Open Access Literature Review 2008–9: A Serials Perspective

By Maria Collins. Great article that brings up some good points on Open Access, as well as some insight into self-archiving practices by scientists and their awareness institutional repositories (mostly the lack of awareness...).

I find it odd that an article on open access is not openly accessible itself....

Collins, M. (2011). Open Access Literature Review 2008-9: A Serials Perspective. Library Resources & Technical Services, 55(3), 138-47. Retrieved from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database 

The Unsung Story of Tape Storage

From the article: Data storage expert Henry Newman talks about the hard reality of tape storage: it wears out. Yet Newman opines that tape is still the best data storage medium.

 http://www.datamation.com/storage/the-unsung-story-of-tape-storage.html

Appraisal and Selection (Intro to Curation)

From DCC. Appraisal and selection of scientific data for re-use.

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/briefing-papers/introduction-curation/appraisal-and-selection

DataONEpedia

DataONE is a group of badasses who wants to help manage the entire data life cycle. As part of this, they offer two great resources: a database on best practices, and a database on software.

Both are available through the DataONE website: https://www.dataone.org/dataonepedia

The main website is here: https://www.dataone.org/

Research Data Lifecycle Management Workshop - related post

Blog post from an attendee of rdlmw. This discusses vendor and corporate relationships with data management. The discussion was insightful, so I hope this blog post gives everyone something to think about!

http://blog.orenblog.org/2011/07/20/panel-discussion-%E2%80%93-vendor-and-corporate-relationships-rdlmw/

Research Data Lifecycle Management Workshop

Hosted by Princeton University, July 19-20, 2011. All about Research Data Lifecycle Management! Very, very interesting. Slides from the first four talks are online, as well as many position papers.

http://rcs.columbia.edu/rdlm

Tweets: #rdlmw

JHU Data Management Services

http://dmp.data.jhu.edu/

Johns Hopkins University is offering data management services, and gives some nice details on effective data management and information a tiny blurb on legal and ethical issues.

Comparison of Required/Preferred Job Skills

One of my small tasks at my UVa internship has been to update a list of e-science jobs, and include where the job is located, the title, and the requirements. From this bigger file, I've compiled a smaller file that lists the institution and the job requirements.
The main thrust of the document is to show what requirements consistently come up for e-science jobs. I will try to keep this updated as e-science related jobs are posted. I have also left it open to editing, so if anyone comes across any other job postings, please add them!

e-science job requirements

DAMA - Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge

Found by Susan! Also offers certification programs, such as the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), but may or may not be a relevant certificate. Some of the topics covered may not explicitly apply to e-science, but lots of good info.

Also available through Books24x7 through Syracuse.

Main website: http://www.dama.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3552
Link in the SU Catalog: http://summit.syr.edu.libezproxy2.syr.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?db=local&bbid=3286256

Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions

This link was tweeted by one of my supervisors: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0021101. It's published in PLoS ONE - one of my favorite journals! 

Here's a brief bit from the background:
Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior results.