[Web4lib] Fwd: Data Working Group white paper posted to eCommons

[Zoe Stewart-Marshall]

With apologies for any duplicates due to multiple list postings.


>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:22:27 -0400
>From: Gail Steinhart <gss1 at cornell.edu>
>Subject: Data Working Group white paper posted to eCommons
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I'm pleased to announce that the report of the Data Working Group, 
>"Digital Research Data Curation: Overview of Issues, Current 
>Activities, and Opportunities for the Cornell University Library," 
>is now available in Cornell's eCommons:
>http://hdl.handle.net/1813/10903
>
>The Data Working Group's (DaWG) charge was to exchange information 
>about Cornell University Library's (CUL) activities related to data 
>curation, to review and exchange information about developments and 
>activities in data curation in general, and to consider and 
>recommend strategic opportunities for CUL to engage in the area of 
>data curation. The white paper aims to fulfill this last element of 
>the DaWG's charge - we hope you'll find it interesting and 
>informative!  We'll also be announcing the release of this report to 
>various lists.
>
>
>Gail
>
>Gail Steinhart
>Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian
>Albert R. Mann Library
>Cornell University
>Ithaca, NY 14853
>
>Phone: 607-255-7251
>Fax: 607-255-0318
>E-mail: GSS1 at cornell.edu
>