Dear Colleague,
You are invited to participate in a one-day workshop to be held at
Jawaharlal Nehru University on March 25, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Registration is required.
http://databib.org/workshop
Cyberinfrastructure and “Big Data” represent a paradigm shift in science
that is transforming the research process to focus on the computation,
analysis, curation, and reuse of digital data on a massive scale. What
are the implications for universities in terms of their libraries,
research, and teaching?
This workshop brings together a select group of libraries, research and
data centers, cyberinfrastructure developers, and educators to explore
these issues and begin to integrate data curation into their practice
and services. The workshop is meant for senior library officials i.e.
University Librarian / Dy. Librarian/ Chief Librarian or other technical
staff engaged in data curation, managing research and data centres etc.
The educators having interest in above or engaged in e-learning tools
may also attend it.
Participants will be provided with:
a.. an introduction to data curation in the context of institutional
repositories with perspectives from librarians from India and the United
States;
b.. the opportunity to collaborate on Databib and help represent
research data from India in a global catalog of data repositories;
c.. a venue to discuss and share questions about new roles and emerging practices relating to research data;
d.. an understanding of the current state of the art in data-enabled
cyberinfrastructure and teaching in the United States and India.
Thanks to support from Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Office of
Engagement at Purdue University, there is no charge to participate, but
registration is required and limited to 100 participants. Preference
will be given to universities and other academic and research institutes
in India.
Lunch and tea are provided. No accommodation shall be provided to the outstation participants.
To send your registration request to participate and view the full workshop program, visit
http://databib.org/workshop
Please contact
jnupurdue@gmail.com with questions or inquiries.
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Ramesh C. Gaur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Prof. Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, USA
Prof. Michael Witt, Purdue University, USA
Prof. Aman Yadav, Purdue University, USA
I look forward to your kind participation to the workshop.
Regards
Ramesh
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