are exploring opportunities to better support researchers in sharing their data. As partners the Data Curation Network project, our six developed a comparison of current levels provided for meet data goals through library-based repository curation services. <strong>Methods</strong>: Each institutional lead written summary services based on previously structure, followed by group discussion refinement descriptions. Service...
Research data management represents a significant professional development area for academic librarians – its growing importance to the profession, since researchers are increasingly expected comply with research requirements, and extent of competence needed by support in practices plans. This article recounts how Association College Libraries is fostering opportunities management. The authors describe two key endeavors: (1) deployment needs assessment survey, which allowed insight into...
This paper describes an investigation into how researchers in different fields are interpreting and responding to the U.S. National Science Foundation’s data management plan (DMP) requirement. As documents written by themselves, DMPs can provide insight researchers’ understanding of potential value their others; environment which developed prepared; willingness ability ensure available others now long-term. With support from Institute Museum Library Services, authors conducted a content...
EDITOR'S SUMMARY The growing recognition of and demand for formal data management plans (DMPs) is spurring academic research libraries to consider how they can serve researchers meet this need. Research services may include training in management, consultation plan writing support with metadata elements repository choice. Libraries must develop expertise the absence clear or consistent guidance practice, but useful direction available through researchers' DMPs. authors, representing several...
An invitation to participate in a broad ranging discussion that infuses information maintenance with practices, relationships, and ways of thinking being represent coherent ethic care.
The ECHO DEPository (also known as DEP, an abbreviation for Exploring Collaborations to Harvest Objects in a Digital Environment Preservation) is NDIIPP-partner project led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign collaboration with OCLC and consortium partners, including five state libraries archives. A core deliverable project's first phase was OCLC's development Web Archives Workbench (WAW), open-source suite archiving tools identifying, describing, harvesting Web-based content...
This paper describes how the Pennsylvania State (Penn State) University Libraries and university’s central information technology organization, Information Technology Services, are putting into practice key tenets of digital curation through newly established Content Stewardship program, a joint strategic initiative to implement stewardship services for university. First, we provide an account planning, preparation, prototyping that informed initial year program. Second, report on hiring...
ABSTRACT The author discusses why Slavic scholars and librarians should pursue digital scholarship, projects are feasible, how one can begin to a project. She gives examples of presents some specific resources assist beginners.