A few months ago, there was a discussion of trying to try to make a libraries site on Stack Exchange.
For those that were interested, this might be an interesting project to participate in, although their scope isn't necessarily all library questions. -Joe Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> > Date: December 11, 2014 5:34:37 PM EST > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Rdap] Call for Editors for IMLS-funded DataQ Project (Due 1/30/15) > Reply-To: "Research Data, Access and Preservation" <[email protected]> > > Call for Editors for the DataQ Project > > The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, the Greater Western Library > Alliance, and the Great Plains Network are excited to announce that we have > received funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop > an online resource called DataQ, which will function as a collaborative > knowledge-base of research data questions and answers curated for and by the > library community. Library staff from any institution may submit questions on > research data topics to the DataQ website, where questions will then be both > crowd-sourced and reviewed by an Editorial Team of experts. Answers to these > questions, from both the community and the Editorial Team, will be posted to > the DataQ website and will include links to resources and tools, best > practices, and practical approaches to working with researchers to address > specific research data issues. > > We are currently seeking applications for our Editorial Team. If you are > interested in becoming a DataQ Editor, please fill out the application form > here by January 30, 2015: http://bit.ly/DataQApp. > > DataQ Editors will be responsible for helping to identify initial content, > providing expert feedback on questions from DataQ users, and developing > policies and procedures for answering questions. The Editorial Team will > participate in regular virtual meetings and attend one in-person meeting in > Kansas City, MO in late May. Each Editor will receive a $1000 stipend to help > cover travel costs and time contributed to the project. > > The initial term for each Editor will last until October 31, 2015 when the > grant period ends, but there may be opportunities to continue serving beyond > the life of the grant based on the outcome of the project. > > Additional opportunities to contribute to DataQ will be announced soon. For > all of the latest information about DataQ, please follow > @ResearchDataQ<http://twitter.com/researchdataq> on Twitter. Please send any > questions about DataQ to the project Co-PIs Andrew Johnson at > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and Megan > Bresnahan at > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Johnson > Assistant Professor; Research Data Librarian > University of Colorado Boulder Libraries > Phone: 303-492-6102 > Website: https://data.colorado.edu/ > ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7952-6536<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-6536> > Impactstory Profile: https://impactstory.org/AndrewJohnson > _______________________________________________ > Rdap mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/rdap
