Program Overview

Librarian Panel Discussion presentation: "The Data Working Group at UMass Amherst"

Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:30:00 PDT

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.

Librarian Panel Discussion presentation: "Manufacturing Serendipity: Research Data Services at UW-Madison"

Dorothea Salo — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:00 PDT

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.

Science Panel Discussion presentation: "You Want to Do What? Managing and Distributing Identifying Data without Running Afoul of Your Research Sponsor, Your IRB, or Your Office of Counsel"

Patrick J. Flynn — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:15:00 PDT

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.

Science Panel Discussion presentation: "Data Management in Biomedical Engineering: Needs and Implementation"

Glenn R. Gaudette — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:45:00 PDT

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.

Registration, Welcome, and Continental Breakfast

Elaine Russo Martin , DA — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:00 PDT

Keynote Address: "Local or Global? Making Sense of the Data Sharing Imperative"

Christine L. Borgman — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:30:00 PDT

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.

Break

15-minute break — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:30:00 PDT

Science Panel Discussion presentation: "A Data Sharing Story"

Mercè Crosas — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:45:00 PDT

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.

Lunch

Vegetarian and vegan options will be available — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:15:00 PDT

Poster Session

Coffee and dessert will be served — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:00:00 PDT

View abstracts and full text of accepted posters