Summary Report of the Research Data Management Study Group
"The Research Data Management Study Group (RDMSG) conducted focused interviews with representatives from a number of research communities, to assess current researcher data assets, needs, and funding...
View ArticleData Services for the Sciences: A Needs Assessment
Describes how an assessment process made it easier for a librarian to become involved i e-science and data curation... "A needs assessment can help to characterise scientists research methods and data...
View ArticleGetting to know the Atom Publishing Protocol, Part 1: Create and edit Web...
"The Atom Publishing Protocol is an important new standard for content publishing and management. In this article, explore a high-level overview of the protocol and its basic operation and...
View ArticleAtom Publishing Protocol
"The Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) is an application-level protocol for publishing and editing Web resources. The protocol is based on HTTP transfer of Atom-formatted representations. The Atom...
View ArticleAtom Syndication Format
"This document specifies Atom, an XML-based Web content and metadata syndication format."Creator(s): Nottingham, M.Date created: 2005-12-01Date read: 2008-02-08Facet/terms: Formats/Magazine articles;...
View ArticleLCSH, SKOS, and Linked Data
"A technique for converting Library of Congress Subject Headings MARCXML to Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) RDF is described. Strengths of the SKOS vocabulary are highlighted, as well as...
View ArticleWhy you can't find a library book in your search engine
"Finding a book at your local library should just involve a simple web search. But thanks to a US cataloguing site, that is far from the case." -- Includes a very important idea. Services, not data...
View ArticleStatistical interpretation of term specificity and its application in retrieval
"The exhaustivity of document descriptions and the specificity of index terms are usually regarded as independent. It is suggested that specificity should be interpreted statistically, as a function of...
View ArticleLinked data applications
Strong on history. So so on examples. Outlines what a LOD application might look like -- "We are writing the year 2009. Three years after the linked data principles have been formulated by Tim...
View ArticleFrequent term-based text clustering
"Text clustering methods can be used to structure large sets of text or hypertext documents. The well-known methods of text clustering, however, do not really address the special problems of text...
View ArticleWhat's needed next: A Culture of candor
Discusses shared values, the expense of acting too quickly, creating transparency, speaking the truth, and, in general, sharing informationCreator(s): O'Toole, James; Bennis, WarrenDate created:...
View ArticleHistory of Science
This article gives a descent overview of the history of science. I am using it to refresh my memory and prepare for an exhibit I hope to do for the Libraries someday.Creator(s): WikipediaDate created:...
View ArticlePrinciples and Good Practice for Preserving Data
"This document provides basic guidance for managers in statistical agencies who are responsible for preserving data using the principles and good practice defined by the digital preservation community....
View ArticleData-Enabled Science in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
A set of "case studies" outlining data management needs in scienceCreator(s): Baker, Shenda et alDate created: 2010-03-29Date read: 2010-07-12Facet/terms: Formats/Web articles; Themes/Science;...
View ArticleDigital Repository Strategic Information Gathering Project
Describes how the Libraries Repository Working Group proposes to get student and faculty input regarding its repository application/system.Creator(s): Johnson, RickDate created: 2010-07-07Date read:...
View ArticleSteps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences: Summary of a Workshop
"Steps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences summarizes a National Research Council (NRC) workshop to identify some of the major challenges that hinder large-scale data integration in the...
View ArticleDoing OCR against new testament manuscripts
Describes a process for scanning, doing OCR, and analyzing New Testament manuscripts. See the CSNTM (Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts) for more information. The title and publication...
View ArticleRetooling Libraries for the Data Challenge
Gives a good overview of the data curation issues now facing libraries. Balanced. Not Pollyanna.Creator(s): Salo, DorotheaDate created: 2010-07-01Date read: 2010-08-16Facet/terms: Themes/Data curation;...
View ArticlePreserving Research Data
"Granting ownership rights to data, as if it were private property, only limits data access without ensuring the benefits of researcher precedence or the rewards for good data collection."Creator(s):...
View ArticleSocial Side of Science Data Sharing: Distilling Past Efforts
"Our purpose is to review the suitability and generality of data curation practices and principles developed in the social, political and economic sciences for use in the life and physical...
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