Highlights

• Tracy Gabridge, "The Last Mile: The Liaison Role in Curating Science and Engineering Research Data," Research Library Issues, no. 265 (Aug. 2009) [PDF]

• Campus Outreach Initiative: Connecting with Scholarly Society Leaders, Editors, Members (July 16, ‘09)

• Elisabeth Jones, "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum," Research Library Issues, no. 262 (Feb. 2009) [PDF]

Overview

The UK National e-Science Centre defines e-science as "the large scale science that will increasingly be carried out through distributed global collaborations enabled by the Internet. Typically, a feature of such collaborative scientific enterprises is that they will require access to very large data collections, very large-scale computing resources and high-performance visualization back to the individual user scientists." E-science is defined broadly to include all of the natural and physical sciences, related applied and technological disciplines, as well as biomedicine and social sciences sharing research approaches with the natural sciences.

Support for Outreach

• ARL Campus Outreach Initiative: Connecting with Scholarly Society Leaders, Editors, Members (July ‘09)
  Includes data management as well as scholarly communication issues.

• E-Science Talking Points for ARL Deans & Directors, Oct. ‘08 [PDF]

• Research Data: Unseen Opportunities (Jan. '10) [PDF]
  An Awareness Toolkit Commissioned by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Reports and Articles

• Tracy Gabridge, "The Last Mile: The Liaison Role in Curating Science and Engineering Research Data," Research Library Issues, no. 265 (Aug. 2009) [PDF]

• Elisabeth Jones, "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum," Research Library Issues, no. 262 (Feb. 2009) [PDF]

• ARL Joint Task Force on Library Support for E-Science: Charge & Roster, Sept. 2007

• To Stand the Test of Time: Long-term Stewardship of Digital Data Sets in Science and Engineering, Sept. 2006 [PDF]

• David G. Messerschmitt, "Opportunities for Research Libraries in the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Program," ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 229 (Aug. 2003)

ARL Events

• Reinventing Science Librarianship, an ARL-CNI Forum, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 2008

• New Collaborative Relationships: The Role of Academic Libraries in the Digital Data Universe, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 2006

• E-Research and Supporting Cyberinfrastructure: A Forum to Consider Implications for Research Libraries & Research Institutions, Washington DC, Oct. 2004

Other Resources

• The Promise and Peril of Big Data, by David Bollier, 2010 [PDF]

• Data Dimensions: Disciplinary Differences in Research Data Sharing, Reuse and Long Term Viability: A Comparative Review Based on Sixteen Case Studies, 2010 [PDF]

• The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, 2009 [PDF]

• National Academies, Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age, 2009

• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, Gateway to Scientific Data, 2009

• National Science and Technology Council, Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society, 2009 [PDF]

• Research Data Strategy Working Group, Stewardship of Research Data in Canada: A Gap Analysis, 2009 [PDF]

• National Science Foundation, Beyond Being There: A Blueprint for Advancing the Design, Development, and Evaluation of Virtual Organizations, 2008 [PDF]

• National Science Board, Long-Lived Digital Data Collections Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century, 2005

• Canadian National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data, 2005

• Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Learning for the Future: A Vision and Research Agenda, 2005 [PDF]

• Towards 2020 Science, Microsoft Research, 2006 [PDF]