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DCMI/ASIS&T Webinar: "The Libhub Initiative: Increasing the Web Visibility of Libraries"
by DCMI Announce 07 Dec '14

07 Dec '14

******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* ==================================================================== :: *Title:* *"The Libhub Initiative: Increasing the Web Visibility of Libraries"* :: *Presenter:* Eric Miller :: *Date:* Wednesday, 7 January 2015 :: *Time:* 10:00am - 11:15am EST (World Clock: 15:00 UTC http://bit.ly/DCMI-Webinar-Miller) :: *Registration:* http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-1-7-2015-register.html ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* As a founding sponsor, Zepheira's introduction of the *Libhub Initiative <http://www.libhub.org/>* creates an industry-wide focus on the collective visibility of libraries and their resources on the Web. Libraries and memory organizations have rich content and resources that the Web can not see or use. The *Libhub Initiative* aims to find common ground for libraries, providers, and partners to publish and use data with non-proprietary, web standards. Libraries can then communicate in a way Web applications understand and Web users can see through the use of enabling technology like Linked Data and shared vocabularies such as schema.org and BIBFRAME <http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/>. The *Libhub Initiative* uniquely prioritizes the linking of these newly exposed library resources to each other and to other resources across the Web, a critical requirement of increased Web visibility. In this webinar, Eric Miller will talk about the transition libraries must make to achieve Web visibility, explain recent trends that support these efforts, and introduce the Libhub Initiative -- an active exploration of what can happen when libraries begin to speak the language of the Web. *SPEAKER:* *Eric Miller* is the President of Zepheira <http://zepheira.com/>. Prior to founding Zepheira, Eric led the Semantic Web Initiative for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT where he led the architectural and technical leadership in the design and evolution of the Semantic Web. Eric is a frequent and sought after international speaker in areas of International Web standards, knowledge management, collaboration, development and deployment. :: For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-1-7-2015-register.html

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Jobs and internships at CETAF's Secretariat General
by Mergen Patricia 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear all We wanted to make you aware of two job openings at the CETAF secretariat. Please find more info at http://www.cetaf.org/about-us/careers and in the two attached files. Deadline to apply is 31st of December. If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact Ana Casino here in copy. Pat

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TDWG Data Quality Interest Group
by Arthur Chapman 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

At the last TDWG meeting in Sweden, the *TDWG Data Quality Interest Group* was formally established with Antonio Saraiva and myself as co-conveners. We did not have a lot of time to meet in Sweden, but over 35 people have put their names down as being interested. We know that a lot of you were not able to attend the session n Data Quality because of parallel sessions or because you were not able to get to the TDWG meeting this year. We are looking for more people to work with us so that we can begin to make progress on this very important topic. I would thus encourage you to join the Google discussion group at http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21292/gbiftdwg-biodiversity-data-qualit… I would also suggest that you look at some of the talks on Data Quality given at the TDWG meeting - they can be found at https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/2014/schedConf/presentations At the meeting we decided to set up three sub working groups; viz: . Framework for Communication . Tools, Services and Workflows . Use Case Library/Competency We did not give a lot of thought into the naming of these groups at the time, and that is one topic that needs further discussion. We also need to develop a charter and work plan for the next twelve months for each of these working groups. We also need to appoint a convenor for each working group so that the discussion can be kept rolling. If you are interested and prepared to do this, then please let Antonio or myself know. Further information and discussions will be on the Google Groups so please keep up to date with progress there. Arthur D. Chapman

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Wednesday's DCMI webinar on Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI)
by DCMI Announce 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

*The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, describing learning resources with schema.org <http://schema.org/>, and more?* *Phil Barker & Lorna Campbell (Cetis, UK)* ******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** --*Date: *19 November, 2014 --*Time:* 10:00am-11:15am EST (UTC 15:00) World Clock: http://bit.ly/1pKiCUj --*Event webpage:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/ or https://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-11-19-2014-register.… *************************************************************************** *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a collaborative initiative that aims to make it easier for teachers and learners to find educational materials through major search engines and specialized resource discovery services. The approach taken by LRMI is to extend the schema.org ontology so that educationally significant characteristics and relationships can be expressed. In this webinar, Phil Barker and Lorna M. Campbell of Cetis will introduce schema.org and present the background to LRMI, its aims and objectives, and who is involved in achieving them. The webinar will outline the technical aspects of the LRMI specification, describe some example implementations and demonstrate how the discoverability of learning resources may be enhanced. Phil and Lorna will present the latest developments in LRMI implementation, drawing on an analysis of its use by a range of open educational resource repositories and aggregators, and will report on the potential of LRMI to enhance education search and discovery services. Whereas the development of LRMI has been inspired by schema.org, the webinar will also include discussion of whether LRMI has applications beyond those of schema.org. *SPEAKERS:* *Lorna Campbell* has worked in the domain of open education technology and interoperability standards for over fifteen years and has contributed to the development of a number of learning resource metadata specifications. Phil and Lorna were commissioned by Creative Commons to manage the third phase of the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative. LRMI is co-led by Creative Commons and the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)--now the 501(c)(3) arm of the Association of American Publishers. *Phil Barker* is a research fellow at Heriot-Watt University who has worked supporting the use of learning technology in Higher Education for twenty years. For much of this time he has worked with Lorna M. Campbell as part of Cetis. His work focuses on supporting the discovery and selection of appropriate resources, and he has contributed to the development of a number of learning resource metadata specifications. He was on the technical working group of the learning resource metadata initiative and has since worked on the third phase of LRMI promoting its uptake and use. *************************************************************************** *For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:* *DCMI:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/ or *ASIS&T:* https://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-11-19-2014-register.…

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DCMI/ASIS&T webinar: The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, describing learning resources with schema.org, and more?
by DCMI Announce 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

DCMI/ASIS&T webinar with Phil Barker & Lorna Campbell of Cetis, UK ******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** *Join DCMI/ASIS&T for our joint November webinar:* --*Title:* *The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, describing learning resources with schema.org <http://schema.org/>, and more?* --*Date:* 19 November, 2014 --*Time: *10:00am-11:15am EST (UTC 15:00) World Clock: http://bit.ly/1pKiCUj --*Event webpage:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/ *or* https://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-11-19-2014-register.… ========================================================================= *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is a collaborative initiative that aims to make it easier for teachers and learners to find educational materials through major search engines and specialized resource discovery services. The approach taken by LRMI is to extend the schema.org ontology so that educationally significant characteristics and relationships can be expressed. In this webinar, Phil Barker and Lorna M. Campbell of Cetis will introduce schema.org and present the background to LRMI, its aims and objectives, and who is involved in achieving them. The webinar will outline the technical aspects of the LRMI specification, describe some example implementations and demonstrate how the discoverability of learning resources may be enhanced. Phil and Lorna will present the latest developments in LRMI implementation, drawing on an analysis of its use by a range of open educational resource repositories and aggregators, and will report on the potential of LRMI to enhance education search and discovery services. Whereas the development of LRMI has been inspired by schema.org, the webinar will also include discussion of whether LRMI has applications beyond those of schema.org. *SPEAKERS:* *Lorna Campbell* has worked in the domain of open education technology and interoperability standards for over fifteen years and has contributed to the development of a number of learning resource metadata specifications. Phil and Lorna were commissioned by Creative Commons to manage the third phase of the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative. LRMI is co-led by Creative Commons and the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)--now the 501(c)(3) arm of the Association of American Publishers. *Phil Barker* is a research fellow at Heriot-Watt University who has worked supporting the use of learning technology in Higher Education for twenty years. For much of this time he has worked with Lorna M. Campbell as part of Cetis. His work focuses on supporting the discovery and selection of appropriate resources, and he has contributed to the development of a number of learning resource metadata specifications. He was on the technical working group of the learning resource metadata initiative and has since worked on the third phase of LRMI promoting its uptake and use. ========================================================================= *For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:* *DCMI:* *http://dublincore.org/resources/training/ <http://dublincore.org/resources/training/>* or *ASIS&T:* https://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-DCMI-11-19-2014-register.…

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Re: [tdwg] iDigBio Data Management Interest Group - Kickoff Webinar 7 August at 1 PM EDT
by Debbie Paul 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi All, Quick reminder about the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group - Kickoff Webinar Thursday 7 August 2014 1:00-2:00 PM EDT *What:* Webinar to kickoff a new iDigBio Data Management Interest Group <https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-management-interest-group-kickoff-webi…> *What format*: A short presentation will be followed by open discussion for all participants. *When:* Thursday 7 August 2014, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT *Where: *http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt (nothing to install, use any browser) Headsets are recommended (they help remove echo). *Who: *All are welcome, please invite your colleagues, no registration needed. *Questions?* Please send to any member of the group: Data Management Interest Group <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups#Data_Manageme…> See you soon! Deb Paul, et al *Wiki: *https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Management_Interest_Group (please excuse cross-postings) Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar --Deborah Paul, on Twitter @idbdeb iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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Call for Nomination of TDWG Executive Positions 2015 is now open !
by Mergen Patricia 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Dear all Call for nomination for the TDWG 2015 Executive is now open. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7JP3HF6 Deadline October 29th 2014. We have designed a survey to collect nominations for positions on the 2015 TDWG Executive (http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/executive/ <http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/executive/%29.>). The elections will open during the TDWG 214 conference and remain open until after the conference to allow smooth remote voting of members not participating to the conference. The results of the elections will be announced to the members and on the website of TDWG. The new Executive will enter into function the 1st of January 2015. When nominating a person, you will be asked to: 1. Provide your name and contact information so we may contact you if needed. 2. Provide complete name, affiliation and contact information for the person you nominate. 3. State clearly for which position on the Executive you are nominating the person. You can only nominate a person for one position. 4. It is preferable that the person is aware of the nomination and willing to take on the position. 5. If available provide a short biography of the person or a link to an on line CV or profile. 6. Optionally you may also state why you think the person would be suitable for the position. NOTE THAT: 1. Self nominations are allowed. 2. If you wish to nominate more than one person, please start a new survey for each person. 3. Incomplete or inconsistent nominations will discarded. 4. Note that to enable multiple surveys from a same computer, you cannot go back to an incomplete survey. Make sure you have filled in all info before leaving your browser or clicking on submit. Thank you for your collaboration and interest in TDWG. Any questions ? Contact: secretary(a)tdwg.org With my best wishes Patricia Mergen on behalf of the TDWG executive.

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Fwd: Postdoctoral Opportunity at University of Maryland, College Park
by Cynthia Parr 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Apologies for cross-posting. Dear colleagues, Please see the following announcement for a postdoctoral fellow to work with the University of Maryland's iSchool and the USDA's National Agricultural Library. Feel free to forward to promising candidates or networks. Cynthia Sims Parr, Ph.D. Knowledge Services Division National Agricultural Library, ARS, USDA 301-504-9801 Cynthia.Parr(a)ars.usda.gov Postdoctoral Opportunity in Agricultural Data Curation at the College of Information Studies (iSchool), University of Maryland, College Park Maryland's iSchool seeks a postdoctoral fellow to work on the project "Establishing a Data Curation Program for Agricultural Information" at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Library (NAL). Depending on the candidate's background, expertise, and interests, several exciting research projects could be complementary to the role envisioned for this postdoctoral position. Potential research areas include (but are not limited to) metadata standards, data preservation and re-use, data curation, and digitization management. The postdoctoral fellow will also have access to the iSchool's recently established digital curation lab. College Park's close proximity to NAL and other large Federal institutions in the Washington, D.C. area offers easy access to many related data repositories. The postdoctoral fellow will receive a competitive salary, including benefits and support for conference and research travel. The duration of the postdoc is 2 years, with opportunity for renewal. Start date for the position can be as early as January 2015. Roles and Responsibilities: This postdoctoral fellowship is a research position, with an expectation of productive research activity that will result in journal publications or conference presentations. The primary responsibilities of the fellow will include participation in a research project that aims to understand the data curation needs and requirements of NAL and to develop strategies that guarantee the management and preservation of NAL's expansive collection of agricultural data for long-term use. NAL has recently established a Knowledge Services Division (KSD) to lead efforts in digital curation. The postdoctoral fellow shall work with an interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate students at the iSchool to conduct research and implement policies that will help KSD further understand NAL's capacity for data curation and preservation. KSD staff is a mix of highly qualified and enthusiastic information professionals, researchers, and scientists. The postdoctoral fellow will have ample opportunity to interact with archives, digital preservation and digital curation researchers from the iSchool and its digital curation lab, and KSD personnel, as well as to collaborate actively as suits research interests. Qualifications: Candidates should have (or soon have) a Ph.D. in Information or Library Science, or another relevant field. He or she must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The successful candidate will have strong research background, proven information and project management skills, demonstrated excellent communication skills through a record of publication and public presentation, and a strong interest in advancing digital preservation and data curation through education, engagement and collaboration. The successful candidate will have an understanding and demonstrated competency in the following areas: science data management, qualitative and quantitative research methods, digital preservation, trusted digital repository workflows, science metadata standards and inter-operability, and open science. Demonstrated record of the ability and desire to work in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment is also desirable. To Apply: Interested candidates should send a CV, a brief statement (2 pages maximum) of interest in this position and how it relates to your personal goals, and a list of 3 references and their contact information to the project PI, Dr. Ricardo L. Punzalan at punzalan(a)umd.edu. Review of applications will begin November 15th, 2014. Selected applicant will be notified no later than mid-December 2014.

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Tim Robertson 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Hi Dan, Thanks for your offer. As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make it happen. I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my opinion. @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and do a basic CMS site? If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? Thanks, Tim On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: > I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: > > http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html > > > So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with the official status of the Standard. > > If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever is needed). > > > Thanks, > > Dan Stoner > iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory > University of Florida > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-tag mailing list > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Blum, Stan 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Just quickly, I got a short statement of work and budget worked out with the potential contractor last winter, but let the project go cold. That was entirely my fault. I had a couple contacts with them through the rest of the year just to maintain contact, and then started to push in late August. Key people were on vacation then, and since I’ve been pushing sending emails and making phone calls trying to get the project started. But I’ve only gotten one response, they’re still interested, but they didn’t tell me when we could start. If anyone knows another Typo3 contractor, I’d be happy to engage with them instead. (The one I’ve been trying to engage is in SF… so I should go knock on their door instead of sending email and phoning.) I’m going to keep trying… -Stan From: tdwg-content-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org> [mailto:tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of James Macklin Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:59 AM To: Bob Morris Cc: tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org>; TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org>; Dave Vieglais Subject: Re: [tdwg-content] [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status I am also in favor of the GitHub repo but we really need to hear from Stan about the status of the work he was having done on the TDWG site. We will need to decide which is the "official" repo but as others point out there is likely good reason to have duplication! We also need to figure out who has time to do this if we go forward. Looks like there have already been a couple of hands partly raised ;-) Best, James On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Bob Morris <morris.bob(a)gmail.com<mailto:morris.bob@gmail.com>> wrote: That was the answer in June too... On Sep 22, 2014 9:23 AM, "Kampmeier, Gail E" <gkamp(a)illinois.edu<mailto:gkamp@illinois.edu>> wrote: Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site. --Gail ________________________________________ From: tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org> [tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org>] on behalf of Dave Vieglais [vieglais(a)ku.edu<mailto:vieglais@ku.edu>] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20 To: Tim Robertson Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org>; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org>; Stoner, Dan Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site? - Dave V. On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Thanks for your offer. > > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make > it happen. > I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I > really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining > it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my > opinion. > > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and > do a basic CMS site? > If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. > Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu<mailto:dstoner@acis.ufl.edu>> wrote: > >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: >> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html >> >> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with >> the official status of the Standard. >> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever >> is needed). >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dan Stoner >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory >> University of Florida >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg-tag mailing list >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >> > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-tag mailing list > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org> > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag _______________________________________________ tdwg mailing list tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content

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