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New Rule: Librarian before “e” - No Exceptions Supporting eScience without Losing Yourself

New Rule: Librarian before “e” - No Exceptions Supporting eScience without Losing Yourself. Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS Emerging Roles Symposium Pacific Northwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Oct 12, 2012. HELLO MY NAME IS. eLibrarian.

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New Rule: Librarian before “e” - No Exceptions Supporting eScience without Losing Yourself

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  1. New Rule: Librarian before “e”- No ExceptionsSupporting eScience without Losing Yourself Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS Emerging Roles Symposium Pacific Northwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Oct 12, 2012 HELLO MY NAME IS eLibrarian

  2. e· merg· ing (e-mûr´jing) Newly formed or just coming into prominence.e· volv· ing(e-volv´ing) To develop or achieve gradually.tran· si· tion· ing(tran-zish´en-ing) Passing from one form, state, style, or place to another. Information Literacy Librarian Research & Scholarly Communications Librarian Informationist ? 2012 2008 2005

  3. … the classic roles of libraries: • developing and preserving collections • developing access schema • developing services to meet information needs provide an important base from which to develop roles in eScience. The Data Deluge: Can Libraries Cope with e-Science Marcum & George, editors

  4. … the classic roles of libraries: • developing and preserving collections • of what? • developing access schema • what’s metadata? • developing services to meet information needs • Build networks – how? • “Middle Man” – aren’t we cutting them out? • Data LITERACY – are we data literate to begin with?

  5. Skills • Database Management • Database Design • Data Mining • Information Retrieval Systems • Natural Language Processing • Research Methods • Statistics • Digital Preservation • Information Architecture • Information Visualization Subject Knowledge and/or Expertise What’s in your toolbox? BUT…

  6. These are the keys. emerging evolving transitioning

  7. It is not Apple that is causing smoking to decline at the incredible rate that it has over the last 20 or 30 years. It is a broad network of people - some of them working for government agencies, some of them just by word of mouth, some of them philanthropic organizations - that are kind of spreading the word and getting people to give up this dangerous habit. ~ Steven Johnson “Who Needs a Boss When You Have Your Co-Workers?” Megan Gambino Smithsonian.com, September 25, 2012 Jacket design by Alex Merto/Portrait by Nina Subin

  8. Our Network digital repositories researchers programs resources strategies clinicians students students patients history faculty public plans ideas time staff staff staff staff

  9. emerging evolving transitioning Skills+ • Being entrepreneurial in spirit • creative • risk-taking Being self-confident Being inquisitive Being comfortable with ambiguity*

  10. Please follow along and join in! http://librarianhats.net/

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