Thursday – 10 September 2015
\nSubmitted by Kris Anderson<\/p>\n
Hey! It’s already day 3! \u00c2\u00a0How did that happen?
\nDay got underway with Barb Butler introducing Judith Conner who shared about Monterey Bay, California and their work with deep-sea data. \u00c2\u00a0They have remotely operated vehicles (ROV), with high definition cameras, that collect samples and video. \u00c2\u00a0Every sample whether physical or visual has metadata that includes where it was collected. \u00c2\u00a0The videos are all annotated so there are massive amounts of data to deal with. \u00c2\u00a0Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS). \u00c2\u00a0www.mbari.org\/vars
\nMBARI just released a new Deep Sea Guide (dsg.mbari.org) which is a web interface that allows one to search the VARS data with a visual interface which includes taxonomic info, images, site collection data. \u00c2\u00a0There are many ways one might use the data.<\/p>\n
Lisa Raymond followed with a description of how WHOI has been developing a semantic integration product to link open access data through repositories to make searching across all available materials more seamless. \u00c2\u00a0It is all very technical but the end result is contributing to the Dspace community and creating an environment where adding linking to other repositories becomes easier. \u00c2\u00a0Encourage your scientists to get an ORCID ID!<\/p>\n
Michael Haft finished up the pre-break session with a discussion of the Freshwater Biological Association’s development of AEDA repository http:\/\/www.environmentdata.org \u00c2\u00a0and FISH.Link the linked data initiative. \u00c2\u00a0All focused to enable data sharing amongst the freshwater community. \u00c2\u00a0The repository includes FBA publications and datasets, images, and NGO publications related to the environment.<\/p>\n
Break! \u00c2\u00a0Yes, I got my espresso so I’m good to go. \u00c2\u00a0I would also like you to know we’ve been indulging in lovely fresh fruit and devilish little pastries, some enhanced with chocolate\/Nutella, which I’m pretty sure are calorie free…<\/p>\n
Back to the conference, Lyra Pagulayan of FishBase told us about the development of an e-library of aquatic biodiversity documents in the Philappines.
\nBesides the documents in FishBase and SeaLifeBase, the library will be searchable by GIS mapping. \u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.fin.ph<\/p>\n
Closing out the morning presentations, Kateryna Kulakova, Olga Akimova, and Irina Kasenkova shared their thoughts and observations regarding librarianship. \u00c2\u00a0Kateryna lead off with collaboration is essential! \u00c2\u00a0CEERMar (CEERMar.org) is a joint repository project joining 13 libraries in 5 countries. \u00c2\u00a0The 70’s and 80’s of the Soviet time include fewer documents as there were different copyright rules. \u00c2\u00a0It is a preservation solution for rare books (though their scientists still want to touch the paper). \u00c2\u00a0Documents are scanned, OCRed, added to repository and linked to ASFA. \u00c2\u00a0Bib records in Cyrillic and English.
\nOlga spoke next and explained the long history of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS). \u00c2\u00a0She then described the IBSS repository\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/repository.ibss.org.ua\/dspace\/ \u00c2\u00a0which has become very popular.
\nThe VNIRO scientific institution was introduced by Irina who proceeded to remind us that no matter where you are, researchers need access to information and librarians need to work together to provide access and to help the researchers make their contributions accessible! \u00c2\u00a0VNIRO also has a repository to expedite this goal. \u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/vniro.com
\nWhat a great presentation ladies!!!
\nActually everyone who spoke this morning is to be commended! \u00c2\u00a0Looking forward to the afternoon sessions.<\/p>\n
But now it’s lunchtime!<\/p>\n
Oh, so full, hope to stay awake…<\/p>\n
Kristen LaBonte welcomed us back and then introduced the first speaker of the afternoon, \u00c2\u00a0Venugopalan Nottankandath.
\nVenugopalan gave us the history and goals of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). \u00c2\u00a0They both produce and collect documents which they have in a database that uses the WinISIS software. \u00c2\u00a0Information in any format which affects fishworkers is gathered by ICSF and disseminated through the website, through trainings, and through push technology of the SAMUDRA news.\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.icsf.net<\/p>\n
Samuela Nakalevu was next and told the story of metadata creation practices for repositories in the Pacific and Asia. \u00c2\u00a0Samu began with a description of the Pacific region from his personal point of view and the description of Asia provided by collaborating author Daryl Superio. \u00c2\u00a0He went on to describe the survey they sent to repository owners and the responses they received. It was interesting to see who was responsible for the repositories, training, attention to copyright, distribution of file types, metadata choice and selection, controlled vocabulary used, and interoperability standard. In many cases the decisions were based on locally derived standards.<\/p>\n
Alice Endra followed Samu. \u00c2\u00a0Alice is the librarian for the NaFIRRI library and shared the history and then the goals of the library. \u00c2\u00a0They found it necessary to create their own data division plan based on how their scientists thought. \u00c2\u00a0For example they cover many bodies of water but the scientists report on the specific part of that body of water so they broke the data for Lake Victoria by the Bays of the Lake. \u00c2\u00a0Alice also identified the issues that affect the efficiency of the library.<\/p>\n
I am still awake and still full but once again it’s BREAK time and I have espresso on my mind…
\nBut THEN I realized we are 20 minutes ahead of schedule so we are going to hear the first talk of the last session so we can be done early. \u00c2\u00a0We need as much time as possible to get pretty for the banquet!<\/p>\n
Jaime Goldman jumped to the podium and introduced Geoffrey Salanje. \u00c2\u00a0Geoffrey’s library had all publications in print so he described their project to digitize their publications. \u00c2\u00a0Goals were to encrease exposure to local materials, preservation and conservation of rare publications and enhance the research process. \u00c2\u00a0He had a flatbed scanner with a sheet feeder but it died and a fancy overhead scanner is on its way to Malawi. \u00c2\u00a0So far about 350 publications have been scanned and added to Aquatic Commons. \u00c2\u00a0They may also go to the LUANAR repository. \u00c2\u00a0Challenges included no policies on open access or repositories as well as no \u00c2\u00a0national coordination of repositories. MALICO – Malawi Library Information Consortium – is working to create policy. \u00c2\u00a0Long term goals are to collect the print documents held by scientists, digitization of same plus the materials in the library, addition to Aquatic Commons, and marketing.<\/p>\n
Got my espresso (x2) AND an evil little cream filled chocolate and sprinkle encrusted cookie! \u00c2\u00a0We shall not discuss the caloric potential…<\/p>\n
Jaime called us back to order and called up Jen Walton. \u00c2\u00a0Jen provided great points and reasons why it’s an excellent idea to incorporate project management practices into library culture. For example: Set title, state objectives, establish roles and responsibilities, define scope, identify milestones\/timeline, inventory resources. \u00c2\u00a0Good motivation!<\/p>\n
Closing out this last full day of the conference is Michelle Leonard. \u00c2\u00a0Michelle talked about collection assessment. \u00c2\u00a0They do a number of interesting things – one I like is doing informal survey of library users where they write a question on a whiteboard at the library entrance. \u00c2\u00a0Anyone who sees the question is encouraged to write their answers on the whiteboard. \u00c2\u00a0When the time period for the survey is over they take a picture of the board and wipe it clean – ready for next survey. \u00c2\u00a0For example they asked what software patrons were using and purchased some online computer books on those products. \u00c2\u00a0She talked about the information you need for assessment, reasons why assessment is important, the uses of assessment and how to progress, but I’m going to let you read her paper to get all that.<\/p>\n
Ready for the banquet? \u00c2\u00a0Here’s where we are going: http:\/\/www.ristoranteorazio.it\/
\nI need to go comb my hair now and put on my party shoes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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