Organized by Mike Daniels and Matt Mayernik, UCAR's EOL/CDS is hosting a BESSIG social hour in the Atrium at the Boulder Outlook Hotel, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 5:30. The occasion is the visit of our out of town friends and ESIP colleagues Carol Meyer and Erin Robinson. EOL/CDS will provide hors d'oeuvres and non alcoholic drinks. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
In particular, this is an opportunity to discuss ESIP activities. Of course, any topic is fair game. Please join us!
Thank you, UCAR, EOL/CDS, Mike, and Matt!!
RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT
POSITION DESCRIPTION
University of Colorado at Boulder Research Computing
Research Data Support (Part-Time/Temporary 15 hours per week for 6 months)
Research Computing
POSITION SUMMARY: The Research Data Support position is part-time, reporting to the Research Data Manager. Primary job duties include website content creation for the new collaborative portal for Research Data Services. Research Data Services is a collaborative partnership between many campus groups though initially the primary groups are Libraries and Research Computing. The position will work with the Research Data Manager and Metadata Librarian to write and organize content to be used in the Drupal web site. The Research Data Services group and website will act as a nexus for coordinating activities to support researchers with a multitude of research data needs.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research and write up information about various topics for use as content for the Research Data Services website.
- Assist with design and organization of the Research Data Services website following standards and best practices for information architecture.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Effective research and communication skills.
- Knowledge of data management, familiarity with various stages of the data lifecycle (e.g., collection, access, preservation), and awareness of ongoing national/international discussions and literature on these topics.
- Strong technical skills and ability to learn to use new software quickly.
- Drupal development knowledge/experience desired but not required.
To Apply or Ask Questions:
Send an e-mail to Kimberly Stacey, Research Data Manager with Research Computing at kimberly.stacey@colorado.edu
Include a resume and/or relevant information related to job qualifications.
Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations
April 5-6, 2012 at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO.
Please join us for a workshop on data citation and data use geared to the interests of data manager specialists and librarians. Data citations are increasingly seen as being critical to enabling scientific results to be traced back to their underlying data. Data citations also promote the transparency of scientific work by making data more discoverable, and enable scientists, data managers, and data centers to be credited for producing useful data. Presentations will focus data lifecycles, current options for data citation and data reuse, and will highlight pilot projects in implementing citation standards and practices. Dr. Tim Killeen, Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation will provide the keynote address. Other presenters include Joan Starr of the California Digital Library and Mark Parsons of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Additional speakers are listed on the workshop web page.
Limited space is available for attendees. More information and the registration form are at http://library.ucar.edu/data_workshop/. Please register by March 23 to ensure your participation. Once registered, participants will be provided with logistical details and any updates to the agenda.
Please feel free to share this information with your colleagues. Contact Matt Mayernik at mayernik@ucar.edu or Karon Kelly at kkelly@ucar.edu if you have questions.
This month we are pleased to have some out of town colleagues speaking about a variety of topics related to content management.
Speakers:
Jerry Pan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), "Geoscience Data Repository in Digital Object Model and Open-Source Frameworks: Provenance Applications"
Ajinkya Kulkarni, University of Alabama, Huntsville, "Utilizing Drupal, an Open Source Web Framework to Support Science 2.0 Projects"
Erin Robinson, ESIP Foundation, "ESIP Commons: Publishing Non-Traditional Content"
When: Wednesday, March 21, 4:00 - 6:00
Where: Boulder Outlook Hotel
Schedule:
4:00 - 5:00: speakers
5:00 - 6:00: social