CFP: The DataRes Symposium (future
of research data management)
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR),
the University of North Texas Libraries, and the UNT College of Information
invite submissions for the DataRes Symposium.
A half-day open conference, the DataRes Symposium will
provide a forum for peer-reviewed papers and discussion concerning the future
of research data management in the LIS field. The symposium will be held on
Monday, December 10th, 2012 in Washington D.C., as a pre-conference to the
December CNI Membership Meeting.
The DataRes Symposium invites papers addressing the
following broad topics in data management:
• How will the
“data deluge” change the way libraries, library and information schools, and data repositories interact with
researchers?
• What are the
challenges in terms of technology and infrastructure that libraries face to support research data management?
• How do
mandates from funding agencies affect libraries, and how can libraries best respond to these demands?
• How can
library and information schools better prepare future information professionals to address data management needs?
• How can
library and information schools better collaborate across disciplinary and institutional boundaries to respond to
the data management needs of researchers?
• How can
research universities respond to the challenges of research data management in terms of policy, infrastructure, and
support services? How can these responses be implemented in ways that are
meaningful and sustainable across the institution?
We challenge presenters to think speculatively and
broadly about the future of their field. As such, we are not looking for
show-n-tell procedural stories from individual institutions, but rather
comparative research analyzing the interventions of multiple institutions to
evaluate and prescribe best practices for the future of data management.
Papers for the symposium will be subject to peer review.
Final papers will be published in a CLIR report and made available via an open
access website.
Please submit abstracts not to exceed 250 words by May
15, 2012 to:
Initial acceptance notifications will be made by June 15,
with final papers due October 31, 2012.
For inquiries, please email datares@unt.edu.
The DataRes Project, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century
Librarian Program grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services,
investigates how the library and information science (LIS) profession can best
respond to emerging needs of research data management in universities. DataRes
is a collaboration between the University of North Texas Libraries, the UNT College
of Information, and the Council on Library and Information Resources.
