Dear colleagues, Many of you received the invitation to Thursday's Research IT reading group, but I wanted to send this reminder and invite a few others who are probably interested in this topic. To the latter group, please let me know if you want to be added to the rit_reading list, or if you'd like more information about the reading group.
The conversation tomorrow about data publications will feature John Kratz, from CDL, who co-wrote an interesting overview article. In addition, I plan to treat this gathering tomorrow as an informal kickoff for a project Research IT will undertake related to research data management (RDM). I'll give some background on the project, and we can discuss ideas for coordination and other opportunities -- RDM is an area with many diverse needs and opportunities, so collaboration will be absolutely key! For those of you going to the IT Summit on June 25, I'll have a poster on research data management as well, so I hope to see some of you there. Please feel free to forward this to others interested in research data management. Thanks -- I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and in the near future, Chris > Hello everyone, > > Our next Research IT reading (Thursday, June 19 at noon, in 200C Warren Hall) > will feature a discussion about the emergence of data publications as a means > of documenting and sharing research data. Chris Hoffman will facilitate. > > John Kratz, a post doc with the California Digital Library, will join us to > talk about an overview article he coauthored recently, "Data Publication > Consensus and Controversies" in F1000 Research > (http://f1000research.com/articles/3-94/v2). Please read this article in > advance of the meeting. > > In addition, at the end of May, Nature Publishing Group launched Scientific > Data, its online open-access, peer-reviewed journal for data publications. > Please read the inaugural editorial at > http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201410. > > Optionally, if you have an extra 90 seconds (!!), Scientific Data's video > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrHM3bUym3g) offers an animated perspective > on why data publications matter.
