Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

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Fall Forum

Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future

Schedule

October 16–17, 2008
Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City
1250 South Hayes Street
Arlington, Virginia 22202

Sponsored by ARL & CNI

Thursday, October 16, 2008

2:30 p.m.

Registration
 

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Opening Program

E-Science: Trends, Transformations & Responses

Convener and Moderator: Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota, and Chair, ARL E-Science Working Group

  • Chris Greer, Director, National Coordination Office (NCO) for the multiagency Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program

A Case Study in E-Science: Building Ecological Informatics Solutions for Multi-Decadal Research

  • William Michener, Research Professor (Biology) and Associate Director, Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico
  • Rick Luce, Vice Provost and Director of University Libraries, Emory University Libraries

Reactors: Wendy Lougee, and Gary Strong, University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles
 

5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Poster Session and Reception

Posters will be available highlighting innovative examples of library/librarian engagement with science researchers.

Friday, October 17, 2008


7:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast available
 

8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.

Data Curation: Issues and Challenges

Convener and Moderator: James Mullins, Dean of Libraries, Purdue University

  • Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN
  • Fran Berman, Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego, and Co-chair Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
 

9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

Reactor Panel: Data Curation Issues

Panelists have been asked to pose questions for the speakers and audience to discuss and to highlight examples of strategies for assessing institutional needs, readiness and for positioning data curation services in support of e-science.

  • Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean of University Libraries and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center, Johns Hopkins University
  • Pam Bjornson, Director-General, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
 

10:15 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Break & Poster Sessions

Another opportunity to review the posters presented during previous evening.
 

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Supporting Virtual Organizations

Convener and Moderator: Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota

  • Thomas A. Finholt, Director, Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work (CREW) and Research Professor & Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Information, University of Michigan
  • Mark Lundstrom, Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor, Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

 

11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Reactor Panel: Supporting the Virtual Organization

Panelists have been asked to pose questions for the speakers and audience to discuss and to highlight examples of services in support of virtual organizations.

  • Medha Devare, Life Sciences and Bioinformatics Librarian, Mann Library, Cornell University
  • D. Scott Brandt, Associate Dean for Research, Purdue University Library

 

12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Lunch & Program
Lessons & New Roles: the Experience of Health Sciences Libraries

Convener and Moderator: Neil Rambo, Acting Associate Dean of University of Washington Libraries and Acting Director of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries

  • Linda Watson, President, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries and Director, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Betsy L. Humphreys, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine

 

2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

Education for New Roles
What does the science library/informatics professional need to know and be able to do?

Convener and Moderator: Betsy Wilson, Dean of University libraries, University of Washington

  • Ron Larsen, Dean and Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
  • Catherine Blake, Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Carole L. Palmer, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 

3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Break
 

3:30 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

Summary Reactor Panel

  • Where do we go from here? Next steps?
  • What is the most significant barrier impeding research library/librarian engagement with science communities? How best to mitigate this?
  • What models are working? Who is making progress against these barriers?
  • Are there institutional/organizational alliances that could speed progress?

Convener and Moderator: Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota

  • Carol Mandel, Dean of the Division of Libraries, New York University
  • Becky Lyon, Deputy Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine
  • Neil Rambo, Acting Associate Dean of University of Washington Libraries and Acting Director of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries
 

4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Summation and Closing Observations

Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
 

4:30 p.m.

Adjournment

Forum Overview