An introduction to eScience directed towards health sciences librarians, focusing upon what it is and where/how librarians may find a role.

1. (e-Science… where to begin?) Sally channels Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart (Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964)… This is Justice Stewart This is Sally

2. Don’t know much about e-Science?(what a wonderful world this could be) Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS Head, Research & Scholarly Communication Services Lamar Soutter Library University of Massachusetts Medical School

3. O nce upon a time, in a laboratory far, far away…

4. Image from the lab book of Alexander Graham Bell, 1876, American Treasures of the Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr002.html

5. AHA! I see you, you little RNAi bugger. "Courtesy Argonne National Laboratory." Copyright © University of Massachusetts Medical School 2006 Photo: Robert Carlin

8. Something new means… …we need a new WORD E-Science DATA e-Science eScience NETWORKS e~Science

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10. DATA What is the need? Management What? How? Where? What are they doing with it today? What about tomorrow? Is it safe? Data Management = the entire life cycle of data

11. DATA What is the need? Storage How much of this stuff are you generating? Megabytes / Terabytes / Petabytes / “Yoda”bytes (1024) / “Zebbiebytes” (treats for my dog?)

12. DATA What is the need? Access, Sharing, “Find-ability” Data Management Plans Data sharing requirements Supplemental material requirements

13. DATA What is the need? Preservation & Curation What is the historical value of data?

14. Some Examples Data Management MIT, UMMS / WPI, MSU (NIH, NSF) Storage Cornell – “DataStaR” Access, Sharing, “Find-ability” Institutional Repositories HHS Open Preservation & Curation CDC BRFSS

19. E-Science for Librarians:What is OUR need? What do we have now? Knowledge / Skills Information Mgt Cataloging / metadata Searching Archiving Resources “Intangibles” Objectivity History – Mission Sense of helping What do we need? Subject knowledge? Research methods Statistics Database design Entrepreneurial skills Public speaking Sales Creativity This is Dan

20. e~Sciencein New England Professional Development (annual events) Science Boot Camp for Librarians Professional Development Day Networking E-Science Symposium (annual event) E-Science Portal for New England Librarians UMMS Institutional repository CTSA – profiles product IMLS Planning Grant

21. ? Thank You! Questions?