Summer Seminar Agenda, 2013
2013 CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Seminar Schedule
** as of 7/22/2013. Changes may be made to accommodate our guests and other logistical considerations.
Seminar takes place in Dalton Hall, Room 300 unless otherwise noted.
Sunday, July 28
Check-in and Welcome
2-5pm check-in at Merion Hall
7pm opening dinner at Wyndham Alumnae House (Ely Room)
Monday, July 29
Library: History
8:30-9am Seminar Introduction
9-12pm Discussion of history of libraries
9-9:45 Fellows reflect on application questions
10-12 Discussion of readings (selections/chapter from Battles’ Library, James Gleick, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood; and CLIR’s The Idea of Order)
12-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4 Library Explorations
1:30-3 Library Quiz Bowl
3-4 Bryn Mawr Libraries Tour
4-4:30 Consolidation/reflection
Tuesday, July 30
Library: Present
9-10am Economics of the library and the university
*optional reading David E. Shulenburger: "The Economics of Research University Libraries: Past, Present and Future”
10:15-11:30 Jobs & Professionalization in the Library
-review changes in training and staffing needs. Fellows will review/discuss sample job ads from past 10 years.
11:30-12pm Case Studies: Introduction
12-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4 Case Studies: Pressing Issues in the Library
1:30-3 Work on case studies in small groups
3-4 Each group reports back
4-4:30 consolidation/reflection
Wednesday, July 31
Data: Production, Preservation, and Access
8:30-10:15am What is your Data?
-Introduction to “data” from fellows’ own research projects, interviews
*Resource: Asher, Jahnke, Keralis, “The Problem of Data”
10:30-2pm Guest teacher Patricia Hswe
-Discussion of “data” and “data services” in library, key terms of data curation
*Reading: Carole Palmer et al., “Foundations of Data Curation: The Pedagogy and Practice of ‘Purposeful Work’ with Research Data”
12-1 Lunch
1-2 Session with Hswe continues
2-4 Concurrent Sessions
a. Medieval Data Curation – Steve Nichols, Ben Albritton, Alexandra Gillespie [Dalton 300]
b. Data Curation for Scientists – Carly Strasser [location TBD]
c. Humanities Data/Metadata – Dot Porter [location TBD]
4-5 Consolidation/reflection
Thursday, August 1
What a CLIR Fellow Does. Supervisors Day
8:30-9:45am Mini panel with past fellows and supervisors
10-12pm Workshop/discussion with fellows & supervisors:
12-2 Lunch (fellows with supervisors)
2-4:30 Pressing Issues in Academic Libraries: What Is Your Library Doing?
-large group discussion catalyzed by short talks
a. Data Infrastructure – Sayeed Choudhury
*Readings: Choudhury, "Johns Hopkins University Data Management Service" and Congressional Testimony
b. Collaboration across Libraries – Elliott Shore
4:30-5 Wrap-up
Friday August 2
Solutions at Scale
9am-12pm Panel & Discussion on Coherence & Solutions at Scale
Guest speakers: Josh Greenberg (Sloan Foundation), Chuck Henry (CLIR), and
Robert Horton (IMLS)
*Reading: Chuck Henry, “Framing Schema and Strategy”
12-1:30 Lunch with guests and fellows
2:30-5:30 Project Management Workshop -- Jennifer Vinopal
Saturday, August 3
Weekend Workshops
12-2pm Concurrent Workshops
a. Data Management & Data Management Planning – Sarah Shreeves
[location TBD]
*Readings/Materials to Review:
-C.T. Brown, “My Data Management Plan: A Satire” (http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/data-management.html)
-MIT Libraries “Data Management and Publishing” Guide (http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data-management/)
*University of Virginia “Scientific Data Consulting” (http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/data/)
*DMP Tool (http://dmptool.org/)
b. Geospatial Data – John Maclachlan [Park 231]
6 Dinner at Elliott’s
Sunday, August 4
Weekend Workshops
1-3pm Concurrent workshops (locations TBD)
a. Grant Evaluation – Amy Lucko & Jena Winberry
b. Teaching – Jay Brodeur
3-4 Tracks Report back to large group
Monday, August 5
Boundary Crossing: Interoperability, Communities, and Communication Networks
9am-12pm Presentations/Discussion on Boundary Crossing
a. Dean Blackmar Krafft: Vivo
b. Cliff Lynch
1:30-5 Group Project Development
6:30 Dinner @ Tango
Tuesday, August 6
9am-3pm Reflect, wrap-up