eScholarship@UMMS

Christine Borgman, PhD, is Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She spoke about the transition from viewing data as byproducts of scholarly research to viewing them as essential scholarly capital to be managed, shared, and leveraged.

Mercè Crosas, PhD, is Director of Product Development for the Institute for Qualitative Social Science at Harvard University. She discussed utilizing the Dataverse Network centralized repository for projects at Harvard.

Patrick Flynn, PhD, is Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame. He discussed the data management for his university's biometric data sampling projects, including human subjects issues, data distribution, and infrastructure.

Glenn Gaudette, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He discussed data management in his research laboratory, which is focused on regenerating mechanical and electrophysiological function in hearts with cardiovascular disease.

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Regina Raboin, MSLIS, is Data Management Services Coordinator and Science Research & Instruction Librarian at Tisch Library, Tufts University. She discussed the development of the Library's data management services at Tufts University.

Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, MA, MLIS, is Digital Strategies Coordinator for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. In her presentation she discussed the development of the Data Working Group at UMass Amherst.

Dorothy Salo, MA, is a Faculty Associate in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, as well as co-Lead for UW-Madison's Research Data Services. In her presentation she discussed the development of the Research Data Services initiative at her institution.