Category Archives: Social Science, Social Science Libraries

Zenodo – Sharing Research Data across Europe – Making Science More Visible

[Asis-l] Zenodo – Sharing Research Data across Europe – Making Science More Visible

Zenodo – Sharing Research Data across Europe – Making Science More Visible

Newly launched, Zenodo www.zenodo.org offers a one-stop-store for research output. Created by OpenAIRE and CERN, and supported by the European Commission, this new-generation online repository offers its service from the OpenAIRE pan-European initiative, which expands the linking of research output to datasets and funding information, in European and national contexts.

*Enabling everyone to Share and Cite Data*

Zenodo welcomes multi-disciplinary research data from any individual, scientific community or research institution. Upload allowance is generous (1GB) and can be used by institutions without their own data repository. Based on the same concept as OpenAIRE, which gathers Open Access publications across a variety of funding schemes, Zenodo provides a rich interface to link objects together with funding information.

*Supporting the long-tail of research output*

Any data uploaded, or collections created are harvestable via OAI-PMH by third parties: expose your collection to PubMedCentral or your local institution. For research institutions who don’t want the overhead of establishing their own data repository to support their researchers’ scientific output, this is a convenient solution. The repository accepts any data without an obvious service at hand, in a variety of formats. Zenodo fully encourages deposition under an open licence, and while it will also accept other licence types, the Zenodo community will take a lead in signalling the benefits of open licenses such as visibility and credit.

*Building Collections for Scientific Communities*

Zenodo adds value in that it enables users to have ownership over their unique community collections. For example, an EC funded project might like to create a collaborative space for all its research output, and can assign a range of licenses, including Creative Commons, and each dataset and publication is assigned a DOI.

Chris Erdmann, Head Librarian at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, says, “This will be of great benefit to the global research community. Institutions, together with scholarly communities, are looking for flexible deposit solutions that allow the living scholarly record to be easily curated, exchanged and cited. For the research community, to have a trustworthy publication and sharing mechanism for their scholarly activities at their fingertips, will be hugely beneficial.”

Brian Hole, CEO at Ubiquity Press says “Zenodo is a welcome addition to the options we provide our authors for publishing their data alongside their research articles and data papers. I particularly like the innovative way in which the upload system has been designed to be quick and simple, which directly addresses one of researchers chief complaints about data archiving – that it is time consuming. We will be happy to suggest our authors deposit their underlying datasets at Zenodo.”

Florida Estrella, Deputy Director of the European Middleware Initiative (EMI) based at CERN, adds “Science has entered the age of open. EMI connects scientists and will be able to employ Zenodo’s services in a transparent and reliable way”.

*An easy-to-use workflow*

*More Information*

See more of Zenodo’s acquisition, preservation, access and reuse policies: http://www.zenodo.org/policies

*Support and general information*

Email: info@zenodo.org

Questions related to European Commission funded research and OpenAIRE

OpenAIRE HelpDesk: http://www.openaire.eu/en/support/helpdesk

*Frequently Asked Questions*

ZENODO: http://www.zenodo.org/faq

OpenAIRE and Open Access in general: http://www.openaire.eu/en/support/faq

NISO/DCMI Webinar: Semantic Mashups Across Large, Heterogeneous Institutions

[IFLA-L] NISO/DCMI Webinar: Semantic Mashups Across Large, Heterogeneous Institutions: Experiences from the VIVO Service

Join NISO/DCMI for our joint May webinar

–Webinar: Semantic Mashups Across Large, Heterogeneous Institutions: Experiences from the VIVO Service

–Date: May 22, 2013

–Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time – UTC 17:00:00) (World Clock: http://bit.ly/157qF2S)

–Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/vivo/

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR:

VIVO is a semantic web application focused on discovering researchers and research publications in the life sciences. The service, which uses open-source software originally developed and implemented at Cornell University, operates by harvesting data about researcher interests, activities, and accomplishments from academic, administrative, professional, and funding sources. Using a built-in, editable ontology for describing things such as People, Courses, and Publications, data is transformed into a Semantic-Web-compliant form. VIVO provides automated and self-updating processes for improving data quality and authenticity. Starting with a classic Google-style search box, VIVO users can browse search results structured around people, research interests, courses, publications, and the like — data that can be exposed for re-use by other systems in a machine-readable format.

This webinar, held by a veteran at the Albert R. Mann Library Information Technology Services department at Cornell, where the VIVO project was born, presents the perspective of a software developer on the practicalities of building a high-quality Semantic-Web search service on existing data maintained in dozens of formats and software platforms at large, diverse institutions. The talk will highlight services that leverage the Semantic Web platform in innovative ways, e.g., for finding researchers based on the text content of a particular Web page and for visualizing networks of collaboration across institutions.

SPEAKER:

John Fereira, a senior programmer/analyst and technology strategist at Cornell University, is a contributing member of the VIVO project team. He also consults on issues related to information technology in higher education with an emphasis on open-source, modular, distributed software systems and is currently working on systems based on VIVO software for international Agricultural Information systems communities.

Registration closes one hour before the webinar begins.

For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:

http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/vivo/

RELINDIAL Social Science Libraries SIG (Religious Libraries in Dialogue) IFLA 2013 Singapore

Call for Papers

Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group

Theme: Tools developed for a better sharing of religious information

The IFLA SIG RELINDIAL is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour program to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Singapore in August 17-23, 2013.

We request submissions from libraries in charge of religious collections and more or less involved in the dialog of these collections with the world, especially in their location. The submissions requested should present the ttools developed for a better sharing of religious information. All aspects of this topic will be considered, e.g.:

Training for religious information literacy around the world. What about Asia?
FRBR cataloguing and improvement of the religious literature study
Religious vocabularies and the semantic web
Open Access and religious information
Special databases and full text
Digitized heritage: World digital library, Gallica, Europeana, Hathi Trust, Google books… how to find his way in all this digitized material?
The existing European common catalogues and how to give them a new life in a world of Google practisers

Submission Guidelines

We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies – papers that tell a story. Papers presenting historical perspectives will also be considered. The program will feature up to five presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions.

Papers should reflect the 2013 conference theme, “Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities” and IFLA President Ingrid Parent’s theme, “Libraries – A force for change”

Language of the session:

Papers should be in one of the IFLA official languages. The session will not include simultaneous interpretation, therefore the presentation and presentation slides should be in English. However, if necessary, English presentation slides with the presentation in one of the official languages of IFLA are welcome.

Proposals should include:

title
abstract of no more than 300 words
brief biography for the speaker or speakers
E-mail contact address

Send proposals by February 28, 2013 via email to:

Odile Dupont Convenor of the IFLA SIG RELINDIAL E-mail: o.dupont@icp.fr

Please take into account: At least one of the paper’s authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the program in Singapore. Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the Singapore conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.

Important Dates

February 28, 2013	Proposals/abstracts submission deadline
March 18, 2013	Proposals will be reviewed and successful candidates will be notified
May 17, 2013	Deadline for selected presenters to submit formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and the Section’s website). Details regarding the format and length of the final paper will be sent to candidates whose abstracts are accepted.

Submissions

All proposals must be in before 28 February 2013.

Please note

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

Congress Attendance Grants

The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.

Last update: 14 February 2013

Odile Dupont Chargée de mission pour la promotion et les réseaux de bibliothèques Responsable du SIG – IFLA RELINDIAL Expert auprès du Cfibd (Comité français international bibliothèque et documentation) Institut catholique de Paris 21 rue d’Assas 75270 Paris cedex 06 Tel : 33(0)1 70 64 14 27 Fax : 33(0)1 44 39 52 98 o.dupont@icp.fr
Catholic University of Paris Executive manager for the promotion and the libraries network Member of the European Theological Library Association, BETH Member of the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Convenor of the SIG – IFLA RELINDIAL

IFLA Social Science Libraries Call for Papers Singapore 2013

Theme: Libraries and social movements: a force for change

Call for Papers

Social Science Libraries Section

Theme: Libraries and social movements: a force for change. Click on the Theme highlighted above for English, Arabic, Chinese, German, French and Russian language Call for Papers for this program. Or,

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour program to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Singapore in August 17-23, 2013.

We request submissions related to libraries and their roles working with communities to support, engage and document social movements.

All aspects of this topic will be considered, including:

how libraries support social movements,
how they preserve/document social movements,
how the ability to digitize has affected this role,
how they provide access to information to support social change.

Examples of paper topics include papers that discuss libraries and their roles in the recent social movements in the Arab world, the Occupy movement around the world, local community work, and others. We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies – papers that tell a story. Papers presenting historical perspectives will also be considered.

The program will feature up to five presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions.

Papers should reflect the 2013 conference theme, “Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities” and IFLA President Ingrid Parent’s theme, “Libraries – A force for change.”

Language of the session

Papers should be in one of the IFLA official languages. The session will not include simultaneous interpretation, therefore the presentation and presentation slides should be in English.

Submissions

Send proposals via email to:lizinatl@gmail.com Liz Cooper Chair, Social Sciences Libraries Section

Important Dates

February 28, 2013: Deadline to submit proposals/abstracts. Proposals should include:
- title
- abstract of no more than 300 words
- brief biography for the speaker or speakers
- Email contact address

March 18, 2013: Proposals will be reviewed and successful candidates will be notified.
May 17, 2013: Deadline for selected presenters to submit formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website and the Section’s website). Details regarding the format and length of the final paper will be sent to candidates whose abstracts are accepted.

Submissions

All proposals must be in before 28 February 2013.

Please note

Congress Attendance Grants

The Singapore National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to securefunds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.

[Asis-l] New Resources Offered to Scholars of Information and Religion (Re-posted from ASIST Listserve Email)

New Resources Offered to Scholars of Information and Religion

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) at Kent State University announces the release of two new resources for researchers in the area of information and religion: the Sermon Texts Posting Sites Index and the Sermon Content Review. Both resources were developed by CSIR primary researcher Dan Roland, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the university’s School of Library and Information Science.

The Sermon Texts Posting Sites Index (STPSI) is a directory of blogs and congregational websites used by religious leaders for posting the text of their weekly sermons. In addition to site links, the directory includes the denominational affiliation and geographical location of each religious leader and the name of the congregation he or she serves.

STPSI currently links to more than 100 blogs and congregational websites, with new links added on a continuing basis. To be included in STPSI, a blog or congregational website must add full-text sermons on a weekly or near-weekly basis, and the sermons must be written by a religious leader serving the community of worship at which the sermon was originally delivered. Blogs and websites that feature only audio and/or video recordings of sermons will be included in the near future. Recommendations for links that meet the criteria can be sent to csir@kent.edu.

STPSI enables researchers to quickly and easily subscribe to the blog or link to the congregational websites and thus access a weekly sampling of sermon texts from around the country, by various denominational affiliations, geographic locations or particular dates.

“The goal of the directory is to provide a snapshot of themes, topics, references, illustrations, and interpretations included in a small, convenience sampling of sermon texts for any given week,” Roland said. “This allows researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to discover potential patterns and clues regarding the use of information in the broader social conversation and construction of knowledge that occurs in communities of worship.”

For more information about the STPSI, visit http://csir.slis.kent.edu/content/sermon-texts-posting-sites-index-stpsi.

The second new resource, the Sermon Content Review (SCR), expands on the value of the STPSI by offering a broad overview of sermon message contents. The monthly report will cover frequency distributions of scripture texts; references to current issues, events and phenomena; trending words, phrases and concepts used in the sermon texts; citations of information resources and more. For more information about the SCR, visit http://csir.slis.kent.edu/scr.

CSIR was created in 2009 in Kent State’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) to facilitate research on the various institutions and agents of religion and their effect on social knowledge through the use and dissemination of information. Dr. Don A. Wicks, SLIS interim director and associate professor, serves as director of the center. Dr. Daniel R. Roland, SLIS assistant professor, is the primary researcher. CSIR hosts an annual conference on information and religion, as well an annual symposium. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/index.cfm.

Kent State offers the only Master of Library and Information Science degree program in Ohio that is accredited by the American Library Association, and one of the nation’s few master’s degrees in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. The school is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s top 20 graduate schools and is one of the largest library schools in the country. Visit www.kent.edu/slis for more information.
All the best,
Flo

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Flo Cunningham
Marketing Communications and Public Relations Specialist
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
330-672-0003
fcunning@kent.edu

www.kent.edu/slis
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ksuslis
Twitter: @KentStateSLIS

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See also the IFLA Social Science Libraries SIG – RELINDIAL http://www.ifla.org/relindial

IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology)

IASSIST Fellows Application Form 2013

Submitted by StuartM on Tue, 2012-12-04 03:03

Topic: IASSIST Conferences

The IASSIST Fellows Program is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for financial support to attend the IASSIST 2013 conference in Cologne [http://www.iassist2013.org/], from data professionals who are developing, supporting and managing data infrastructures at their home institutions.

It should be noted that funding is not intended to cover the entire cost of attending the conference and that the applicant’s home institution must provide some level of financial support to supplement an IASSIST Fellow award. Strong preference will be given to first time participants and applicants from those countries currently with insufficient representation at IASSIST. Only fully completed applications will be considered. Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given priority consideration for funding. You may apply for funding via this form.The deadline for applications is the 31st of January 2013. For more information, to apply for funding or nominate a person for a Fellowship, please send an email to the Fellows Committee Co-chairs, Luis Martínez-Uribe (lmartinez@march.es) and Stuart Macdonald (stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk). If you need further information please let us know.

Best wishes, Luis Martinez-Uribe and Stuart Macdonald IASSIST Fellows Committee Co-chairs