Dates: March
2-27, 2015
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175
"Digital information lasts forever or
five years, whichever comes first" - Jeff Rothenberg, RAND
Petabytes of scientific data are produced on
a regular basis, but could be lost in as much time if they are not properly
captured and curated for future use, nor marked up in a way that allows for
discovery and reuse by researchers. What can we do to help? Librarians,
archivists, and information professionals bring many necessary skills to the
realm of scientific data. For instance, developing necessary metadata,
standards, and systems of classification, or establishing an archival plan for
data selection, migrating data forward, and creating finding aids that capture
the placement of data in its milieu for the user, or finally developing
appropriate databases and technologies to support data creation, preservation,
discovery, and reuse to capture data earlier in the data lifecycle rather than
asking for deposition after the publication is away. As institutions are
largely being held responsible for the long-term preservation and hosting of
scientific research data, data librarianship within the context of academic and
special libraries is both viable and necessary for those who have an interest.
