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1. Ship Space to Database: Motivations to Manage Research Data for the Deep Subseafloor Biosphere.

Author

Darch, Peter T. and Borgman, Christine L.

Subjects
*RESEARCH management, *KNOWLEDGE management, *INFORMATION services management, *INFORMATION resources management, *INFORMATION technology
Abstract

What motivates data management strategies of scientific collaborations? In this paper, we argue that infrastructures for data management are designed to support scientific work per se and to perform a variety of social functions. We present findings from a longitudinal ethnographic case study of a large, multidisciplinary, distributed scientific project studying subseafloor microbial life. A critical element of this project's plan for data management is to construct an online portal that includes a data registry and data repository. We found that a range of factors motivate the construction of these systems and their features. In addition to scientific concerns for curation and accessibility of diverse and scarce data, we argue that the building of the registry and repository is also motivated by social factors. One factor is the attempt to build a community of domain researchers to endure beyond the end of this project in 2020. Another is the potential use of the registry and database as tools to demonstrate the productivity of the project in negotiations about the allocation of ocean drilling cruise resources. Considering the social and scientific factors together enriches accounts of how knowledge infrastructures are constructed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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2. ASIS&T Reports on Graduate Information Programs and Accreditation.

Subjects
*INFORMATION science associations, *INFORMATION resources management, *KNOWLEDGE management, *INFORMATION technology, *AUTHORSHIP, *REPORT writing
Abstract

The article offers information related to the reports on Graduate Information Programs and Accreditation by the Information professionals Task Force of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in the U.S. It states that the reports reviews the status of information professional programs and related accreditation activities. The report further include the news from New England ASIS&T chapter (NEASIS&T) and news from Special Interest Group/Social informatics (SIG/SI). In addition, the reports contains an announcement from Special Interest Group/Intentional Information Issues (SIG/III) related to the winners of the 2008 SIG/III International Paper Context.

Published
2008

3. Information Professionals in a Globalized World.

Author

Anderson, Caryn L.

Subjects
*INFORMATION professionals, *INFORMATION science, *INFORMATION technology, *INFORMATION services, *INFORMATION resources management, *KNOWLEDGE management, *GRANTS in aid (Public finance), *INTERNATIONAL relations
Abstract

The article provides an overview of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) bulletin special section. It is noted that this international section is dedicated to Susan O'Neil Johnson who has enormous contribution to ASIS&T's efforts in reaching out librarians and information professionals. She helped institutionalize the InfoShare Program of Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III). She is the co-founder of the SIG/III International Paper Contest and worked to initiate its travel grant program. This section also includes visions from a globalized society, ASIS&T International Relations Committee Report, Survey of European Information Scientists and Global Information Resources.

Published
2008
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