E-Science Initiatives

• e-Science Portal Scope Statement

The Journal of eScience Librarianship is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, and medical sciences.

2013 Symposium

2012 Symposium

2011 Symposium

2010 Symposium—April 7, 2010

Documents from the Symposium

• Agenda
• Event Brochure
• Data Conservancy: A Life Sciences Perspective
  • PowerPoint presentation (3.0 MB)
  • PDF (1.1 MB)
• Supporting E-science and Data Curation: Progress at Research Institutions and Their Libraries
  • PowerPoint presentation (1.2 MB)
  • PDF (817 KB)
• Agents of Integration in a Complex Information Environment
  • PowerPoint presentation (6.9 MB)
  • PDF (1.7 MB)
• Bringing Research Data into the Library: MIT's Experience
  • PowerPoint presentation (5.1 MB)
  • PDF (3.7 MB)
• A Health Sciences Perspective
  • PowerPoint presentation (1.8 MB)
  • PDF (1.0 MB)
• An Update on the New England e-Science Portal for Librarians
  • PowerPoint presentation (889 KB)
  • PDF (837 KB)

2009 Symposium—April 6, 2009

Documents from the Symposium

• Event Brochure
• Discussion Questions for Breakout Sessions
• Development of the International Stem Cell Registry: Progress and Challenges (PPT, 3.8 MB)
• Bioinformatics Librarian: Meeting the Information Needs of Researchers and Students (PPT, 5.2 MB)
• Roles in E-Science for Health and Science Librarians (PPT, 1.6 MB)
• Bioinformatics: Alive and Kicking (PPT, 5.3 MB)
• Biotools at UMassMed (PPT, 2.6 MB)

Documents Created in Response to the Symposium

• Responses to Discussion Questions For Breakout Sessions

Embedded with the Scientists: Librarians' Roles in the Research Process—November 7, 2012

This one day workshop explores new roles librarians are forging in biomedical research projects. The day's agenda will feature keynote speaker Chris Shaffer, University Librarian and Associate Professor at Oregon Health and Science University Library, and a panel of librarian informationists from biomedical research institutions who are currently engaged in NIH-funded research projects.

Metadata Day—May 9, 2012

This full day workshop will feature metadata expert Diane Hillmann, who will present an overview of metadata, its purpose in supporting data discovery, and metadata schema. There will be an afternoon "Metadata in Action" breakout session during which local metadata librarians will present their projects and answer questions.

Scientific Data Management—March 16, 2011

Nanotechnology in the Health and Applied Sciences—May 24, 2010

Stem Cell Workshop—May 13, 2009

Documents from the Workshop

• Program
• Stem Cells: Opportunities and Challenges
  • PowerPoint presentation (26.4 MB)
  • PDF (6.6 MB)
• International Stem Cell Registry
  • PowerPoint presentation (21.4 MB)
  • PDF (2.1 MB)
• Stem Cells and Intellectual Property
  • PowerPoint presentation (3.2 MB)
  • PDF (1.1 MB)
• Bioethical Considerations with Stem Cell Research
  • PowerPoint presentation (11.3 MB)
  • PDF (8.7 MB)
• Libraries and Stem Cell Research (PPT, 754.1 KB)
• NESCSO: Improving Results Through Collaboration (PPT, 1.6 MB)

The Lamar Soutter Library and partnering New England libraries are addressing the gap in data management education for students in the sciences by developing an openly accessible case based data management curriculum that addresses sharing, managing and preserving digital research data. This curriculum will include a series of discrete, stand-alone instructional modules designed to enable faculty and librarians flexibility in selecting instructional content relevant to their students’ learning level and program needs. When fully developed, curriculum content will be arranged into the following online formats: student textbook, research cases, teacher’s manual, lecture notes, and lecture slides.

Phase 1: Planning a Data Management Curriculum

The planning phase of this project, Planning a Data Management Curriculum and Requirements for a Collaborative Repository, began in August 2010 when the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the George C. Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Service National Leadership Planning grant to collaboratively develop a data management instructional framework and delivery system. During this planning phase, the two libraries also researched user needs and open source software for a collaborative data repository. Outputs from this planning include Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum, Evaluating User Needs for Data Repository Software, and Matrix of User Requirements for Repository Software. The planning phase was completed in December 2011.

Phase 2: Data Management Curriculum Development and Implementation

Developing a Research Data Management Curriculum and Course, the second phase of the grant, is currently underway. During this phase, the Lamar Soutter Library is collaborating with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern, Tufts, and Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute libraries to completely develop the content and teaching materials for the data management curriculum and pilot instruction of the curriculum at their respective institutions.