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Monday, August 5, 2013
ARTSTOR August 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
CALL: International Journal of Digital Libraries Special Issue on Digital Scholarship
CALL: International Journal of Digital Libraries Special
Issue on Digital Scholarship
From Stephen M.
Griffin, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
PA Digital scholarship, or
"cyberscholarship"–that based on data and computation–is radically
reshaping knowledge discovery, creation, analysis, presentation and
dissemination in many topical areas. Scientists are using vast amounts of
data to explore galaxies, measure stresses on earth systems, create genetic
profiles of living things and study the changing behaviors and mores of
societies and individuals in a an increasing populated and fragile physical
world steeped in networked digital technologies. Similarly, humanists are
using new types of information objects, methodologies and tools to transform
and expand their scholarly endeavors. Examples include the creation and
use of digital representations of material culture by historians, introducing spatial
and temporal indexed data into the study of literature and information
visualizations to communicate the outcomes of traditional humanistic inquiry.
The enabling environment for digital
scholarship is a rapidly expanding global digital ecology composed of large and
diverse datasets; richly annotated, globally linked and accessible to all using
open source tools. Accompanying technology changes have been trends
within scholarly communities toward rich informal dialogues, cross-disciplinary
collaborations and equable sharing of research findings.
Data-centered approaches to inquiry
have now become a staple of research and scholarship in almost every
disciplinary domain. Accompanying this have been cultural shifts in the
scholarly community that challenge long-standing assumptions that underpin the
structure of academic institutions and beg new models of scholarly
communication. Network-centric models of scientific communication that
capture a comprehensive record of scholarly workflows are now seen by many as a
necessary condition for accurate and complete reporting of scholarly work.
Much of the seminal work in
developing the information environments and resources that support digital
scholarship can be linked directly to digital libraries research – past and
present. Pioneering digital libraries research illuminated essential core
information architectures and environments and inspired a generation of
researchers to look beyond the confines of their own discipline and often
partner with others to pursue interdisciplinary projects – many of which
captured national attention and captivated the general public with their
brilliance.
This special issue will solicit high
quality papers that demonstrate exceptional achievements in digital
scholarship, including but not limited to:
• scholarly work that demonstrates
innovation in the creation and use of complex information objects and tools to
advance domain scholarship
• domain research that exemplifies creative and innovative data-intensive research in the formal, natural, social sciences and the humanities and arts
• new applications, tools and services that expand the scope and means for interdisciplinary digital scholarship
• data repositories and infrastructure projects of exceptional quality and value that illustrate how community-based efforts can serve global constituencies
• models for leveraging and expanding web-based infrastructure for scholars
• document models that support multiple information types, update, annotation, executable objects, linkages, rapid integration and staged release of document components
• scholarly communication environments that capture a comprehensive record of research and provide new means of presentation, dissemination and reuse of digital assets
• domain research that exemplifies creative and innovative data-intensive research in the formal, natural, social sciences and the humanities and arts
• new applications, tools and services that expand the scope and means for interdisciplinary digital scholarship
• data repositories and infrastructure projects of exceptional quality and value that illustrate how community-based efforts can serve global constituencies
• models for leveraging and expanding web-based infrastructure for scholars
• document models that support multiple information types, update, annotation, executable objects, linkages, rapid integration and staged release of document components
• scholarly communication environments that capture a comprehensive record of research and provide new means of presentation, dissemination and reuse of digital assets
Important Dates
November 30, 2013–Paper Submission
deadline
March 1, 2014–First notification
May 1, 2014–Revision submission
July 1, 2014–Second notification
September 1, 2014–Final version submission
March 1, 2014–First notification
May 1, 2014–Revision submission
July 1, 2014–Second notification
September 1, 2014–Final version submission
Guest Editors:
Stephen M. Griffin, University of
Pittsburgh (contact person)
Stefan Gradmann, University of Leuven
Stefan Gradmann, University of Leuven
Editorial
Board:
Michael Lesk, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Lyon, University of Bath, UKOLN
William Arms, Cornell
Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles
(tentative yes)
Tom Moritz, Consultant
Michael Buckland, University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Lyon, University of Bath, UKOLN
William Arms, Cornell
Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles
(tentative yes)
Tom Moritz, Consultant
Michael Buckland, University of California, Berkeley
Paper
Submission
Papers submitted to this special
issue for possible publication must be original and must not be under
consideration for publication in any other journal or conference. Previously
published or accepted conference papers must contain at least 30% new material
to be considered for the special issue. All papers are to be submitted by
referring to http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607 Please
select “Special Issue” under Manuscript Category of your submission. All
manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines
which can also be found on its website provided above. Papers will be reviewed
following the journal standard review process.
Please address inquiries to sgriffin@pitt.edu
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The Ex Libris South-central Users Group (ELSUG ) will meet Thursday, October 24th. This year’s conference is virtual
The Ex Libris South-central Users Group (ELSUG ) will
meet Thursday, October 24th. This year’s conference is virtual.
ELSUG promotes the exchange of ideas and innovation among Ex
Libris customers in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Texas. The conference will provide an opportunity to share your
experiences, best practices, lessons, enhancements, and local innovations with
others using any of the Ex Libris products: Voyager, Aleph, DigiTool,
MetaLib, Primo, SFX, and Verde.
Conference information will be updated over time at https://sites.google.com/site/elsug2013/
Presentations at this meeting are given by users like you and
your staff! Please consider contributing to the community of Ex Libris
users in this way. Our strength is in our many different voices! We hope to see
proposals covering a wide variety of the Ex Libris products, as well as broader
topics relating to libraries and information systems.
Please forward this email to your staff, colleagues,
and/or other Ex Libris Southcentral libraries.
If you would like to discuss any ideas before submitting a
proposal, please don't hesitate to contact this year’s chair: Lesli Moore
(lmmoore2 (at) mdanderson (dot) org). If you *think* you have a good
idea, you probably do! It need not be flashy; if you worked on anything you
found tricky or complicated, others may well also want to hear about those
details. The conference's success depends on the efforts of its participants.
We need volunteers to share their experiences and expertise and help everyone
become a more enlightened and effective Ex Libris product user.
DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSION:
August 9, 2013
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE BY:
August 16, 2013
Topics: Proposals may cover any of the Ex Libris
products, the interactions between them, and their interoperation with other
systems. We are interested in users’ experiences of Alma, Aleph and ARC,
Voyager, SFX, MetaLib, Verde, DigiTool, Rosetta (digital preservation system)
and Primo. Proposals may also cover topics that relate to the wider
development of library and information systems. For example:
·
Innovative use of products
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Integration of products with each other or with
external systems
·
Experiences of latest releases of products
·
Experiences with new products, e.g., Alma,
Primo, Rosetta
·
Authentication and authorization, e.g., PDS, Single
Sign On, Shibboleth
·
Follow up to sessions from previous meetings
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Next-generation systems
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Optimizing systems and maximizing resources
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Usability/accessibility of interfaces
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Consortia issues
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Alma, Aleph, Voyager, Metalib, SFX, Digitool,
Verde, Primo specific sessions
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Improved workflows for cataloging, acquisitions,
circulation or other areas
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OPAC customization
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Data mining and data warehousing
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Creating RSS feeds with Ex Libris data
·
Complex publication patterns (or basic
publication patterns training)
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Access or SQL report writing
·
ILL module
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Media Scheduling
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Incorporation of open-source applications
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System administration tips and tricks
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Digitization
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Non product-specific, general topics
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Cataloging, Acquisitions, Circulation, SysAdmin
roundtables
Please include the following information:
1.
Proposed presentation topic/title
2.
Proposed presenter's name
3.
Presenter's email address
4.
Presenter's institution affiliation
5.
Presenter's telephone
6.
Description of the presentation
7.
Length or Presentation (30 minutes, or 45
minutes)
Proposals may be submitted at https://sites.google.com/site/elsug2013/submit-a-proposal
Lesli M. Moore
Systems Librarian
Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
lmmoore2 AT mdanderson DOT org
ph: 713-745-1573
fx: 713-563-3650
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