Wendy Shook – The Middlebury Blog Network http://sites.middlebury.edu/middblogs Selected Posts from the Midd Blogosphere Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:52:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 Friday Links – May 28, 2015 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/9ZuHTgq4egQ/ Fri, 29 May 2015 14:00:45 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=35317 An exciting example of where a liberal arts education can take you: the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has a program to enroll liberal arts students who “show promise for developing into compassionate and humanistic physicians” (Mt. Sinai, 2015). In an NPR article, Dr. David Muller, the dean of the school, asserts that “[s]cience is the foundation of an excellent medical education, but a well-rounded humanist is best suited to make the most of that education.” Read the NPR article here
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/05/27/407967899/a-top-medical-school-revamps-requirements-to-lure-english-majors or jump straight to the program page at Mt. Sinai here https://icahn.mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/psychiatry/newsletter/humanities-and-medicine-early-assurance-program-at-mount-sinai-accepts-liberal-arts-students-into-medical-school

Einstein’s papers now digitized and online!

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Friday Links for November 21, 2014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/q51M3gy6i5o/ Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:00:08 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=34689 Historic first landing on a comet! Check out the ESA Rosetta project page http://rosetta.esa.int/ or read a summary at NPR.org NPR

10 bad technology decisions that can come back to haunt you – As organizations build their tech roadmap for the years ahead, the wrong choices and strategies could have unfortunate repercussions. Here are some pitfalls to watch out for.

The art of data visualization – a brief essay and excellent video. “There are enormously beautiful visualizations but it’s as a by-product of the truth and the goodness of the information.” –Edward Tufte at around 0:50 in the video

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Friday Links, September 12th, 2014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/lKdX0DD6dLw/ Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:00:23 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=34405 It isn’t every day a new genus – or perhaps a new phylum – is discovered! Read more at PLOS|one

10 ways the iPhone 6 could give Android a run for its money - The iPhone 6 was revealed on September 9, 2014. Find out what features should have Android developers scrambling to pick up the slack.

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Friday Links – June 27, 2014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/i05tVAJ5fHQ/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:28:26 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=34103

Middlebury Observatory


Observatory public nights return to Bicentennial Hall! Five nights are scheduled throughout the summer (weather permitting). See the press release at http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/478245

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Something New in the Great Hall http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/NmtN8rIWipM/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:48:48 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=33745 Construction workers have been busy this week in the Great Hall, just outside Armstrong Library. Work is not yet completed, but here’s a hint:

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Don’t forget your refillable cup!

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Friday Links – March 28, 2014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/Rv2M143UmrI/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:00:25 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=33703 The faces of libraries change, but we still love them:
From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers–and beyond from Pew Research Internet Project

How MOOC Video Production Affects Student Engagement is a good read for anyone considering the use of video in an instructional context. For a more in depth analysis see Philip Guo’s published paper How Video Production Affects Student Engagement: An Empirical Study of MOOC Videos.

Manuscripts of Lichfield Cathedral - 3D renderings of sixteen pages of the 8th-century St Chad Gospels: https://lichfield.as.uky.edu/models/gallery

3D printing: 10 companies using it in ground-breaking ways – A growing number of innovative companies are experimenting with 3D printers, propelling the technology closer to the mainstream market.

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Fetch … the comfy chairs! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/fXnZxjQMamI/ Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:12:43 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=32215 Armstrong Library has new, comfy chairs and ottomans, just right for curling up with a well thumbed copy of Newton’s Principia,  finishing  your next assignment with your feet up, or just sitting back and enjoying the view (tweeting optional).

A cozy corner in Armstrong.

A cozy corner in Armstrong.

 

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Research Data Managment Implemenation Workshop, March 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/Q-zLfNeF-YQ/ Wed, 22 May 2013 12:09:41 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31846 Continue reading ]]> A Research Data Management Implementation Workshop was held on March 13-14, 2013, with Alison Darrow (SRO) and Wendy Shook (LIS) attending selected webcasts.

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Take away points:

  • There is a lot of energy behind data management, and many good standards and tools being developed, but the field is in a constant state of flux.
  • Despite that energy, there is significant frustration. Funding agencies are providing objective outcomes, but not implementation guidance. They are waiting to see what consensus comes from the field, while users and providers are looking for some kind of direction or expectation from funding agencies to get them started. (I’d like to point out that this is a tremendous opportunity for the data management community to contribute to standards and best practices!)
  • There is emphasis on big data, in part due to volumes produced and dollars consumed, but that emphasis leaves smaller implementations feeling isolated, even though small data are valuable assets that require as much attention as big data do.
  • A variety of data management models were discussed, each with staunch proponents, but I expect the reality to be custom approaches taking the most useful element of each model.

An excellent collection of position papers are available at https://rdmi.uchicago.edu/page/submitted-experience-and-position-papers

 

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Oberlin Group of 17 Digital Library Unconference http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/hbsKhQXUZ6w/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:21:53 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31841 Continue reading ]]> The Oberlin Group of 17 Digital Library Unconference was held on May 21, 2013, at Mt. Holyoke College. With over 30 participants from 14 of the OG17 schools, there was lively discussion on topics including digital library planning and scope, organization and staffing, platforms and tools, data management and preservation policy, digital scholarship/digital humanities, outreach, and archiving born-digital records.

The format of the meeting eschewed the traditional speaker followed by a few questions in favour of a lightning round describing current projects at representated colleges, then brainstorming topics to be further discussed in a series of “break-out” sessions. The format felt more collaborative and productive than simply presenting information. Discussions were deemed successful enough to warrant follow-up meetings.

Attendees from Middlebury: Wendy Shook, Rebekah Irwin, Bryan Carson.

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ACRL Digital Curation Webinar: Creation of an In-House DMP Tool http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MiddLibraryInformationServices/~3/lgYnzmZVK3U/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:52 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=31843 Continue reading ]]> ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group Webinar: Creation of an In-House DMP Tool at the University of Houston Libraries, April 18, 2013

Michele Reilly and Anita Dryden from the University of Houston discussed their approach to providing data management planning assistance to their research faculty. Data management is not part of their mission; they focus on providing both general and UH resource specific information via their library web pages and by the creation of a data management planning (DMP) Tool. This tool, created using drupal webforms, is similar to the California Digital Library’s DMPTool and the Digital Curation Centre’s DMPOnline. Although offering fewer features, the UH tool pre-dates the online tools mentioned, has been easy to maintain and customize, and has been sufficient to fulfill the needs of their researchers.

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