http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17391 2013-05-25T20:17:04Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28192 Title: Commercial search engine developers and universities: a critical time for collaboration in the coming age of publicly accessible research data Authors: Kramer, Stefan; Block, William C. Abstract: Driven by new data sharing requirements from funding agencies, most recently and notably the National Science Foundation, academic researchers are on the verge of making rapidly increasing amounts and varieties of research data available for replication of findings and re-use. Universities are now building or enhancing repositories to help researchers make their data available, and are employing and helping develop domain-specific metadata standards, such as the DDI, to aid in the discoverability and manageability of these datasets. However, with the growing amount of data and number of repositories, the risk of "data silos" increases as well. Providers of commercial search engines must join the current efforts of global, web-scale data discovery - otherwise, the usefulness of the search engines AND the research data generated with public funding are both at risk. Description: This presentation was given at the Wolfram Data Summit 2011 on 2011-09-09. 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/22958 Title: The new & improved DDI Tools Catalog - for users and developers of tools supporting the Data Documentation Initiative metadata specification Authors: Kramer, Stefan; McNeill, Kate Abstract: Illustration of the future interface of the DDI Tools Catalog (http://www.ddialliance.org/resources/tools). Poster to accompany live demonstration on Internet-connected personal computer. Description: Poster presentation at the IASSIST annual conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, on June 2, 2011 ( http://www.rdl.sfu.ca/IASSIST/index.php/Program/category/poster_session/#kramer). 2011-06-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/22464 Title: The Lifecycle of Social Science Research Data: Improved Discovery through better Metadata and Search Tools Authors: Block, William C.; Kramer, Stefan; Williams, Jeremy Abstract: Research Data in the social sciences develops along an often predictable lifecycle, from conceptualization through collection to discovery. Researchers also seek social science data in ways different from text and other content types. With metadata and search tools geared towards social science data developing together, the searching and discovery of social science research data can be improved. Description: Poster presentation at the 2nd Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in Denver, Colorado (http://www.asis.org/Conferences/RDAP11/) on March 31, 2011. 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/22386 Title: Current Trends in Open Repositories & Exemplary Local Solutions: European Perspective Authors: Horstmann, Wolfram Description: Presentation by Wolfram Horstmann, CIO for Scholarly Information at Bielefeld University, in Mann Library at Cornell University on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Made available here with permission of the presenter. 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/22355 Title: Report on Dagstuhl Workshop on Managing Metadata for Longitudinal Data - Best Practices Authors: Block, William C.; Kramer, Stefan Abstract: Summary of the activities and outcomes of the workshop "The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Standard: Managing Metadata for Longitudinal Data — Best Practices" held Oct. 17-22, 2010, in Wadern, Germany (http://www.dagstuhl.de/10422). Description: Presentation given at the 2nd Annual European DDI Users Group Meeting in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on Dec. 9, 2010. 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/19485 Title: Development of the next DDI Tools Catalog Authors: Kramer, Stefan Abstract: Description of the current state of development of the next DDI Tools Catalog by the DDI Alliance's Tools Catalog Working Group. Description: Presentation at the 2nd Annual European DDI Users Group Meeting, Dec. 8-9, 2010, in Utrecht, NL. 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/19484 Title: Data Librarianship: Past, Present, Future, Challenges, Opportunities Authors: Kramer, Stefan Abstract: Overview of the landscape of "data librarianship" in the social sciences: commonalities and differences compared to other areas of librarianship; how and why it came about as a special niche of academic library activity (in the USA), and how it has developed; what resources and services it may offer to users; what collaborations with other departments it may imply; and what the future might hold for this area of librarianship. Description: Invited presentation to staff of GESIS (Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) in Bonn, Germany, on Dec. 7, 2010. 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17477 Title: Challenges and Opportunities in Social Science Research Data Management Authors: Kramer, Stefan Abstract: With the necessity for developing better methods for the discovery and access of available research data, mounting pressure from funding agencies to make and keep research data accessible for the long term, and the complexity of the relationships of different types and formats of files involved in many studies, social science research data management has emerged as an area of multiple challenges and opportunities for information professionals. Description: Pre-print of paper to be published in the proceedings (http://dgd.de/pub_onlinetagung.aspx) of the conference "Semantic Web & Linked Data - Elemente zukünftiger Informationsinfrastrukturen" (1. DGI-Konferenz, 62. DGI Jahrestagung), held in Frankfurt, Germany from Oct. 7-9, 2010 (http://www.dgi-konferenz.de). 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17472 Title: The Lifecycle of Social Science Research Data: Enabling Discovery through Metadata and Search Tools Authors: Block, William C.; Kramer, Stefan Abstract: Creation, (re)use and discovery of research data often follows a predictable flow, suggesting a “lifecycle” of research data. Locating needed social science data in most currently available archive catalogs is suboptimal as they do not provide searching functions that align with how researchers seek specific data. Exposing and indexing the holdings of data archives and publications in standardized metadata formats could enable web-scale discovery through new cross-collection search engine functions built to exploit that metadata. Description: This presentation was given at the Wolfram Data Summit (www.wolframdatasummit.org) on 2010-09-10. 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z