Angus Whyte
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:02:06 -0700
FYI.. with apologies to those who have it already. -------- Original Message --------Subject: NISO August Webinar: Show Me the Data: Managing Data Sets for Scholarly Content
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:57:04 -0400 From: Cynthia Hodgson <chodg...@niso.org> Reply-To: Cynthia Hodgson <chodg...@niso.org> Organisation: NISO To: jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk NISO's August webinar -- August 11 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern) -- will feature: Show Me the Data: Managing Data Sets for Scholarly Content. This webinar examines the state of the art in linking published scholarly information -- think journal articles -- to the data that supports the publication. DataCite and OAI-ORE are just two of the newest models and standards that are under development and being incorporated into the newest generations of production and experimental publishing and data curation repositories. The webinar will address such questions as: How are commercial and non-profit publishers responding to the demand to link publications directly to data? What are the important technical developments aimed at providing seamless linkages between publications and data? What are the implications for publishers, research libraries, faculty, and researchers and their established cultures? SPEAKERS AND TOPICS * New Models for Publications and Datasets: Dryad - Dr. Jane Greenberg, Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dryad is a repository for the data that underlies scholarly publications and is an experimental partnership with professional association publishers in evolution and ecology. * Providing Access to Citable Data: DataCite - Joan Starr, Strategic& Project Planning Manager& John Kunze, Associate Director, UC Curation Center, California Digital Library DataCite is a new international organization that works to improve the scholarly infrastructure around datasets, including establishment of best practices for citing well-preserved datasets. * The Commercial Publisher Perspective on Journal-to-Data Linkage - Joel Hammond, Director, Product Management& Development, Healthcare& Science, Thomson Reuters REGISTRATION Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience. For more information or to register, visit the event webpage (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/datasets/). Cynthia Hodgson NISO Technical Editor Consultant National Information Standards Organization Email: chodg...@niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512
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