Apr 2nd, 2009
by Gavin Baker.
Following on my recent post about preservation for scholarly blogs (and see Dorothea Salo’s take), today I found this (via techPresident):
The Law Library of Congress began harvesting legal blawgs in 2007. The collection has grown to more than one hundred items covering a broad cross section of legal topics.
Questions:
What are the criteria for inclusion [...]
Mar 30th, 2009
by Gavin Baker.
I’ve wondered about preservation for new modes of scholarly communication and ephemera, e.g. scholarly blogs, mailing lists, etc. Others have suggested it recently as well. A cursory Googling finds a few others mulling the question, but not (at first glance) anybody actually doing it.
I don’t do much with preservation, so I plead ignorance. Is anybody [...]
Jan 29th, 2009
by Gavin Baker.
I’m liveblogging the first meeting of the new Board on Research Data and Information today and tomorrow, and will be liveblogging. Standard liveblogging disclaimers apply. The presentation slides are on the meeting site. Because the slides are online, I’ll focus on what’s not on the slides.
National Science Foundation
Edward Seidel
Data-driven collaborations for complex problems: Affecting every [...]
Jan 29th, 2009
by Gavin Baker.
I’m attending the first meeting of the new Board on Research Data and Information today and tomorrow, and will be liveblogging. Standard liveblogging disclaimers apply. The presentation slides are on the meeting site. Because the slides are online, I’ll focus on what’s not on the slides.
Notes from the first open session, Briefings from Federal Interagency [...]